The Washington times., 1917-03-30
FLAHERTY SLATED
FOR DES MONIES
Washington Youth, With Nor
gan'S Rockies, to Go
West After All.
ERRORS LOSE FOR GRIFFS.
Reds Win 5-to-4 Game in Ninth
Inning-Leave for Gin
cinnati Tonight.
BY LOUIS A. poUGHER.


LOUISVILLE, March 30.-Ed Fla
herty, the Washington sandlotter
Swirler who was tried out at Augusta
early in the month, is to go to Des
Moines after ALL for the ripening he
seems to need before breaking into
the Big Show.
Manager Griffith has received word
from the Des Moines club that the
transportation had been forwarded
20 the pitcher, now travelling with
Ray Morgan's Yannigahs somewhere
in Virginia
May Develop Rapidly.
'T may. have Flaherty with my
team some day" says Griffith, zone
can never tell about green kids like
him, just breaking into the game.
He may develop rapidly In Des
AIoines with daily work. For one
thing, he. is big enough and strong
enough to hold his own If he shows
the correct amount of brains he may
come to the front with a rush"
Immediately after today's game
with the Cincinnati Reds at Eclipse
Park, both teams will pile into taxi
cabs and rush to the station for they
must make a speedy getaway in
order to land in Redland around Q
o'clock as is the present plan.
Each Has Won Game.
Today's contest will be the third
between these two major league
clubs, each having q victory chalk
ed up to its credit The Griffmen
copped the first 5-to 1 at Memphis
last Sunday. Yesterday the Reds
nosed out in the final frame, winning
8 to 4.
walter johnson is down to perform
today and on that account the crowd
IS expected to be more numerous than
yesterday when less than 900 bugs
braved the blizzardy gale to watch the
teams scramble around 1t was so cold
that It even froze Nick Atrock's ginger.
so you can imagine how cold it was.
Fielding Ii sliDshod-
: SIipshod fielding by the Grihmen gave
the victory to the Cincinnati bunch Nc
Brides error let Neale score in the
ouening frame. Smith dropped Kopf's
fly ball in the second. and Huhn's sin
gle sent him over. These were the two
tallies scored on Shaw and neither was
earned.
Dumont walked Neale in the seventh
with one gone, and he scored on Nc
Kechnie's single and Gross sacrifice ny.
With two down in the eigth Rice mud
died up Shean's easy roller. Cueto drew
a walk and a single by HUM sent
Shean over with the tying run.
The Grifmen got away to flying
start when both Milan. who had sin
Eled, and Rice, who had been safe on a
iielder's choice, scored ahead Of Elmer
Smith, when the latter drove the ball
high over the right field wall
Seemed Sewed Up.
The Grins seemed to have sewed up
things in the sixth. Milan's double
started things, and Rice brought him
over with a sweet safety to center. The
next three were helpless. but that run
doomed large until the Reds got busy
in the three final frames
Neale opened the last OF the ninth
with a fly to Milan.s Umpire Knapp,
an American Association Official,
wholly missed a play on Mckechnie
at first when he called him safe after
Rice's toss to Dumont beat the run
ner to the bag. Then came Elmer
Smiths second and more costly bobble
of the day. Groh singled sharply to
left and McKechnie should have been
held at second. Instead, Smith pro
ceeded to kick the apple all the way
10 center field and the flying Scotch
man was in with the deciding run of
the shivery afternoon