The Washington times., 1922-07-03

shutouts on the way. Now he r
Alec Ferguson. fast becoming a
perfect jinx for the Griffs. faced
Johnson. The Red Sox finger sim.
ply toyed with the home hitters. He
outpitched johnson all the way. In
the first eight frames just three
Griffs got hits and another reached
first on Collins tumble Of a fly ball
ty-four deaths. eighteen were the re-
suits of aerial hoists. The Griffmen
were helpless before Ferguson's
change of pace. No wonder the Red
Sox won. 2 to l..
johnson looked good for three in.
nings. ~"en he began to weaken,
and as 4e 's he went he had more
or less tr, lie disposing of the foe.
At that, WI arv kind of hitting be-
hind him, Il =: bi. kansan might have
come home in fl mt instead Of giving
way to Erickson in the ninth.
The Red SOx grabbed a run In
that fourth. Burns singled with
one out. Pratt forced him and
then johnson walked Dugan. In
that pinch, John Collins pOked a
single to center and in came Pratt,
spelling JOhnsOn's record. That
made Walter peeved and he famed
MenOsky.
After a slow fifth frame, the Red
OK girded their loins and went right
after the Washington hurler in The
sixth, showing their second run over.
With two down. Pratt doubled down
the third-base line. He went to third
while Dugan was beating out a slow
one TO Peck.
Again John Collins stood there at
the plate with a chance to bring over
a run. He was just the lad to do
that thing, too. banging a single to
left. Again Mr.. Pratt threw his
: pudgy legs across the platter and the
Red Sox had enough runs to win.
Ferguson disposed Of his rivals in
order for the first three innings.
Roger Peckinpaugh broke the ice
with a single to left in the fourth,
but he died stealing with two out.
Shanks led off with a single to
center in the fifth and stuck right
where he was. watching the next
three perish on fly balls.
Rice beat out q hit to Burns with
one down I'm the seventh and was
forced. Collins dropped Brower's
short fly after run, letting
Shanks reach third. 1t was a good
place for n single. but Harris
merely rolled to Maynard.
Zeb Milan, sweating and fuming
down in the dugout. went Bolshevik
in the eighth. He decided that John.
son and Picnich were deserving OF
the nice, cool showers, followed by
half hours reading Of Schopeu
hauer. Furthermore, Zeb decided
that he would go up there with his
little bat and show his young men
lust how it should be done.
Zeb marched 10 the plate in place
OF PiciniCh and promptly raised "a
pitiful fly i'm foul territory for Muddy
Ruel to snag. which he did eagerly.
Goose" Goslin. roundly cheered
b. the cash customers, came up Tor
johnson. He didn't hit safely. but
H., didn't raise a fly ball, either. lie
died on speedy bounder right at
II was in the ninth that the Griffs
staged their rally. The fans STAYED
with them all the way, hoping that
somebody would do something beside
send flies to Mike Menosky or Del
Pratt. Joe Judge opened the ball
with a sweet single TO right. CoebeI
replaced him, as Judge had hurt one
Of his dogs in the sixth.
Peck waited patiently and took
walk. setting the fans wild with hope
Sam Rice laid down perfect bunt
toward third base and easily beat il
out. The bases were jammed with
none out, and Hankus PanKus up
there. Hank shot a fly 20 Collins
and Goebel dashed in with the Griffs
lone tally.
Turkey Brewer was besought to
''hit it over the fence" but Mike
Menosky did not move a step to take
his aerial offering. The game was
over when Harris forced Rice at sec