The Washington times., 1926-08-31
b Louis a. Dougher

BY Louis A, UOugneI
- BOSTON, Aug. Sl.Today the
nrlefraeh, who have won six cut q
I their last seven games played. open
five,sarie series at Fenway Park
800 flle Red Sax Saturday night.
Ro{h learns win leave Tor Wash
inek6n. where the Griff's have three
rSl,asS 10 play In two days before
caIiiag it baseball year Ia the.
Capital
stanley Coveieslie, who held the
white eox to four hits in ten in
finRs last Thursday, hanging up
10 victory over Ted Lyons, Will
start today for the fading chant
bions. He - expected to be op
: posed BY slim Harriss OF Charlie
walter johnson conquered the
Yankees yesterday, 10 to s. IN the
last appearance OF the season for
che Gifts III New York. The Kan
kses, with the pennant al but
Uewed up, played sloppy baseball
eli the way through. They looked
IKE anything but q hampionship
aggregation.
yoanson started fast. For five
fhnflles he held the Yankees to
three scattered hits, tanning seven
&c them. The no began to- tire
under the strain and WfldneAs
erent into his work. In the
eighth and ninth be lost his 81.
f6cflYeuess entirely and only bis
long lead kept him uElharnied.
s.sad'. sam Jones showed nothing
wllhteyer. ana he took 3 neat trim:
ming early III the day. Joe Judge
broke his heart by slamn1ing q
hcfne run with the bases loaded in
tbs opening session. and, In the
third. Jones was driven to the
showers. Il was q sad. sad day for
.'Sad" Sam Jones'.
Young Garland Braxton, q south.
paw with promise. finished that
third frame and then came Walter
BealI. curve ball. wild throws, Wild
pitches ana free tickets and every
thing &c yielded two runs. I'll his
;nninge MeQnaid was bumped Tor
two mere talliee ia the ninth.
Jones Rice singled. Ruth'1
tumble put GosIin on, and Myers
short single TO left filled the bases,
Judges homer into the rightfield
4tand enlptied them and gave the
Griff's four runs for q starter.
The Yankee defense criarnbled bev
hind Jones weak hurting m the
third, and Sad Sam vanished
hastily before even one man was
out. Koenig's tumble gave Rice q
life, and Goslin singled to right.
Myer bounced to Jones, who threw
the bah past Gehrig out into the
righkfieId corner. Over went Rice
and GosIin, with Myer pulling up
ut third. When Judge was bit In
the hack by 3 pitched ball. Hug
gins patience was exhausted and
opt came Jones TO let Braxtcn try
hts stuff
Harris singled 70 right. scoring
Myer. and RueI filled the bases
By beating out hunt 70 Braxtons
neither Gehrlg nor La1xeri think.
threw. Reeves died on etFiIles,
yDut Judge scored while DugaD
was tossing out JOHNSON, Harris
tried TO reach third and was
doubled mp. Four more runs had
been chaIIzed up against The
YanIts.
combs' triple and Gehrig's fly
manufactured q Yankee tally In !
the fourth TO match that made off |
Beail In the first half on Rlce's |
three Dagger and Goslin's infield |
but.
In the eighth McNeely doubled |
20 left and Beall wild pitched him
byer the plate. but IA their half
the Yankees got to the firing John
son for two runs after two were
out. Meusel singled and stole, Scor.
ing On Lazzeri's home run TO
the field boxes IN left.
Myef opened the ninth against |
McQuaid with q double and Judge
lived Ion Gehrig's error. RueIs IN
field out let Myer count and Bob
Reeves brought Judge over With q
hot single right through Gazella.
The Yankees grabbed three runs
before quitting In the ninth. Koeuig
opened with a single through Harris
and Goslin dropped Gehrig's tly
Both runners tailed on Ru.h's
double and the bambino scored
when Meusel doubled. That ended
the run making for the day.