The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-04
nv Louis "A. DOugller

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BOSTON. sept. Tomorrow viii
IS shaner day ct the Griffith stas
dunn. Skinny ShaneFs tne ~
SOY Outfielder. belongs Il Lynch
burg, Va. and ail the SlsaIlsrs. DE
ana little. with % many friends =
can dir up the dough are c0naln9
u from Liynchburg to watch > KIN
rs, perform ID big leaEue pall
IRE sI,aners win occupy chosen
eefta behind the Boston dugol1t ana
II Won feiks hear any wild cheers
from that section when skinny
marches rs the plate. you may place
Ill YOU have on the guess that the
velle are coming from the Shatler
clan. Trey should have one grand
AFTERNOON too. for their baseball
ZERO Is better than an ordinary
player when things break right Tor
him.
when tOdayss game ends three
more viii be left q close the inter
club ssa.fee between tie GrAkaS ana
Red tsox. All three are - be
played n Washing ton. one t0nlOr.
rOyg and two on Monday .1teF-
noon. Thus Far the Griffimen have
won Il 80 from the RED Sex.
Both ths Griffs ana Red sox win
ne travelling South tonight on the
Federal Express and. as the teams
are most friendly, there should be
some fraternfzine before the boys
hit the hay. They WIN be due ~
time Tor breakfast tomorrow morn
is.R.
Stanley Cove1eaIxiet who haS he
come an iron man a. we'll ~
demon hitter, Is scheduled to oppose
the Red Sox tomorrow ct the Grif-
fifth Stadium and, IS he happens
to draw as an opponent that Texas
school boy. Jack Russell. merry
tussle should Be seen. Beth the
veteran and the kid can deliver the
real goods on the hill while C0vey's
hitting makes him doubly danger
Gus.
Yesterdays double header was
plaved under most distressing
weafller conditions. Though the
sun sIaone brightly, an, East wind
swept the field and forced the ath-
letes to don IN EATERS n1aclEinaEyn
ana windbrea keFs. The high breeze
blew from right field 10 left ana
gave the ouEfleldera al sorts Ok
trouble IN getting under ny balls.
The ea1fber Of baseball shown
was exceedingly good. considering
I the untoWard conditions. and was
thoroughly enjoyed By tbs polar
bears. esixiu1os. veterans from
Greenland, the North Pole ExplOI%
ers' Associations, the represent afiven
OF the Baffin's Bay League and the
| two birds who were down from the
Northwest mounted police outfit.
This particular wondering ball
writer was completely frozen ana.
was not fllawed out at o'clock
this morning. He had hopes
though, if his supplies held out.
Bob Reeves got in solid with
BuclSy Harris by play he made
lin the ninth inning of the first
game yesterday. Shaner, hitting
for Wiltse, raised foul fly that
the wind carried over toward the
boxes hack of third base. The kid
thirdsacker chased over under II
and. jumped mp against the boxes,
made catch directly on the top
row of iron piping.
He risked smashing d finger IN.
making the putout or smashed
nose In case the ball bounded back
hesitated second and Buclxy Har-
ris Is stflI talking about the kids
nerve.
II don't know much about this
LOTUS Mr.. Griffith has bought
from New Haven, comments
Manager Harris. ssAII know II
lie comes iran Scranton III the
hard coal country. 10 me. that
means He has courage, if nothing
more. If EngeI considers him
i worthy Of trial, he'll get Il
from me. III he really belongs IN
i the coal country, hen make
good"