The Washington times., 1924-09-26

the WofLQ series. OSSle bIuege, WI
to Saturday, regarded as weak
sation Of the coming world series
The Griffmen have played sixteen
games since closing their campaign
at home. In those contests Bluege.
has gone to bat sixty times. Twenty
three times has he connected safely.
He has scored fourteen runs, his
hits having q total Of twenty-eight
bases.
Looking into his work, 1t is plain
to be seen that he has maintained
q steady pace with the fail. In
four games In Philadelphia he grab.
bed himself four hits. Each series
In the west consisted Of three
games. In Detroit he got five hits,
In Cleveland four, in st. Louis
five and in Chicago five. Bllege's
hits have usually been on q line into
left field or left center. He has
always hit the ball hard but usually
at somebody. Now he Is polling
them into safe territory Instead
Of being mere baggage for the fight
ing Griffmen, carried along beea.IseI
Of his fine fielding, ossie BluegeI
has stepped to the front and is
among the leading swatters Of the
team. 1t is quite possible, that he
may be one of the shining lights Of
the coming series for the world
title.
Whenever Peck is hitting, the
team is winning" Clark Griffith mas
said on many occasions. Wen, the
team IL winning and Peck Is hit.
ting.
Since leaving Washington the
Griffmen's veteran shOrtStOp has
bben betting the ball ut rate Of
.349. In sixteen games Peck has
gone TO bat sixty,tIlree times, 4
scored ten runs and made twenty.
two safe hits for . total Of thirty.
one bases.
When in Cleveland President
Griffith was talking Of Peck's hit
ting with Mrs. Peckinpaugh, ex-
planning that whenever Roger was
hitting, the team was always win
ming.
Keep him going" said President
Griffith.
"I'n feed him raw meat every
day he is here said the little
lady. and she must have, for Peck
has been smacking the ball on the
nose consistently all through this
trip.
2 In the sixteen games played on
this trip the Griffs have scored 104
runs to seventy-five for their vart
Gus foemen. They have collected
toe u, .,
made but fifteen errors as against
twenty-five for their rivals.
Five series have been played and
in every one the Griffs have outhit
their rivals. The Jungle Cats came
closest to equaling them, getting
twenty.eight hits to twenty-nine for
the leaders. The Jungaleers win
ming two out Of three games, was
the only team outscoring the Griffs,
eleven runs to eight. Also Detroit
was the only team to get an edge
over the Griffs on this trip.
Red letter days have been
numerous in this wild rush OF
the fighting Griffs to their first
championship. Almost every
member Of the team has shared
In these big days, with Harris,
Rice, GOslin, McNeeIey, Bluege
and Peck predOnlinating.
In the opening game at Detroit
Harris got single, double and
triple, Bluege a. triple, and two
singles and Peck q double and
three singles
George Uhle looked to be q certain
winner in the final game at Cleve-
land, but the Griffs got mad in
the eighth and tied the score. In
the final frame they went wild
and scored five runs, bringing In
an easy victory.
On the opening day at st. Louis
McNeeley pounded out four singles.
Rice slammed three singles and
doubts. Goslin punished the hurting
for two singles and a double.
In that terrible sandlot struggle
the Browns won In the tenth on
MarbeFry's wild throw. Goose Cos
lin got four hits for total of
eleven bases, single, and double,
and two home runs. Peck poled
three doubles that day Bluege had
three sharp singles to his credit
and scored four runs.
Roger PeclIinpaugh had fine |
day at bat in Chicago in the first
game of the series. Going to bat
four times Washlngton's great short |
fielder singled twice and doubled
twice. That was the day little Nike