Evening star., 1917-09-23
UNFEE[|NG TIGERS
SPOIL FESTIVITIES
Mar Military Program by Beat.
ing Walter Johnson and
Griffmen, 40.
EHMKE AND TY COBB SHINE
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Soldiers, fans. music, enthusi-
asm, speeches and base ball COM
bined to make for lively and in
teresting afternoon at the ball
park yesterday, but the occasion
of the presentation to the Dis
trict's soldier boys OF equipment
to provide sports for their leisure
time was somewhat married by
the fact that the little item of
victory for the Washington club
was overlooked in the prepara-
ton of the program.
But for this oversight the two
bands could have joined i'll a
rendition OF The End OF Per-
feet Day" as the crowd. COM
posed OF nearly as many men in
khaki as civilians, filed out OF the
stands. As it was, Howard Ehmke
and Ty Cobb, with the assistance
of seven other members OF the
Detroit team, took all the JOY out
of life by spectacularly compiling
four runs while baking every ef-
fort OF the Nationals to score
Walter johnson the Victim.
Ehmke. Cobb ct al. did not enter
into the spirit of the occasion at all.
Their ideas of the fitness of things
took no account of how appropriate 1t
would be for the Grinmen to top off
the patriotic rally with a triumph on
the field of battle. Instead they per-
mitted their mundane desire to hold
fourth place in the race to urge them
to deeds of valor and craft, much to the
discontinue of Griffith's athletes. his
highest priced help. Walter johnson,
being by far the most dismomf1ted.
Ehmke was the craftiest and Cobb
the most valorous. The former, a
slender young pitching person whose
refusal to underestimate his own abil-
ity prevented Grif from obtaining his
services when the Federal League bios
somed forth, gave a finished perform
ance on the mound. holding the Nation
ais to three scattered hits. while Cobb's
feat of hammering the ball over
Milan's head for a home run. with two
on nearly finished Johnson in the third
round and did end whatever chance the
Grifmen had of drawing up to within
two games of the Tigers instead of
they are now.
Until Cobb produced that circuit
smash in the third there was every
reason to believe that a grueling
mound duel was in prospect Tyrus was
called out on strikes his first time up.
Later. in the fifth. he famed again.
swinging viciously for the last strike.
There was no one on base on either Of
these occasions. But in the third the
Cobbesque code called for a different
procedure, as there were two other
Jungaleers on the hassocks looking to
him for assistance. With two of the
enemy out of the way Bush lined the
ball in the general direction of left
field. Foster was lucky to knock it
down, and Bush was unlucky enough
to get his head in the way of Eddie's
throw, for which he received some
pain and base hit Witt followed with
a single to left. on which DOME reached
third. and then Cobb inserted that
home run wallop and three runs were
over
0tIdCh Ou JOAuSOA xSSSulucOs
The attack on Johnson was resumed
in the sixth after Neach had been re-
tired Heilman singled to center and
galloped around to third on a blow to
right by Ellison that Rice did not
handle with much dispatch. Here the
fairly well known squeeze play was en-
ployed. Young bunted the ball to
johnson whose toss to Ainsmith failed
to reach the plate ahead of Heilman.
Cobb rounded out 500 average for
the day by hitting to left in the sew
enth and furnished some interest by
pulling a delayed steal of second. fol-
lowing this with the theft of third
Heilman famed before Ty could recover
his breath sufficiently to steal home.
Eddie Foster. who got two OF the
three hits made of Ehmke, reached
third base in the second round on his
single. Morgan's sacrifice and Shanks
out. and Menosky attained the same
station in the sixth on two outs after
hitting to center. bat both were left
The Nationals had another opportu-
nifty to tally in the eighth, when John
son was safe on Wits error and Me-
nosky drew a pass, but Leonard and
Milan could do nothing with Ehmke's s
sweeping curves.
Heilman displayed the best work
afield with running catches of long
drives by Leonard and Johnson. the
Tiger Gardener sprinting back of the
pavilion in right to spear Joe's foul fy
with his gloved hand. Score: