The Washington times., 1920-04-04

The victory was decided in the art
ernoon, the Griffs scoring p run In
the first frame, the Reds tying 1T up
in the second, and the home boys
going ahead in the third. Thereafter
there was no scoring. though the
Reds threatened In the fifth. when
Duncan opened with a double and the
Griffs three times made offensive ges-
lures.
Adolfo LuQue. the little Cuban
pitcher looked good in his six In
nings on the hill, though he was
reached for the necessary runs to win.
Jim Shaw was a bit unsteady, but es-
capped serious troubles. Al Schacht
gave but one hit in four frames, show
ling how good he was.
sam Rice Comes Over.
Sam Rice, who received an enthusi-
astic welcome from the fans when ne
came to bat in the first inning, had
the honor of ringing up the first tally
of 1920 for the home team at Georgia
avenue. Two boys had perished when
Sam scratched a hit past Meyers, the
long first sacker of the Reds. He
then stole second before Roth got the
lone free pass of the afternoon, and
scored on Maurice Shannon's clean
single to left. Roth was killed on
trying to reach third on the blow, but
the run was over.
Ed Rousch. champion batsman OF
the National League, opened the sec
ond with a double, advancing on Dun
cans sacrifice. shannon leaped high
in the air for GREASY" Neale's vicious
liner, Just barely knocking 1t down,
but he could not recover it in time to
get Rousch at the plate. Meyers
liner into O'Neilrs mitt doubled up
Neale and choked of the Reds.
Milan opened the third for the Grins
with a nifty single to center, Rice
sacrificing him along. Roth's single
to left put Zeb on third. Luque threw
out Shannon. but Meyers dropped
Groh's toss Of Harris roller and MI
Ian was over with the deciding tally.
NeaIe and Judge Star.
Neale, the big right fielder. and
Judge, the Griffs' first sacker. con-
tributed two fine fielding plays. In
the fourth Judge screamed n long ny
TO right. 1t seemed headed for the
fence. and Neale set all sail in that
direction. Just as the ball was about
10 pass over his head tho Reds gar
dener reached up and brought II down.
Some few years ago we saw him DO
that on the Georgetown gridiron.
reaching UP and getting forward
passes with amazing ease.
Judge looked especially good in the
feld for his team, handling fourteen
putouts and one assist without a boot.
His assist was the real thing. Larry
Kopf slammed a hot one down past
Judge. who hoped upon it like a
frog, grabbed it, turned and got the
Redlander with a pretty toss to Shaw.
O'Neill and Harris. with q light day
aficld, impressed the fans with their
speed on the hoof. Both lads get
over in front of the ball.
Sam Rice gave the bugs heart fall
urc with his method of taking flies
at full length. The high south wind
seemed TO bother him bit.
After crashing a long foul to the
corner in left field in the second, J.
Grunting shaw obligingly whitfield.
That's the usual stunt under such
conditions.
Milan Gets Some Cheers.
Zeb Milan's long running catch Of
Meyers foul in the eighth was a
bright bit and earned him much ap-
plausc. Zeb has many friends in the
Capital.
Tim Jordan has splashed the right
field wall with a varied assortment
OF blues and green and yellows, sew
eral shades OF yellow, and a clock
will decorate the fence this season,
adding TO the woes OF the fans.
That the Griffs are not yet working
smoothly was indicated in the fifth
when Wingo raissd foul between
third and the plate. Charity gal
loped over after IL and shannon came
in. Neither got it. Card Thoner,
The Times demon camera man, came
near being spiked on that play.
barely pirouetting out of Gharrity's
path.
Both the Griffs and the Reds depart
tonight for Richmond. where they are
due to perform tomorrow. Ports
mouth, Danville, Roanoke and Park
ersburg, w. Va, will then be visited,
with Cincinnati being reached for
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