Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1924, Page 29

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1924. SPORTS, Griffith Was Star Pitcher in Old Days : Harris Is Direct Opposite of McGraw HERE IS THE WAY GRIFF LOOKED BACK IN THE OLD DAYS |SHOUT GIANTS OFF FEET, OWNER OF NATS EARNED ~GREAT FAME AS FLINGER Clark Credited With Having Held “More in Reserve 5 ext Batsman’® Than Even Charle; Radbourne, First Tutor of Local Boss to Stop the ] I was Western May 14. 1888, that Clark, pitchin dence that he knew a few things about pitching a base ball ster held the enemy to five singles an { attempt by a score oi 5 to 3 march to fame which led through many leagues fringed and trimmed with success mixed here and there with a reverse or two. Griffith was born on a farm in Vernon County. Mo.. May 20, Clark ( 1800, and it is no wonger that Clark always had “to ly‘t shown | cxperience he had in early vouth as a ball player history does not state. understood that Griffith received his first art of pitching from Charlie Radbourne, the king of all old-time hurlers. | s 1y genera the fine | game from certainly acquired f the pitching master hand, for few hurlers, his day or since. have made markable record as a win- | ames, and that is what counts. | IFiffith wasn't @ pitcher of the al type by any means, few yat he pitehed during his earcer ran to the sensational. | Griffith held more in reserve to stop the next batter when the game was | 4t the danger mark than any pitcher | the game ever had, not excepting his famous tutor — Radbourne. Clark learned the strategic points of the| zame carly, and his record, extending | through 14 seasons, shows many won on purely strategic lin In 1805, with a percentage of 638 in mes won. Griff was touched up for | Giriff y points < before such a ner an average of 11 hits per game This will show how Grifith could keep hits scattered. In 1896 he hurled | three cames in succession—the double number in hits was made in each zame—yet this terrific hitting vielded only one run in each game Wow He Acquired Control. Griffith didn't have very good con- trol when he began pitching ball for Charlie Cushman., manager of the Milwaukee club, in 9. Cushman suggested to Clark that he make plate, or rather cut out of canvass a pirce the size of u home plate, and nail it on a board fence at the height | of the waist line. The device worked perfection. Clark developed con- trol so fine he could shoot a ball from the waist to shoulder, from the inside corner of the plate to the outside, § times out of 10, and it was this| wonderful control that made C. Grif- | th famougyas one of the great hurl- | rs of the game The first time Clark Griffith put on the base ball market { $700 was paid for his services. Jim | Hart, president of the Milwaukee lub. was the buyer. and he consid- cred that a big sum to pay for kie who had only three months'| experience | After three successful seasons with | the Milwaukee club Clark was sold | the St. Louis club. and the now | iriffith found himself work- | ng for Charlie Comiskey, and they | didn’t get along at all. Griff was| successful, winning 13 out of the first | es he pitched for the peerless of the Browns, but he was stingy about pitching out of his turn Clark believed he had a $10,000 head but not much of an and he had o favor the latter. o was | the sum | man Griff Balked at S This didn't and Clark was Club of the Amer he refused te of found ball for Tac west League it Comiskey the Boston Association, but k and season Mr. Grifiith pitching na of the Pacific North- | Clark was so eminent- | cssful during 1592 and 1893 | Chicago club. under Adrian | signed him for 1894, and | the lad from Nevada-Missouri, hegan his real career in the big league, which blazed by many exciting | It appeal to a an that > Anson was a wonderfully r that Griflith began in 1844 and it brought The master ton and oth order t successtul under An- son him into | | real | »1d stars who had noth- d ad arms and a long list of achievements to recommend asons Clark pitched such successful 1l for Anson that he was rated with great hurlers of the times—Nich- Rusie Hutchison and while with the Chicago Na-| that hurlers were handi- stringent rules cnacted a then the | | | e S | tionals considering capped by few seasons befor Led White Sox in 1901, In 1901 Clark Griflith cast his lot with