The Washington times., 1927-08-23
MA S DROP
To THIRD
IN RAGE
BY Louis A. Dougher

by LOUIS a. DUuSNGE
DETROIT, Aug. 2s.-The Crit
men are ! lucky crew after all. Had
the Mackmen won yesterday the
Griffs would today be Aounderins
around In fourth place. As matters
stand they are but points or half
h game in advance OF the Mackmen.
The Tigers, titled with confidence,
are rushing alonk like pirate crew
giving no quarter. They are max
tng their own breaks behind all
kinds OF pitching. BY taking both
ends of yesterdays doubleheader
they have swept along to 10 vic.
tories in the last IL games played.
the other being Saturdays tie in is
Innings AGAINST >the Washing tOnians.
Today Hollis Thurston will be sent
"a the slaughter. It doesn't seem
likely IN the least that he can stop
the smuggling Of the Tigers. Kenneth
Holloway or Owen Carroll, former
Holy Cross College star, will he
Thurstor's pitching opponent. with
odds favoring Holloway.
The Carlffmen are making
their final appearance Of the
season on Navin Field today.
Immediately after play haIts
they will hurry to their train
and start for Cleveland, ar
irving shortly before midnight.
Tomorrow a three-game seritsf
will start at Dunn Field and. with
three victories over the Yanks,
the Indians are expected to have
their scalping knives all whetted
sand shined for the coming Of the
palefaces from the Capital.
Harry Heilmann Is simply muir
derink the ball in this washing
\ ton series. Up 20 times, he has
gathered Ia safe hits Of assorted
kinds totalling "a bases. This Il
hitting for exactly 100 and Det
foiters are willing to gamble that
the biz fellow will win the league
batting tile this season.
Bucky Harris may not play to
day. He dropped himself down
for yesterdays first game and
second tussle. Stewart looked good
In all departments, hitting for 500
against Collins and Smith.
The first Tiger victory. 4 to
2, was a WeIl-pitehed battle
between Bump Hadley and
Cicero Gibson. The latter won
because he was backed by the
heavier artillery. Heilmann
alone got more than half A.
many hits rs the entire Wash
ingtOn Club.
Gibson would hardly have been
scored on at all but for a. tumble
By Fothergill in the fifth. That
misplay scored one run and had a
strong bearing on the second.
Aside from that inning the Griffs
did nothing and did it well.
Dutch Schaefer used to chant
Always leave them laughing when
you 60 away and that's the pres
ent attitude Of the Griffs. They
always send the fans home laugh
Ing and don't appear to be taking
their own misfortunes too heavily.
Collins yielded three runs on
seven hits in three innings, one
on those clOuts being q home run
BY johnson over the scOrebOard
In left center. There's no tell
Ing what the score might nave
been against Collins, but Smith
was q different lad, once he got
down to business. Three hits
were all the Griffs got off his
stuff i'm the last six innings,
without . rum.
a walk, steal, a wild peg by
Tate and an infield out gave the
Tigers a run in the first frame.
The thing was cinched in the fourth
when Heilmann hit homer over
the left field wall. Fothergill singled
and Marty McManus followed with
second homer over that same wall
into Cherry Street
The Washingtonians went to pieces
altogether In the fifth, allowing
three more runs for the Tigers. Two
hits, two passes and errora by Goslin
and McNeely tells the sad story.