The Washington times., 1920-07-17

Leonard, p.
First Game at 2 O'clock.
the question. That'll be the only way
to suit J. Grunting Shaw.
HAVE SIX CONTESTS.
The Detroit Tigers arrived here
this morning. They ran right into a
double header, which is not a bit
chubby on the part of Prexy Griffith.
They have six games to play with the
Griffs on this visit, and, with Ty
Cobb toting bum knee, the
Jungaleers may have their troubles.
With doubleheader today, four
more single games will follow, the
Griffs OBTAINING the Jungaleers for
an extra day. The schedule gives the
Nashingtonians a vacation next Wed
nesday. but rather than play two
doubbleheaders, Prexy Griffith will
keep the Tigers here for that day.
Ten more games remain to be
played here before the Griffs hike.
The game at Philadelphia a week
from Monday will be played here on
Sunday, October 3, thus permitting
the Griffs to go to Cleveland and play
off a doubleheader on July 26. That
night the Griffs will go to Detroit,
where, unless ii is settled here, the
controversy as to the relative merits
OF the baseball beaks may have to
be determined at Navin Field.
MORE PITIFUL STUFF.
Twice the Griffs were slammed in
the eye in the getaway games of the
White Sox series. Walter johnson
and Urban Faber pitched beautifully
for eight innings. Faber continued
through the ninth. but the Kansas
Zephyr allowed Felsch and John Col
lins to single with one gone. and
then Swede Risberg poled one for
three bases to the extreme corner Of
the jury box. scoring himself on
Schalk's sacrifice.
That first game, while tedious as
most pitching duels. was well played.
and Johnson's defeat did not neces-
sarily sting. His team, unable to do
anything with Fabers stun, never
had a real chance to do anything.
The fielding on both sides was excel.
lent, Milan, <hanks, and Eddie Col
lins contributing nifty bits.
1t was different in the second game.
There the Griffs were leading 5 to 0
in the fifth. Harry Courtney had per-
mitted three hits without a tally in
five frames, and looked a wizard. How
deceptive are worldly surfaces? He
blew up with a bang in the sixth.
passing from the scene to allow Olaf
Erickson to fling the remainder Of
the game and falna victim of q ter
rife homer by oe Jackson with the
bases crammed in the ninth.
COURTNEY ExPLODES.
Courtney walked Eddie Collins with
one gone in the sixth, let Weaver
single, and hit Jackson on the shirt
with a pitched ball, filling the bases.
Felsch's solid smite to left brought in
two runs and another by John Collin
brought Jackson over with the third.
Away went the ex-garage man. In
came Olaf.
Felsch and John Collins pulled
double steal as Risberg whitfield and
again the bases were filled when
Eddie Murphy, hitting for Lynn, drew
a pass. Wilkinson ended it all when
he took third strike and Erickson
had emerged from a narrow crack in
the atmosphere.
Jackson's single, followed, by
Felsch's double to left, the ball
bounding over Milapet head. put the
White Sox but one in the rear. The
Griff's were in front to 4, when the
ninth began.
JACKSON DOES TT.
Ted Jourdan, hitting for Wilkinson,
died as the first batsman. Leibold
bounced a high one over Erickson's
dome for a bingle. Eddie Collins hit
one back at the box. Erickson picked
IL up and then carefully tossed wild
ly to Harris, allowing both runners
to live instead of snuffing them both
out.
Weaver hit a bounder at Judge.
Olaf was slow going across to cover
the bag and 80 the White Sox third
sacker got a life, setting the table for
Joe Jackson. These should have been
three out and the Griffs Victorious
but
Jackson swung that ponderous
black bat of his. 1t connected. A
line drive was on its way to the
center field fence. Rice turned and
dug for the barrier, with no possible
chance of intercepting that wallop.
Jackson fairly flew around the bases
and was almost at the plate when
Rice got the ball back to Harris In
center.
The white Sox, like so many school
boys released from their books. leaped
and danced. They seized Jackson
about the neck and fairly dragged
him to the dugout where another jolli-
fcation began. 1t was apparent that
the White Sox wanted that victory
that they are in this pennant hunt to
the end, and that they have the stun
to carry them a long distance.
Cicotte came I'm for the ninth and,
though Shanks beat out an infeld
hit, the home boys were done for the
day. They had seen victory snatched
from their fingers.
Since the New York series, in which
the Grins made noise like flag
contender. the Washington club has
steadily deteriorated. Losing the last
clash with the Yankees, tho Grifs
have dropped nine OF their last eleven
games played. Where they will end
no one knows