Evening star., 1920-06-01

The only consolation that came
Washington's way was the fact tha'
The Griffmen, to a man. put forth theil
best efforts throughout the contests
and only surrendered when every pos
sible loophole through which to c.aw
10 victory had been plugged up gooo
and tight. The morning game should
have been the Nationals. but one OF
those unlucky, weird decisions favored
the Yankees. and with it went the game
ming after the big fellow had been
going at his last seasons clip. The
play came up in the sixth inning
with two down and the score standing
. 10 / in the Nationals favor. Bodie
was on first. through the medium OF
a force play, when Duffy Lewis hit a
high fly into left. The ball landed in
but Umpire Chill said it was fair as
il left the field to enter the stand. and
the decision meant two runs and a
tied score.
Grinmen Argue in Vain.
The hit was so palpably foul that
Crif and the entire ball team sur
rounded the diminutive ump and ar
gued for five minutes, with the usual
result of the decision standing as
given When all arguments were
over and the players had gone back
to their places Sha~'s arm had be-
come cold, gone dead" as the play
ers say. and he had nothing left
but his glove and a prayer. AS
result Hannah followed with another
a single and Meusel triple. and poor
Jim had taken the count. Carlson
came in and pitched the third man
out and went through the next two
innings in fine style. and was taken
out when Shanks was put in to run
r.. he hod
reached second on Pratt's error on
Judge.
When the Nationals went to bat in
the ninth the score stood to 8
against them. but they kept everlaSt-
ingly at it and tied up the game in
two out. Ellerbe walked and Harris
sent him to second with a single to
left. Val Picinich then ambled up
to the plate. caught hold of one of
Mogridge's teasers and whipped it
into the left field stand for a home
run Oh. mommer, but it was a sweet
hit from a Washington viewpoint and
came like a clap of thunder out of
a clear sky. The fans were leaving
the stands in high glee. but they did
funeral march back to their seats
and the gloom hung thick and heavy
over the stadium. But victory was
not to be Griff's. as a wild throw by
Ellerbe over Judges head in the last
half of the ninth let In the run neces-
sary to win for the Yanks.
Grins Start Poorly In p. VI.
The afternoon battle started badly
for Washington. as the Yanks got
after Courtney from the start. and he
was lucky to get through the first
round without being scored on. as a
double and single had been made. and
only the quick thinking oF Judge pre-
vented run With one down and
Peck On second, the. result of his dou-
BILE. Pipp hit to right, but Courtney
failed to cover. Seeing Peck turning
third. Judge steamed the ball over
TO Eilerbe and Peck was run down.
The play was unexpected 10 as shrewd
player as Roger is and emphatically
marked Joe as man with a bucket
full of brains. After the Griffs had
suit of consecutive singles by EIlerbe,
Shannon and Charity, the Yanks in
the same round opened lombard
ment that finally sent Courtney to the
bench. After Pratt walked Bodie dou-
bled to center and the first named
pulled up at third. Lewis then jam
med a double into center and Pratt
and Bodie registered. The next two
men were outs. but Peckinpaugh,
who hit like crazy man all after
noon. shot another double into left
and Lewis came home. Snyder then
went on the rubbeg. retiring the third
man on a fly.
Then the Nationals got busy with
their bats and again went into the lead
scoring three runs. Milan singled to
center and Rice flied to Ruth Roth sin
Eled to right and Milan salloped To
third. Harris then hit a fierce single
into left that went through Lewis and
Milan and Roth scored. while Stanley
reached third. That was aplenty for
Pitcher Thormahlen and Ernie Shore
ascended the mound. He walked Ellerbe
and Shannon was safe on Meusers
error, but the next two went out
Three more runs went for the Griffs
in the fourth and then they quit on the
day in A scoring line. Judge led off with
y single through the box and Milan went
out. second TO first Peck threw out
Rice as Judge raced 10 third. Roth then