The Washington times., 1915-07-14

ST. LOUIS. July l4-'The st. Louis
Browne are going to give the Old Fox
much cause for trtbulation IL their
brand OF playing shown In the OPEN
ing doubie-header 10 continued through
out the present series. Indeed. the
Brownies have more life and dash
about them than have the Griffmen.
| and they look to have more interest
In their playing. Poor pitching defeated
| the Browns, s to 2, in the opener. while
| good pitching enabled them to land
the nishtcap contest. 3 to 0. Joe Boehl-
Ing was fortunate in being opposed by
! mediocre twirlers. ~aiter johnson was
unfortunate In battling against Carl
Weilman. who was we'll nigh perfect.
There you have both games In one wee
nutshell.
Stellar fielding marked the afternoons .
endesvors. serving to cheer up the many
| fair ones present Dee Walsh's great
running catch Of Rippy Williams bid
other sSms fns s'f S;. 's Wash tooR ,ss
ball while running toward the center
field fence at full speed. McBride's one
handed stop Of Shotten's drive through
the box Int In the SECOND game was pretty,
the short peg. Tommy connolly's jump
| In the hrst inning Of the second game
. 0sssf pssnp g'ssss s,.f Of wc5s .Isw ESSs fs.s
| IN the opening clash was a small classic,
while his leaping catch OF Dalrymple 5
liner ending the game was a big one.
Though 1t was ladies day it was not
witness the double header and there
| was little applause, except in the second
game. when the fans realized that the
Great Johnson was In for hckins
Then the bugs awoke and cheered a
| bit.
Boehiing got away to a bad start.
three blows counting a run for the home
boys In the very hrst frame. With
! one gone Austin singled to center and
tried to take an extra base when Milan
ssy s.p Beat He out Sunt
Boehilng interfered wSth Connolly. 4
! passed ball sent the collegisn TO third,
from where he Tailed on Pratt's single
past Mcbride.
The Griffs evened things IN the fourth
on two hits and two sacrifices Milans
splash to left started the frame. shsnks'
burned one through the box and
Connolly's sacrifice fly scored Milan
.ssm % .hsa II acbha. shs ne1s ce.nsa sae Win
double that Pratt. Walsf and shetten
got mixed Up on. Boehiing sacrificed.
and when Moeller rolled to LAvan. Nc
Bride was run down after q merry
chase In the hot sun. Moeller reached
third on the play. scoring. when Lavan
threw Fosters grounder wide to Leary.
Milan singled, but the rally ended with
Shanks' hard one back to James.
The Brownies tied II up In the seventh.
Pratt perished, but Walsh singled to
right and Leary to left. Lavan's pass
filled the sacks Connolly came in. took
Severeids roller and got Walsh at the
plate. Howard. for Perryman, walked,
forcing Leary across before Foster took
care OF shotten's roller.
The Grifs copped in the eighth. being
aided by wild pitch to the stand by
Leverenz. Fosters single started the
inning. the midget going to third on q
Wild heave. Milan's single scored him
with the run that won. Not one Of the
Browns pitchers looked good. the Griffs
combing them for ten bingles.
The second skirmish was far different,
though, for Carl Weilman let the Capt.
tslians down with four scattered hits.
Three OF them came after two were out.
The long-legged southpaw was never In
danger. johnson was on his way to q
record game until the Browns punched
one real blow and two Texas leasuers
with two errors in the seventh. That
settled the argument between tie Kan
sas Zephyr and the Mound City Fork
Har der. Neither pitcher gave q base