Evening star., 1919-08-29
|GR|FF'S NEW MEN
/ PLAY GOOD BALL
sElIerbe and Harris Make
Splendid Impression in Their
First Games With Locals.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

BY ENAAN IIAOMPSON.
z NEW YORK. August 29.-Despite
rthe loss of both ends of the twin bill
with the Yankees yesterday. Clark
tGrifiith was able to smile. The Wash
sington helrnsman is one of the hard
sest losers in the world and ordinarily
stwenty minutes of such milling as
twas staged at the Polo Grounds in a
.scrappy hUrnor.
. The grin lie mustered UP at its con-
-clusion had nothing to do with the
1double defeat; that was ancient his
ftory as soon as recorded 1t was
-superinduced by the promise for the
sfuture held forth by the showing OF
Harris and Ellerbe, his kid inhelders
{ "They showed me something" was
-Griff's comment, and that means
-more than the loss of two ball games
Sit means IL their work their first
aime out can be taken as a criterion.
that something has been accomplish
ED toward Strengthening the team
I'm going to keep them in there every
sday now and the experience they Will
5acuuire will stand them in good stead
vwhen the time to open another season
srolls around. They are green yet and
stheir lack of knowledge of the finer
points may cost US some games, put
sfhey have action, they're young and
ethey can learn. / am convinced that
sthey are a promising pair. They Will
be given every chance in the world
.-fo-nake good and l am confident they
swill."
: The work of Harris. who was sta
sfioned at second base in both games,
sstood out more prominently than that
sof Ellerbe. but the latter played IN
sonly one of the contests ana, con
s<sidering the fact that he was cavort-
ding at short for the first time this
year having covered third all sea
sson for Binghamton, may De saiu 10
shaye given a most satisfactory eNhi
sbition. He handled every chance that
WAS offered. eight in number. and one
swas a spectacular stab OF a pouhoer
sheaded for center field
{ On another occasion he ran back ana
rot under a difficult fly, through fanK
Registered from third aIter 1He ths
ybecause his throw went wild OF 'he
smark at home. the effort was d
<worthy one. Many veterans at the Joo
would have done no better
At bat Ellerbe grounded TO inhelo
sers twice, walked once and registered
a double for a percentage OF -ooo'
u,rris handled himself in conh-
dent and capable manner IN poth con
tests He figured in two doupie pay
<.nd for the afternoon had totai OF
Es;rteen chances His one error was
IN vicious rap from Bakers bat in
The second contest. and by Soiie
zscorers, We know, would nave ee e
set down as hit He hacked ioI h.es'
covered first on bunts that drew Juogs
[6 tbe sack and otherwise comported
3,imseIf as a player with hooo.e
HouId be expected to. Only once olo
aither of the pair look bad ina. was
an the second round of the nnai en-
ronnter. when second was left uncoV-
@red as Peck pulled a delayed steal.
Nsharrity's peg going to center nero
hnd giving Peck an additional oaSe:
Incidentally Peck tailed with one OF
ahe cheapest runs ever RECORDED, iof
A. was here that Harris erred on
Rakers smash, and to start with
Peck had reached first after tanning
when the third strike turned out 10
be a wild pitch.
IT was at the bat that Harris I'M
nressed most. his three hits and
Ealk in nine times up giving MIN
hercentage of 400. His first appear
ance was in the second frame or the
opening encounter, when ne 1ouho
Rice on third and Menosky on ar seconu
6y reason of a pass and tWo-oasgeI
respectively. His single over second
Registered the pair of them He
walked his next time up and then was
set down four times IN a row Oh oile
hoist and three rollers
In the nightcap he got Washington s
afrst hit off Mogridge. single to CEN
Ter in the third. and was tagged steal
ing In the fifth. after Ellerbe walked
and took third on Shanks' double, ne
peeled off roller down the rignl-
Held foul line that cashed Washing
IONS first two runs He grounded TO
Peck on his final appearance
n Jaft GaId in no
kecond game. the first time this sea-
hon he has played in the garden. and
ne is likely to remain there. Howard
Showed no signs of losing his knack
as a fiycatcher, and the shift seemed
TO help rather than to hurt his bat
hing eve. IT appeared his hitting
streak would be ended when he failed
10 get the ball safe in nine rounds of
the initial tilt, but going overtime
gave him d respite. and in the four
teenth frame he poled a single to GEN.
ter that saved his record In the wind
up he biffed double to left in the
fifth, and tossed in a home run to
right center for good measure three
innings later, bringing MS record for
consecutive hitting up to fifteen.
That first game was = model from
the viewpoint of the more than 5000
cash customers who turned out for
the bargain, in that it supplied long
succession OF IlEtliS, anu AHdlly re-
suited in victory for the home guards
after fourteen innings of Cueling be-
tween Walter Johnson and Carl Mays.
1t was d tough game for Walter to
lose, as most OF his Teverses are. and
the defeat resulted in manner john
son has come to know wei.
= Harris hit produced the Nationals
first pair of runs, as has been re-
counted, while Johnson's single, a
walk to Judge. an alien error and an
out brought their total up to four in
the third.
!. Doubles by Pipp and Starr gave the
fanks their first run Three singles
and an error by Foster gave them a
pair in the seventh, and the count
was knotted in the eighth on Pratts
triple and Lewis scratched single
From then on it was q battle between
johnson and Mays, with both showing
their prowess in the pinches. In the
fourteenth, when PECK hit safely. he
was doubled up trying 20 reach thIro
on Bakers sacrifice, and the worst OF
1t appeared ended, but Pipp doubled
to center, took third on Pratt's
scratch hit to short and Tailed witt
the winning counter on a pop fly bach
OF second base. Milan, Rice or Harri.
could have caught it, but none OF then
did
After getting away to a lead will
two bargain runs off Harper in th'
second game. the Yanks were tied IL
the fifth, when Harris came through
with his second productive binole