The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-09

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with the winning spirit and the i
teamwork Of McBride's gang is bet
iris Speaker is already injecting B
effort to stabilize things before it il
and Stan Coveleskie are getting thu
Johnson and Jezebel Zachary are RAJ
fingers to assist George Mogridge
Everything is on the up and up witt
The Detroit Tigers have two more
games to play In this series now under
way at Georgia avenue, They may
win them. but they will have to show
more than they have thus far to do
SO. The Griffs appear to have the
edge on the Tigers. especially when
It comes TO pitching. fielding and
baserunning. There is small choice
between in hitting. judging wholly
from the two games already in.
After the Tigers come the Cleveland
Indians. Speakers gang have already
been tumbled hard in New York. They
will come here loaded for bear. And
this is right where they should find
IT, too. Olaf Erickson. whose one de-
light In life is to trim the Indians, will
be ready. SO will Johnson, Mogridge,
Zachary. and Acosta-
with the Yankees pacing along
with them, a string of victories over
the Tigers and Indians cannot put the
Griffs in first place. The Yankees
must also get their bumps for that to
happen, and there are few signs of
that in the sky.
HOT SERIES COMING.
But this is a hot series coming, that
with the Cleveland Indians. opening
here Saturday and continuing four
days. The Griffs went into Cleveland
a few weeks ago and caught the Tribe
flushed with many wins. Three vic
tories in the four days came to the
Grfffs. Only Coveleskie succeeded in
defeating the washingtonians.
Jim Bagby, Walter Mails, George
Uhlc and Ray Caldwell were trounced
to the kings taste, and the Griffs
have lost all their fear of these gem
tlomen- Olaf Erickson will probably
be sent against Coveleskie, which
should bring out the biggest crowd
dian Sign on the Tribe and Covelskie
has one on the Griffs.
Ton games remain to be played
here before the Griffs go to Philadel-
phia and New York for week or so,
and II Is in those ten days that their
chance of rising may be found. They
are going out to clean up all ten, i'm
probable as it may be, in order to be
near enough to the Yanks to vault
over them during the series in the
metropolis beginning on June "a.
MOGRrDGE is WINNER.
George Mogridge continued his vic
torious march yesterday. beating the
Tigers, to 2. The tall southpaw had
all his stuff working and. in addition,
In w
vicious toward the last of the game,
he was given some marvellous support
by Bucky Harris and Blackie
ORourke. Those two lads were play
ing worlds series baseball.
The Tigers connected for many
safeties. especially when Mogridge
thought to sneak past his slow ball,
but when 1t came to driving in runs,
that was something else again. Then
the slender southpaw proved tough
customer, either forcing his oppo-
nents to hoist flies or to roll merry
grounders to some waiting infielder.
Red Oldham essayed to twirl for the
Tigers. He failed to weather the
storm In the third frame, giving way
to Holling. the Pacific Coast leagler.
Miller's single, Shanks' out, and Char
rity's single gave the home team its
first run in the second.
Judge and Harris led Off in the
third with bingles- Cobb trapped
Rice's short fy, hoping for double
play. Harris, however. beat the peg
to second, but Bush relayed IL to
Jones in time to shut off Judge ut
third. Brewers single to right scored
Harris but Rice was run down on
MilIer's roller to Jones. Shanks sim
gIed to right. scoring Brewer and
driving Oldham to the showers Char
rity, first to face Holling, popped
foul fly to Ainsmith.
THEY GET ANOTHER
The Griffs got another in the fourth
when o'Rourke walked, went up on
Mogridge's out. took third on wild
pitch and tailed when Judge singled
to center. t
Miller singled to center for a starter
In the fifth. Shapks hunted. and Flag
stead, covering first dropped Ain
smiths throw, putting two on and
nobody out Gharrity's single to left
Wrought Miller across
Tho sixth and last run was Turkey
Browcrs tremendous poke over the
right field wall He hit one Just right
and drove II on line over the fence,
while a perfect bedlam accompanied
his slow trot around the bases.
In the fourth the Tigers got their
first run, when Heflmann and veach
opened with hits. Flagstead's long fly
10 rice brought Heilmann over.
Cobb led Off in the sixth with
triple to the centerneld bleachers and
danced over on Heilmann's soak to
taft