The Washington times., 1925-08-14

New York Club Comes No
More to Nations Capital
After This Series
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Shorts Editor, The Times


Today the world champions enter
their last home series before start
ing upon their final swing around
the Western fringe of the league.
The New York Yankees are the
attraction at the Griffith Stadium
for three days, ending Sunday.
The Yanks are completing their
series in Washington on this trip
and will be seen no more this sea-
son. 1t is expected that when
Miller Higgins again leads his
team into the Capital it will be
vastly different from the present
lineup.
Splitting even with the. Indians
while the A. s were losing to the St
Louis Browns enabled the cham
pions to gain a little on their rivals
for the pennant. George Uhle let
the Griffs down with six bingles in
the opener, shutting them out,
to 0. 1t was their third whitewash-
ing of the season and did not go
down well.
The second game was a nip-and-
tuck affair all the way, the cham
pions winning out in the ninth
frame, to 4.
Meanwhile. Milton CASTOR was
paraIyzing the Mackmen in Phila-
delphia, with Elam VanGiider doing
a nifty bit Of relief work. The
days result was 10 shove the Griffs
closer TO the leaders
UhIe pitched beautifully in the
opening game. Never did the
Griffmen get more than one hit
60 an inning. Twice they got .
man as far as second base. but
never beyond that. Uhle simply
was invincible.
johnson tired himself out on the
bases in the second skirmish and
was derricked in the fifth Gregg
mussed around until the ninth
when MarbeFFy went in and famed
Cliff Lee for the final, out.
Singles by Peck and johnson in
the second inning became runs on
McNeely's Texas league triple to
right close to the foul line. Judges
double, followed by Bluege's single,
added another in the third.
The Indians got one run in the
third on Myatt's triple and Karr's
sacrifice fly and tied 1t UP in the
fifth. Karr walked with one out.
Eumma and McNulty singled, filling
the bases, and johnson forced Karr
across the plate with a pass to
Speaker. Gregg relieved johnson
and Summa counted while Speaker
was being forced by Sewell.
The Indians went ahead in the
seventh. Karr opened with walk,
advanced on sacrifice and scored
on Lees two-bagger to the center
field wall.
The Griffs came right back in
their half, Rice TRIPPING and scor-
ing on Goslin's long fly.
Luke SeweII, hitting for Myatt,
beat out a hit to Peck and went
M on Karr's sacrifice. Suu1If1a
fOuled TO SEVERED, bringing up
Lee. Bucly Harris dismissed
Gregg, substituted Marberry and
watched the Texan fan the In.
dian.
With one gone in the last half
Bucsy Harris singled to left, hik-
ing to third on Rice's single to
purposeiy passed Goslin, filling the
corners. AS .Dudge rolled to
Fewster Harris scored, while Few
ster was knocking the ball around
and the champions had COPIED,
to 4.
Earl McNeely came through with
the days neatest fielding bit 1t
occurred in the seventh inning OF
the nightcap contest. With Lee
ON second base and one out Speak
e. tore off a liner out between Nc
Nelly and Rice. It looked good for
three bases until the Californian
was seen moving like an antelope
toward the fence. Just as the liner
was about to pass over his head
McNeely jumped and brought down
the ball in his gloved hand. steady
Ing himself with the other. That
catch was a lily.