The Washington times., 1925-08-21

Griffmen Display Lots OF
Fighting Spirit to Beat
Cleveland
Rx LOUIS A. BOUCHER

DETROIT. Aug. 21.-Stanley
Coveleskie is expected to pitch to-
days first game against the
Tigers. He will be followed by
johnson, Ruether, and Zachary in
that order, Marberry holding him
self in readiness for instant daily
service. The big Texan got into
all three games at Cleveland, show
ing fine form.
The fighting Griffs are On. their
way. Watch them go.
Absolute indomitable fighting
spirit gave Bucky Harris and his
gang of fighting Griffs a clean
sweep of their three games against
the Indians in Cleveland. Only
that enabled them to win the final
triumph, / to 0, in twelve innings,
for Speakers team fought them to
the limit.
Six times did fate beckor to the
Griffs to score only to elude their
most earnest efforts. Four times
were Griffmen run down and killed
/. between third base and the plate.
Yet the champions never desisted
in their efforts to score and at
last in the twelfth they succeeded
where they had failed so often
before.
Johnny Hodapp's wild heave
spelled the beginning of the end in
the twelfth. His fling let Mar
berry reach second, where he should
have been killed of at first, Rice
followed with single to right
and Marberry was held at third by
Coach Schacht, wise stunt
Bucky Harris bounced 20 Hodapp
and Marberry was slaughtered
near third by the active Sewell,
Rice reaching second.
Burns gathered i'm a foul fly
from Joe Harris, but nobody
under the sun could have caught
GOslin's clean single to left near
the foul line, and Rice streaked
around with the run that won.
1t was poetic justice, too, for
Goslin to drive that run over, as
he had been a target for jeers
and catcalIs all day from fans
recalling his mix-up with Bert
Cole in July.
He had the last laugh on his
formentors. SEVERED doubled with
one out in the third and was
stranded on third. Joe Harris
walked and stole with one gone in
the fourth, going to third on Cos
Inns infield hit. It looked like
trouble for the Indians until Judge
famed and Luke SewelI picked
Goslin off first base for double
killing.
The fifth was a heart-breaker
from a Washington angle. With
one out. Peck singled and went to
third when SEVERED did the same
thing. Zachary's best was bounce
down the line to Burns, who
stepped on the bag and promptly
doubled up Peck with a return peg
to Luke Sewell.
Bucky Harris beat out single
off Miller's glove with one out
in the sixth and Joe Harris walked,
but neither moved, Goslin and
Judge doing nothing. Peck and
SEVERED punched singles again in
the seventh but Zachary forced
the catcher and Peck was left. on
third when Rice skied to Speaker.
The ninth was a sizzler. Bluege
led off with single to left, racing
to third when Peck came through
with another in the same place.
Instead of trying the squeeze, Sew
ereid banged away. His best was
a roller to Burns and Bluege was
run down and stifled. During the
mix-up Peck got 10 third and, like
Bluege, he was run down and
killed when Johnson, hitting for
Zachary, poked a dancing bounder
down to Hodapp. SEVERED Was
on third. though, and Rice was up.
but Sans best was a puny roller
back to Miller
A wonderful opportunity had