The Washington times., 1915-08-05
GRIFF LIKES KOPP'S PLAYING.

Manager Griffith 10 we'll pleased with
Kopp's playing. and he Is anxious TO
have the youngster in the game every
day. He likes the impressive way IN
which Kopp takes his swing at the bat.
and his speed on the bases foretells the
acquisition OF a good base runner Tor
the Grifrs. However. he does not
want to handicap the youngster by
starting him. badly. and for this reason
he is letting Kopp grow accustomed
to that bad sunfield at National Park
before using him regularly. 1t Is ex-
pected that Kopp will be In the regular
lineup as soon as the Griffmen hit the
road. where left field Is not always the
sunfield.
Since returning home the, Grifmen
have won seven out OF nine games
played. They have scored twenty runs
to seventeen for their opponents Four
proving that the pitchers are delivering
the real goods. Here is the record OF
the team: =
Indians. 0; Griffs. l.,
Indians. 10; Griffs, 1.
bpasn;ss' Enaisns. l.; 0: efsiFsi afiitss : 3:
, Brownies, 4: Griffs. g..
Brownies. 0: Griffs. l.
White Sox, 0: Griffs. !.
White Sox. Il Griffs. 8.
Three. more games are scheduled
with the White Sox here. and at least
two should be victories for the Griffs.
The Chicago team seems to be crack
ing under, the strain OF holding Its
present high rank In the league race:
On its first appearance here the speed
Of the players was most noticeable. The
pitchers were far more impressive than
they are now. The whole team seemed
to be imbued with the fever OF victory.
other team. This may be either the
cause of their slipping or the result.
Anyway. the team Is not 50 impressive
as it was in the spring
The Federal League Is out again with
York and Boston. IN 1915. President
Gilmore is out with another OF his
sportsmen. and don't need to make
money. He wants to look over the
Braves new park In Boston In order
to get some pointers for his own park
in the Hub. and the other one IN Goth
am From what has happened every
where in the Federal League. one is
forced to conclude that Gilmore Is eth
er insane or really does represent a
bunch Of sportsmen who like to toss
MONEY away. Organized baseball isn't
worrying much about the pretensions of
the Feds. The independent leaguers are
expected to give UP the ghost before
another season starts.
Upsetting contenders twice In a single
afternoon is some. sport. boys. some
sport The Grltrs. are becoming rea
devilish these days. They just dom
care what they do. Pants Rowland
led his unsuspecting White Sox into
town and they bumped into Joe Boeh
ling. who stepped on their toes anc
slapped their faces; ana then he Bert Gai1s tham
behind the kitchen door: Fine actioni
for hosts, eh, wot? Boehling white
washed them. l to 0, and Gallia trimmed
them to Outside Ct that the
during the afternoon: l.
The Griffs copped the first victory II
the opening frame. grabbing tally OF
a. couple Of blows and a couple OF pa
every effort Of the pale hose to do
binsles off the southside singer. bu
never did they bunch as many as tw'
himself out Of two bad holes ant
earned his triumph.
The second victory was delayed unit
the fifth. when Cicotte, usua lily thori
on the White Sox rose bush. was NJ
for three safeties and two runs. In tn
seventh. both teams hung up one rul
apiece. but those tailies were not needles
Beehiins ana Ssll!s s.,s,. were ysll-1Is1 We'll 1h.
matter. so was Death Valley" jim
Scott, who opposed Boehling. Thos
three twirlers were in topnotch form
and worked beautifully. Cicotte was
aspinch hitter in the eighth inning
Aeldon Wolfgang finishing the comoa
neatly.
With Moeller down Foster splashed {
single to right In the first inning of tn
initial contest. So did Milan. Eddi'
Murphy's throw to third was poor ant
Blackburne came through with another
Foster didn't delay much. and crosse'
the pan on the second error. Shank
and Gandil perished, and thereafter tn
Grifts were held ruaiess & Sy jim SGott.
the fourth, and Boehling singled In tn
eighth, but nothing came of their nobl
efforts.
For four frames Boehlins was neve
bothered. but in the fifth he passe,
Blackburne, and Scott singled. after tw
had died. The Richmond boy tightene
up quickly and forced Murphy to rol
to Foster. In the next session a simila
situation faced Boehling for. with tw
down, he walked Fournier and Felsc
singled, putting the Frenchman on THIRD
Boehling quickly got down to busines
and whiffed "Shano' Collins. Thos
were the only times that Boehling ha
to exert himself particularly.
Running along without tallies for fou
frames. the Griffs suddenly hoped upo
Eddie Cicotte in the fifth inning of tn
second game and showed two run
across the dish. That seemed to TAX
the heart out Of the visiting brigade
too. by the way. Gandil perished wit
a fly to Murphy. but Acosta hammer
ed safety to right. Ainsmith. one o
the weakest hitters IN the ranks of tn
Griffmen. got hold of one to his likIn
and drove the pill over "Shano' Collins
head for three hases Acosta earilN scor