The Washington times., 1928-09-08
1K L0ulA n Dougher


~ Louis A Dougher
NEW YORK Sept. $
Bring Oh these ferocious
Yankees. Where are theys
Let I it EN-
THAT the way the Griffs
are feeling today. ia their
last seven combats with the
world champions, the Griffs
have won five victories, I'M
GLIDING shntouts BY Mary
berry and Hadley
Including those three satneH ln
Washington with the As the Grafks
have won seven out q ten games
from the contenders who are locked
Today ii ! deadly embrace. tied iof
the league leadership THIS II
travelling iii 100 pace quite the
fastest III the league.
The Yankees are crunlbling. Make
no mistake As to thai IL the "A N
have the fighting spirit demanded
81 championship outfit, they
should 20 West ia first place and
hold their advantage 81 the ex.
nGnsS Of the western clubs They
should take three out Of four games
here next week after making Il
lhree cut of four n Boston.
rhe Yankee pitchers are worm
- fraNxle. rlpefas Aid HOyf,
tnelr best tWil'lers. hooked All
tired out when tllet opposed the
f4fIffS here The teani Isn't
hitting and: without ysakAerl iii
the inllflA the liner barrier
Lacks 61hh and accuracy Hoe
nkf hns lost ~ per cent Of hrs
ninN without I.nNAerl 20 lean
nDQn.
Tomorrow the 49, play double.
completed ~ cars Tor 10000 rams
AZ tho biz Yankee Stadium II the
As have ffs stuff, they viii come
roaring into town and hand =
couple NalI0De To the champions
who are already staegerinE from
the biowt Given them IN the Griffs
The champions rather nnderesti-
mated the Grikks, They are sorry
n0N. though II II difficult to see
whaf they could have done about
IL FIRST Sad Sam Jones, winning
his fourth victory over them. let
the Yamks down with six hits.
They did come hack to beat Burke
ana Weaver. but yesterday Bump.
Hadley gave them three hits and
4 understanding, with Mnrberryl
ringing np his second triumph over
them inside 0f week
- -. I.
heads down. Benny Tate raced
with Hoyt glued TO the rubber
while K6enlg and Robertson were
getting under Reeves foul fly In
left field. 1t never dawned on the
hurler TO cover the bag Yes, and
MUDDY RueI stole two bases III tile!
FIRST game though he is about the
DIOWest runner on the team.
There II small comparison be-
tween the Yanks and Efiffs in these
four games to date. 1t n q con.
trast. on the other hand. al tile
totals indicate:
arffmen ... zs III Il
Yankees ............. 10 80 a
The return to the shortfisId Of
Pump Handle" Joe CrOnin has
Been 4 iifesaver to the Griffs. Their
infield has played surely ever
since. largely because OF his clean
fielding and accurate throwing. He
will probably remain there for the
balance Of the season.
Against the fading New York
pitchers lin yesterdays twin
bill. Pump handle" Hoe was 4
diIly. Up eight times against
the Yankee assortment, he
crashed for six hits, including
three triples.
Bucky Harris was big enough to
bench himself yesterday. He is IN
poor physical condition, being 80
much underweight that The can
hardly swing q bat. and 50 he sent
the more robust Reeves TO second.
Reeves grabbed himself three
bingles off Zachary and Ryan, but
failed to hit safely in the second
game. His fielding was satisfactory.
The wild goose OF the Potomac
xained some more on Lou Gehrig
~ collecting three singles ana his
eleventh home run in eight trips
- the pan, while the Yankee slug.
ser vas getting one single In seven
attempts. Gehrig and Ruth are in
soefui slnmps At bat and 50 ii
MeuseI.
hope those wise guys who said
we were laying down To the Yanks
are Satisfied now, Rrtnned Bncky
Barrie today. We said wed do
0nr best against them both and the
l Kteults are plain enough for all 10
See
The Griffmen vim han r,sh. ba,k
~ Washington tonight after their
lest game with the Yank es In the
Metropolia. They have two clashes
AZ the Griffith Stadium tomorrow
Beginning III 3 o'clock, and want
rood rest before facing the Car
rinan clan.
Eane -