The Washington herald., 1921-10-03
Browns Win Over Detroit
Knocks Mats out of Money
Ten Thousand Fans Turn Out to Honor Zeb
Milan, Who Gets Gold Fob, Testimonial, and
SCash-Johnson Whiffs Ten Mackmen
By JACK NYE.


to tfe Griffmen as the curtain fell
on the baseball season yesterday
and left them languishing at the
bottom OF the first division.
McBride's lads romped through an
II-to-s victory over the carefree
Mackmen. and then offered sileH
prayer that the final score in De-
troit would hnd the pesky Browns
on the small end
When IL was learned that the
Cobbmen had succumbed by a de-
cisive score. there was weeping and
gnashiag of teeth. The Dad news
robbed each Griffman of $500 or
more. which is a tidy sum in this
day and time.
To finish half a game behind third
place was a sore blow to the team,
which closed with a remarkable
burst of speed. The boys wound up
the season with eleven victories out
of their last twelve starts, which
Is their best performance OF the
year except for the winning streak
of eleven straight games.
Except for the failure TO oust the
Browns. however, the final game
was a grand and glorious success.
Big Crowd Honors Milan.
Ten thousand or more fans turned
out to see the wfnd-up and to pay
homage to Clyde Milan. veteran out
fielder, who completed his four
teenth year with the team.
When Zeb came to bat in the
second inning the customers rose
as one person and gave him Sn
ovation. A halt was called in the
proceedings while the opposing
teams gathered around the hero OF
the day and Col. c. w. kutz, En-
gineer Commissioner of the Dis
trict, made the presentation for the
fans. In addition to fob, bearing
a gold baseball, diamond studded.
testimonial from the fans, over 500
in cash and a floral gift were pre-
sented to the popular star.
Zeb posed for the cameramen in
company with Manager Mcbride,
and then showed his appreciation
by slashing a single to center,
bringing in the first two Washing
ton scores
Going into the game With the de-
termination to win or know why,
the Griffs had no time for the usual
lsst-day monkeyshines. To the
Macks, however, the game wasn't
such a serious affair, as they had
long since lost hope of leaving the
cellar. In the absence of Connie
Mack, who spared himself the
pleasure of witnessing the hnal
battle. the visitors performed like
so many schoolboys-
Moore's Pitching a Joke.
-Four errors do not indicate the
extent of their misplays, and on
each bobble the entire visiting
brigade would smile broadly. Roy
Moore, a good left-hander, started
in the box. but his pitching was
Joke. Eight bases on balls, three
Wild pitches, and two batsnen hit
gives an indication OF his lack of
control. He was removed in the
seventh to let Keefe finish, and the
youngster did the same in handy
style.
johnson pitched shutout ball for
the hrst ave rounds, and then began
to take IL easy. Though touched
ur- for nine hits and six runs. he
was never better when he wanted
10 be. He had the Macks swinging
wildly at his fast one, striking out
ten men. which is close to a sea-
sons record. Paul Johnson, Phila-
delpnia left fielder, distinguished
himself by whiting four times, fall
ing TO move his bat from his shoul-
der In the fourth.
oRourke Hits Homer.
Stanley Harris and Sam Rice put
in a good days work by increasing
their stolen base total by two, while
Blackie O'Rourke secured his third
homs run of the season by sending
a long drive to left center in the
third. Dykes, Of the Athletics, also
cracked a four-sacker, bringing his
total for the season to sixteen.
Just to give q little class to the
whole proceedings, Uncle Nick Alt
rock and Al Schacht, the WELL
known Harp, put on their famous
interpretive dance, wherein Al de-
pfets the lovesick shepherd boy and
Nick his chosen love. As Nick
coyly rebuffed the advances of the
sylph-like Schacht, the fans got
their moneys worth. and the final
tableau, wherein a dainty kiss is
imprinted upon Nick's browr fol-
lowed by complete paralysis Of both
participants, was better than that.
How the teams got their scores
q. a rap- ana tadf0na ~forv whfob