The Washington times., 1923-08-03

WnOle thing. FurCuermOEe, we
wager that or Bill Kimball, vete
Union, was the one bird in the ]
great rally in the ninth inning OF
Now we're going" barked OF
Bill as the Griffs went to bat in the
eighth. They were one behind and
F.. didn't need much, but nothing hap.
pened.
Now we're going" barked OF
Bill as the Griffs got busy in their
final frame. "I mean it this time.
Now we're going. We're going to
win this game, 2 TO l."
And, by the living horn spoon,
that's exactly what happened.
Dixie Davis had held the Griffs
to two hits for five innings. He
hurt his right leg and gave way
to Wayne Wright, who proceeded
to give the home boys nothing in
three frames. Then, even rs OF
Bill said, the balloon went up.
With Leibold out Of the way, Joey
Evans started the fans to cheering
with a clean single to left. Goslin
swung nightly, but his best was a
fly to Jacobson. The fans had al
most given up hope, all save or
Bill.
"Now watch US co." he barked;
we're going now"
Sam Rice showed q single into left
field, sending the speedy Evans
around to third. Muddy Ruel spit
ting tomcat in a pinch, cracked an.
other single to the same place, scor-
ing Evans with the tieing run.
Bucky Harris followed suit, his sin
gle to left bringing Man o. War
over with the winning tally. The
Griffs had won, 2 to 1, even as OF
Bill Kimball had predicted, and the
miracle had happened. The Griffs
had defeated the Browns twice in
one day.
The first game was a personal
kid hurler from Memphis. He held
the smuggling Browns to six bin
giles and they failed to cross the
plate. The nearest they came was
In the first, when Foster was cut
down at the plate trying to score
from first on Ken Williams triple.
Charity relayed the ball from Rice
TO Ruel with plenty OF time to nail
the midget.
Two strange incidents occurred
IN that first victsry Of the Griffs.
Twice men were called out for
batting out of turn, jacobson in
the first inning and Gerber in
the ninth, though he had been
hitting out Of turn "au day with
out protest. For some time the
fans did not know exactly how
that first game had ended, though
knowing the Grfffs had won.
With Foster on first and one out
in the opening frame. Williams
came up and walked. When ia
cobson came to the plate DOME
Bush protested to Umpire Ormsby
who ruled Jake out and called Will
liams back from first to hit over
again. This time he tripled and
when Foster was killed at the plate
the inning was done. But seldom
is a man given a walk and a triple
in one frame with but four men
facing the pitcher.
The Griffs hammered Urban
Shocker hard in the third inning.
scoring 4 runs and cinching things
Singles by Evans. Goslin and Rice
came ahead of a timely triple py
Ruel. Shocker and Tobin protested
to Umpire Rowland that Ruel haf
failed to touch first base. They got
so excited about 1t that both wer'
given the air by the dapper official
Pruett came in and Harris poke(
q single to left. scoring Ruel will
the fourth run of the frame anC
giving the Griffs a lead of fiv,
runs. Then the young southpav
pitched some classy ball, giving
only two scattered bingles for thu
next four innings. Root was sting!
In the eighth, too.
The second remarkable incident
came in the ninth. With one
gone Williams walked. to be
forced by McManus. Gerber
scratched a hit to Peck, putting
two on and two out. Out came
DOME Bush, red neck and all,
complaining that Gerber had hit
out Of turn. that SEVERED was the
rightful batsman.
Umpire Ormsby. whose neck re
senbles a Syrian sunset at thi
time Of the year. consulted hi
official lineup. So did Manager
Foil and Bush. Sure enough, Ger
Der should have followed Severed,
from the start instead Of proceed
ing him. Therefore, Ormsby rule,
Gerber out and the game at an enc
So there!
With George Mogridge srnilin
out ON the hill, the Griffs dug Il
against the Browns in the secon
clash. Mogridge was a bit unstead
and yielded a tally in the fourth
Jacobson singled. McManus wa
struck in the middle Of the back b
pitched ball and Gerber's nea