The Washington times., 1915-05-18
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

ST. LOUIS, May S.--The GrifTmen
hope today to continue their great
winning streak, winning one straight
game yesterday from the Brown
les. to ,: with the aid Of some
Yes. it was. or the three tai
tory. Yes, it was. or the three tai
lies marked up for the GrilfTen one
came across with the assistance of a
other would have been squashed, but
that Jimmy Austin's tumble gave
Ainsmith a stolen bag from which he
On the other hand. the Brownies
earned their two runs.
Walter Johnson's famous reputation
drew about 900 calloused fans to the
ballyard. and they took their, cue from
the St. Louis Feds. who sat behind the
Griffmen's bench, and cheered men
tally. No, it wasn't a very exciting
skirmish. johnson must nave been al
fected by the siCnt Of those Federal
Leaguers, for he was Wild as a crow
In the first three frames and showed
signs in the ninth of going bad again.
In between those two stops, though,
he was good as gold, even if "Tillie"
the bleachers in the fourth and II three
hits were collected off him in the
eighth. Perhaps in the eighth he was
weakening. though the alibi artists
proDably announos that those blngles
were lucky.
Grover Loudermilk performed eight
innings for the Brownies. and looked
like a pretty good hurlor. or course.
no pitcher should be allowed to claim
any reputation simply because the
Griffmen don't hit him. The Grinmen
are most courteous. and, withal, gen
erous. They hate to win a ball game.
Indeed It's only when that roughneck.
Tommy Connolly. plays that they ever
fhAt F,1n Co.
hang up a victory. Connolly was in left
field yesterday, and so the Grfrmen
won one consecutive game. Put
nickel in the piano. boys.
The Georgetown colIegian managed to
get three blows off lOudermilk. and It
was he who scored the first run. He
pulled a poor throw to the plate in the
eighth, but one cannot be >Srtatn that
a good one would have Choked Off Bert
shotton. At any rate. that peg brought
Hank Shanks into the game in tho
ninth. venerable Reynard not caring to
take any chances. He probably saw
that Johnson was tottering.
The Griffmen couldn't do anything
for a couple of frames, though Con-
molly did get a bingle in the first one
Moeller's single to right opened the
third, and Fosters roller TO Lavan ad-
vanced him. Connolly'S. bounce to La
van forced Moeller al third The Hin-
topper was lively as a cricket around
hrst base, and. first thing YOU know,
Loudermilk threw the ball into right
field. letting Connolly go around to
third Then the long-logged finger wild
pitched him home.
With one gone in the fourth, Eddie
Ainsmth scooted al! the way to sec
ond when the third strike went to the
stand. He followed it up by stealing
third, being assisted by Austin's failure
to hold seyeroidS throw. A miracle
then horned into this ordinary ball
game. George Mcbride driving a clean
bingle to left, scoring Ainsmith
danger but in tho fourth, with one
down he made the error of feeding a
fast one to Clarence Walker Rng, 1t
sailed out to the bleachers IN left CEN
ter for three corners. "Tillie" tailed
as Mcbride was fielding Gus Williams
slow roller.
The Griffmen increased their lead in
the eighth Again Connolly was in the
middle Of the rough stuff, pushing a hit
to eft that Lavan lust barely knocked
down. Milan forced him, and promptly
TOOK place. Chick Gandn dropped a
Texas Lacquer in short left field bring
ing Milan over.
With one zone In the last half OF the
eighth Bert Shotton beat out scratCh h
hit past Morgan. Milan took Austin
fly, but Pratt picked single 10
right. Jack Le2ry came up and
smashed a sweet single to left. Shot
ton raced for the plate. beating Con-
nolly's throw. which bounced high to
second, "Tillie" Walker popped 10
6andil and murmured to ladylike
zones, goodness, gracious"