The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26

Tan McGrew or Byron Specie hol
son in the final contest of the sc
flinr for TIE AS. and, with the t
their best for Washington, he sh
No, satisfied with having their
opponents beat them, the GIiffs ere
beating themselves these days. In.
deed. they are proving wonderfully
adept and threaten to hang up a
remarkable record along this line.
They crucified Fred Marberry on
Wednesday. came clos TO repeat.
ing for "Oystet, Joe" Martina, and
did fine job on Walter johnson
yesterday, the AS winning, 6 to s.
OF the six taAies, just three were
e,4rned meaning that the other
tree were gifts at the hands Of
tie Griffmen.
The Griffs were leading 3 to 0
when the AS went TO bat in the
It'll. They had made three singles
c.t Johnson, but, despite the errors
OF their foes, they had not tailed
kuel's passed bail had showed NH.
Ter up a cushion. Rice had let Sim.
mons reach second on a single, and
Plothro had offered an amazing ex-
Aiu4IAOA VI (uLLlOALS, AhpA1Opp1AS
and skating on Hale's little fly in
tie third, letting the Mackman
reach second. And still Johnson
hid kept the enemy away from the
Eiate.
Galloway rolled a slow one to
Buchy Harris, starting that fifth.
lucky fumbIed it, cuffed 1t,
showed it, muffed it again, cuffed
Is again, showed it again and
|, finally chOked it to death after
Galloway had reached first in safe.
ty. WeIch, hitting for HaSty,
doubled out between Rice aud
Fisher, scored him.
Strand opened the sixth with a
bounce to Peck. Peck gave it the
knee, kicked it in the back, grabbed
II by the left ear and finally stran.
gied 1t, but not till Strand was safe.
Eauser's rap to right followed and
tl.en AL Simmons exploded a home
run into tn left field bleachers.
Slim Harris led off in the sew.
didn't even run. So Peck obliging,
" threw the ball into the dirt,
forcing Harris to take first base
J'ykes crashed a double off the left
field wall and Johnson gracefully
surrendered his task to Fred Wing
field. Acting on the same impulse
Prothro, Peck and Harris would
Rave faded out earlier Hale singled
ucoring the tall pitcher and Hauser's
single scored Dykes.
PrOthrO's double, assisted great.
~ by the wind. followed by John.
sons savage single, gave the
Griffs a run i'm the second and
they added a couple more in the
fifth when Judge led off with n
double. scored on GOslin'S timely
clOut to center and RuePs single
brought GOslin over. That inning
ended Hasty, Slim Harris start
ing in the sixth.
In the eighth Prothro walked
and went to third on Peck's single
to left. Leibold, hitting for Wing.
field. hoisted to Miller and Prothro
tailed when Perkins let Millers
peg get away from him.
Bucky Harris benched himself in
the ninth in favor Of Richboug.
who watched the third strike cut
the plate. Rice got a Texas League
double to left and Goslin followed
with another to right, scoring Rice.
The Griffs made five runs, four
earned. The AS earned three and
had three. given to them.
Chick Galloway played brilliantly
all day. He had four putouts,
three on flyballs, and seven assists.
He seemed on springs, scooping up
slow ones in front of him, hopping
over beyond second base to rob
Ruel of hit in the third, repeating
on johnson in the fourth and again
cheating Rule " it'll a fine running
pickup in the eighth.
The Griffmen. for the first time
In number Of years, are blessed
with steady pitching, sometimes
brilliant pitching, but the poor
ieIding and slipsh0d base running
9 piking the best efforts Of the
fingers. In three contests here.
Tor instance, nine errors of com.
mission have been charged against
them.
In this series the Griffs have
rlade twenty-eight hits to twenty.
We for the AS. They have made
"e errors as against two for the
5. They have dropped two of
q three games. The Mackmen
i've scored ten earned runs and
We unearned tallies. The Griffs
ave scored twelve earned runs and
one unearned, showing the tighter
game displayed by the Mackmen.
Bucky Harris takes his gang
home tonight Immediately follow.
ing the clash at Shibe Park. 10.
Enorrow a four-game series with the
Red Sox opens at the Griffith
stadium, followed by series in
New York and Boston, with a single
contest in Washington on Sunday,
May o, with the Mackmen. The
fate Of more than one athlete will
be determined on that short East.
ern trim before the long home stay
MDaiust the WeGteru cI,,hO