The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-05-17

Joe Gedeon. He handled a compile OF
nasty Founders all by himself He
raced to the bag now and then, al
ways with success. His three assists
give you line on his fielding ac-
tivity.
Judge got almost half his teams
total OF bingles of Carl Weilman. the
Brownies lean southpsw. He opened
the game with hot one that Joe
Gedeon did well to stop over close
to the bag. He crashed ripping
single to center In the second. scor-
ing Shannon. who had walked. He
wslloped another single to center In
the fourth, with two gone, and
promptly swiped a sack. 1t wasn't
his fault that he did not score. He
was ready.
Taking it by and large. pro and
con. or vice versa, Mr.. Joe Judge and
Mr.. Maurice shannon look about the
best pair OF infield performers seen
in Washington this spring, bar none.
No. even with all this fine stun by
Messrs. Judge and Shannon. the Griff-
men could not win behind Walter
Johnson. They lost, 4 to 2. mainly
because they fell down when oppor-
tunities faced them and also partly
because Johnson lacked the strength
to go through a whole nine-inning
contest.
vi" army SUI" "PP'
The tendency of the Griffmcn to
play the "old army game" appeared
in the first inning. The tendency Of
Bobby Roth to snooZe on the bases
came along in the nth. The tendency
OF the Griffs to get flock of runs for
Jobrson w,s there ali dav
clark Grirfith likes TO have HIS
vounp man hunt whenever opposino
a long lank finger like Carl We'll.
NAN II succeeds now and tben too
Rut when tho opposition knows that
onIv hunting js in order-wel II
doesn.t work so we'll tbcn This
weakness in strategy appears fire..
ouentIv in the work of the GriYs. 1t
is costing them hall games, too. not
every day. hut now and then.
The first three Griffs hit safely in
the first inning. and Weilman seemed
in for determination. But the GrifYs
came IN bIs assistance and he IVES
saved After that he pitched won
dorful bali especially in the pinches,
and the home bows failed utterly.
with one in, one out. and runners
on third and second. Stanley Harris
came I'D with orders to bunt. He did
even though the st. Louis infield was
ready. and stanley is n good enough
batsmen to have showed the ball over
their heads Rice perished at the
nIatc Wcilman handling the bunt per
rectIy,
NICE run" '"""'
Sam Rice fell down twice in the
pinches. Were he hitting as he VIII
eventually, the Grins would nave TAI :
,,eu ~ t 800 se. IN '.o'u a 'nd ~ tha
fourth Ant on each occasion sam
merely roIIed merriIv to George Sis
Icr
Iud,A ,vas y, ,bird and Milan on
orst In tho socord inning when nice
20 MO ~, and r,ado tho anal ont Judge
Was on second md Milan on frst again
- .Ln faur,h ,,,Ith ,wo down when
pico ro,ied r. sisier on that hurt,
pohb, p.,h ,ooL nan IN second
,r ,ho et,h and - cnst his team
H. Ia ,,a,iSed and taken
~ ms,in.S had neg of 81
fs, on VII NIa,,rios cban
8, ~, po,, sew snoring and
non az ps,, ,o'n - ai,,,nss, tSrow-
-. ,a,or shannon
NC L, ,,i-a A.
sIou' o 49,, al
o'ner pooeo 'un ,.hn
ion Tue otn'i na T,,ovSa,, ~
was lar oI 49, rto ,,,,,h two
IoI, SINS ' 80 osti,, no,
ooWn III ,no Seco"'' rnIi,,od
cause p,I,'pe' w.,
WIN s'hsiee, so'rns ,,,,,s,,od n
vi .ne neVen.n 1880 rn. .nom.d ~