The Washington times., 1924-07-07

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Ruth and company succeeded in 6
Of; the Griffs during their brief wi
Harvey 4 Hendrick was taught
football at Vanderbilt University be.
fera breaking into professional
baseball and he pulled some of II
IN excellent fashion yesterday, en-.
abling the Yankees to snatch vic
tory from the jaws Of defeat, z to 4,
ii all, 1t was a rough day for the
before q bowling, snarling gang OF
embittered Washington fans. All
fighting Griffs.
The real excitement came In the
ninth, just as drizzle set in. The
Griffs were leading, to 3. after
an enjoyable seventh, during which
three hits and sacrifice had given
them two tallies and apparent vic.
tory.
aoyster Joe" Martina started
things wrongly on Schang's bound.
Ar. Instead Of getting in front Of
the ball and making an easy play.
Martina chose to grab at it on the
side. He grabbed. but missed the
ball. Harris came in fast, but too
lkts to" get Schang, who thus OBJ.
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10 Then came one Of the most
eep6ctacular catches seen In Wash
1ngtOn in years. Aaron Ward
hOisted q fly out close to the cen
terrified wall. Matthews ran like
all possessed and, just as that
drive was falling safe, went up,
Into the air and came down
with T.
The fans, knowing the value of
thaf great catch, stood and roared
as Schang scurried back to first
base. The game seemed saved, at
least for the moment.
Ernie johnson came up in place
d Scott and forced Schang with q
1aerry hopper to Peck. Two out
and q light hitting substitute on
the way to the plate meant a Wash.
ingt0n victory. But the batter used
to play football ana the outlook be-
came az dark as the heavens In a
few seconds.
HendrIclE. hitting for Ehawkey,
singled to right johnson tore over
! to third ana Hendrick attempted
TO reach second. Rice picked up
the ball cleanly and pegged per.
/ fectfy TO Peck, who tagged out the
| rHnners Umpire Ormsby waved
HendE1cE out, turned his head,
turned back again and waved him
safe as he saw the ball rolling
away. Hendrick had Knocked the
ball from Peck's hand Meanwhile,
Johnson hilked down the third base
hne ana slid safely over the plate
with tbs tying tally.
nWmtey Witt stood around IN the
6rizzla long enough TO coax q, pass
from Martina and out went the
NOrleans oyster king. Fred Mar.
berry. who had beaten, the Yanka
on Saturday appeared on the hiIl
1nr the remainder Of the frame
Dugan rolled amartly to Harris.
40 looked easy, but tho youthful
manager let IL 20 through him.
giving Dugan Q life and aeftfnR
big HAndriOk ON his way TO the
plato. Then came the real firo.
works.
Whitley W1tt. q speedy runner
was hot on HendEfclEAB tran as Sam
Rice gathered In the ball and shot
II toward tho platter where Muddy
Ruel stood. attempting to block oil
the big Yankee
Bang crash the way tiSey do al
sHcllega. and Handrick Piled right
into and over the midget catcher,
The path belonged to him and he
took 1t, that's all Besides, his was
the winning run.
Ruel was knoclned dtppy in the
collision, the ball rolling to line
stand Witt came flying toward
the plate and Marberry, RETRIEVING
the ball. tossed it to Ruel, who was
sitting practically on the plate,
Marberry was unaware that his
catcher was OFF In the clouds some.
where The ball struck Ruel on
the chest protector as WITT tailed.
The game was over then and
there, though It had to reach its
legal limit Ruel had first-aid ad,
slninigtered and Bennett Tate took
up the catching duties with Dugan
.xoosting on third base, two out and
3 Babe Ruth at bat. The Bambino
hoisted a double to right center,
scoring Dugan, and then deliberately
allowed himself to be erased at
the plate to save the victory. Had
the rain halted the battling, the
score would have reverted back to
the eighth, leaving the Griffs
ahead, to 3. The Babe was play.
Ing smart baseball.
The Griffs were mot done,
though almost done. with two
out In their half Of the ninth.
Peck and Bluege cOaxed passes
from Joe Bush, who had sup
planted Bob Shawkey. Bert Grit.
filth came up for Marberry and,
after getting the count three and
Two, Obligingiy whitfield. 1t was
ss-nlI over. Football had proved q
better game than baseball.
6s Ruth's double and Meusel's single
gave the Yankees a run in the
opening inning and they added an.
other in the second when Ward
doubled and Scott tripled.
~ The Griffs got one run back in