The Washington herald., 1922-06-29
CRIFFS, HELD TO 4
HITS, WIN in NINTH;
BARNEY" WHIFFS 9
Shanks' Single, Brower's
Sacrifice, Smiths Dou-
bile Score Only Run.
By RAY HELGEsEN.


total of twenty-seven innings
pitched without allowing sNrun. He
and Waite Hoyt. the temperamental
boy wonder" engaged in a hurling
duel out of Mister Grifith's lot and
the-speed king. though allowing
three more hits than his mates were
able to gather on Hoyt, was re-
turned the victor over the Yanks by
a Itto-0 score in what was probably
the-nost brilliant local game OF the
American League season thus far.
HoN allowed but four hits. while
johnson was nicked for seven.
Johnson famed nine men and
didnt issue a pass. In the second
inning he struck out the side, re-
tIrfng Ward. Scott and Holman In
order. In the fourth he whitfield a
pair and again in the eighth caused
two men to hit nothing more solid
than an unexpected breeze which
happened to be sauntering across
thes enclosure at that particular
moment
To put IL mildly Johnson was
quite as good as he ever was. even
/
the-Senators had to get the breaks
to beat Hoyt.
Only One Hit to Eighth.
Hoyt, who. we understand. Is still
but % years old. held the Nationals
to four safeties. Until the eighth
he had been nicked for only one hit.
a double to the wall in right by
EarI Smith. which was wasted when
l.
ring.
Judge got the second hit of the
boy wonder in the eighth. There
was one out at the time. and Peck
and Rice failed to advance the first
sacker.
The Yankee youngster walked
four men and hit Harris twice. but
these lapseS of control failed to
help the Griffs. as Hoyt always
pulled himself together with men
on the paths.
Extra innings. an indefinite num-
ber-of them. appeared probable un-
til 7the ninth. Up to that inning
the Griffs had corralled only a pair
of hits OF Hoyt. and it didn't ap-
peaE lkeIy that they would hnd his
slants any more to their liking then
than they had earlier Ia the game.
However. they did; and they won
and that's that.
Shanks opened the ninth with a
single into center. his first blow
thst even resembled a safety. Brow
sr was sent up to sacrifice. He did
II perfectly. laying the ball down
in front of the plate: letting Shanks
go ito second easily, while McNally
had to make a perfect pickup and
throw to get the popular outfielder
at 'nrst.
With the winning run on Sec
ond.' Harris looked at a couple. and
then took it in the ribs the second
time.
smith Hits In Pinch.
That dropped the burden on the
canable shoulders Of one Earl
Smith. The Sheriff had already
doubled once. getting the FIRST hit
of Hoyt. The percentage odds,
Therefore. were against his hitting
again. Earl. however. didn't give
a thought to percentage odds. He
caught the second ball pitched. and
drove it over Whitley Wits head
in deep center. Shanks scored. Witt
not even chasing the pellet. Smith,
though he only went to FIRST, was
credited with a double.
The Yanks got two hits in a row
on Barney in the first inning, but
were unable to score. After Bar
ney had tossed out witt, McNally
singled to left and Ruth followed
with a single to right, McNally
going to third. Johnson. however.
st5uck out Bob Meusel and forced
Pipp 10 roll weakly in front of the
plate.
Again in the seventh the Yanks
hit, safely twice. but Barney again
stopped them with a runner, cooling
his, heels on third.
Witt singled to start Harris took
care of McNally's fly. but Ruth
again singled to right, Witt going
to third After Ruth had been
thrown out trying to steal. Meusel
again struck out. his third straight
time.
Pipp pushed the customers onto
the. anxious seat in the first of the
ninth when he tripled to deep left
center. There were two out at the
time The drive went between
Smith and Rice and for a few sec
onds IL seemed as though IL would
roll for the circuit. Rice, however,
retrieved it and relayed 1t to Harris
In short left. while Miller Higgins
who was coaching at third. held his
lengthy first sacker to three bases.
Ward was next up and lifted into
short right. The fans emitted a
sigh of relief as Harris smothered
the looper.
Ruth got about an even break
with the fans. Half of them cheered
the, big fellow, while the other half
seered to get great deal of pleas
ure out of handing him the razz.
Ruth took IL like a herman, recog-
MIXING neither the cheers or the
booS
In practice the big fellow lifted
two balls out of the enclosure over
the right field wall But in the
game he seemed to have lost some
Of the confidence which marked his
stance at the plate last summer
The snap Is gone from his walk and
his,shoulders slump. OF course, the
smile Is no longer there. Unques-
tiopably the fans attitude toward
him has soured him.
Barney whiffed Meusel three
times. Ruth once and Ward, Scott,
Hoffman. Hoyt and Witt once each.
JPe Bush will probably face either
Ray Francis or Erick Erickson this
afternoon in the final game of the
series