The Washington times., 1922-04-17

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lips had started Saturdays game.
he would have won II. Nobody
knows anything about what might
have happened. Only grand-stand
managers ever really worry about
that. 1t is foolish. perhaps, to say
that Joe Gleason might have turn
ed back the Mackmen IL given bet
ter support, though the face OF the
returns gives him a mighty argu-
ment along this line.
Nevertheless, Tom Phillips show
cd enough to make Manager Milan
glad for the future, and what Joe
Gleason did yesterday under most
discouragfng conditions should
add TO Milan's cup OF happiness.
No team continues to lose day after
day from the opening of the season
TO the end. The Griffs are going
to pull themselves together and
win some ball games-yes, a whole
lot of ball games--and Milan win
have Phillips in there winning his
share of the victories.
Holding the rejuvenated Mack
mcn In eight frames to three scat
tered hits, one n scratchy affair.
doe Gleason stamped himself as q
future winner on the hin for the
Grfffmen. He is q steady, me-
thodical worker, but even that
could hardly have kept him from
GUESSING NJ he thought Of tho sup
port he was getting. IL was uB-
fortunate, for II ruined an almost
certain Washington victory.
Tho Griffs are much better ball
club than they have shown since
the season started They can hit
and they can field and they can run
the bases, though II must be ad-
mitted that their hitting. their
fielding and their base-running In
the last four games has been moth
ing worthy OF praise. 1T may be
today or tomorrow, but certainly
the day IL coming when they will
wake up and pound the everlasting
daylights out Of somebody. From
then on they will be In their stride.
Bryan Harris, the elongated Mack
man. was master of his task before
the big Easter Sunday turnout of
ma andsomeiy Rowned ladies and their
vorm-like escorts. He had bewil-
dering speed and a curve almost as
fast. His control frequently wob-
bled, but he usually pulled himself
together wonderfully and STAYED off
the threatening Griffs.
Harris famed eight of the home
boys and in the sixth, with one out
and runners on first and second, he
struck out both Shanks and Peck,
no mean feat. A hit right then
would have scored Rice from second
with the tying tally. That tying
run was never seen after the third
frame.
The Griffs apparently had many
chances TO do something. They
flfvvered every time. Their lone
run was forced over by Harris,
who staged an ascension I'm the
third. When a hit might have
broken up the game II never camc.
When steadiness might have
brought runs, II was lacking.
Many fans went mad In that eighth
when Smith doubled and Rice and
Goslin followed with singles without
one OF the trio reaching third Two
men sprouted gray hair I'm place OF
black right there In the pest box.
Smiths poke went to center and,
with speedy work on the hoof, he
reached second. Then he made a
wild leap into third. He was caught
and Jimmy Dykes tried to bite Off a
piece OF his ear for coming I'm with
both feet.
Rice drtfted a single TO left and
was promptly thrown out by Cy Per
kins on an attempt TO steal second.
Oosiin singled TO center and was
forced. ending the ininG. And that
wns the only TINA In the game that