The Washington times., 1921-05-16

Jim " LEA WDulO TO deatn
tending to his duties here. The wind
does ALL that work. And cold? Well,
for blokes with a Florida spring ex-
perience, 1t Is truly terrible. They
serve no hot coffee at the ball park.
They serve no hot dogs. They serve
ice cold drinks and peanuts. Fine
stun for shivering guys from Wash
inton. No wonder the athletes bun
died up in their great-coats yesterday
and were eager to bat fungoes and
warm up. If they had remained in
the dugout. their stiffened bodies
would have been taken to the morgue
for resuscitation.
SCRIBEs SILVER.
And upon the roof OF the stand
where they have the press stand
well. it was worse up there. Some
body promised to bring some ex-
hilaration. Everybody waited and
watched for that guy to show up.
Toes were CONCEALED, fingers stiffened,
ears grew blue. noses leaked, and when
the door opened and that guy ap-
peared, what rush there was, my
breathren, to meet him. And the con-
sarned idiot had failed to bring the
exhilaration. so the travelling war
correspondents sat there through all
the raw, blasty afternoon. watching
the Griffs and Tigers in combat below.
1t was a fine Sunday-not.
1t will take all the heat that st.
Louis can produce to thaw out the
Washington scribes and players. For
tho first time in years we are looking
forward to visiting st. Louis, even a
prohibition St Louis. In four days
there We may regain the use Of our
fingers and toes and stop the leakage
OF our beak. Strange as 1t may ap-
pear. some $1,000 fans packed the
park. waiting till Ellerbe famed in
the ninth and the Jungle cats had
copped, Is to 10, with regular and
temporary seats occupied, the con-
gealed populace being on the fences
and tho iron girders of the stands. II
Wa q wonderful tribute to baseball.
GAME WILD As WEATHER.
The game was fully as wild and
buAsterous as the weather. The Tigers
scored thirteen runs on thirteen hits,
thirteen walks and q hit batsman. The
Grfffs scored ten runs on sixteen hits
and two walks The carclessness OF
ths Washington pitchers cost their
team the victory.
Far be it from us to criticize George
Mcbride unjustiy. but Walter John
son. shiverinE in that cold wind,
should never have returned for the
third frame He was wild as q March
hare and, furthermore, he was most
vulnerable when he could locate the
plate
johnson had been advertised and so
no was killed of to please Detroit
fans In his four innings he allowed
rine hits, four of them doubles;
walked five and hit one. This makes
the second time he has been treated
roughly and compelled to quit. Only
warmer weather can give the veteran
q chanca. He was hit hard in Cleve-
land. he was slaughtered here. Harry
Courtney, in one and two-thirds
frames, walked Ave batsmen. The
Tigers got no hits Off him. He sell
dom got the ball near enough for
that Allowing for the awful weather,
Courtney still looked like the worst
pitcher on the team. Unless he de-
Selops, rapidly with warmer days,
Manager Mcbride can do worse than
send him to the bushes. He seems to
be useless to the team.
HIT BALL ON BEAK.
Jose Acosta. too, suffered from the
ecld, although the Jungle Cats did not
hit him hard, once he got under way.
Indeed, had he started, the Griffs
might have won. for they certainly
kit the bali on the nose.
''Suds" Sutherland, the leagues
leading finger. was driven from the
mound in the NTH, eleven hits being
made or him. He was no puzzle
" hatever.
Carl Holiing finished the game IN
good style, allowing nve hits and