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Show RETORT ENDS GRIFF'S HOWL Silk O'Loughlin Resents Statement of Washington Leader That He Had Made Wrong Guess. Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington Wash-ington Americans, is considered one of the hardest losers in baseball. And Clark Griffith. Griff s friends say he hates to lose an argument about as much as he dislikes to drop a, ball game. Washington xecently lost a game to Detroit because of a close decision which gave Cobb a base on balls. O'Loughlin was the umpire. Griffith met O'Loughlin and his partner part-ner after the gume. "You two highwaymen looked fine in there today !" said the National's mau- "What's the matter, Griff?" asked Silk. "That third strike you missed on Cobb cost us the game, that's all." "You're wrong, my boy, you're wrong. I never made a mistake in my life," chirped O'Loughlin and he moved away, leaving Griffith speechless. |