The Washington times., 1925-08-22
GRIFF MEN
FAIL At
Dat
0oslin,s Poor Base Running
Costs Victory in Tight
Game With Tigers
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER

three innings Of the hardest kind
of work the world champion Griff-
men have succeeded in showing
Just one man across the plate,
He won the final game in the
twelfth inning in Cleveland. No
body passed third base on the
opening game here and so the
Tigers copied the opening victory,
4. to 0, in the eleven innings
packed with thrills.
Certain evidence of osseous head
conviction possessed by Goose
.Goslin prevented Stanley Coveles.
kie from winning his seventeenth
victory in the regulation nine
innings. As it was, Earl. White
hill rode home winner in the
eleventh.
With one gone in the sixth
Goose Goslin got q cheap single
when his bunt bounced over White
hills head. Then he stole second
Basler's peg bouncing off his
shoulder into center field. Up he
jumped and tore for third, run
wild bull He could not see coach
Al Schact waving for him to stay
on his feet and 50 he pulled 8
hook slide into the bag. Mean
while, out I'm the garden the ball
was rolling slowly toward left field
end Fothergill was having q hard
time retrieving it. He cuffed il
around long enough to have per-
mitted run had Goslin remained
on his feet and turned the bot
corner prepared for anything.
GOsIin's dumb running saved
the Tigers then and there for
both McNeely and BInege stood
like marble statues rs the third
strike hooked over the dish for
them. GOslin was stranded at
third and the champions one OPP
portunity to win was gone. Fail
ure to hit IN pinch was also
exhibited BY GOslin.
That came in the third. RueI
singled and Coveleskie sacrificed
Rice died on a long fly 10 He'll
mann, but both Harris boys walked,
filling the bases and bringing up
GoSI1n. Once he tore off a terrific
foul liner that would have been
q home run a bit farther toward
center field, but he famed heroiacl-
ly, leaving three runners On the
paths. However, he did not stand
like a statue for that third strike
TO be called. He swung manfully
and Is not blamed for missing the
ball. That il part of the game.
The Tigers won in the. eleventh
In a rather disappointing finish.
Wingo opened with a triple 20 the
corner In right. field and Bucky
Harris replaced Covelesl<ie with
Fred Marberry. Then, to the dis
gust Of everybody in the park,
TO the surprise of most folks, so
That was deep stuff on the part Of
Bucky Harris. Only one run was
needed to win. Wingo had that
run on third.
With the bases loaded and the
lnfield in, the GFiffs might cut
Wfngo off at the plato and double
up the batter at first, or they
might merely cut off the run and
stffI have the chOlxed bases, Civ =
ing them chance for q follow.
ing double play.
Sweeney when Marberry issued a
pass to Blue, forcing Wingo across
with the lone tally of the day.
That, Of course, could have been
foreeeen. CoveIeskie pitched bril-.
liantly at times and always with
great steadiness. It simply was his
luck to lose. The Griffs, on the
other hand. were always pressing
Whitehill. and looked almost certain
Of winning several times.
Gosiin left three on the sacks
when he famed in the third. He
was stranded there himself when
both McNeely and Bluege died on
strikes in the sixth.
In the seventh a good bunt by
Coveleskie might have made a run
possible when Rice raised short
fly to Fothergill. The Tiger made
a sensational running catch ard
was off balance enough to have
lost any chance Of throwing out a
runner from third. But Convey had
forced that runner at third, the
opportunity wasn't there.
In the ninth RueI was on sec
Ond with one gone when Rice
lined TO Burke, who easily doubled
mp Ruel off second. A little more
luck would have shot that liner
over Burke's head to the bleachers
for at least two. bases and RuCi
would have walked i'm with the
deciding tally. Bucky Harris out
jOckeyed Cobb cIeverIy i'm the
ninth. With HeiImann on sec.
Ond and one out, Cobb replaced
Jones at bat.
Acting under orders. Coveleskie
purposely passed the Tiger boss
and Bassler promptly rolled into a
double play. Had Jones gone to
bat. Convey would have pitched to
MIN and Bobby might have raped
the pill safely. AS It was Cobb
had no chance and reaching first
base. made a double play the likely
thing.
The champions manager played
brilliantly in the field. some OF hii
stops over toward first base rank
ing With thesbest work he has done
this season. He hut off at least
four hits on savage grounders that
he snagged in time. He had sis
assists and seven pHtouts, q right
busy day Ter an infielder.