The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-12


triumviraTe sure did put the hooks
Bfuege had four assists. Three
were STARTERS, the last one border.
Inc on the miraculous. In the
fifth ossie came in like a bird.
picked up Myatt's hunt ard, with
the greatest ease imaginable, cut
off the runner with snap peg. It
was done so simply that It looked
easy.
IN the sixth came double play
| largely because Of Ossie's brains
and whip. Lee was on third and
| Joe SeWell first when Burns
plunked one down to Bluege. Leo
was caught between third and
home, Bluege finally tagging him.
Joe Sewell had rounded second and
was well off the bag as Blucge
tagged Lee. Quick as q flash. and
with excellent assistance from
Bucky Harris, Ossie shot the ball
| to second and Sewe1l was doubled
up, just Iika-da That play quite
took the heart out Of the visitors.
Int Ossie reserved his greatest
stuff for the ninth, with Chick
FeWster as the victim. Chick
led off that frame, dancing .
merry grounder down the third
/ base line. BY all the laws Of the
| Modes and Persians that should
have been q clean single, II not
| . twObagger. But Bluege was on
the job:
lust how Ossfe got over in front
L kaf
he did. He was almost back e.
the grass and right in the path OF
the ball on the foul line when the
bali got to him. He was al. set Tor
bounce about knee high. but .as
1t reached him the ball skipped al
most shoulder high.
Did that bother the Griffs' third
sacker? Not so much as it did the
fans. He shifted his hands Ike
| lightning, grabbed that pill ard
with the same motion let It rs
across the diamond on line. So
hard and so accurate was his throw
that F'ewster, a fast man on mis-
feet, never had chance of beat
| ing 1t and. instead of hitting safe.
Iy, he was snuffed out by as pretty
bit Of fielding as one sees IN
many, many moons.
Judge leaped into the glare Of the
calcium in the second frame when
he started and finished q double
play. Lletzke had obtained one Of
! his infrequent singles and was on
first when Wyatt jounced a hot one
down to Judge. 1t was the work OF
a fraction Of a second for Judge
| to stop that bounce, shoot II to
| the ever-watchful Peck and. getting
back to his bag, take Peck's re-
turn peg. doubling up the batter.
The whole play was so fast that
the fans were gasping.
Joe's best stunt, though, came
on Bluege's nice stop Of Myatt' s
bunt in the fifth. Bluege's peg
was, hurried and wide. Joe, keep
ing his left foot on the bag. stretch
ed out like a rubber band almost
| into right field and snagged the
ball with his gloved hand. Wow,
didn't the fans cheer that?
Stan CoveIesIxie deserves praise
| for his courage He didn't have
ali his stuff. but made excellent
use Of what he did have against
players acquainted with him and
his methods. And in the tight
places he had enough reserve
strength to tide him over. He
proved tough guy, backed up by
demons. If you ask the Indians.
McNulty's double, opening the
game, followed by Summa's triple
to the right field corner, gave the
Indians a run In the first but the
Griffs tied it up in the third when
Peck lived on Fewster's tumble,
went to third on Muddy Ruel's
double to left and tailed on
Coveleskie's unexpected rap to right
center.
Buckeye, who somewhat reseln-
bles Babe Ruth in his actions, ran
into a storm in the sixth and lost
his game then and there. With one
gone Harris dragged bunt safely
past the big pitcher to Burns. Rice
singled to center, sending Bucky to
third. Goslin tore off fly so far
out in right center that Harris
fore Lee could get the onion back
slow one to Sewell and then Bluege
singled to left, sending Rice over
the pan.
The Indians threatened frequent
Iy after the opening frame but were
always sduelched. either by the
Griffs' brilliant fielding or by Cove
leskie's superior pitching. In the
third, with two on and one gone,
Covey famed Lee and saw Sewell
line to Peck. In the eighth, with
two on and none out, Covey made
Lee. Sewell and Burns confine their
raps to the infield, choking off all
scoring.
The crowd was small, but the
game was high class all the way.
Funny how the big crows usually
see the bad games and the faithful
rooters most of the good ones,
which Is a reward in itself for be-
ing a faithful rooter.