The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-14
GRIFF s HAPPY
TO-END STAY
IN ST.LOUIS
Champions in Doldrums as
Ogden or Russell Warm
:.
Up for Final
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

ST LOUIS, 14.-Fried, boiled,
steamed, baked. broiled and frica-
seed, the world champions close
their second visit of the season to
he Mound City today, making a
quick hop to catch the $50 train
over the Wabash for Detroit. To-
morrow a three-game series opens
there against the Detroit Jungle
Cats, followed by another of the
same length in Cleveland against
iris Speakers suddenly retuvenated
Indians. There will be many signs
ct great relief tonight among the
Athletes when the train starts roli-
ing up to Detroit. where sleep may
be more common than 1t has been
for the past three nights.
Curly Ogden or Allan Russell IS
expected to be the pitching selection
today for the World Champions
opposing Dave Danforth or Joe
Bush for the Browns. The Griffs
hurting corps is sadly broken ur
and Manager Harris Is handicapped
until he can swing his pitchers into
their old time rotation with Walter
Johnson taking his turn.
Tie champions continue in
doldrums. Most of them are slump
ing at bat. notably Ossie Bluege
and Sam Rice. while Goose Goslin
has looked bad here, swinging his
head off to no avail. Couple these
batting slumps with the absence
Of Roger Peckinpaugh and Joe
Judge and the overworked condition
OF the regular pitchers and You
have an explanation for the general
slump hitting the team.
To maintain 500 average here
in the West, the Griffs must win
today's final game from the
Browns. Yesterday George Sisler
worked Tom Zachary to a count
Of three and two and then laid
in against fast ball, jolting it
over the wall among the eleven
rooters in the right field bleachers.
That run decided the game, giving
the Browns a victory, to 4.
Harry Rice, quite the best look
Ing young player in the league
right now, hammered home run
into the right field bleachers In the
third with one out. Quickly came
Eumbles by Scott and Bucky Harris,
with a pass to McManus, filling
the bases. Bluege obligingly boot
ed Jacobson's grounder, letting La
Motto score another tally. The
Washington infield looked Lad in
that frame, very bad.
The Griffs got one back in the
fourth, McNeely opening with
Texas legaue single to left, reaching
third by tall sprinting when Bucky
Harris poled a single to right, and
scoring az Rice forced his leader.
Doubles to left by CASTOR and
Harry Rice in succession gave the
Browns q run in the fourth, but
the Griffs knotted the count in the
sixth. CASTOR had a wild streak,
passing Joe Harris and Bluege with
one out. Scott bounced a hot shot
off Gaston's shin into right field
and over came Joe Harris, with
Bluege scoring on Severeid's fly to
Williams.
Red Hargrave took dire venge-
ance upon his old teammates when
he led off in the Browns sixth
with home run into that right
field bleacher, putting the home
boys in front once more. Robert
son singled and Harry Rice walked,
but no more runs were counted
then.
McNeely tied the score in the
seventh, Lamotte's wild peg giving
him a life, Bucky Harris showing
him to second with a sacrifice,
Rice's infield out landing HIM on
third, and Goslin's single to right
bringing him over the pan.
The teams were tied in the ninth,
and the Browns had one out when
Sister delivered that Homeric clout,
giving his team the victory and
edge in this series.