The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-30

header, with Judge, Goslif and r
giving the Griffs victory, to,
on the following day the tenth
Inning found the same teams hooked
IN 4 tie at 4 to 4. Then Hollis
Thurston weakened badly and the
enemy pounded him for three runs.
winning by count Of Z to 4.
Yesterday came d glorious tri-
umph IN Ii Innings, 5 to 4. the
third overtime battle in four after
moons. Who can tell what'll happen
today? Mebbe they'll produce q
ls.inning game for the bugs
The Griffs tied the score yes
terday IN the fourth and from
then until the 10th fought an
even duel with the Tigers. Zach
AIRY OutpitChing I'll StOner right
along inning after inning. Each
team showed q run across in the
10th but when the Tigers ADDED
one IN the 18th, the stOutest.
hearted fan worried.
That was where the fighting spirit
0f the Griffs came liz. Even after
two had died they kept on fighting
Benny Tate started the trouble with
hit, giving way to the fleet-footed
Etuffy Stewart. McNeely walked
and Buciy Harris produced the
tying run with a whack to right
and the veteran Iris Speaker
brought over the deciding tally with
screaming safety to left that
Bob Fothergill didn't even attempt
70 intercept The old fight won
that game. ii ever 1t won one.
a week ago today. in St Louis,
the Griffs showed they had the
heart when they came from behind
To win. 3 to s, by d spirited rally
IN the eighth. Stewart had held
them in check till then and was
leading. to S, when Speaker
started powerful attack with q
triple. Goslin and Ruel came after
with singles and Bobbye Reeves
blazing twp-bagger to the wall In
left tied the score and brought
Ernie Wingard to the slab. Al wild
Pitch scored Reeves with the deciding
counter.
And only last Sunday General
CroRder seemed on his way 10 nose
nut victory against his old team
mates when they exploded a mine
or something under him In the
seventh inning that blew him into
the clubhouse Wingari again tried
his luck but the explosion swept
him out Of sight, too. When I'll,
scorers finished counting they saw
4 that nine Washington runs had
come over during that seventh In
ming and the Griffs rode home to
IN easy victory, IA to 6.
The admirable fighting shirt
81 the Griffmen il the talk 81
the baseball world. Were it
not for their almost insur-
mOuntable lead Of l3 games,
the champion New York YAM
KEGS might well begin shiyering
right now. Furthermore and
don't forget this--the Yanks
are not yet out Of the woods.
A year ago at about this time
the Yankees were leading the field
nv dozen games. They had ex-
perienced no slump; they haven't
yet this year Then came the
slump and the Cleveland Indians,
fighting nobly. rushed out of the
scrambling contenders and began
tearing and pulling at the leaders
s83 aNrtASAt sttlS lAtLcI DStpd4I u sScS NtSIUuS
Of defeat.
Thanks largely to. Dutch Ruether's
crucial victory at Dunn Field, the
Ya1rlxs were able to drag them.
selves over the finish line in first
place. the Indians lacking just the
necessary punch to beat them. But
the 1927 Griffs are q much more
formidable rival than were the 1925
Indians.
No team ever went through
whole season without i slump.
muses. President Griffith. III the
Yanlss do this year. they'l Ne
making a record. II Bucky and tile
boys can keep up their morale,
they may vet fool everybody by
overtaking the Yankees.
FIJI say one thing, TOO, that II
they ever get within hailing dis.
lance Of the champions and Il
comes down to q dOg-eat-dOg
fight, I'll hack Bucixy and his
team against the world. They've
rot the old fight. See them
yesterday? Boys. they've got
the old fight. "
Lizzie Llsenbee Is expected to
oppose the Tigers tomorrow. The
former Memphis marvel has host
0f followers here who will be out
4 to root for him. Thc.. are pulling
for him to extricate himself from
the bog in which he has been
floundering for month or more.
George Moriarty is not with his
HTAT TTan