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NhIte Sox Here Tomorrow.
Having Failed to Win
/ Game on Trip
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER

By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Tomorrow comes Johnny Evers,
leading his weary band Of White
Hose into the spacious confines Of
lie Griffith Stadium. Since leav-
ing home the poor lads have yet
TO win a game. They were sound
~ walloped by the Boston Red
Sox and then, fighting gamely to
the last, were given three more
beatings by the Yankees. To rub
It In, as. it were, the Baltimore
Orioles handed them licking yes
terday in an exhibition game,
Lefty Groves tanning fourteen Of
them. It is hardly to be expected
that the Chicago team will be in
a happy mood here and may cause
considerable trouble, just to get
back at somebody. ]
The fighting Griffs are giving
signs Of escaping from their wretch.
ed batting slump. They have been
In the doldrums for some six
weeks now, but are about to take
revenge upon all opposing pitchers.
This escape is coming Just in
: time, too, for the pennaf1t scramble
promises to be bitterly contested
to the end.
Thanks to their four victories in
five games with the Detroit Jun.
saleers, ending with yesterdays
double victory, the Griffs are to.
day in second place, two games
behind the leading Yankees and a
game and a half ahead of Detroit
The Griffs have won thirteen vic
tories over Detroit this season,
balancing that against six defeats.
Thus they have the edge over one
Of their strongest rivals for the
Tag. They are also leading tho
Yankees, ten, wins to eight, and
will work hard to kepe this edge.
George MOgridge and Buclzy
Harris were the particularly shin.
ing lights in that opening victory,
4 to 3. Harris, Judge, Bluege
and Russell got the brackets in
the second win, to 8. But the
whole team fought together,
every lad Joining in the admitted
" hard task Of trOuncing twice
In single afternoon.
Goose Goslin delivered a power.
full poke to the corner in the left
field in the first inning Of the
opening game, scoring McNeely
ahead of him, and the Griffs held
that lead until Ty Cobb drove
Haney and O'Rourke across the
pan in the sixth with d two.bagger
to right. Pratt's single became a
run in the seventh when Rigney
doubled. putting the Jungle Cats
In front.
But the Griffs were still fighting
and proceeded to even the count
In the eighth. Judge walked, gal.
loped around to third on Bluege's
rap to midfield and scored on Ruel's
single to right. That brought the
decision into the. ninth and set the
$4,000 fans bowling with joy.
Mogridge, who lacks all nerves in
q pinch, whacked a clean single to
center and the fans began yelling.
McNeely laid down perfect sacri.
flee and George was roosting on
second base with the winning run;
He didn't stay long out there for
Bucky Harris came through with
q drive to center that Ty Cobb re.
fused to field. knowing the useless.
ness of 1t ALL.
That first game was a credit to
both teams. They played alright
ball. They fought for every point,
never quitting. The Griffs hit
Johnson harder than the Jungle
Cats hit Mogridge by just twice.
It was in the stars for the Griffs
to cop and they did.
As though the strain had been
too much, the second game was
loose in comparison with that
opener. ErrorIess was that initial
clash, but the Jungle Cats wobbled
three times and the Griffs once in
the nightOap. But the Griffs won,
3 to 8, SO what boots it?
In the first place the pitching
was not up to the Mogridge.J Johnson
standard. Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary
and Rip Collins, the starters, failed
TO 60 the limit. Both were touched
up at inconvenient times, Whitehill
finishing for the invaders and Rus
cell coming to the relief Of Zach.
A triple by Ruel, a pass to Peck
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