The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-24
This Is Becoming Palmer Daily
and Cleveland Fans Are Be.
ginning to Howl.
FORMER GRIFFMEN FAILURES
Ray Morgan's Injured Ankle
Progressing FavorabIy and
He'll Soon Be Back.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.


That Clark Griffith outwitted Lee
Foil in turning over Joe Boehling and
Danny Moeller for Elmer Smith and Joe
Leonard 10 becoming palmer every day.
and already the fans of the Sixth City
are bowling, according to advices from
Cleveland. Both, former Washington
players are expected to be subjected
to riding" by the Cleveland fans when
they appear at their new home park.
Boehling has pitched In two games
for the Indians. In the first against the
Red Sox the Richmond southpaw ex-
ploded In the last inning and forced In
the winning run with a pass. Yester-
day he was driven from the mound In
the fourth inning.
hoeller has been severely criticised
for trying to steal second when put on
to run for Steve O'Neill in his first
game as an indian He was thrown
out and later a walk and a hit would
have scored him. Yesterday he batted
for Klepfer in the ninth and achieved
In Cleveland the baseball writeru are
inclined to use pick-axes and piiedrivers
MoeiIer are In danger of being slaush-
tered the first time they march out on
All around the circuit baseball writers
are commenting on this latest trade
engineered by Clark Griffith. In the
National League the Old Fox used to
Of his proness to make deals. Since com
ing here he has quit this. however. but
he 10 hereby given carte blanch to besin
again. II he will only get some more
Smiths and Leonards for Boehlings and
Moellers.
Ray Morgan's injured ankle 10 pro-
crossing favorably. and he ID expected
to be back in the abort field In n day
or 90.
Joe Judge was removed from yester.
days second game lest he inture him
self. Judge was recently operated on
for hernia. and he is taking no chances
doing things. With careful handling.
Judge should finish out the present sea-
son and get away to . good start next
spring.
Tho Indians. who have dropped eight
strlight games since coming East. have
q double-header today with the Mack
man. They have another booked for
Saturday, making fiye games In three
and playing good ball. It would not be
surprising to see the Indians tumble a
little lower in the race before returning
home.
Next Monday the Indians open a four
day stop in the Capital II they bump
into stiff competition in Philadelphia
and the Griffs take the odd one from the
White Sox. Cleveland and Washington
may exchange places In the standings
Tho Griffs have been bitter pills for
the Indians all season. even when the
latter were at their best. Neither team
10 maintaining a very fast pace now.
but II anything: the Griffs are going
better than Fohl's team.
Sam Rice. WashinRton's hardest hit
ting outfelder. 10 reported to be i'm
proving. though still confined to his bed.
a victim of typhoid. but malaria has
him in its grip and he may not get into
the lineup again for a week or more.
v An even EYER break With the nrowni e;
baseball for the Grifrmen YESTERDAY,
darkness hating the struggle at $3.50
o'clock. The visitors grabbed the hrst
Fosters bad peg and some wretched
base running by the home boys. The
;seond skirmish was a victory for
day was the umpirine Of Messrs. Con-
molly and Chill. both OF whom were
ssyb1ectsd to a severe "Eidingr n,r by
N.Y. Be- c ss,% IF s and ch
glorious afternoon. Some of their de-
cisions were SO absolutely wrong
fans and grins from the players
ming.
The frst game blew to the visitors
in the tenth. after Jim Shaw had done
uobly and deserved a better fate
Pratt walked and got around to third
on two deaths, Austin rolled to Fos-
ter. whose peg to judge was wide,
allowing Pratt to score. That put
the foe ahead, to 4.
In the last half some fiossy runnihk
settled the fate OF the home boys
Judges walk opened the session
McBride's single advancing HIM VIII
along a corner. Jameson. coming ur
for Shaw. lined to Miller. Judge pa
raded down the line too far and then
on his return to third stumbled. He
took so long to get ND steam that he
was an EASY mark for Millers per-
fsot peg to the plate.