The Washington times., 1922-07-29


by q Q to 1 score when his col
lapse came. Four singles, a home
run and a three-bagger were made
= off him In succession. Until then
' hs seemed unbeatable.
2, In the second inning the first
three batsmen who faced him
singled for a run but Francis I'm
mediately choked the batting rally
and sailed along until after the
second out in the sixth.
There were several peculiar things
about this final game that the
Griffs played here. On the prev
ious day Cobb sent Ehmke In to
pitch an inning 80 that Manager
Milan would have to waste his left
8 handed batters. Cobb sent In Cole.
: left handler, in the second inning
but Milan crossed up Cobb by re-
fusing to take out the ief' handlers
and II was the lefthandei batsmen
that telted out a Washington vic.
tory.
On Friday Cobb sent Red" Old.
ham, his veteran left handler. TO the
box. Milan refused to change his
batting order. He kept the left.
, handed Goslin and Brewer In the
lineup. And this Is what hap.
a pened: The lefthanders knocked
Oldham out Of the box before sec.
3 ond man could be retired.
f. Cobb had to make a substitution.
and Cobb replaced Oldham with the
veteran George Dauss, right.
handler. Now. with Dauss pitching.
the Griffs had q distinct advantage,
for they had five left.handed batsmen
., going to the plate.
However, the batters who drove
oldham off the hurting hill could do
nothing with Dauss. Two runners
were on the bases and Shauks, to
whom Oldham had pitched one wide
ball, scratched a single that filled
the bases.
Peckiupaush forced Goslin at the
plate and Dauss then struck out
Picinich. Each was a called strike.
and Picinich's bat never left his
shoulders.
The Griffs did not score off Dauss
until the ninth, when a base on balls
was followed by two singles, and
Washington got It's only run off the
veteran right.hander.
% The hero Of the game was Lu.
xerno Atwell Blue, the only ball
player that ever came out Of Wash.
ington and made the major league
. grade and a player who Is popular
In every city but the one OF his
birth.
Blue Is turn-around batsmarl.
He batted right-handed against
George Mogridge on Thuwiay and
failed to do a thing on his first
three times at. bat, so on his last
trip he batted left-handed and drove
out a long two-bagger.
When Blue faced Francis yester-
day he was batting left.handed. On
each Of his first two times at bat
Francis struck him out, SO Blue
b. changed to the right.hand side of
the plate. He then hit a line drive
to Goslin. His fourth time at bat
against Francis found two men on
: the bases and two out. Blue, bat.
ting right.handed, drove the bali
j over the left.field wall, driving in
tpree runs, and that was Detroit's
margin of victory.
Francis might have done better
had he kept his temper. He got into
an argument with Cobb while Dauss
was at bat In the second. Dauss
stepped out Of the batter's box 10
confer with Blue and Francis aid not
like that. He said something to
Cobb about 1t. and Cobb came out
or the dugout and started for the
infield. " '"'
Francis left the pitcber,. box
and started In to meet Cobb. Inn.
pire Guthrie and several nIayer.
got between them. II looked 10 The
ians rs though . fine, old. d.faSb.
ioned scrap was coming, However.
nothing really cventuated.
Wnen Cobb came to bat an IN.
NTH he ducked q high baIl an the
inside. Cobb walked to the pitch sr's
pox. There were more words. Again
the umpiresinterfered. Cobb Thought
Francis was trying to bean him.
Cooo singled that time at bat, but
on two other tries he struck out. II
10 the first time this year that any
p,tcner mas succeeded In striking out
Cobb twice In the same game.
Detroit and washinrton snlit m
the series. Detroit has won ten
games from Washington this year
and the Griffs have defeated Detroit
six times. Only one other Eastern
club has gotten better than a split
with Detroit in any series this year.
o., The Athletics took the series with
Detroit at Shibe Park few weeks
ago.
Washington pitching was poison
for Harry Heilmann, champion bats.
man Of 1921, and Bobby Veach.
Heilmann was at bat fourteen times
in the series and he made only one
hit, q single.
Veach was at bat fifteen times and
made three hits.
Cobb did no better yesterday than
the day before. getting one hit in
four times at bat.
Joe Judge and Sam Rice play.
ed the best ball In the field for
the Griffmen and nobody on the