The Washington times., 1922-08-30


lads from Washington. However,
And not even Walter Johnson, the
johnson lacked much Of his Gus
tomary control. but he had all his
effectiveness just the same. In the
very first inning he compelled the
slugging Bob Meusel to roll into a
force play, leaving the bases loaded.
in the second he famed the ponder
Gus Babe Ruth with two on. He
repeated this stunt on Sam Jones in
The third.
Once more in the sixth. with Dugan
on first and two out, johnson famed
f, Babe Ruth to a chorus OF mingled
cheers and jeers. In the last two
innings he disposed of the enemy in
order, tanning Muesel and Jones for
good measure.
The Griffs only run was a Gift
from Jones wildness. 1t came In
the opening round. and never again
were the visitors able to connect
with a score. Harris had singled
with one down and Judge walked.
Goslin famed, making two out.
Brewer took a walk, filling the bases,
and when Peck walked for another
pass Harris tailed. Lamotte was
called out on strikes, leaving the
corners crowded. There was one op-
portunity they failed to take.
For three innings the Griffs
were helpless before Jones. He
was using q marvellous change OF
pace with . curve breaking two
feet across. He was turning the
boys back In succession rs fast as
they came up.
Two were gone In the fifth when
Harris beat out a slow one to Dusan.
Joe Judge plastered a single to right.
Leaving 1t up to Goslin. The rookie
had not done anything, and the dope
was for him to break up the ball
eame with one of his tremendous
cIouts. The Yanks were leading 3
10 1. But Il would not take much to
shake their morale.
Goslin got hold Of one right In his
alley. He hammered that ball along
the grass well toward Pipp's right.
That is his glove did, as he Is
southpaw. To make matters worse,
he IA of the elongated type of ath-
iete. To cap the climax, Pipp TO-
day IN playing the best ball OF the
entire Yankee team. He proved IL
then and there by going over KNOCK.
ing down that drive with his gloved
nav, recovering 1t and beating Cos
lin to the bag.
There is no telling what might
have resulted from that drive had IL
escaped the angular Pipp person.
Harris would certainly have scored
and Judge reached third. This would
have made II two out with runners
on first and third no pleasant place
To make 1t all the more binding'
Brewer singled when he LED OH IN
the next inning. Some foiks never
have no luck. ~.
The ninth inning had the niS
crowd on pins and needles tor tne
Griffs had the bases loaded with one
out. Nevertheless they isiieu 10
score. .Shanks landed on seCono
when witt dropped his fly in short
canter following a long gallop across
the sward. Ward seized Lamotte's
NV but Charity and johnson were
ma ssed to fret without charge by the
kind. hearted Samuel Jones. He
wanted to offer the home crowd a
thrill or two before going home to
dinner.
This time the rotten break for
the Griffs was 70 have Sam Rice
coming up In the pinch. This Is
mot Rice's strongest point. The
Yanks had all the best Of that turn
in the luck. Jones went to work
on Rice and famed him on q ball
hardly a foot off the dirt. Rice
had q sheepish look as he went
back to the bench.
There was still a chance for
Bucky Harris. He hammered a
long fly down between Witt and
Meusel. Both Yankee gardeners
were running after II but neither
showed much promise Of getting
under IL. Had It escaped them, the
Griffs would have had at least
three runs and possibly four. But
with superhuman effort, Bob
Meusel stuck up his gloved hand
and brought down that drive, end
ing the contest. 1t was a great
catch, heartbreaker though II was
There is luck in baseball and the
first Yankee run proves IT, Whru
had singled and reached second on
two outs behind him. Witt rolled
an ordinary bounder down to Judge,
Judge was set for It and as the
ball came down for its third bounce
Il landed on a stone or clod OF
earth and, just as wickedly as
could be, bounded to Judges right
Just beyond his reach. Ward was
over the plate. After hitting Dugsn
in the chest with a pitched ball
johnson famed Ruth in that ses
sion.
The second Yank tally came
when Pipp, first man up In the
third, belted q homerun into the
lower rightfield stand for the
circuit. Schang singled and Meuscl
doubled after that but neither
scored. The last Yankee run was
Babe Ruth's home-run into the
rightfield bleachers with two out
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