The Washington times., 1924-06-27

Washington's great veteran finger
shut out the AS, 5 to o, making
his fourth whitewash victory Of the
young campaign. Stanley Baum.
gartner pitched good ball against
Johnson but was unfortunate in
having Joe Judge deliver couple
of timely bingles. Joe accounted
for three runs. Goose Goslin ham,
mered one over the dish and Muddy
Ruel brought in the last.
oyster Joe" Martina was the
victim in the nightcap struggle. He
pitched well enough to win any
ordinary game. It was just his
luck to have Eddie Rommel hold
the Griffs to two hits, both made
by Joe Judge, and be shut out, /
to O. There, in a nutshell, is the
story Of the day.
President Coolidge was unable
to come to the Griffith Stadium
until the second game was about
to start. Mrs. Coolidge and her
two sons occupied the official box
during the first game and the
family was united for the brilliant
second SlxirmiSh.
There was plenty Of stirring base
ball on tap during the day, con-
tributed by both sides. But it was
not all used UP yesterday. Therell
be plenty more to be shown during
the coming month during. the long
home stay Of Bucky Harris and his
fighting gang. They are in this
pennant race to stay. They like
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Here are some highlights In that
opening victory of Johnson's, the
tenth successive for the Griffs.
Johnson's fine backing up in tho
first inning when he grabbed high
relay peg from the garden on
Strands threebagger and then his
tanning Of Joe Hauser, leaving
Strand right where he was.
spark Plug" Matthews clever
one-handed cacth Of Galloway's fly
in left center in the second.
Walter Johnson's scooping catch
OF Baumgartner's pop fly in the
fifth, with his peg to Judge,
doubling up Perkins.
The theft Of a hit from Perkins
In the ninth when Ossie Bluege
grabbed the drive off Johnson's
Or with neat peg to Judge.
The double by Bucky Harris in
the first round which became q
run when Goslin tripIed to the
OcOrebOard.
Amos Strunk's fine long running
catch of Ruel's foul fly in the fourth
frame.
Joe Hauser's catch Of Johnson's
foul fly close to the Washington
dugout in the fifth.
Joe Judges slam up against the
right field barrier in the sixth, scor.
ing Matthews and Harris.
And consider, in brief, the smart
things in the second contest:
How cleverly Bucky Harris han
died bad hops from Riconda in the
fourth and Strunk in the sixth.
Sam Rice's speedy, accurate peg
to the plate, cutting off the bulky
Frank Buggy in the fifth frame.
Roger Peckinpaugh's pretty one
handed pickup Of Galloway's
bounder over near second, in the
seventh, with his fine throw to
Judge in time to get the batter.
Peck's fine stop in deep short Of
Strands bounce in the ninth, get
ting him at first with an arched
peg right on the dot.
- Eddie Rommel's nifty fielding Of
his position, twice going over to
first base for timely put-outs.
Max Bishops general work in the
field, with emphasis on his stop Of
Goslin's bounder to second in the
seventh.
Frank Bruggy's smooth work be.
hind the bat, with his two perfect
pegs to second, cutting off Judge
In the seventh and Bluege in the
eighth.
Boys, they were both fine ball
games to watch, filled with pepper
from start to finish. offering bril-