The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12

the second division, but a winning
streak can bring them right up
With the leaders. They nope to
start this streak at the expense of
the world champions. Sisler has
practically the same team he led
q year ago. He has added snappy
catcher in Leo Dixon and got three
capable pitchers in Joe Bush, Gas
ton and Grad for Urban Shocker.
He believes his team strengthened
enough to make a fight for the
flag.
:. Friday night the Griffs will
make a hurried getaway for Cleve=
land where on Saturday they open
a four-gam series with Speakers
Indians.
Meanwhile their entire attention
will be occupied devising ways and
means Of beating those pesky
Brownies.
That final CONCEALED game of
frozen baseball in Chicago was a
hollow victory for the world
50 to O, before some 10000 fans
wrapped in their Overcoats and
mufflers. It also marked the
finish of the fourth of the White
SOx first string hurleFs, Ted
BIankenship, who was knocked
off the rubber I'm the third ses-
sion.
In the opening game of the
series with the White Sox, Hollis
Thurston appeared in the second
frame The next day Charlie Rob-
ertson kidded along until the ninth
when he failed to appear. Sunday
Urban Faber held his own for
five innings before hitting the high
places and being knocked out OF
action. Yesterday Ted Blanken-
ship was the victim, too. He
persisted in the third
This is new stuff for me,
laughed Walter Johnson today on
his arrival here where he will
probably not pitch a game. "Out-
side of that first game in Philadel-
phia the boys have gone out and
got me a flock of runs right off
the reel and all I've had to do is
20 along. l felt pretty good yes
teriay in Chicago, but I didn't have
to be very good, the way those
fellows were waving at the ball"
AS a matter of fact Johnson was
in wonderful shape. Every now
and then he walked up and really
pitched. That was when some lad
reached first base. Only two
reached second, Mostil in the sixth
and again in the eighth, when no
attempt was made to stop him.
burst Of speed and away would go
the hope Of the White Sox. Even
the frozen fans saw how things
were going and toward the end of
the game were cheering for Barney.
1t sure was soft for him to bring
an even break in the series.
The best thing about that game
in Chicago was Joe Judges
emerging from his temporary bat
ting slump. He led the attack
against Blankenship in the second
with clean single, later scoring
on Johnson's free ticket.
In the eighth with Joe Harris
on second, he jammed two bag
ger down the firstbase line. Two
hits i'm one day for Judge is sur
prising, so he ordered an extra
large steak last night for dinner.
From now on he expects to kill
the ball, something that should be
most valuable to the champions.
The game really ended in the
second frame when the Griffs
made four runs on three hits and
q walk. Judges single TO right
started it. Bluege popped to Col
Inns. but Peck walked. Ruel's single
filled the bases and pass to
Johnson forged Judge over. Then
Sam Rice poled a two Dagger to
left center. clearing the bases. The
next two persisted and so Blanken-
ship came back for more in the
third. He got it.
Goslin's single to center opened
the third. and he walked around
when Ossie Bluege lifted the ball
into the left field bleachers for the
circuit, then came three hearty
raps to center by Peck; Ruel and
johnson, the latter's scoring Peck
and bringing little Mike OVengros
the lnno cont uyif White