tJeitiriQ J&fetf in Return Half jlpofls♦* East Game Washington, D. C., Thursday, August 23, 1945—A—12 Griffs, Triumphant West, Behind Meet Aroused Yanks; Washington Has Only Win; Lose or Draw By JOHN B. KELLER Take Six of Seven 14 Road Dates Left; Star Staff Correspondent Griffs Make Best Showing in Years in West Tilts With Tribe Bengals Have 29 NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Should the Nats drive through to their By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. By JACK HAND, first pennant since 1933—and right now they look NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—For the Associated Press Sports Writer. to reason for their good enough do so—a big success could be found in fifth time this trip, the Nats are Washington has a decided sched- their play in the West. running into a ball club all fired ule advantage in the American They got of Cleveland yesterday after completing their sched- up by success in tussling with its League race today as the Senators ule in the inland sector of the loop with their best record in years for immediately prior opponent. But head East only a half game behind tussling in the West—27 games won and 14 lost. the Nats have done a pretty good Detroit after completing their final And they got that record the hard way. In their first trip through job of cooling oft the others, so Western trip. the West this season, the Nats were reminiscent of the strongly Nats of maybe New York's Yankees won't Only 14 of the Nats’ 38 remaining the last 10 while the cornbelt. won years moving through They just be too hot. contests will be played away from three while while games losing six, in another at St. Louis that went But the Nats are not underesti- the home lot while the Tigers will overtime to tie. It was as well they managed just perhaps that the mating the Bronxmen. With Char- be on the road for 29 of their 39 moist weather limited their to 10 spring play games. ley Keller adding his powerful games. The second time around, however, the Nats began their amazing punch, the Yanks after a desolate The Senators have copped 27 of 44 climb toward the top. They took three series, tied another and carried time ir the West, suddenly were starts on their three jaunts to Chi- home a trip record reading 11 wins and 4 losses. aroused and back into the popped cago, Cleveland, Detroit and St. They began their last tour of the West with a staff well And the Yanks will be pitching first division. Louis. The Tigers have found the worn by work in five successive -headers in , for Washington’s second- gunning road rough on the Atlantic Seaboard but the Nats lost little of their speed. to 13 wins outfit that has its eyes on a They swept through place where have 11 of while 7. successful they captured only dropping pennant after a greatly 25 tilts. After years of monotonous reverses, the West this time proved a tour of the West. No. 1 GRID FAN.—President Truman, who has been a Redskin Eleven more games with the New profitable field for the Nats. There they resembled champions. Every series now is highly im- fan since his earliest in the was days Senate, yesterday pre- York Yankees, who are beginning to to the second-place Nats, portant sented a gold season pass to all National Football League show signs of life with Red Ruffing Unable to Shake Off St. Louis Hoodoo half a from first place only game games by Commissioner Elmer Layden at the White House. and Charley Keller back in harness, the . There was one in the Western half of their occupied by — only spot jaunt where At right is George Marshall, Redskin president. AP Photo. bar the path of Ossie Bluege's men are of carrying a I the Nats made little headway. They could not shake off that St. Louis They hopeful to the flag but Steve O'Neill’s Ben- that them even when the Browns were the foot- first-place