The Washington times., 1921-08-25

to one run yesterday and poor b,
low total. They might have tallie
George Mogridge is expected to pull
the Griffmen out Of this slump this
ate loon and he win be opposed BY
"Dutch" Leonard. The last time the
Tigers were in Washington Mogridge
was the hero of great eduel with
RED" Oldham, winning / to 0. Maybe
Mogridge can lift the team out of its
present rut.
Coles performance was not surpris-
Ing, for last week he shut out Boston.
10 to 0. after the Red Sox had beaten
Detroit three games in succession. He
Is youngster whom Cobb picked up
in California last fall after paid scouts
had passed him up. A tall, gangliny
youth, he had much trouble with his
delivery, and Cobb spent the past
months trying to correct this fault.
Judging by Coles last two games the
fault has apparently been relieved to
q certain extent.
johnson Is Beaten.
Walter Johnson was beaten by De-
troit for the third time yesterday. He
was again forced to leave the box. But
Walters failure was really not so
much his fault as that of his team
mates. They blew. He did not have
the best Of control. but he had the
worst Of support.
Generally in hole with the bats
man he still might have pulled through
had he been backed properly. A wild
throw by Shanks, after fumbling
Jones grounder. and wild peg by
Milan on Cobb's single, gave Detroit
pair of runs in the first inning, and
Picinich gave Detroit another in the
second with a weird throw to third
when bases were loaded. A couple
more bad plays, a base on balls, and
three Tiger hits. finished Johnson In
the third.
Acosta followed him and the Cuban
was scored on in every inning that
he pitched. Detroit batted him hard,
poor fielding continued, and Heilman
supplied the climax when he drove the
ball over the scoreboard in the seventh
for his seventeenth home run Of the
year.
Schacht came In after Acosta walked
Blue, and. although Blue scored, 1t
was the last Detroit tally. Schacht
held the Tigers runless in the eighth,
the only inning In which they did not
score.
Every One Is Bad.
Every player in the Washington
lineup made at least one bad play.
Smith and Miller, in the outfield, each
misjudged fly ball. Clyde Milan pre-
scented the one redeeming feature Of
the Washington defense. His running
catch of Veach's drive in the eighth
killed homer and few tallies. 1t
was a bird Of a play, Milan travelling
to center field bleachers and taking
the ball while on a dead run.
DOME Bush, playing against the
Tigers for the first time in his life,
received a big ovation each time he
came to bat, but we wonder what
Washington fans would have said
about his fielding.
George Mcbride juggled his batting
order yesterday and changed his line
up, but the team behaved worse than
on the proceeding day.
Cobb, with four hits in five times
at bat, gained on Harry Heilmann,
league leader. Heilmann could get
but three in five, including home
run. This pair has hit hard in the
last three games here.
1t was Detroit's six consecutive
victory a new seasons record for
Detroit.
Six Rockies Report.
Six recruits have reported to Tyrus
Cobb. He tried one of them at short
yesterday. Merrick. six-footer with
a mighty throwing arm. He handled
three chances splendidly.
Three of Detroit's hits were batted
off Acosta's gloved hand. They were
"smacking" the ball right back at the
Cuban all through his stay in the box.
With their clouting of Washington
pitchers the Tigers again lead the
league in batting.
Bush's greatest pleasure in being
with Washington is that he does not
have to face Walter Johnosn. There
was one pitcher Bush could never hit.
With a runner on first and the bat
ter bunting to third, Shanks does not
know what to do with the ball when
the chance for play at second Is
cut off. Twice in two days he stood
mute, holding the ball. until a chorus
OF directions awakened him to the pos
sibility of an assist at first.
Washington meets Detroit here to-