the White Sox of Chicago, then n the newly organized league headed by Ban Johnson For weal or woe, he signed a contract to pla under the leadership of Charles Comiskey and to show that he had implicit con- fidence in him. the “old Roman” as- signed C. Griffith the position of man- ager as well as depending on him to head the pitching staff PPerhaps no hurler or player contributed more, single-handed., toward a team win- ning « pennant than Grif. did that reason. As the con ander of a crew he was sublime: as a batsman and fielder (he batted .300 and fielded 47) he was a power. In the pitch- “r's position he led all others. Griffith had another grand son with the White Sox in 1902, although it did not vield the results that his first sea- *son did loted Yanks in 1903-07. Clark Griffith was manager of the New York club of the American League from 1903 until 1907, and dur- | ing that period his career as a hurler | was ended. On August 13, 1907, Clark riffith performed for the last time in the capacity of a hurler, working four innings against the Cleveland team. In that farewell game Griff ex- hibited a wonderful assortment of deliveries; in the four innings he fanned five batsmen, and to produce a hit was an impossibility. With the last ball hurled in that game the ca- reer of a great hurler ended, and just such a pitcher the game will never ece again. Possessing marvelous abil- ity a ball player and every quali- fication of a great hurler, Clark Grif- fith framed up a wonderful record, but built upon entirely different lines from that of any hurler the game ever had. Clark Grifiith was manager of the Cincinnati Reds in 1909. His name is linked with those of “Buck” Ewing, Charlie Comiskey, Hank O'Day, Mor- decai Brown, Joe Tinker and Christy Mathewson, famous ball players and managers, who tried, in turn, to give Redland a winning combination. Clark did well in his first season as leader of the Reds—the team finished in the first division. In 1910 the clever Grif- fith again led the Reds, but it was a disastrous season for the man from Missouri; the frequent outbursts of the Redland fans got on C. Griffith's Herves. It was a stormy season for Clark Griffith, the season of 1911. Every criticism from fan or magnate meant a gray hair, and when Griff packed 30 vears azo that Clark Griffith, then a mere stripling of 19 Summers, pitched his first game of proiessional base ball. It was on Infcistate League against the Decatur team, gave splendid evi- | | scores of other clubs. | nela “MASTER MIND” FAILS FIVE J | engagements, | turning in the most victories with Connie Mack, tall tutor of the Athletics, | 1913 | 1914 g for the Bloomington club of the The young- d whitfed eight batsmen, but lost his From that date C. Griffith began a Just what lessons in the | hairs as souvenirs of the three sea- sons he endeavored to develop a ball tcam for Cincinnati Baseballically epeaking. it was up | to Clark Griffith to elevate the down- “ trodden city of Washington: it had | used ‘as a stone by | city oc- in every | been stepping That cupied a lowly position league in which it was a member. | Since 1884 Washington had been rep- resented in four different leagues, and in every one it had been the moat Since Manager Griffith took command | of the organization in 1912 a remark- | able transformation has taken place | The outfit has been steered clear of | the last ditch entirely. and in two seasons. 1912 and 1813, Jbeen an actual | contender for pennant honors, finish- | ing in second place in each of those | seasons. In 8 out of the 13 s | that C. Grifith has been o with the Washington team stuck in the first division. And now. with Bucky Harris as his| leuder. he is the president of a pennant winner. asons nnected it has AR When he entered pi TIMES IN EIGHT CLASSICS' OHN McGRAW, “master mind” of the New York Giants forces into eight world series. but the strategy that has gained him more pennant laurels than any other diamond leader has land a majority of title triumphs The gray-haired pilot of the Giants has won only three of his series losing five. Even so. however, he shares the honor of has led his to who won three out of five battles for world championship laurels. McGraw and Mack, who were rival | ri for honors when he held world series tacticians 19 years ago, | Teins of the Detroit Tygers. lead all other managers in series