The Washington times., 1925-05-13
,|NOGRIDGE
.::..L.IkELY \
:: CHOICE
Dixie. Davis and Ken Williams
: Ruin Day for the
Griffmen
LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LOUIS A. DOU6hEh-
ST. LOUIS, May 1S.-Milton
CASTOR or Joe Giard, both former
: members Of the New York Yam.
;. KEGS, is expected to be George
5 Sisters pitching choice for today's
game with the world champion
Griffmen. AS customary, the
Brownies have hoped away
from the Griffs in the first clash
s@=of the season and can afford to
gamble with their pitching today,
: knowing that Joe Bush and Dave
Danforth viii be available for the
last two contests.
: GeorEs Mogridge will probably
= ret the call from Bucky Harris.
!. Relieving Zachary in the first game
In Chicako, the Duke Of Rochester
pitched smart baseball. though he
could not win. With any hitting
s,Ipoert, he should have q good
E-chance. OF turning back the Browns
today.
With. Dixie Davis far from air
tight and yet steady in the pinches.
the Browns took the opening
i victory OF the year from their
ancient rivals, the world champion
:. Griffmen. 6,to 8.
II seemed that the Griffs
might run away with the game
at any moment, but always Davis
kteod I'm their path. Assisted by
-
runs brought over four runs, the
veteran. finger deserved his
- Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary lost a
Rame only last September. Then
de was forbidden to use tape on
his finger and he proceeded to
= triumph over the Indians. Browns.
White Sox and Red Sox before
stamping upon the Giants in two
.Sames Of the world series.
- His record went to pot. here.
= Enough, when ne lost control in the
Fourth frame and saw Williams
pole home run out upon the roof
~~ef the rightfield pavilion, scoring
, Evans and Sisler ahead of him and
@Putting the Browns in front.
They were never tied after that
and Zachary disappeared with the
, seventh frame. Now he can start
S.compfling q new record. 1t is an
s1n wind that blows nobody any
s-Sood.
- The champions seemed dead on
! 4heir feet, far more so than dur
sJnk any Of the Chicago games.
s.Eurthermore. they acted as though
,expecting Dixie Davis to bother
: them. Well. he did. Bluege famed
h. -
Twice Goslin had opportunities To
; break up the game with hits, each
-tfme putting up high floaters fc-
Zoe Evans chose to the foul line.
Ruel might have torn things wide
s ppen in the eighth but his best
was q hopper to Gerber for a
.fsnaf out.
- Joe Harris, who has not been
= -setting the world ablaze since
= going to left field, finally man.
: .Aged to get q couple of hits in
= n single game. However, neither
amounted to anything. 1t was
= his long fly TO Jacobson IN deep
s~seenter that scored Rice with the
= GTiffs third and last run.
- There is some conjecture as to
-how much longer Harris will re-
main In lett IleI0. IL was De-
.-cause of his alleged savage hit
ting that Manager Harris sent him
TO the garden, benching the hard
.~fiittinE Leibold. In sixteen official
times at bat the former Red Sox
sraptain has collected three singles
and a two bagger, giving him n
chatting average OF $50.
- Leibold was pounding the agate
--around the $40 mark when bench
80. while the combination of Lei
: ~Eoid and McNeely was fielding and
~srunning bases with much more
--sprightliness than is possible for
Joe Harris. II the latter suddenly
comes to life with the stick, he
may remain in the lineup, but it
:. would not be surprising 10 see Lei
bold and McNeely alternating in
--the garden again soon.
= Had Zachary maintained his con-
stfoI, it is possible that the cham
.-pions might have defeated Davis
.~and the Browns in that opening
-clash of the series mere. Singles
by Bucky Harris and Goslin had
) brought over a run in the third.
with another checking in in the
fourth on singles by Peck and Ruel
and an infield out. But Zach lost
his control in the fourth. Dug him