Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-06
VAL P|C|N|CH Wins
THE BROWN DERBY
Pulls Classic Boner in Losing
CoIorfuI Game for John
son to Tigers.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

!. II the second clash of the set be-
tween Griffs and Tigers is anything
s..ike that of yesterday. in which Wal
.'eat at the hands Of Bernie Boland,
. ans who like their base ball tense
viii make no mistake in journeying
% American League Park this after
noon. It was quite battle from
more than one angle.
For one thing, it marked the first
appearance locally Of Umpire Chill
, since he was recalled from the minors
oy Ban Johnson, the league executive
who recently developed into strict
! disciplinarian and who sees visions of
, injunctions in his sleep these nights.
The arbiter incurred the displeasure
Of Messrs. Cobb and Ainsmith, the
after course being about as harmless
as playing foot ball with a chunk of
INT.
. that extended over several innings
after being called out on strikes in
! the opener. No stenographic report
. of his remarks was obtainable, but his
. Grafton was punctuated with express
I've adjectives such as yellow" and
bum
Ainsmith Wants to Act.
Ainsmith's observations were not
audible. He spilled a lot of words
when Chill refused to allow him to
take first after a pitched ball had
gfazed the back of his shirt in the
ninth. but seemed more anxious to
act than talk. At the combined So
neltation of three Tigers. including
BOSS Jennings, the former Griffman
was persuaded to turn his attention
from hghtfng to batting
Inere were other high spots. Johnson
ianned Cobb twice and held him hit
less Menosky put on a return ex-
hibitlon OF his speciality, Lost in
the ,s sun whereby a pop fly became
a,sinsie for Young. and he threw
man out at the plate! Then, let's
see-Milan came back into the line
up, Janyrin got a hit and Picinich
went into a trance.
The latter's contribution really was
the headliner and deserved first
mention 1t was classic. Display
ed before an understood crowd in a
seventh place town it will not re-
ceive the attention it deserves, but
with the proper setting, in, say,
world series. would live long in the
lore OF base ball 1t consisted of
nonchalantly ignoring a passed ball
that rolled behind him. 1t happened
to be the fourth Johnson had tossed
to eVeaeh in round eight, and 1t per-
mitted Veach to reach second, from
where he was in position to register
the run that decided the combat on
Heilmann's single that followed. Val
wins the brown derby with this
Veach also made the circuit with
DetroitS other tally in the second, on
bis double to left, Heflmann's sacri-
ice and Shorten's safe swat to right.
1pnes. followed with a biff that sent
Sh6rten to third and the bases were
naQked when Ainsmith drew a walk
but johnson famed Boland and made
bush ground to Shanks.
1dge's Double Ties Score.
"A Misty two-bagger to the right field
kven terms with the visitors in the
thirh Shanks had started with a bin
kle sthSleft and after he had been
fbrced by Janvrin the latter moved
to second when Johnson stro1led. and
scored on Judges crack. Foster and
Rice hSd the chance to win the game
Eight here. but Eddie succumbed on
ftrfkes and Sam popped foul to He'll
double killings developed to assist
Frames, two Of them being sparklers
In which DOME Bush shone. A great
chance. was offered the Griffs ia the
ninth when Foster hit safely and
Milan followed by walking. Rice's in
tended sacrifice was ferrie6 by Bo-
lffte4t to Cobb. Charity, who was as
iigned to catch after Picintch's feat
IN the inning previous. obtained pas
u load the runways and II was up to
bfngles to his credit. He didn't have
another, in stock and the matinee
closed when Heilmann got under his
aerial Offering on foul territory.