The Washington times., 1924-09-29

September /.
Ineligible to play against thu
Giants III the tussle for the cham
pionship Ot the world. Letter i
not entitled to . share Ia the large
financial profits. Nevertheless, i
= 9 good bet for anybody that hi
win not be overlooked when i
comes to dividing the spoils. 4
member Of the fighting Critic fol
. short three weeks. Letter ha.
shown himself q most yaluabl.
batsn1an In the tight places and
President Griffith viii see that hi
b suitably rewarded.
Letter has gone tO bat four
times IN 8 Washington uniform.
He has slammed out one single
and two doubles, driving six runs
over the platter. HIS batting
average d $50 a. . pinch hitter.
some mark to shoot ct.
Bucky Harris sent Letter up foI
Russell against Uhle ia the fourth
inning Of the final game In Cleve
and. The Indians were leading
to Q. When he finished his work
the Griffs had scored two runs be
cause his slashing single to center
brought Peck and Ruel over the
LETTERS second appearance at the
plate was In that terrible sandlot
struggle In st. Louis. He Replaced
Johnson In the second inning with
two out and Peck on third. ne
ended the frame with q roller t.
McManus.
The Griffs lost their openins
game here last Friday, 2 to i, anG
this same Wade Letter drove over
their lone tally. Leibold had re-
placed johnson In the eighth inning
forcing Ruel. Letter pummeIed 4
rousing two-bagger out to the banl
in left center and Memo raced All
the way around from first to the
plate on the bingle. Letter reaches
third on Buclky Harris Rroundey
and was stranded there when Rict
popped to Joe Harris.
OF course, Letters biggest wal
lop, that which makes him Z
prominent figure IN this wild rae.
Tor the flag. came last Saturda,
When he came to the plate wifi
tnree on and two out. He 20,
hold OF one OF Ehmke's fast BAN
and drove It Ear out to the cornel
In right field. -
Boone made valiant effort 70
collar that drive and did ret his
hands on Il, but the bali was
moving TOO fast. He dropped if.
giving LETTER . twO-bagger and
sendlng three runs oyer Che dish.
Ihat one punch put the Grlffmen
~ the lead and provided the fire
with which they finished the
It Is true that the Red Soy +,ad
the,Score IN their half 81 the inns I-s
but Letters resoundine uaI Ii
sending the fans into ecsta 1890 ~.
opurred the Griffs onward ana fnsv
grabbed two runs ana the ~, vic i.,,.y
In the sixth. But for I,efler;s ~
hit. they might easily have Ioai
that important victory.
It Ii no secret that the Criffn,a,,
have been feeling the WORRY and
strain Of this driving finish tIown
the line. One needs but "a Ioolr 81
the faces Of the players to aaa the
effect. Cheeks are hollow. heIts
are frightened. eyes have dsrL
circles beneath them. This has
been tough finish, tougher foT
the inexperienced Griffmen thar
Tor the three.time champion New
York Yankees.
The Griffmen were on the yerre
OF cracking when they arrived here
Ferguson, q. ink pitcher for eev'
eTql seasons, was facing them and
stopping them in their tracka,
They had fairly romped away frorr
the Western teams, winning rar11ss
by sheer bludgeoning and sneed
Every Boston baseball writer corn.
) mented on their lack Of fire.
II any one OF the bunch may
be said 70 have brought back In
SEPARATION to the Griffs, It was
this same Wade Letter, with his
two timely two .bagEers He
showed the others how to do it
Little time remained In the firs,
game, but Ia the second his 81
ample was followed and the team
won. His wallops brought bach
all the aggressiveness that hat
suggested to this writer to cal
them the fighting Griffs. It IL un
fortunate that he will be unable
to serve the team in the cominS
world series TOR he might fit n
very well, hitting In pinches against
Such right handlers as Virgil Barnel
and Hugh McQuillan.
Lefler Is a southpaw batsmaY
with much the same style Of slug
ging that has made Goose Goslir
such a favorite. He goes all thu
way around whenever he misses
the ball. His stance at the pIat6 Il
reminiscent Of Joe jackson. Of tht
Black Sox. 4.
He hits the ball hard ana to III
fields, just as Zeb Milan said III
would. Milan played IN the East
ern Association with him. Letter
being with Worcester and MilaI
managing the New Haven club.
Letters future with the fightinl
Griffs ID problematical. He IL /
right handed first saclSer, not /
popular style these days He cal
also play in the outfield where hi
hack Of speed might be noticed. III,
used to be catcher, having caugh
for Jack Dunn's Baltimore Oriole
before his arm gave out. But, bes
OF all, he IL q hitter, . swee
clouter in the pinches, and q placl