ex-| (hance and Bill Clg sy, Stonmer three pilots who have figured in three| ith more than a single vietory to or more title battles—Frank Chance. | their credit. Chance won the series late “Peerless Leader” of the old|title in 1907 and 908 and Carrigan 1916 Chicago Cubs: Miller Huggins, di-|in 1915 and minutive pilot of the New York| Winning and losing Yankees, and Hugh Jennings, Chance's | clubs since 1903 follow the managers and Winner, ! Boston Americans New York Nationals. | Chicago Americans. | Chicago Nationals | Chicago Nationals. Pittsburgh Nationals Philadelphia Americans Philadelphia Americans Stahl, Boston Americans Mack, Philadelphia Americans. | allings. Boston Nationals. Carrigan, Boston Americans. Carrigan, Boston Americans Rowland, Chicago Americans Barrow, Boston Americans. Moran, Cincinnati Nation Speaker, Cleveland Amer McGraw, New York Nationals McGraw, New York Nationals Huggins, New York Americans. oser. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago Nationals, Detroit Americans Jennings, Detroit Americans Jennings, Detroit Americans hance, Chicago Nationals w York Nationals w York Nationals w York Nationals Mack, Philadelphia Americans Moran, Philadelphia Nationals Robinson, Brooklyn Nationa McGraw, New York Nationals Mitchell, Chicago Nationals Gleason, Chicago Americans. Robinson, Brooklyn Nationals Huggins, New York American: Huggins, New York Americans McGraw, New York Nationals. | 1903 1905 1905 1907 1908 1910 1911 1912 Clarke. Mack Chance Jennings, Collins, MeGraw Jones Chance, Chance. Clarke, Mack Mack, Nationals mericans 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 A. L. CLUBS TRIUMPHANT IN 12 OUT OF 20 SERIES) By the Associated Press, MERICAN LEAGU been 12 world series tussles with National League rivals since 1903. The Boston Red Sox have the best record of all, with five triumphs out of as many bids for the premier diamond laurels. The Philadelphia Athletics accounted for three of the other victories of the junior circuit. The Chicago White Sox won twice, Cleveland was triumphant fn 1920 and the Yankees last season John McGraw' Giants, with three turned in two triumphs with his old world title banners out of eight at- | Chicago Cubs, while Cincinnati, Boston tempts to carry them off, lead the Na- | and Pittshurgh were each \'i(‘(nrlous‘ tional League list. Frank Chance ! once. clubs have victorious in out of 20 The record of games and runs since Winning Club. G. R Boston Americans 39 New York Nationals. 15 Chicago American: 22 Chicago Nationals. . Chicago Nationals Pittsburgh Nationals Philadelphia Americans Philadelphia Americans. Boston Americans : Philadelphia Americans Boston Nationals Boston Americans Boston Americans Chicago America Boston Americans. Cincinnati National Cleveland Americans Loxing Club. Pittsburgh National Philadelphia Ameri Chicago Nationa) Detroit Americans. .. Detroit Americans Detroit Americans Chicago Nationals New York Nationals New York Nationals New York Nationals.. Philadelphia Americans. Philadelphia Nationals Brooklyn Nationals. . New York Nationals. go Nationals. 0 Americ Brooklyn Natic 1919 1920 21 New York Nationals New York Nationals. . New York Americans. *Tie game. 29 18 30 rk Amer York American: York Nationals. New| New| SUMMARY. Series Neries Won. Lost. 12 s 12 Gamex Won. 3] Games Lot 56 61 BOUT AT BARBACKS American League National League WALKER SCORES K. 0. IN GO WITH BARRETT PHILADELPHIA, _ October Mickey Walker of Elizabeth, ) still wears the welterweight crown today, having knocked out his latest challenger, Bobby Barrett, Clifton Heights, Pa last night in the sixth round of i scheduled 10-round bout at ational League ball park. The champion clearly outclassed Barrett in speed and punching power and was not once in danger. He sent the challenger to the floor with- in a half minute of the opening bell with a hard left to th- stomach, and before the fifth round closed had knocked him down seven times. At the opening of the sixth round Walk- er sent Bobby down for a count of nine with a left to the body, and a little later he landed a SUff right to the chin and Barrett went down for the full count of 10. The great athletic stadium at the State Fair Park in Dallas is to be dedicated on October 11 with a foot his belongings and bade farewell to old Redland he had a headful of gray ball game between the Texas Aggice