The Washington times., 1920-05-30

noon. The Athletics were tackled II
Of two games. The scores, ii
pluralitiss were unusually large.
pennsnt chances Of the Grihmen
q step of the first division.
The Senators lost no time in win
ming the nFst game. and it was ditto
with the Second. Grin has discovered
n new way to cop the verdict. and the
new idea 10 working wonderfully. All
his ball club has to do 10 step out In
one inning. put over some hard licks.
and score enough runs to put the
other side on the defensive. ...... =.
On Friday. four runs were made on
Naylor In the frst frame. and in the
opener yesterday Scott Perry was
socked for an even half dozen. Then.
In the nightcap. Roy Moore fell vic-
tim to the plot. and yielded four
markers In the fourth.
GrtRmen Lead League.
One might imagine after persuins
the above, that the Washington play
ers are hitting the pill these days.
That impression 10 absolutely COR
rect. for according to the latest fg-
ures. compiled last night, the SEN
ators are leading the league In club
batting with an average of sos. Some
day that mark will be equaled. but we
doubt II.
Anyway, the average was inflated
considerably in the first game when
a total of nineteen hits were made.
Scott Perry was driven out of the box
after the second inning. when eight
of those hits were registered. Twelve
batters faced the big hurler in that
stanza, and that was too much even
for Connie Mack.
After that, Connie used up three
more of his boxmen. but Zachary
pitched better ball than all four Of
them put together. His lefthanded
slants were quite effective. and he
never was in danger. Zach also
starred with the willow, busting two
singles and double out Of four
trips platterward.
Now Up To jim shaw.
Walter Johnson pitched a great
game in the finale. and made Grin
smile with gurgling glee. The Old Fox
has been worrying about hts star
finger. and now that he has come
through, 1t is up to Jim Shaw to do
likewise. with Shaw winning some
-ames and Johnson hitting on all
welve cylinders, Washington will
ause lot Of trouble in the league.
Grin has pulled the unexpected this
year. He grabbed off flock of kids.
distributed them all over the infeld.
with the exception of first base, and
the youngsters have come through.
Harris, Shannon, and Ellerbe are act
ing like veterans. and with the star
outfield to back them up, the only
thing needed to win games Is pitch
ing. The team looks 100 per cent
better than in Tampa this spring.
Val Picinich was largely RESPONSE
Bile for the second victory Of the after
noon, when he busted a homer over
the low wall in the corner pocket of
left field in the fourth. Two gentle
men from Washington were on the
sacks at the time.
He Hits q Couple.
Walter johnson allowed two hits in
the first inning of the second game.
but both were in the back. He nicked
Dykes and Thomas before settling
down to work. After that, all of
Comics athletes batted with one foot
in the bucket
For a time it looked as If the big
boy would get away with a no-hit
game. But Thomas scratched a sim
gle in the third and the stun was
all off. After that Walter eased up
and three more hits were made.
Joe Judge looks like the best first
baseman in the league this year. His
fielding always has been good. but
his batting is better than that. In
the three games here Joe hit at a
$40 clip.
The sun was bad in the first part of
the matinee and the outfelders ex-
perienced some difficulty in locating
ha ho 1inn
hit by Thomas and both went for
triples. Jimmy Dykes presented Sam
with a base blow when he lost his
high one.
After gaining a commanding lead,
the Griffmen ran wild on the bases in
the first game. Bobby Roth man
aged to snare two and Rice one. but
lot of others perished. The boys
were anxious to get the game over
with.
A balk was called on Walter John.
that?
Judges triple to right in the fourth
INNING of the opener hid under a
bench in the bull pen. and was ex-
tricated with much difficulty by witt.
Otherwise Joe Would have had to stop
at second.
Griff is coaching his men to play
for the big inning. One Friday they
scored four in the nrst and yester-
day showed six over in the second
and four in the third. The stuff is
clever
Val Picinich ruined the afternoon
for the Macks when he poled a homer
with two on in the second contest
STANDINGS