The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-29
Utility Warrior Has Seen Thir-
teen Seasons in Sixth City
Baseball Campaigns.
RECORD FOR JEAN DuBUc
feenchman Gains Credit for
Three Wins Over Griffmen in
Detroit Series.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

CLEVELAND. Onlo, july <o'-inis
10 TERRY Turner day" Tor the In
dams. the Griffmen. and thousands OF
Cleveland fans who are expected to
flock to the ball yard and Join In the
reception rendered to the creaky vet
cram infielder of Lee Fohl's team. 1t
comes In the very hottest kind OF
weather. but that may be all the bet
ter, for the fans will prefer sitting
in the shady seats roofing for the
Indians and cheering Turner than
hustling in shop or office, suitable
eifts will be presented to Turner,
who has been a Cleveland player for
thirteen years. The band will play
and then the Griffmen will do their
best to win a ball game. something
they have not done since leaving the
classic precincts of Florida avenue.
Jean Dubuc established a strange
Gss hs msGs three ost of fo as
games In four DAYS.
Tuesday Dubuc rescued Boland in
the seventh inning. when each team
out in the ninth. giving him the
credit for the victory.
Wednesday Dubuc relieved Mitchell
In the fourth. with the Griffs leading
3 TO 3. The Tigers won out in the
tenth. again giving him the credit for
thursday he rested all day. but yes
terday he travelled the entire nine in
nings. giving the Griffmen seven scat
tered hits and winning. 3 to 0.
A record like this one Of Dubuc's is
seldom seen In major league baseball
II Will probably endure through the sea-
son. Though wonderful running catches
were common In that last game In De-
performed by Ed. Charity, the Green
hid holding down first base for the
Grinmen. when he cut off a run In the
opening inning.
Aeosta pessed to Foster. who relayed
Bush kicked the ball out OF Henry's
hand after being caught. Charity was
Bush seeking to scramble back to the
plate. and the ball rolling away. he
picked up the pellet and tagged Bush
before he could touch the dish. That
was play calling for quick wits and
S;m, s1e'n'''" and the fans 'AesFed
Manager Griffith, as predicted in these
columns yesterday, gave his lineup a
rattle He put Charity. In fifth place
and Acosta relieved Shanks in left field.
hitting sixth in the batting order. The
change brought no good results from an
offensive angle, though Acosta did slam
out q safety In the second inning.
CHARITY went hitless during the scorch-
Acosta is a different player from what
he was last year. He 10 more alert at
the plate, and can cover more ground in
the garden. His single in the second
frame was a vicious liner over the in
field to right. In the seventh he came
within foot OF getting triple. his foul
drive going to the fence in right. In
the field he was unusually busy. bagging
nine flies and getting an assist. In the
second and fourth innings he retired the
Tigers all by himself.
Brilliant running catches were con-
tributed by yeaeh. Cobb. and Rice. But
the best OF the day was Cobb's dash at
ter Henry's offering In the seventh. The
ball promised to be a Texas Lacquer In
short left. Neither Bush nor Veach
could reach II. but Cobb's superior speed
and Judgment allowed him to travel the
long distance from center field and bag
the victim. That was a beautiful per-
Torrance.
In the four games against the Tigers
the Griffmen added up total Of eleven
errors, and most Of them counted In the
runs scored by the home team. Yester-
days combat was the lone game of the
series In which the Griffmen never had
chance to win. Twice they threw
away victories after apparently winning
them.
Crafts worked out with the Griffmel
yesterday. but Manager Griffith Is We
to see what he looks like as a pitcher
The youngster Ia extremely tall, abou
as tall as Bob Groom, and built some
what along similar lines 1t Is unlikel.
that he will do much hard work for
day or SO more, though he is anxiou
to try.
The Griffs left Detroit last night b.
boat. and on arriving here found tn
same old heat wave on the job. Slice
was out of the question in the stun
staterooms last night, and so most o
the players turned In as soon as the
had had breakfast.
Here is yesterdays score: