The Washington herald., 1921-09-19
Champions Held to 3 Hits;
.Griffs Take Game, 4 to l
Barney's Three Walks in Sixth Force in Only
Alien Run. Gharrity's Pinch Hit Helps
Bring Downfall of Coveleskie.
By JACK NYE.

champions received another set
back yesterday when Walter John
soh. continuing his brilliant work,
set too fast a pace for the Cleveland.
aces Stanley Coveleskie. and led
the Griffs to a 4-to-1 victory.
Failure to solve the offerings OF
the tall Kansan while: the Yanks
were taking a game from the
Tigers caused the champs to skid
out Of first place once more. Today,
the sHugmen hold the lead by the
narrow margin of 2 points, and.
with visions of a cleanup in the
Big Series with the Giants. it'n take
nothing less than TINT to pry
them loose again. '
II Iris has any high explosive
to spare he will doubtless conserve
il during the three games with
Boston beginning Tuesday. and
start the real fireworks in the lit
the world series" to be launched at
the Polo Grounds Friday. That
three-game clash looms as the
largest occasion the baseball map
has seen in many moons. The
result will almost certainly settle
the long-standing pennant dispute.
Barney Stops Champs Cold
Speaker sent his best bet to the
mound in an effort to make ii
clean sweep here, but he found
that George Mcbride had a better
one. Just to prove that his near
no-hit game against St Louis was
no heke. Barney stepped right out
and uncorked a brand of ball that
was practically unbeatable. Three
singles rewarded the Tribe for their
efforts, and but for Johnson's
notable inclination to be wild they
would not have possessed their sin
gle marker.
The combination of Johnson's
speed and lack OF control is not
calculated to instill confidence in
the hearts Of opposing batters.
Thus, IL was not surprising TO sec
some OF the best stickers putting
the I'D hoof in the bucket and
swinging weakly. Seven strikeouts
were added to Barney's total. with
seven walks to set them off.
Coveleskie was also wild and
woody. issuing a half dozen passes
Two of these came in the sixth,
when the Griffs punched three hits
for all their runs. Johnson pTac-
tically presented the champs with
their only score when he walked
three in succession in the sixth.
after Gardner had singled That
was his only dangerous lapse.
Both Teams Score In Sixth.
Bunched bases on balls by John
son gave the Indians their run in
the sixth. With two out Gardner
singled Then Sewell and Johnston
walked O'NeilI also waited and
got free transportation forcing
Gardner home. Covey got the high
sign to look 'em over also, but he
dallied too long and finally COM
promised by striking out.
After trying to bunch hits for
five rounds. the Griffs did that very
thing in the sixth. Rice tapped to
Gardner and sped to first so fast
that he beat the cleanly handled
ball. Goslin drew four bad ones.
Shanks hunted his mates along. .
With Bush next at bat, Mcbride
showed his good sense by sending
Charity in as a pinch hitter, the
result being a siZZler inside third
base which scored Rice and Goose"
Pat reached second on the throw
in and Picinich walked. johnson
dropped a single into left. counting
Charity, and Judges long fly to
Wood allowed Picinich to skip home.
Johnson did more than knock
CLEVELAND out of the league lead
ership. His victory kept the
Griffs from slipping into fifth place.
One half game only separates the
McBridemen from second division.
An off-day confronts the Griffs
before acting as host to the White
Sox for n couple of games. begin
ming Wednesday,. .S,S.
When Shanks slugGed long one
to left center in the fourth hr
thought it was a triple. Upon ar
riving at the hot station. Gardner
informed him that il was only
double and produced the hall as
proof. \ fast relay did the busi-
ness.
For the first time in many weeks
Frank O'Rourke appeared at short,
after Charity had batted for Bush.
Bulletin for South Carolina fans
-Goslin was up four times. walked
once, was safe on an error another
time and scored a run. No hit this
time.
Bush perpetrated an error when
he muffed Doc JohnstOn's hiTh one
hut Doc neutralized the misplay by
rounding first too far and being
caught in a chase.
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