and Sewanee. TO SETTLE DISPUTE Honey Boy Finnigan and Goldie Ahearn have an old score to settle tomorrow night when they meet the 12-round feature bout at Washington Barracks. Those fans who saw the last Fin- | nigan-Ahearn mill declared it to be one of the best staged at the bar- racks this season, but they did not expect Goldie to make such an pressive showing. Finnigan aims to | aispose of his rival tomofrow night. An attractive preliminary card has been arranged. Jack Cafoni of Wal- ter Reed will tackle Gardner Johns of Baltimore, Jack Lee of Gaithersburg will face Joe Rivers of the Washing- ton Barracks, Kid Groves of the Mo- hawk Athletic Club will be the oppo- inent of Frank Humphries of Fort Myer and Kid Hogan of the Mohawk Athletic Club will meet Louis Gugli- in the | | im- | mento of Washington. Each of these bouts is scheduled for six rounds. 2 GRIFF) ofexsional baxe ball with the Bloominkt |MADDEN RETAINS TITLE b AS CHAMPION OF DUBLIN - who nault led | Tuesday knocked out the match leeived mana ATTENDANCE AND MONEY | in By the F floating atop the diamond’s costliest raise H, w Irish- ayed successtully S to the T 1th the bouts with Harry Wills and night according to a cabl Charley Yes, thix in Griff, too. He was with the Milwaukee Brewers In 1890, when thix photo wax tuken. ORIOLES AND SAINTS OPEN SERIES TODAY ALTIMORE, first battle of the will be fought afternoon, when Americ the ners of on finish Saints Md.. October he junior world series at Oriole Park this | the st Saints, | Association champions, meet | Baltimore Oricles, pennant win- | the International League, edze as the result of a close in the Western League, the are expected to furnish stift opposition to the six-times Interna- tional 1 ‘hamplons, who gained lead over their rivals before the end of the sea- let down considerably dur- last weeks of play Jack Dunn, manager of the Birds, i not mark time today, but will d his pitching ace, “Lefty” Groves, er St. Paul at once. CLIff Markle, Bartley | right-hander. or Howard Merritt, heavyw will oppose Groves. comparison of team aver- Orioles enjoy a slight ad- over the Saints. Individual- they have an edge. The Birds five regulars who hit « the while the Saints four There is little difference thee tw in the other nts, however will their intact commanding sometime and the 1L, club, in ISSS. l [ 1= October Americ aw limit this seaSon defe g6 )0 mark | betwee 0-round | qur R zram re- | poth ot Madden’s | game wi practically Irish heavyweight r in Du im Mcl round in nald of Belfast a when he clubs s go into regular today line-ups RECORDS SET LAST YEAR OUGHT the It d over tt The total receipts of $L063815 eclipsed by | previous high figure, set by the same clubs in their 1921 series, which included J two New York attendanc was base ball's first two base ball inclosures in the country, 1 Giants shattered all world series for in their 1923 battle. out in th Yankees and rec million-dollar series, with the flag of victory and greatest monument when it was e Yankee Stadium more than $100,000 the more games. T total attendance of 301430 for the six contests displaced the old record of 269977, also set in 1921 The Stadiun tormed Some idea to w for thos, als fifth £201.459 the hich the this for any higher for six games for the each w ankee WORLD EFame established contest while gates of game | gained from the game than records also 2 of the play of new On that to enter fully this memorable marks for a day. 62.817 the Yanker 000 more £6.142 spoils $4.112 Detailed receipts Players New York Americans w York Nationals ond-place teams (Detroit and Cincinnati), each Third-place teams (Cleve- land and Pittsburgh), ea. 18.439.15 Zach club 133,864.93 Each league ... 133,864.93 Council ......... 159,572.2 59 as the victors' while each s8 share of the ilant received disposition of last year's vain financial heights has risen may be fact that the receipts were greater than series up to 1911 and the total in 1918 $368.783.04 165.952.37 110,634.91 the s 27,658 established pool with rrying off | Advisory w regular ¢ SERIES ATTENDANCE Attendance 01,033 AND RECEIPTS SINCE 1905, Receipts Players’ Pool 26R,405 27,391 106,550 33,401 54,933 18,173 Games 190,833 .07 385590 B8TS MANAGER OF WASHINGTON CLUB LEADER, NOT DRIVER Quiet Sympathetic Youth, However, Is Not Afraid of Little Napoleon of Game and Has His Beanstalk Ready for Use. