The Washington times., 1926-04-19
Yankees Need
Too ManyHts
To Score
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER

Yankees VS.. Griffs, collection OF
slow.footed. slow-thinking killers op-
posed to smart ball club. Two
games at the Griffith Stadium
would indicate that to be correct
comparison OF the teams in action.
Beginning with Earl Combs, sec
ond in the batting order, the
Yankees are a gang of murderous
hitters right through Collins, who
bats just above the pitcher. With
fairly good hitting pitchers, the
Yanks have but one real lightweight
with the stick in Koenig, the new
shortstop from st. Paul.
Once the Yanks get pitcher on
the run, they show him no mercy.
They beat him and hammer him
into insensibility Relief men re-
ceive the same treatment. the
Yankees taking the greatest delight
in knocking down the fences. The
Yanks can make a lot of runs OFT
weak pitchers, but they don't seem
to do much with strong pitching.
1t is there that their major weak
ness shows itself, an inability TO
shove over a lone run bringing
victory.
Saturday the New Workers made
Is hits for a total Of 80 bases.
In addition, they had one batsman
hit by a pitched ball and two
more passed. In all, 10 Yankees
reached first base, eight Of them
counting.
Two home runs accounted for
four runs. the result Of a hit bats
man, a single and two homers.
Four of the remaining ten reaching
first crossed the plate on IL hits
md two passes. The Yanks ap-
parently require three hits at least
to make a run, despite their slug
ging propensities.
On the same day the Griffs scored
six runs on six hits. hit bats
man and four walks. Eleven
Griffs reached first base and SIX
of them counted. Their total of
bases was ten, two doubles and
triple being noted, as compared with
all that Yankee smuggling.
Yesterday, better pitching stopped
the Yankees where they stood. They
made four hits, the inevitable
homer putting them in the running
after Bush had been injured in the
ting nine on first base. But Tor
Meusel's homer, they might not
have scored at all.
The Griffs, with six hits and
five passes, landed II men on first
base, three Of them counting with
out the appearance of a single
extra base blow. Where the
Yanks tOtaIed nine bases on their
four hits, the Griffs tOtaIed exact
y SIX bases on as many slams.
Yet the Griffs won the game,
to 2.
Judges single to left opened the
seventh. Bluege's sacrifice bunt
was perfect. Lazzeri was given an
error after making whirlwind
stop and wide peg on Myers hard
grounder far to his left.
With Judge on third and Myer
on first, Ruel squeezed the former
over on a perfect bunt to Dugan
for a sacrifice. Joe Bush's hearty
single to center brought Myer over
on the run from second base. Later
Rice singled and Bucky Harris
walked, filling the bases, but moth
ing happened because Bush died
at the plate attempting a double
steal with Bucky Harris. Those
two runs were manufactured by
TWO SllSICS, TWO SdCIllICS
and a wide throw on a play which
might easily have been declared a
safe hit by Myer.
Bush and Shawkey pitched splen.
didly for veterans on such a cold
day. Lou ~Gehrig's two-bagger in
the sixth was the first hit off
Bush, Combs destructive bounce in
the ninth the second. The Griffs
were hitless for six innings, Shaw
keys curve ball being too much
for them.
The champions seemed assured
of a. 2-to-0 victory when the ninth
opened, but in a twinkling the
scene changed. Bush stopped
Combs drive with his knee. After
a brief respite, he essayed to corn
plete the frame. Gehrig forced