The Washington times., 1916-09-25
GR|FF MAY SHIFT
Lineup IN GAMES
W|TActUBS IN EAST
Johnson, Milan, Williams, and
Mcbride May Be Allowed to
GO Home.
BylLouIs A. BOUCHER.

ByL0UfS A. BOUCHER.
DETROIT, Mich. Sept. 25.-Follow-
ing today's game. the last of the sea-
son with the Tigers. the line-up OF
the Griffmen will be changed for the
series in Philadelphia and New York.
johnson, Milan, Williams. and Nc
Bride are not expected to go East
with the team, but will be allowed
to 60 home from here. Bert Gallia also
wants to go home and may be given
Menoskey, is going to be given a
trial in one OF the gardens against
the Mackmen and Yankees, Manager
Griffith being anxious to see how he
of the game with a broken finger. is
TO Join the team in Philadelphia and
this may allow Charity an early dis
missal to his home In, Beloit, Wis;
shortstop in place OF Mcbride. Grif-
nth wants to make an innelder out
of Shanks and will use him in Nc
Brides place to the close of the cam
paign.
Tomorrow Is an off day, spent in
travelling to Philadelphia. A four-day
stay stay coss Is booked for SlsepttoTn and
with the Yankees in New York.
Again has johnson been defeated in
to'ps' MIS- fate to lose whenever carded
to face some youngster seeking fame
and fortune in the grand old game:
johnson seemed to have plenty Of
spsssd, spSs freouent1s sSt ths Tigers hit him hard
That Ehmke is q good pitcher Is
not TO be argued. but he Is vet. too
nsy tss sh.ns Big wfa SHOW any Hs Esess Ss. os M
set Ia an underhand raise ball. that
comes in with great speed for that
psb yps Of about H0EsysT swrns he e.pe
eially with runners on the bases.
While Sam Rice's poor fielding cost
his team a victory, yet he contributed
When e 1'h he % ran forty miles mile o or so SO and
grabbed stanase's FOUL ny IN the
eighth inning. The fans cheered him
loud and long for that running catch,
nosEy % hit hit for Henry in the eisfth.
and came. close to getting a hit;
Young had to go almost to the toul
speed made the play close at first
base.
For the FIRST time in his career. Wal
TT. 'eeason season Rss %ithous defsstns the
TETs here ,Msy. ss essst ssen onss mos, .9sets 9 R
veer eyery time he performed The
Tigers have won fourteen ana lost
seven OF their games with the Grin-
men.
Sam Rice's poor fielding and John
sons inability to prevent hard clouts IN
the tight places Ss gave the tSs hisefs Griftmen @
fought hard for the laurels and the con-
test ended with a burst OF cheers when
Veach threw out Joe Leonard at the
plate for the last out of the battle.
The mound duel between Walter john
and Howard Ehmke drew 1o,SSS fans,
who paid their way into the enclosure
and they saw a rather dull. lifeless ex-
hibition until the last session. Johnson
was not so good as he might have been
and Ehmke didn't look like a world
beater. either. At that. the Griffmen
would have won but for poor fielding.
Ty Cobb enjoyed a large day with the
fail. four times he came to bat and four
times he whaled out safeties, one a double
to the extremte corner in left field. The
Georgia Peach played az II he might
single with Cobb's error became a run
in the hrst inning on two succeeding
deaths. Wits double. a sacrihce, and
Cobb's single tied the count in the
The Griffs ,pummeled Ehmke in the
NTH for fve blows and two runs. Will
lianas opened with a single Johnson
beat out a bunt between Young and
Ehmke. Ehmke gathered up Leon
ards bunt and got Williams at third.
]. Fosters single scored Johnson.
Milan beat out a slow one to He'll
man, and Smiths sacrifice ny to
Crawford scored Leonard
Cobb singled and stole to begin the
TIGERS half. scoring on yeach's drive
. The Gritfs tied the score In the sew
enth. Leonard walked and scored on
Fosters terrific triple to the right
field bleachers Milan's single brought
Foster across. But In the last half the
home boys went ahead and stayed
there. Cobb's double came with one
down and veach's single to left scor-
ed Cobb. Rice should have caught
the ball, but allowed II to drop right
In front Of him. Leonard opened the
ninth With pass, going UP on Fosters
out Mf1an's single sent Leonard hik-
Ing homeward, but Veachs peg beat
him TO the plate.