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. REAT oaks irom little acorns grow. John D. Rockeieller once was G a lowly clerk. Charlie Schwab drove the intervillage stage. And | Stanley Raymond Harris was just a breaker-boy in the Pennsyl- | vania mincs. Fate has been kind since those lowly days. John D. is| worth a few billions, more or less. Charlic is the steel wizard of the world {‘ And “Stan," at 27, is about to go to bat in a world series as the only pilot | who ever brought the Washington base ball team home a winner. In “Bucky” Harris, as he stands today, dizzy at the peak, there is no envy of the Rockefelled millions; no hankering after the corporate power of Schwab. In his choscn profession he has gone as far as any of the rest There is one supreme effort before him. And the man who stands athwart the path to the ultimate pinnacle is a grim and grizzled warrior. who snaps | and snarls, “He shall not pass!” But Stanley Harris is not afraid. There is but one man to answer Outside his window he sees the bean- | these pertinent, these almost imperti- stalks rising to the skies. Saturday |nent, inquirles. That man is Clark afternoon he begins his climb, and in | Griffith and the old fox likes nothing four or five trips to the mystic castle | better than to mect the man with he hopes to bring home the Giants'|these queries on his lips. Griffith will gold, the Giants' little Lrown hen | tell you that he gave Harris the tools that lavs the golden eggs and last|to work with, much the same tools of all the magic harp which sings the | that other captains of the crew had | most wonderful songs in all the world. | had, and Harris did the best. Griffith For Stanley Harris is dreaming | assisted at the training grounds and dreams. He sees himself as Jack the | when the goal was almost in sight ant Killer. He has dgrunk of the | “Griff” assisted with the pocketbook cup of success. Destiny rides beside | Always ready to give such advice him as he fares forth to conquer the | as his superior years might warrant, world and what promises to be about | hut never attempting to interfere. as hectic a series as that world has | Griff has let his young pilot take the ever known | men completely in charge and there are e ball experts who will tell | you today that they regard Stanley Harris as a better field lcader than Clark Grifith ever was. Harrig is Kifted with natural base ball talents He has the “feel” of the game. He is great on what the experts refer to s “calling the play.” He knows in- stinctively what the other fellow is BOINg to do, and if he doesn't out- guess McGraw on some of the smarter situations that arise in the coming | imbroglio the sages of the game will admit themselves woefully wrong. Use Different Methods. It would be difficult to imagine two more opposite types than Manager Stanley Harris of the Nationals and John Joseph McGraw of the Giants. McGraw, hard-boiled and hard spoken. Harris quiet, sympathetic and sooth- ing. Both men have accomplished this year the same end by separate means. One has been the hard-riding, whip- cracking cowboy: the other the gen- tle shepherd of his flock. It remains to be seen what will happen when the cowpuncher and the shepherd meet in a ghort but scintillant setto of the best four in seven Around John McGraw clusters | tradition of the master mind, the su- preme strategist of all base ball his- tory, the field marshal of a score of “hard-fought campaigns. Pitted against him is the novice, the raw re- cruit in the base ball classic, the “buck” private. Young enough to be his son, but already proved worthy {of any man's steel | Does Stanley Harris dread the meet- {ing with the old master> Does he quake in fear of being shown up by the Little Napoleon of the national game? He does not. For Harris is clothed in the bright and audacious armor of youth—the youth that fears no adversary. Perhaps if youth knew more; perhaps if yvouth would stop and think. it might be awed and afraid. But stopping and thinking are not the handmaidens of youth. So, no matter how the psychologists of the game may paint and picture Mc- Graw, no matter how many frighten- ing masks they may place upon his| otherwise harmle. visage, Stanley Harris will merely think it's Hal- loween and chase the jack-o-lanterns to their lair riff Gives Harris Credit. The base ball world is asking two questions today: How much credit for the record-breaking performance of the Nationals is due to young Har- ris? And: How did Clark Griffith ever happen to name him? Has Tough Assignment. A player-manager admittedly has a tough assignment in a world series His playing may easily interfere with his management, or his management may interfere with his playing. Har- ris has a great sense of co-ordination | and he may get by where others have | failed. 