The Washington times., 1922-08-25

been during the recent Vlslt OF Il
the Tigers charged Washingtoniar
here last, and so a lot of folks
II Ty and his little pals really me
It Is possible that Johnson, the
$4,000 twirler, may oppose the
Griffs in one Of these three games.
He has yet to face the Milan gang,
but he recently held the Red Sox
to five hits and seems to have round.
ed into good condition.
Johnson suffered a fractured bone
in his wrist while training at Angus.
ia, Ga, last spring and was out OF
the game for months. Then he unfor'
tunately suffered another injury as
soon as he was ready to take his
turn. Now, with the season drag
again in shape to show that the
Tigers didn't throw away their
money when they bought him and
had Herman Pillette tossed in for
good measure.
Cobb's mob managed to win over
In Philadelphia yesterday In hit
ting contest, and SO they may be
expected to show plenty OF pep
and fire here today. Everybody
knows what that means.
Walter johnson hung up his
ninety eighth shutout in a heavy
drizzle yesterday, whitewashing the
Chicago White Sox. to 0. He has
two more shuotouts to so to make
II an even century, and II is fair
gamble that he will reach that mark
before the curtain falls here on Oc-
tober /.
But for the big canvas, yesterdays
game would have been postponed.
The cover was removed at game
time and fifteen minutes later the
teams got under way. With Ted
Blankenship measuring even strides
with his renowned opponent, the
teams moved along at a merry pace,
and when the last man expired in
the ninth only an hour and twenty
six minutes had been used.
Throughout the game rain fell, at
first a mild drizZle, but in the last
three innings a smart rain was COM
ing down. Nevertheless, with the
score so close. l to 0. Brick owens
declined to call a halt, and as Rice
camped under Falk's fly for the
final out, a real downpour set in,
driving the fans to cover.
Hank ShanIxs, playing right field
. for the afternoon. really won the
/ victory. In the second he singled
to right, stole while Blanltship
held the ball, reached third on
wild pitch, and came over on La
! Notes timely single to left. "A
| less intelligent player might never
! have passed second base.
Two magnificent running catches
/ OF foul flies in front Of the left field
boxes were contributed by Goose
Goslin. The youngster showed a
! fine pair of heels in coming in for
( those flies and earned the applause
1 he got.
! However, the real catch of the day
was that of Bib Falk, who ran out
almost to the center field fence and,
} taking the ball over his shoulder.
robbed Goose Goslin of certain
/ three-bagger.
! johnson did not permit a hit for
the first four frames and Mostil' 3
bingle in the fifth was scratchy, Har-
ris losing the ball on a wicked bound.
Sheely got real single to left in the
seventh and Mcclellan and Schalk
each singled to center In the eighth,
the former being doubled up on
Hooper's line drive to Harris. Mos
til came through with a Texas
Lacquer to left in the ninth for two
bases, sending Collins, who had
reached first on Peck's error, to
third. Then came Falk's fly to Rice,
the end Of the game. and a heavy
rain.
/ After that second inning Blanken-
ship allowed but two hits, Picinich
/ getting one in the fifth and Shanks
/ tearing off triple in the seventh.
getting one in the fifth and Shanks
I In that frame. On Peck's short fly
to Falk Shanks made a foolish, half
hearted dart off the bag. Falk
promptly nipped him off third.