The Washington times., 1925-04-18

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And It was this same element In
the makeup Of the Washington
team that carried it to victory in
the recent warfare with the Yam
KEGS. In three consecutive games
the Griffmen came from behind to
win.
In each Of their three victories
they produced q punch that left
the Yankees stunned.
And as the crowd filed out OF the
Yankee stadium after the last game
which the Griffmen copied. 6 to I,
the gist of general comment was:
Washington has a real ball team. /"
Gotham is convinced.
To Walter Ruether, National
League castoff, belongs the distinc-
tion Of having turned In the best
pitched game Of the series. at least
in the mind OF Clark Griffith, who
watched with particular interest
on whom the Old Fox took chance.
IN spite OF predictions that he might
never be worth a nickel
Ruether was game to the core.
He struggled on I'm the face Of
the hearts Of many pitchers. And
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No less than six Of the eleven hits
charged against Ruether were In
field scratches and two Of them
coming In succession after two
Yankees were dead combined to
send Dugan home with the run
I'm the first Inning that prevented
the sOuthpaw from scoring Q shut
cut In his American League debut.
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OF the nine innings. The Yankees
had fourteen men left on base,
eight Of these in the first three
frames. It was one pinch after
another for the Washington pitch
sr, but he toiled away confidently
and successfully.
After Dugan had scored and with
the bases loaded, he forced Scott to
dump an easy roller to Judge.
With the bases full in the second,
he struck out Paschal for the third
out. With two out in the third,
Scott scratched a hit and O'Neill
walked. Ruether stopped the
monkey business by making
Shawkey an easy infield victim.
And so it went throughout the
when the Yankee batters passed
out one, two, three.
Ruether himself has said that he
should win many games for Wash
ington. His start IL encouraging,
20 say very little.
As the fans Of Washington well
know by this time, IL was doe
Judge who dealt the last heroic
offensive blow against tue
Yankees. His home run in the
fourth with the bases full, how
ever, il secondary In interest to
his batting achievement tn . gen.
eral way at the start OF this
campaign.
He has gone to bat officially fit
teen times and made seven hits for
q total of sixteen bases. Two OF his
hits were homers. one was a triple
and one a double. He was robbed
of another bingle when Everett
Scott snagged a smoky liner.
the Griffmen have done well, in
deed, and may be expected to play
better ball as warmer days come.
Several of the veterans have been
affected by chilly weather which
hasn't been relished by the young
sters, either. johnson has been
coming around. Peckinpaugh's throw.
ing arm is q trifle stiff.
Bluege's recovery from soreness
through the shoulders is slow and
several other players are Fostering
Mike Martin with minor complaints,
all blamed on the weather.
Following his performance in the
pinch the other day when he passed
one batter and famed two, Vean
Gregg, apologized to Bucky Harris
for having issued the pass, saying
his arm wasn't yet quite in tip-top
shape, due to the cold.
Well" Harris replied, "if 1t con-
tinues to be as bad as that all sea-
son I'll be satisfied, quite"