The Washington times., 1915-07-17
By LOUIS A. DOUG HER.

.-- CLEVELAND. July H. The Griff-
men arrived in the Forest. City with
fourteen defeats since leaving home.
Half of their swing throu sh the West
has been completed, but they face
some tough customers NJ the Indians
played here and four in Detroit before
the harried Nationals h sad homeward
Manager Griffith is hop aful of at least
breaking even in, these ten contests to
como. which wjlL make. record OF a
little better than lone third victories on
the road.
The indians are, tailenders, but they
are capable of su ddenly coming to NE
Whenever opposed TO the Grfffmen. The
Washington pitch ,rs have been sadly
strained on this rip and the team is
hitting in poor for! u. ThiS combinaticnn n n
may be enough toN spell disaster both
here and in Detroit. However, the Old
Fox insists on figtuing to the bitter
end and will do his best to make his
players follow suit.
Walter johnson won his first game
since becoming u proud father, though
he had tried four lines unsuccessfully
since leaving the capt. al. The score
capped by poor ;wirnng; Walter Lever
eng failed to survive the first frame:
Ernie Koob, a mere Bid, was touched
up freely. but on the. whole. gave a
fair exhibition nnul setieVed ny piiici'
Some singing bin giles greeted Lev
erenz in the very first frame and ne
gave way to Koob after one had died
but Foster walked. Milan ripped a
liner to right Shan ks did likewise.
scoring Foster, and tiandii tripled to
the bleachers in left center scoring
brought Gsandil over before Ainsmith
famed. Those four runs took all the
starch out,of the hundred fans pres
ent.
Some excitement apr cared in the sec
ond after johnson had hit into a dou-
Bile. Moeller singled, reaching third
on Fosters wallop. Jack Leary got
all mussed up when koob caught
Foster off the bag. He thought he
could toss out Moeller at third, but
the Griffman beat the throw and jboth
were safe. Moeller then tried toisteal
home only to fail when Agnew came
up out of the dust with the ball.
Three pretty plays disposed of the
Browns in the second. Milan raced a
mile to get Learv's bid for a homer.
Mcbride scooted over to the Ene far
out in left and seized Lavan's pop.
right over the bag and Gandil COM
pleted the play by a great pickup.
Though Milan, and Gandil singled in
the third, there was nothing, doing. as
Aeff cracked into a double nlay with
The Brownies got into the, running
in the fourth when Austin started
yhtngs by reaching third on Nef's
leave of his bunt to right held. How
ard fouled, but Austin tallied on
Pratt's out. Neff made a fine jumping
one-hand catch of Pratt's high bounder,
completing the play with az superb peg
to Gandil. After Walsh had scratched
a safety. Leary famed weakly, ending
the assault.
Moeller's ringing single opened the
nth. Foster dropped a Texas Lacquer
in center. Milan forced, the midget,
and when Shanks forced 'Zeb. Moeller
tailed.
An unusual play was seen in the
sixth. Neff walked. Ainsmiths weak
attempt to sacrifice was a puny pop
to Leary. Mcbride put up a short fy
to Shotten. 1t looked certain to fall
safe. and Nen was at second when
Shotten camped under the ball The
brownie kept on running to first, COM
pleting a dovsfe play unassisted.
johnson rattled the fence on the
center field bleachers with double
In the seventh, reached third. on Noel
lers bunt, and ,Scored on Fosters long
fly to Walsh.
Sisler, hitting for Koob. dropped a
Texas Lacquer back of second to start
the eighth. Ausrin's out advanced him
to third and he Tailed on Howard's
bunt to Johnson: beating the peg to
the plate. Pratt bounced safety over
Neff's head. reaching second on the
throw to third. Denny Walsh stopped
the fun with a bounder to Johnson.