The Washington times., 1926-04-24

the Griffs, with the usual results.
He has yeti to win . victory over
the champions. Yesterday he
failed TO see q man retired In the
first frame before hiking to the
showers.
Grove is a wild 1efthander. He
has dazzling speed and wide, fast
curve ball. But he has yet to
bother the cagey Griffs. They de-
cline absolutely to go after his wild
shoots, standing there and making
him find the plate.
To do that he has to use less
speed. Then they poke out hits.
The combination is disastrous to
him. II he uses all his speed, he
issues free tickets. If not, he is
hit. He leads a dogs life oppos-
ing the smart Griffs.
Rice waited and walked in yes.
terday's first inning. Bucky Har-
ris was safe on Hale's tumble of his
hot grounder. Goslin took pass.
filling the bases. Joe Harris
scratched In single to deep short,
scoring Rice and leaving the bases
jammed for Joe Pate when Grove
ambIed to the clubhouse and the
Soothing shower.
OF all Connie Mack's hurlers
the only effective pitcher against
the Griffs is Ed ROmmeI. Tho
rest make no impression on the
Champions. Now and then one
might win, but the betting Is
against them all.
Old Joe Pate, whose southpaw
stuff looked very good in Washing
ton, had a hard time proving his
case yesterday. He had no speed
and, making matters worse, he
lacked control. He might have
he was constantly in trouble and
failed to weather the fourth inning.
Freddy Heimach was on the short
end of the score when he took up
the task Of stopping the Champions
and did well enough under the
conditions. He held them to one
run in the fifth and no runs were
scored against him in the last four
innings. His support saved him
trouble here and there but his
pitching was an improvement upon
what went before. d.
Walter Johnson was far from be-
ing himself. The big fellows curve
ball was beautiful to watch, but he
lacked both speed and control. 1t
is possible that he may not recover
the form he showed in the open
ing game for a couple Of weeks
yet.
Like Heimach, Johnson's sup.
porting cast saved him considerable
difficulty. Had he opposed alright
pitching he might have been yanked
to let somebody else try his luck.
Bucky Harris had three relief hurl-
ers warming up all day in the bull
pen.
The Champions are slowly find
ing their batting eyes. The warm
weather experienced here has
done the players lots of good.
1t is probable that once the
weather settles they will be off
on a wild chase after the leaders
i'm the pennant race.
Two walks. Hale's tumble and
hit by Joe Harris gave the Griffs
a. run in the first frame and brought
Joe Pate in as a relief hurler for
Grove. Judges play, Goslin scor'
ing and then Myers clean single
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Champions were off to a flying
start.
johnson wobbled badly in the
second, the AS scoring three runs.
HauOer. who had a great day at
the bat singled. WEIGH singled to
left with one out, Goslin's error
letting Hauser score and WEIGH
reach third. Cochrane's triple scored
WEIGH and the catcher counted ono
infield out.
Goslin's single, a two-bagger by
Joe Harris and Bluege's terrific
triple to the scoreboard in center,
gave the Griffs two runs In the
third.
Johnson's double started the
fourth. Rice's long fly putting Bar
ney on third. Bucky and Joe Har.
ris were hit by pitched balls and
then Judge poled single to right,
scoring johnson and Bucky Harris
and bringing in Heimach to the
pitching peak. .,
Bluege opened the fifth with
a sharp single to right, advanced
on Myers sacrifice and scored
whom johnson pumped q single to
center. After that the champions
scored nothing. but there was no
necessity. Their work Was done
for the day.
Two-baggerS by WEIGH and Hell
mach gave the AS run IN the