The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
GRIFFS BEAT TANKS
 ON MEUSEL'S MUFF
Mogridge And Harris Canned In Ninth But Err
 TOT Beats Champions

NEW YORK, August 31.--While 10000 gogele-eyed fans yelped and yodelled their mixed feelings at the spectacle of the Tanks and Senators indulging in a 10-inning and tied con. test in the local stadium, old Sam Rice walked up to the plate with two out and the bases full of Senators and slapped out a fly to the left field, where Bob Meusel dropped the ball to watch two Washington runners race across the plate with scores. Satisfied with scant pair, though he could have seen two more 90 across, if he mad wished to do so, Meusel picked up the ball and threw out Miller at the plate Old Sam Rice, who caused all the trou- ble, died on the s4cks behind Miller.
 The final score was 4 to 2, for Wash, ington.
 Third place in the American league, meantime, may soon find a new owner. The Detroit Tigers. not long ago a strong bidder for the top position, are now making desperate stand to ward off the threatening St. Louis Browns, who gradually are edging in toward third place. Sunday the Tigers fared disastrously in the third game of q series with St. Louis. Detroit lost, 14 to 4, allowing the Browns to register ten runs in the closing stages of the game. Detroit's defeat advanced the Browns to within two games and a half of third place.
 In Cleveland, the Indians fell back perilously close to sixth place by losing the last of a five-game series with the White Sox, 10 to 1.
 The Athletics and Red sox were in- active Sunday.
 The National league race became close Sunday when the Giants were downed for the third consecutive time in Brooklyn, this time by a score of 4 to 2. Burleigh Grimes, the stocky right-hander of Dodgers, twirled the victory, which gave Brooklyn clean sweep in the series with the champions It cut the Giants lead to mere two games as the Pittsburg Pirates, in close pursuit, reeled off 2 to o shutout vic- tory over the Cubs in Chicago. Emil Yde, a valuable pitching addition to the Pirate roster, was credited with the win. He held the Chicagoans to only two. siaps.
 St. Louis and Cincinnati played to an exciting finish before the latter won out, 5 to 4. St. Louis had tied the count in the ninth but the Reds de- livered the finishing blow in their half of the same inning.
 These were the only National league games scheduled for the Sabbath.
 Mir. Bob Meusel, who was the hero of Manhattan all Saturday evening and until the tenth inning on Sunday, is not hero any more. It was Meusel who drove in the two lone tallies that won a ball game Saturday when the Senators lost, 2 to 1.
 When the Irish outfielder dropped the ball from Rice's bat, he also dropped his team full game in the percentage column, and Washington now leads the American league by a game and half When the Senators arrived in New York for the present series they were merely aspirants to the league leadership.
 The Washington half of the tenth in- ming brought Ruel to bat first. He singled to left field. Roger Peckin- paugh tried next and flied out to Ruth. Marberry, who had succeeded Mogridge on the mound. sacrificed, and the next two, Liebold and Miller, were walked. That left the bases full with two out
 Then up stepped old Sam Rice, who delivered himself of a fly, and a few seconds later Ruel and Liebold had scored, and the game was over except for the New York end of the inning, which didn't amount to much and brought no runs. Although Meusel did his best to come back with single in that last chance his teammates could not help him and he was left on base.
 It was a day of ups and downs for Meusel. In the eighth, with the score 2 to 1 for the Senators, Pitcher Mog- ridge, Catcher Ruel and Manager Bucky Harris gathered around Umpire Holmes to remark on a decision which just had sent Babe Ruth walking to first base after Dugan had singled. Empires Moriarity and Nallin walked in from their field stations and joined in. Ruth stayed on first, but Mogridge went to the showers, and his manager went with him. Mayberry went in for Mogridge and began well when Pipp popped out. Schange came up next and walked, filling the bases. Meusel was next up, and with the memory of his Saturday triumph lingering some where around the ballyard, the Cali fornian waited for Marberry, and walked, showing in the. tying run ahead of him. There were two down, but Ernie Johnson, who batted for Ward, famed.
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