The Washington times., 1924-08-25
TWO GAMES
ON. CARD
TODAY
st. Louis Browns Here For
Their Final Visit of Year
to Capital
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.
Now for the dirty work. With
Q double-header booked for today,
George Sisler and those confound-
ed st. Louis Browns are in town
for three days. Not satisfied with
battling the Brownies, who have
won ten out Of fifteen games played
with the fighting Griffs this sea-
son, Bucky Harris and his gang
will go over to New York Wednes-
day night and on the following
day open a four-game series with
the world champion Yankees. 1t
is well that the Griffs have escaped
from their grievous batting slump
and that their pitchers are all
moving forward at top speed. The
hardest week since the first in
July is upon them and they will
be most fortunate to come out on
the long end.
What boots it that the lowly
Mackmen handed the Brownies
three defeats in four games last
week? Hasn't it always been the
story that st. Louis, walloped by
the weakest team in the league,
has come to Washington and wal
loped the Potomac river boys? If
they don't repeat the ancient tao
tics, they will be approaching a
record.
Nevertheless, just because the
Griffs have been whipped ten times
by the Brownies this season, Bucky
Harris and his gang have their
chins up and will endeavor today
to grab doubleheader. They need
the games in order to better their
standing in this hottest Of hot pen
nant races.
The fighting Griffs have been
striding forward at a dizzy rate
ever since returning from their
second swing around the wes-
tern half of the circuit. They
took two out of three from the
Indians, four out of five from
the Detroit Jungle Cats and three
straight from the Chicago White
Sox., This is pennant-winning
baseball.
This promises to be bitter week
tor the boys. To win three Of the
four games with st. Louis will re-
quire all the ability, coupled with
q bit Of luck here and there, that
the Griffs have in their systems.
Then will come four battles in a
row in the Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees are getting some
real pitching these days, the SO.
ca!!ed five star pitching staff"
delivering the goods after fooling
around most Of the season. Miller
Huggins admits that Washington
must be beaten, If the Yanks are
TO win their fourth pannant in a
row, and he will shoot his strong.
est pitchers in against the Griffs.
Roger Peckinpaugh was lust
about the whole cheese in that
final victory over the White Sox.
He started four smart double pIava
most killing to the Chicago hopes
and relayed from Goslin to Ruel
that cut down Roaring" Lyons
IN the eighth. 1t was dishearten-
Ing for the visiting clan to have
Peck performing. The Griffs
COPIED, to /.
The Griffs have now won four.
teen out of nineteen games with
the White Sox. Since FaheT
turned back the Griffs in the
ilrst OF a dOubleheader in Chicago.
August 3, Harris and his gang
have won eleven out of thirteen
ball games. This is PLAYING hail
at the rate Of .846.
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary toiled
Tor the home boys. Yes, he toiled.
Tor the visitors delighted in putting
men on bases. Ten hits and two
passes put a dozen Pale Hose on
the paths, but only one scored,
Right there comes Roger Peckin.
paugh, ably assisted by Bucky Har-
rts with his slingshot right arm.
Barrett waited a single to left
center, opening the third, went up
on sacrifice and counted when
Robertson singled to center. Mostil
walked and Zachary appeared in
trouble. Only for a moment, only
for moment, for Peck went over
behind second base, seized Elsh's
bounce, Tipped it backwards to
Harris and double play followed.
Eddie Collins opened the fourth
with single and was promptly
doubled up, Peck to Harris to
Judge.
Ossie Bluege started the third
two-ply killing. Roaring" LYONS
led off with a single in the sixth
but was snuffed out when Bluege
seized Mostil's grounder and shot