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Show Here's Straight Tip GRIFF WILL SOON STEP OUT OF MANAGERIAL SHOES, FOR HE HAS PREXY'S CHAIR TO FILL sss'V-t rsv wvw snni hwnv-n ! Looks Good in 6Cits' i By FRED TURBYVILLE. Vcll, another season has started, and some clubs arc hearing sweet (plaudits and others already are getting get-ting the rar.jc. It is pretty early to talk about changing managers, but this Is absolutely a straight Up; there will be a dhange in the management of the Washington club within n few weeks. George McErlde, veteran infielder with tho Senators. Sh slated to step into Grir 's shoes in' a very sliort time. But. . the fans didn't bring that about was all Griff's decision He lis president of the Washington team now and it has been his Intention j right along to namo McBride manager as soon as the 1920 team was whipped in shape and the Nationals were well off in the pennant race. Griff now will stick to the "cits" and attend the functions of a big league proxy as befits the office. It took some argument at that to! set Griff for the camera man. He was plenty used to being snapped In baseball regalia. But when the photographer photog-rapher wanted to get him In street) logs, Griff argued about it. And he; wouldn't consent to having his picture; taken with those large horn rimmed; glasses on at all. No sir." He wants to look as young as possible and hej doesn't think lhalit glasses even doesn't think glasses even though sportively horny of rim register youth. And now that he is about to be president pres-ident and hang up his old uniform. we'll have to look Into tho family bible; and see what his full name- is. It is j Clarke Galvin Griffith, and he was! born Novomber 20, 1869, at Navada,! Mo. He has had considerable baseball base-ball experience both as player and manager and avc won't go into details here. As president of the club he already has had some experience and pleasing ones, loo. He has found out that tho Washington fans are real fans ir. they're given a square deal and he has! i CLARKE1 GJZirriTl reason to believe thaht with new ownership own-ership and new, policies there are going go-ing to be many parks full this season. Then they'll quit talking about moving mov-ing the Washington club to Toronto, Indianapolis or somewhere else. The fans know George McBride, loo. He's been at it for some time. Breaking Break-ing Into life's game at Milwaukee, November No-vember 21, 1881, ho has played ball most of -the lime since that date. He has retired as a regular, but ho has been Griff's first lieutenant for some time. And now he'll be a full-fledged playing manager. . The change may come in a few days or it may be a few weeks, but it won't be long. The fans are wishing Grift lots of success as owner and president and the same goes for George McBride in his new job. |