Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-16
Griffmen Get the Break.

the Grtfmen entered the final frame
with the score standing to in favor
| of the enemy. Ainsmith. first up, was
| ranked to first. Johnson was sent
| In to bat for Shaw. He got in the
| hole with two strikes, then waited
for three balls and fouled Off half
dozen before tanning. Charity bat
| ting for Judge, who had not been able
to connect with Williams southpaw
shoots. sent Ainsmith to second with
a bounder over that bag that neither
| Risberg nor Collins could reach.
Shanks' single to left scored Ainsmith.
| put Charity on second and caused
Manager Rowland to beckon Williams
| to the bench. Danforth sent up one
good one and one that was wide and
then Milan hit the ball directly at
Risberg. An easy double play should
have been the result, but the ball took
n bad bound and went over Risberg's
| head, Charity scoring, Shanks taking
third and Milan going to second. This
was the bit of Grifi!thian luck referred
| to. 1t tied the score. Rice lifted an
easy pop fly to Gandl. but Foster
caught one on the end of his bat and
drove it to deep left for three bases,
sending Shanks and Milan in. Horace
Milans fly to Jackson ended the rally
Ray Schalk. the first batsman to face
Johnson in the Sox half of the ninth.
got life when Charity. who had
taken Judges station at first. dropped
Fosters perfect throw. Eddie Murphy,
j strikes. but Liebold singled to center,
putting Schalk on second. Weaver
then sent steaming drive right be-
tween Gharrity's legs for two bases.
scoring Schalk, Liebold stopping at
third. With the tying run on third and
the winning counter on second, Eddie
Collins was purposely passed, filling the
| bases. This bit OF strategy worked out
well. for Felsch. who followed him,
knocked a grounder to Mcbride. whose
throw to Ainsmith forced Schalk at the
plate. Jackson then appeared at the
plate with his big war club and with
single and double already to his credit.
The crowd called on him to murder the
ball. but all "Shoeless Joe" could ac-
| complish was a weak roller to Johnson.
who tossed him out at first.
The Griffmen We're the first to score.
getting n brace of tallies in the second
inning. After Rice had famed, Foster
walked and scored on Menosky's three
base drive to the bleachers in right
center. Williams at this stage demon
strated a new way to break up the
squeeze play. Mcbride had been sent in
to bat for Leonard. and with Mike
trotting down the line for home the
pitcher hit Mcbride in the ribs. Me-
nosky was sent back to third and
George was given his base. Ainsmith's
Texas Lacquer to center scored Me-
nosky. Mac and Eddie both were left.
Sox Tie Up the Score.
The Sox tied it up in the fourth.
Weaver started with single and was
forced by Collins, who stole second.
Felsct lifted to Menosky but Jackson
drove a terrific liner to left that Me-
nosky ran circles under, the ball going
over his head without him touching it.
Collins scoring and Jackson reaching
second. Foster allowed Gandirs little
fly to sift through his hands, Jackson
scoring. Gandi was run down on the
base lines by Foster, Shaw, Mcbride
and Judge, Mcbride getting the putout
Chicago took the lead in the fifth,
aided by a little more luck. Risberg
opened with a single to left. Menosky
was careless in returning the ball to
the in1eld and it got away from
Shanks. Risberg going to second.
/. Schalk's suicide put him on third. Will
lians was called out on strikes and
Liebold's puny fly to short left scored
him. Liebold stole second and scored
on Weaver's line drive to right. Rice