The Washington times., 1916-07-19
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.
First game 2 o'clock.

Rippy Williams. the big utility man Of
the 0riffmen, may be out Of the game
for another week. instead Of a simple
injury. Williams is suffering from se-
we're injury. and Manager Griffith does
not expect to have him ready for action
until tho Griffmen have departed on
their next trip.
Nerito Acosta, the wee Cuban player,
taken back from Minneapolis IN ex-
change for Henri Rondeau. Is expected
to report here Friday or Saturday. II
Williams IL still on the hospital list.
Acosta will be played on first base.
'Acosta ought to make a good suDsti-
tute first baseman. despite his size"
says Manager Gririth. HE frequently
played there In practice with US before
going to Cantillon's team, and I'm will
well and good. but III give him q
chance. anyway
Bill Workman. the Kansas City short
stop. sold to the Cubs Tor more than
Marty OToole's famous s...5.u. 10 a
lots of the Monumental City.
Young Workman Is twenty-three
years old. and q son Of Police SER
geant Charles Workman. OF lly WI
Stricker A. c.. a sanulol outfit. in his
native city. covering third base. lie
broke into professional baseball with
savannah. and for the past two years
has been In the American Association.
starring, At shortstop Tor the KANSAS
City club.
Workman 10 now leading all A. A.
shortatops. His last batting ngures
teen doubles ana six triples. he is tied
with Stovall and Jack Leary. former
brownies. with ninety hits. the largest
number made IN the ASSOCIATION to date.
n i'm haf hx mao
Two points.
Jack Bentley. the Sandy Spring south
paw. farmed to Minneapolis oy the
1rtffmen. In leading the American AS
ISOLATION batsmen with q mark OF 400.
Jack has collected sixteen nits In forty
times at bat for twenty-one games.
He has pitched In fourteen games. and
Z, s.. Created with i've wins and -FOUR de-
The following from today's New York
Fun Is interesting:
Ty Cobb played Yesterday with his
trying to run wilc on Walters during
Mondays double-header. 1y wonders
about his growing unpopularity, Tut he
deserved all the misses the Yankee fans
bestowed on him yesterday. The Yanks
again sQuashed his effort to score from
second on an infield out, but Ty came
into Walters with his spikes high in
the air. 1t was SO raw that even Bill
P!nssn soundly .rebuked the former
vean Gregg. the veteran southpaw
sent to Buffalo by the Red Sox, made
his debut for the Bisons yesterday and
Sam Cuttings. the Washington boy.
Gregg allowed but five hits, famed nine
and walked one. Cuttings passed six and
allowed thirteen hits. Gregg also col
tAA L. 90 tQ f0r h Ia ax.ta IL
It ID expected that Gregg goes to Buff
falo In exchange for Joe Engel. another
Washingtonian.
Here's a pretty mixup in the New
York State league yesterday.
In the second inning Of the second
game between Albany ana Binghamton,
after three men had been put out, Bing-
hamton. believeing only two, were out,
allowed Wiltse to single and steal. Tam
sett subsequently famed for the fourth
out. Umpire johnson allowed the GAM,
TO proceed and ruled that the extra
times at bat and putout would count.
Official scorers. not agreeing with john
sons decision, announced they would
appeal to President Farrell for a ruling.
Sammy Lichtenheim. the Montreal
magnate. is trying to sell to the
League. With Maisel and Giihooiey Out
Of the game. Smith might be useful Just
now. but on their return to duty the
Yanks would have seven gardeners in
Magee. High, Oldring. Maisel. Gilhooley,
Hartzell and Smith.
Never heard before that Ban johnson
was a mascot. but that's. what he
seemed TO be yesterday. The boss OF
baseball and president OF the American
League hoped into a box at Georgia
avenue and stuck It, out to the end
watching the Grifrmen make It four out
Of ftve from the Cleveland Indians by
winning the last contest, of the series
8 to 2. So Ban must have been a mas
cot for the home boys.
iris Speakers faux pas In the second
inning gave the Griffs their margina
tally. and also scared the fans half t
death. Few before had ever seen the
prince of outfelders drop AN ordinary
fiy ball. but that's what they saw yes
terday. Some haven't, recovered yet.
Bert Gallia and Jaw Gould wer'
hooked I'D In a, classy exhibition o.
twirling. After the second frame Goul'
was never scored on, though two hit
were collected of him In the eighth
He pursued his monotonous course lik'
q veteran :,
GaiIia deserved a shut-out. Both thu
Ipdians' runs were aided along b,