The Washington herald., 1919-05-06
Griffn,en Clout Out Fourth
Victory from Athletics
Jim Shaw Clears Bases with
Home Run htoy
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ing crew did the act, by q lotto 6
count ALTHOUGH. tliey'fwerc compelled
tu do many stunts thai do not come
in everyday major league baseball
C;rif's wreckers went at these .obst-
c''s like u bass grabs at n blood
90 nrrn and through heavy. long and
timrIy cIuuting they ovcrcame all OBJ
,iacles PLACED In their road. even. to
that eG,hsvink Umpire Prick owens
l. icISin T. around In politics Win the
OuakerHCliy weather man.
Rain on threc occasions halted the
battle. which was finally called OF
when Brick thought that the old At
rantic Ocean itself had backed its way
'"tn Shibe's field. Jimmy Shaw. who
rnCly contracted n cold in his sal
wing. was. forced TO take to the
ling hin. as he was the only
rl5rsavailahte, md although James
N'uvsins stuck forthe battlc' ovet the
cuiife route, he was touched Up pretty
lively by the home folks. Jing John
son. who has always been somewhat
Of Jinx for the Nationals. was
Mack's selection. but Jing took the
count under fire In the NTH and Doc
Watson finished the remaining frames.
James -Aloysius. aioHR with Sammy
Rice, busted out home runs. that
helpctt soscsunt 1rtu : sfus stfre,G a fImerI
while r1rds Milan md Fatima Foster
just busted taht old apple for fare
well limit. George Burns and that
tinx man. Joe RurAn. kept buttinG In
every onCe and n while with an extra
hasn clout for the Lehigh Avenue
Tribe that forced the, Eanne to. look
like. n sIqcgtnG bee. hut the Nationals.
had their, batting clothes on and woulf
not haze ghccn. hCaten seyeR,. in ttbe sest
going stage which Owens had set for
the boys had been enacted.
Twice Owens started the game In
the rain. which is against all baseball
rules, whether sand lot or major
league. hut Brick was the king today
and acted the part. Outside OF bat
ties between the players and Owens
about haltipaSthesSsame. Shaw's. clout
with es,srhe svstl~laeS Srplt Steesky's
EaTis SaiISt .bS tns aisssss,ss sssaslf
features. Shaw was in hole almost
every inning. but sensational fielding
pulled him over the rough spots. as
twice Milan made great catches in the
center garden. while Rice and Me
be remembered by local fandom. Hal
Janvrin and Shank worked like a
clock MACHINE round the keystone
sacHAH1fr t1vfe &-s-vsfsk l.~eE .eieS Mt
tacSing Marsdssaf hss,-yoster's III
of the Ikes,sfshear ep.tbs, sfrcatqiHs
ffth waSN fefhSrlaai,le. -. -aF fFH
e Tho Nationals were given a
chance to tally in tho openins;
frame when pitcher Kinney who
was holding down the right field
pasture. booted Fosters long fly
and Perkins moved him a peg on
a passed ball. but Milan and Rice
grounded down. GEunting Jimmy
pulled the a 10 s,Eahf Rpth in. the
Nationals second by CT6utineS tho
scco-a--eeS>-f-sseaexk --iha} lcft
field stands for n circuit. II was Il
regular prep school hero act. as
GEarrity's scratch hit followed by
DuEan's bad throw and free trans
pOrtation to both Foster and Jan
vrIn. the sacks were loaded. James
NIoySiuS then made the cleanup
tuat put tn Griffs out in front with
q iuur-run lead.
S%snssss ,G sss FStSSf r tn. T hit ,pl %G
MacsSsskAt vi naAse wax
done as 4Ienosky puIfedsaoSn Du-
Gan's offering after a long race to
the stands. Rice made possible
another for the Griffmen in the
third when he crashed out a home
run drive to deep left center.
Pichinich hit in the fourth and
Shaw forced Witt to 20 all the way
to the center field stands to pull
dOwp. his eGOEsss but lheEsiWaS no
scoEpa. .ys.t .2.fss lsE esessa&ktg
Tis '&ssssa [sxAasxssssk;as' k;a s.
slants, good trimmine ihthe fourth
when Grover and Kinney hit safely
and Burns doubled down the third
base line putting Grover home.
Winn followed with a sacrifice fly
to Rice. which put Kinney through
the counting dish, while Burns tai
lied when Shannon was being re-
tired on an infield out. Dugan
doubled and stole third and Perkins
was passed but th61rl. Eun-gettfng
stopped. when Jimmy, famed John
son.
Rain butted in for the first time
when tho Athletics took the field tn
star he fifh. but after a slight delay
Of ten minutes, Brick Owens put
The boys back to work again. Foster
doubled on the first pitched hall,
and scored when Milans sacrifice in
Growers direction was plroy'n over
Eurn's head The Tennessee fyinG
machine taking the midway 'sfatioin
on :he over throw. Grover booted
Rice'S offer of a slow Eroundcr and
Charity hit to center field. scoring
Milan. Rice taking third on the fly
Connie Mack then called Watson
from the bull pen to replace johnson.
Watson cut loose n wild. pitch. nut-
ting Rice spssesapst CHARITY took
second. but WAS cut down at third
when the hit and run failed. Me-
mosky was passed and stole second
hut was halted at third on Janvrin's s
croundcr to Watson. Hall was out
stealing
The Macks grabbed Off another run
i'm the fifth when Kopp and Grover hit
safely to start the works. while Kin
ney popped out to- Milan. Burns
forced Grover at. second. but Whitley
Witt singled to-ricIrt Shannon ended
the session by hosting to Shanks.
Shanks' single. along with a balk by
Watson and doubles by both Foster
and Milan. netter the Griffmen two
counters in the siXtT Mike Memosky
pulled the fielding feature of the con-
test in the Macks' half when he
pulled down Watson's drive Just as