Evening star., 1917-05-15
GR|FFMEN Toss away
CHANCES TO GET RUNS
Fail to Take Advantage Of Oppor.
tunities to Score and Lose to De-
troit, Q to 8.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
al Dispatch to The Star.

/ BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
| DETROIT, May 15.-Clark Griffith s
athletes frittered away no less than
half dozen opportunities to score
runs in yesterdays extra-inning en-
running by Ayers and Morgan ending
two promising rallies. Much to the
surprise of Ayers and everybody else,
Boland walked the doctor in the tenth
Foster then sent line fly to center.
| Ayers dug for third, which he reached
about the time Heilman caught the
ball and plowed for the plate, while
| were yelling for him to go back.
Ayers got his first information of what
had happened from Catcher Spencer.
Heilman leisurely completed the double
! second. Morgan pulled the same stunt
| in the fourteenth. After Diheen had
called Smith out on strikes Morgan
doubled down the left field foul line.
Ainsmith lifted long fly to Heilman,
who could have run to second himself
and completed the double play, but
compromised by tossing the ball to
Young.
Smiths clever bunt got him credit
for a nit in the fifth and Morgan sac
| rificed> him to second. Henry also was
safe when Witt booted his grounder,
but the best Crane and Du Mont could
do was to pop to Bush. Judge opened
the sixth with a single to right: but
was thrown out by Cobb at secoSd
trying to stretch it, Foster then tripled
down into Cobb's corner, but was left
there by Shanks and Rice.
with two down in the seventh Henry
singled to left and Crane got credit
for hit when his line drive struck
Umpire Owens in the back, despite his
attempts to dodge it: Ainsmith was
put on to run for Henry. and Charity
sent in to bat for Du Mont, but Boland
fooled the third string backstop on a
wide curve. Spencer dropped the ball,
but recovered it in time to throw Char
rity out
Cobb's fast fielding robbed Smith of
played highwayman .on Morgan's line
drive in the thirteenth. Ainsmith fol>
lowed with a double which struck
squarely on the left field foul line, but
neither Crane nor Ayers could bring
him in.
Walter Johnson is the announced Sc
lection for pitcher for the visitors this
afternoon, but Manager Jennings said
he would not decide until he had seen
them warm up whether he would work
Carroll Jones, Bill James or Harry
Coveleskie.
Howard Shanks made a spectacular
catch of a hard hit line drive by Bo-
land in the twelfth inning that prob
ably. saved the game from ending right
there. Shanks had to sprint in and to
his left for the ball. which he grabbed
off the grass, turning a somesault to
complete the catch. With the ground
hard and dry Boland probably would
have made the hircuit had the ball got
ten through Shanks. He was heartily
applauded for his feat.
Manager Griffith put in considerable
time in his room this morning work
ing on the speech he is to deliver at
Bloomington. ILL.,, week from today.
when he will be the guest of honor at
a banquet rendered by the leading citi-
zens of the town where he made his
base ball debut. He visited Michigan
avenue hook store this morning and
purchased a copy of Roget's The
saurus' to aid him in his quest for suit
able adjectives. and later borrowed the
assistant bookkeeper Of the hotel, who
also is an adept at shorthand. to take
copious notes. Grim is figuring on hav-
ing the address printed and sending
advance copies to the newspapers sub
ject to release by wire on the memoir
able occasion when he delivers it.
Zeb Milan, who was unable to get into
the game yesterday because of a severe
attack of indigestion he suffered in
Cleveland the night the team left there.
Is feeling much better today and is ex-
pected to play by tomorrow at the lat
est. Shanks will again be in center to-
day in case Milan is not fully recovered,
as Menosky's back, wrenched in Wash
ington, has refused to respond to
evening to rest up. Manager Griffith
has wired for Jameson to come to De-
troit Immediately, but he is not ex-
pected to get here in time to get into
today's game.
The Griffmen lost again yesterday, 3
to 2, but they are improving, as it took
the enemy-the Tigers in this instance
fourteen innings to turn the trick,
fourteen innings of exciting plays and
tense situations with just enough hit
ting. errors and good plays to make
the base ball dish highly palatable for
the 1929 who paid to sit around the
board.
Du Mont started for Washington, but
the boat trip across the lake seemed to
have affronted him somewhat and he
was not as good as usual, allowing nine
hits and two runs in the six innings he
worked, although only one of the coun
ters was earned. Ayers replaced Du
been withdrawn to permit Charity to
fan for him. For seven innings the
Hillsville M. D. was very effective,
yielding only two scattered hits, but in
the 1OuTIeenIH successive QOuDleS Dy
Burns and Witt gave Jennings menag-
erie the run it needed to win.
Bernie Boland, the young man who
this year has graduated from bullpep
performer and relief hurler to the
dignity of fulliedged regular.
pitched in superb style for the Tigers
and richly deserved the victory he
toi1ed so long and arduously to attain.
He kept the visitors hits well scattered.
their first run being unearned. with no
semblance of hit accompanying 1t.
and the second coming as the result of
one single. and Ainsn,iths speed, by
which he prevented a double play when
he forced Smith in the ninth.
With the count 3 and 2 Judges keen
eye gave him walk in the first. inning,
Joe taking second on Wits error on
Fosters grounder. Shanks forced Foster
at second. Bush to Young. Judge had
started with the pitchers arm and
rounded third as Young took Bush's
| toss. He slowed up. and when Young
fired the ball to Burns to complete the
double play, Judge tore for the plate,
arriving there a safe margin ahead Of
Burns throw. :.
On three different occasions the
Griffmen passed up opportunities to
score until the ninth. when they tied
up the game. Rice, first up. walked
and went all the way to third when