The Washington herald., 1914-07-19
HOODOO BUSTED;
GRIFFMEN WIN
FROM THENAPS
Joe Engel Twirls Great Ball
After Relieving Ayers, AL
lowing but Three Hits.
Ac0STA In LEFT FIELD
Cuban Puts Up Good Game-MortOn.
Cleveland Phenom. Batted Hard
in Two Innings.
ny WILLIAM PEET.

Native Son Joe Engel jumped
into the breach yesterday, held the
Cleveland Maps to three scattered
hits in six innings, and the Griff-
men finally triumphed, 5 to 3,
Dropping four In a row to the
Birmingham crowd in Cleveland
left dark-brown taste in Manager
Grifith's mouth. He was peevish
when the tailenders grabbed the
opener here on Thursday. On Fri
day he was chewing raw meat.
Today he can go to church with
his family feeling at peace with
the world.
It began to look as If the Nationals
would never beat this pesky Cleveland
bunch Walter johnson could not do 1t
on Friday and among the faithful all
hope had fed. Looks like another four
straight for the Maps" one of our lead
ing rooters muttered when Birmys
crowd jammed three runs into the second
frame at Florida avenue yesterday.
The hoodoo was broken at last and the
jinx buried From now on the Griffmen
expect to clean up in old time form
against the Ohio city crowd.
Guy Morton. a phenom unearthed from
Waterbury, Conn. was the twirIing Sc
lection offered by Birmingham. In only
two innings was Morton hammered hard,
but the two occasions were joyful ones
as the Nationals sent over enough runs
to bring home the bacon.
Ayers Poorly Supported.
Doc Ayers started, but only lasted three
innings. He was raped smartly in the
second and also accorded rotten support
The injection of Germany Schaefer. as
a pinch hitter, sent Ayers to the show
ers and for once the crowd gave Joe
EngeI a good hand when he appeared
for the opening Of the fourth inning. Joe
responded by tanning the first two men
TO face him and the applause was then
actually loud enough to be heard above
the clicking of the telegraph instruments
in the press box.
Milan's injury caused GriI to shake
up his batting order. Merito Acosta was
put in left and Shanks sent to center.
Acosta scored the first run and drew a
couple of walks besides making two put
outs.
The Maps slightly outbatted the home
folks and also slightly outfelded them.
ErrOrS proven COslly 10 DOlu SUES, Dul
the Griffmen came through with a couple
of weIl-executed double plays at critical
stages that snuffed out promised hostile
batting rallies.
Washington leaped to the front in the
first inning, scoring a run when Graney
lost Acosta's fly ball in the sun. The
Cuban piled up at second, Moeller sac
rified him TO third, and he came home
when Foster, responding to the squeeze
play signal, dumped the bail in front of
the plate.
Joy was quickly turned to sadness, for
in the Maps second chapter three runs
splashed over the plate on a trio of sin
giles and errors by Morgan and Gandil.
. Morton Is Hit Hard.
Young Morton looked like a million
dollars until Gandil in the fourth, raped
a clean double to left field after Foster
had flied TO Graney. Shanks famed, but
Morgan unloaded double TO left, scoring
Gandl, and Mcbride followed with a
smash at Morton, the ball bouncing of
the pitchers shins, rolling half dozen
feet away. Morton slammed over Doc
Johnston's head and Morgan crossed the
plate. Mcbride going to second Mac
later took third on wild pitch, but was
thrown out at home attempting to ma
nipulate the double steal with Henry
who had been passed.
With the score a tie. both Morton and
Engel settled down and the game was
uninteresting until the Nationals half OF
the eighth, when two runs counted,
enough and more to win.
Moeller beat out a bunt and stole sec
ond, going to third when there was no.
hodv AT home around the kevstone Eack