1f his managerial duties do | | not rest too heavily upon him—and | they probably won't—his plaving is likely to dazzle some of those who have not followed it closely. To the | experte, Harris is known as a quicker pivot man at second base than Johnny Evers ever was. The run-killing com- | bination of “Tinkcr to Evers to | Chance” was never as smart as the | Nationals' bludgeon of “Peck to Har- | ris to Judge.” In this connection it may surprise some of the latter day fans to know | that Tinker and Evers played along- side each other for four yvears and never spoke. They had quarrcled about some play. There is no such spirit on the Washington club Harris' managerical duties been lighter than would ord be the case. for he has trusted each man to do his best and in return he has been idolized by the members of the team. He has an unquenchable spirit. He bubbles over with enthusi- asm. His spirit is infectious. If a Giant makes a mistake, he lets Me- | Graw worry over it. If a slips he wants to apologize to Griffith recognized two years the base ball genius in Harris, the have narily an.” ago and | night to plunge on Harris PHILLY FAN SUGGESTS Waxhington's new baxe ball chnmpions certaimly do mot lack support about the country. Fanx everywhere are calling for n Na tional victory over the Giants and suggestions ax to how the club may be encouraged in the wor weries are b of-town rooters. A Philadelphian who ardently desires the over- throw of the New Yorkers would like evers Washington rooter pro himwself with a sizeable megaphone to enhance his cheer- ing 0t the gamen, “1 believe with them, hx Nationals could shout nts off their feet” writes the ker City enthuxiast, “and at the xame time further inspire the American League champions to bring home the bacon.” ckern of the but for his age would have appointed him manager of the team in 1923 Griff still was a bit skeptical of Har ris' youth, but not his ability when 1924 “came’ around iff had another iron or two in the fire. But the fire went out or the irons got too hot to handle. In any event something hap pened and the old fox decided one The base ball world was astonished. It shrugged its shoulders and said Griff was guing to try to manage the team and be president at the same time But Griff had no such intention. As the playing n opened and the days flowed by the Senators did no fare so well. Yet Griff didn't worry He was determined to let Harris work out his destiny iff t0ld a number of people at Tampa last Spring that he felt he had a pennant winning combination this year, but they mere ly smiled and passed on to the “big show” where the Tygers and the anks were being primed for all the horors that the might give Stanley Harris will be the lone field general of the Nationals in the series Griff will be in the grandstand. The vouthful would-be Giant Kkiller is ready. He has the will to win BERLENBACH SCORES; BRITTON OUTPOINTED JERSEY CITY { Paul Berlenbach of York gained |a newspaper decision over Johnny Gill, York, Pa. light-heavyweight, in their 10-round bout at Boyles Thirty Acres last night The bout was October w combination wres |tling and boxing match, Gill hanging |on continually and Berlenbach fran | tically endeavoring to put over a fin ishing K. O the opin blow Kaplan of New Vork. in of a majority of the spaper men, gained a shade over Britton. former world welter- weight champion, in a tame 10-round match In a Billy Kennedy was given a ver of Jersey City match La Mack ht-round Orleans over Petie slashing ei New McTIGUE-TUNNEY GO DUE. NEW WORK. October 2—Mike Mc Tigue. world light - heavyweight champion. must meet € Tunney in his first title mateh in this if he applies for a license Athletic Commission declared. Tunney had appeared with ager, Billy Gibson, and necessary forfeit to a match his man posted the bind such tees POLO RIVALS SINCE 1888. 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