The Washington times., 1924-09-22


town last Tuesday.
He had his hurting arm twisted
himself as ready to take his place
He has been working out each d
ever. He has volunteered to pitcl
word and he may have his wish
leave this city.
When all is said, It must be ad-'
mitted that the strain Of the last
two weeks has sapped much OF the
strength from the Griffs' pitchers.
The struggle to hold a high place
all summer has taken its toll and
not one Of the Washington pitchers
Is today as strong as he should be.
They all need rest, not a long rest,
but a rest Of three or four days.
Walter johnson Is all right in cool
weather, but a warm day ruins him.
The same goes for George Mogridge.
Zachary is in better shape, but
good rest will do him a world Of
good. Fred Marberry, who has
taken part in forty-seven games this
season, is downcast over his terrible
bone play against the Browns last
Saturday. A rest will fix him, IL
only for three days
To have Curly Ogden strong
enough to pitch two full games
out Of the remaining seven means
an extra days rest for every other
regular pitcher on the staff. The
benefit of this cannot be measured
in words. It simply means that
BucLy Harris will have his hurlers
in first class condition for the
approaching world series.
Earl McNeely really won yester.
days final game in st. Louis by
his brilliant base running in the
sixth inning. He was on first base
when Harris bounced to Robertson.
He was away fast and, turning
second base, kept right on going 10
third.
Robertson called for Sisler to
hand the ball back. The Browns
manager, surprised to see a man
trying to go from frs. to third on
an infield out, tossed over Robert
sons head. McNeely reached third
with a perfect slide. Seeing the
ball going over Robertson's head
McNeely picked himself up and
sailed over the plate, running like
Man o'Wars That run put the
Griffs ahead and unnerved the
Browns.
Twelve hundred fans from Terre
Haute, Ind, saw that final victory
Of the Griffs in st. Louis. They
came to St.. Louis on an excursion
and stuck around through a severe
thunderstorm until the teams got
busy. They rooted constantly for
the coming champions.
Half an hour before game time
n thunderstorm broke over the
BAN park. The diamond was COW
cred In a hurry and the fans
sought shelter as the rain poured
down. It was not till 4:2O that
the teams began the game. After
the fifth inning heavy clouds
made the field gloomy as q cellar
and the last inning was played In
Semi-darhneSs.
The umpires insisted on staging
the game in order to ward off any
criticism from the New York club,
and they stuck,1to 1t until it was
impossible to. follow the ball. When
McNeely made his great running
catch of Severeld's fly in the
seventh, it is doubtful If more than
handful Of tans followed the
course Of the ball from the bat to
the outfielder's gloved hand. In
deed, McNeely himself was just
barely seen, his gray uniform
rendering him almost invisible in
the darkness.
sam Rice has now hit safely in
his last twenty-eight games. He
got his bingle in the sixth inning
yesterday when he topped the ball
and beat out the resulting slow
roller to Robertson. That was his
last time at bat In the abbreviated
contest.
The Browns are the only team
| In the league to have an edge
over the GriffS this season. They
have won thirteen and lost nine
battles with the coming cham.
plOns. The Grifis won five and
lost six games In st. Louis this
season, winning four and losing
seven In Washington.
The Chicago White Sox have
made an especially poor showing
with the Griffs this year, winning
but five out Of the nineteen games
played to date.
Since leaving home Bucky Harris
and his gang have won nine games
ma lost four. This is exactly the
same record hung up by the Yank
ees. To show the edge possessed
by the Griffs over their rivals, It il
to Be remembered that the Yankees
have already played Boston and
! Chicago. two weak teams yet to b