The Washington times., 1921-08-19

IL Is possible that Mcbr1de Will
is running extremely high where tn
are concerned, and he is eager to ,
finish in a spot for a slice of the W
However, IL Mcbride viii heed the
advice of President Griffith apd a
prominent physician who examined
him here. he will not talk, eat or
sleep until the spring Of 1922 arrives.
The trouble with Mcbride deals,
with the bean ball thrown by Out
fielder Earl Smith several, weeks
ago. The popular manager then WAS
forced into retirement, but ne game
ly returned to his post for this West.
ern journey, hut during the last few
days he has been attacked by dizZv
spells, has been unable to sleep and
otherwise has been greatly disturbed
by the pain shooting through his
head.
Has Faded Fast.
Mcbride has lost about twenty-five
pounds and has been fading fast
since the unfortunate mishap. but
loyal to his job and players he
simply refused to give up. He work
ed on the, coaching lines throughout
yesterdays game and. although the
lead which they held throughout, he
refused to rest.
During McBride's absence the club
will be managed Jointly by Walter
Johnson and President Griffith. John
son will be the manager when he is
not working on the hill, and on hir
pitching days Griffith win sit on
the bench.
Mcbride was given a warm greet
ing by his players when he checked
out, and all of them told him to for.
get about the strenuous stretch
drives and only to think about get.
ting back his health and strength.
They Choke Browns.
The winning spunk of tho Ma:
tionals was illustrated yesterday
when they choked the Browns. Clyde
Milan is absent, Sammy Rice is
cripple, but even with these stars
soundly and finished the pitcher who
beat then in that nineteen inning bat
tie last week.
The hitless spell stopped RICH. off
the bat for Davis. In his marathon
triumph he finished with nine hit.
less rounds. but the first batter yes
terday soaked one out OF the lot.
Other hits followed-so many in fact,
that Davis was yanked before the
first inning closed.
Getting back on the winning track,
the Griffs feel that they now have
busted off the squirt of the Browns
and their advantage returns TO three
and one.half games.
The victory was exceptionally
sweet. Ii was the first time the
Griffs had beaten Davis this season.
Ban johnson was a visitor, coming
down from Chicago for q brief stay
The Griffs showed the boss a dandy
exhibition. Not so much from the
home side, though.
Walter Looks Great.
Perfect control for Walter. lie
looked like the Johnson OF years ago,
working with ease and perfection and
not wasting many balls on the bat
tiers. lie famed Ellerbe, Sisler and
Gerber on three pitches for each
batter.
The Griffs did not waste their hit
ting power yesterday. Five hits Tor
three runs in the first, four hits for
three runs in the second and three
hits for four runs in the sixth.
That brilliant outfield OF the Red
Sox days. Speaker. Hooper and
Lewis never prayed more spectaCu-
lar game than Miller. Smith and
Brewer yesterday. They leaped for
liners and caught low things at their
spikes.
The Griffs did not play favorites
with anyone. Southpaw Palmero wa.
hitless up TO the ninth. when singles
by Miller, Lamotte and Picinich
added TO a base on balls Melted three
runs.
Brewer had peculiar batting
record, going down each time on
grounder TO Second Baseman Nc.
Manus and furnishing McManus with
four OF his five assists.
In the days Of years ago, Walter
usually had to struggle along with
one and two runs. In his last two
games with the Browns he has re-
ceived twenty-nine runs