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Show GRIFFITH EXPLAINS HIS BALL THEWS Says Washington Will Climb if Batting Improves Im-proves Running a baseba 1 team means a con J ant tea ng down a 6 b d ng up de c a ed Cla k O ff th o her day a cord ne to J V Llnck 1 t e St Louis G be Democrat. ou ha to be at It a 1 t e t n e s soo at a manager has bu t pa great team he a got to beg f ?ur ng on bu Wtng anc he Ho v long 1 u to d earn ast Is It bet er o wa t un 1 you have o ear dov n the w o e a r tu e or shou d the n a eger be pa cMng and epa r ng a t e I me And he m uge of he Wash Ing o fva onuls shook h a I ead Vhat lo ou hlnk of ronne Macks tea nar ow n p o t he vas asked Ma k a n gh y wise baseba man ager h s record p o es t He eviden ly nowa a e s A oug must hav n e o o ear Is team a p f es Rega ng owr ean I n going to do ome a g down n se f t s fa and en 1 1 o some re u d rg It has to ome I s e K t can t be done ve wcl he n d e o a season ho g T ha be a ma e of swap o a s e usb g a stream The n i age as o f gu e out a ot of things mak ng v eu c ul scs Opinion of the Fans Tre lubl wa s to know lots of mea f v t e n iiwser lets Jones or Sm h or own pav a e aln position v he doean ge r 1 of he pijer In ea o Ma be t e e Is e aubst tute o h hen w o the rubll thinks, cou d pa t n c p le The manager can t thlnl In a case 11 e th s ho as to know before he makes ha hi ges 111 e niows that the p aye In on lo ca play tl e position e er han he a 1 s e Maybe there Is a efe t of scr e k r 1 1 the work of th s bs ute a d f r tl l he Is not used un ess the egu nr i hur or out of the ga ne fo some reas The manager has o know al abo t h 8 t la- era before e can make changes and the wise man ate general loes k w and he genera d esn t ca e to t II I Is reasons, el her What are your plans regarding tear Ing dow yur ma lilDe? Well t haven t formulated my plan and then when I do the best way is to go ahead and do It and say nothing about It until It a done Connie Mack's Method w del Is Connie Mack a method No one knew Mick vas even planning to , break up hl penrant winning romhlna tlon until the news first leaked out that wai art had been aaked on Flank and Bender And even then no one had tbe slightest Idea that more of tbe Ath letlo players were to leave the fold The first known to tbe public was when Mack began breaklnf up bl Infield and then, as player by player was disposed of the public was acquainted with the facte, after each disposal. Fro aebamed of the way my team ha been going We ought to be right up there at the top I've got a great pitch Ing staff but the trouble tola year ras been with the batten. The, bora are not hitting. It may be Just a temporary alump but It e time it was aver Here we have been load Off games which b eten rule of baseball, we should have won Tou haven t been getting the breaks OUume the pitching and the hitting and 1 11 let the other fellow have all the breaks he wants waa tbe vigorous re pl 'Everybody gets the breaks at times and I m not asking for that I want the pitching and the hitting going along to antthsr and I don t have to worry about any hlng else. "I can tell yoa one tntnx though and that Is that my team a not out of the running br any means. There are still plenty of games to be played toe race nasn t been decided and It won t be for some weeks to come. Uv hatters are likely to ge busy any day And then mabe the pitchers wll fall down on the job. was suggested Not on our life My pitching staff 1 stand up under all circumstances TV I get good pitching until the hut day of the season If tbe batting was mm good as e p chlng we d he so far abead of he o he ams he -ouldn t see us with a f eld gtss Tees o ie e esn In 1 league han m ne I go fa ther and sa t s the best lub n the league but s ot pia ng a ts prope speed 7 There a no a earn n e eague whlcn s p ay ng regu a baseba 1 Tha w the ou ome a so doub fu The ame cond on seems to p e a n o Nat o a league Maybe a good g esser cou d p ck one winner bu t wo d ake a man w second e gh to name e ones wn c wl 1 p ay In the wor d se ca th s fa Ana then eM probably be af aid o make he announcement f ff waa asked to p ck the w nne n the Ame can league race but he refused abso utel I won t p ck Boston or Ch ago or De tot he declared And I m no p k ng Waahngton but w-e may do some ng jet in the way of a dash hat w 1 a rpr se fo ka G ve n e he hi ting and wel get up there In a hu n |