The Washington times., 1921-08-02

Though George Mogrfdge, the Gr1ffB
long, lean lefthander was entitled to
the major credit for the victory over
the Detroit Tigers, / to o, the spec
tacular playing of the veteran. Zeb,
got most OF the applause. And he
earned IL. too.
Zeb faced Red Oldham four times.
In the first frame he waited and
walked. In the third he crashed a
clean single TO center with Judge on
ahead OF him and nobody out. In
the fifth he forced Judge at second
with dancing hopper to F'lagstead.
In the eighth he led off with clean
swat to center.
But II was in the field that Zeb
did his best work and In the fourth
ne rose to the heights. He shut off
the possible tying tally of the Tigers
by a perfect peg to the plate. That
throw took the hearI out of the visit.
ing brigade as nothing else COULD
have.
Old Zeb UncOrks.
The Griffs were ahead, l TO 0.
when that fourth inning opened.
Heilmann expired on a long fly to
Rice but Veach beat out q perfect
bunt TO Mogridge close TO the third
base line. Flagstead followed with
a clean single to left and when
Jones bounced hot one off Judges
glove for scratch blow, the ba ses
were loaded and relief Fingers were
hurried to the bullpen.
Not a fan In that park but be-
lieved Johnny Bassler would bring
In at least one run. A long fly
would do that, thought the fans.
And Johnny did raise that fly, too,
0A, It,.ar a.. ~.,,
| the foul line in right field.
The Washington veteran raced
across the grass, grabbed that ball,
steadied himself a second and let
go. Veach had left the third bag
with the catch and was hiking for
the plate with what would have been
the tying run.
But, when Veach was nearing the
dish, in came the ball on a perfect
line. With one easy hop it was in
Gharrity's hands and then jammed
into the sliding Tiger.
Fans Cheer Zeb.
Did the fans cheer? Well sey
they did. They let him know what
they thought OF the Griffs' acting
manager and field captain.
And that perfect peg from the
garden spelled the death OF Detroit's
hopes. AT no other time did they
have a runner reach third base. In.
deed, from then on TO the end of
the game Lu Blue was the only
Tiger to get as far as second, and
he remained there.
IL was a wondrous pitching duel
between George Mogridge and Red
Oldham. Both are southLaws and
each was in fine fettle. Mogridge
weakened a bit in that fourth, hit
he was himself again in the fifth
and was never in danger again.
Red Oldham, who enjoys unusual
success when facing the Washing
tonians was strong as a bull. Only in
the second and third was he in any
danger. He failed to choke off a run
in the second, but succeeded in the
third. Ii was his tough luck to lose
l-to-0 game, which always reflects
as much credit upon the loser as upon
the winner. by the way.
Shanks Pounds Pill.
The Shanks-O'Rourke combination
produced the lone run OF the after
noon, 1t came after two were out.
Bing Miller led off with a sweet
single to center. Lu Blue made a
brilliant stop OF Bucky Harris bound
err close to the bag, touched it, getting
the batter. and shot the ball to Flag
stead at second. Miller had overrun
the midway sack and was an easy
victim. 1t looked all over for the
Griffs then and there.
Hank Shsnks changed the spirit
of the Tigers dream by slamming a
triple up against the scoreboard in
right center. Charity hung around
and walked. bringing up Blackie
O'Rourke. The Griffs' shortstopper
is fast becoming a murderous lad in
the pinch. He came through with a