The Washington herald., 1921-08-01
By JACK NYE.

lum entltled RAINING the IiBeIs VI
the Triumph of Honest Zeb." gets
bettez as IL goes along.
ReefzNo. 2, exhibited yesterday on
Georgia avenue, depicted the fur
ther Triumph of our hero and his
stetling mates over the smooth
strangers from Detroit. On this oc-
casion II required no thrilling ninth
innihs finish TO squelch the Tiger
ba1d.s.
For half the game the enemy
forces held a slight lead. but the
GrKfs clubbed the curves OF George
Dahss vigorously in the later IN
nines- and took the second game Oh
the series by a score of 10 ..
Honest Zeb Milan was again vers
muA front stage. setting the pace
ror sthe hitters Of both teams with
MS Nashen club. He cracked OUT
three singles, and on the other Two
trips to the plate the uncertain
Dauss walked him to first
smith Triple. In Pinch.
Zsn didn't grab OF all the close
ups" however, There were seVerai
otfers who took we'll" One OF
them Sxas a mere super, one Earl
Smith, who had a minor part ana
did miracles with It. Earl was told
to go up there in the sixth and
WELD tho bludgeon in place OF Al
bert Schacht- He made the best or
the opportunity by slugging a
tripls- TO right field, WHICH, as there
were two men on the sacks, put the
Griffmen in the lead and practically
clinokSd the game.
This decisive victory not only
dehp4esiy shattered the Tigers
dreatf of moving into third place
befofeN leaving Washington, but
gaxe- the Griffs their sixth victory
in . row. Another big crowd was
QUITO see the boys IN action. and
thssgate receipts for the remainder
of the series should be very graft
fyfHf TO Mr.. Griffith.
Dams and his curve ball lasted
the WHOLE game for the visitors, but
Acting, Manager Milan interjected
a couple of pinch hitters into the
fracas with great success, which
necessitated the using of three
slahbsSs. Jez Zachary started on
thu fnound. retiring to let BIower
bat.lSA the fifth. Schacht pitched
tho Inskt frame, but he also took a
back-seat so that Smith could de-
liver his pinch triple. The final
three-rounds were taken care OF
by Harry Courtney ir fine style
The lean left-hander is developing
into a classy relief man these days.
Tigers First to Score.
Fsr-the first two frames there
wass ne scoring, but in the third
Dauss opened for the Tigers with
a triple to right and counted. when
Blue sent a high bounder just out
of O'Rourke's reach Blue was
forced by Bush. and Judge ended
the round by taking in Cobb's light
ming drive and toucnIng nrst, COM
pletipg a double play, unassisted.
Injthe fourth Bobby Veach fell 6
victim sto-t wiles OF "Blackie'
O'Rourke, which may have cost the
Tigerse run With one out, veach
slamnaed a long one to right which
lookedM good for three bases
O'Roufke. however, bluffed a catch
at SECOND, and Veach. pulled a long
slide into that sack. He was forced
at third on Flagstead's grounder to
O'Rourke, when he might have been
in q position to count on the rap.
In the fifth the Tigers touched
Zachary for six hits and added three
more runs for a total of four. Bass
Ter singled. but Dauss hit into a
double play. Then Blue. Bush and
Cobb singled in succession and He'll
mann doubled to right. Veach also
got an infield single, but FIagstead
skied to Miller.
Zeb's Boys Get q Couple.
Dauss' spell over the Griffs began
to lose its hold in the fifth, and the
GriffS hung up their first two runs.
O'Rourke opened with a single, and
Brewer, batting for Zachary, walked.
Judge grounded out, but Milan
beat out a hit to Flagstead, scoring
ORourke- Brewer also counted
when Rice forced Milan at second.
Rice stole. but Miller was out on a
fine stop and throw by Sargent.
Schacht faced the Tigers in the
sixth anil emerged without damage,
though he walked Sargent, first up,
on successive wide ones.
In the Griffs' sixth things began
to happen. Six hits in a row with
one~out brought in four runs and
putith locals two runs to the good.
After Harris had grounded out.
Shanks singled and Gharrity's safe
onei to center advanced him a base.
O'Rourke singled Hank home.
Smith. batting for Schacht, drove
a hot one over the first sack to the
boxes in right and converted ii into
a triple when Heilmann was slow
in fielding the ball. This wallup
scored both Charity and O'Rourke.
judge bcUnced a safe one over
Blues head. and Smith trotted in
with the fourth run of the round
Milan was also safe when Cobb
failed to reach his Texas Lacquer,
but'was forced by Rice. Miller end
ed the fireworks by skying to Veach.
~ Three More I'm Eighth.
More trouble confronted Dauss in
the, eighth when three more runs
ranathe Grifts' total to nine. Court
new the famous hitting pitcher, be-
gan IL with single over second,
and Judge sacrificed him along Mi
Ian strolled, and Rice raped one
to left. counting Courtney, taking
second himself on the throw-in
Miller's bingle to left brought Mi
Ian" and Rice home, but yeach's
throw, caught Bing between first
and, second and was put out by
Blue.
Courtney turned the enemy back
In order IN the seventh. Flagstead
singled in the eighth with one down
and stole. but he misjudged Miller's
ability to catch a hard line drive by
Sargent, and was easily doubled Off
second.
In che ninth the Cobbmen made
last bid, but II was only good for
one, rvn. Bassler cracked a triple
TO right. and woodall. batting for
Dausss scored him with a ny to
Milan Neither Blue nor Bush
could do anything with Courtney's
slanfs