The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-30
BY Louis a. DOugher

NEW YORK, May sO.-
There simply is no use for
the Washington Griffs to
imagine they have d chance
against the Yankees, and that's
that.
the world champions are today
well out III front. They are only
19 games ahead Of the Potomac
river outfit and going strong. nv
the time Bdek3 Harris rescues hIe
lads ana puts them aboard that
train for St. Louis, they may b 81
games behind the leaders ana stilI
falling.
Mark KOGhik has llimDARO 10
LEO DtF0chef. the one ma l0f
leagtier owning evening clothes,
STEPS m and looks even better
than KOelhis.
Bob Meusel h On crutches, slil
feFinK from wrenclied ankle, 10
SOB Pasehai Or Leo burst hops fl
ana proceeds to bust the ball ali
0ver the lot. whats the con.
founded Use Ok the 9riffE. or any
other team, trying to win from 4
team like that7
T5eay, Unless the promised rain
comes along to prevent, the 1fiffs
must run up against the Yankees
again for ttbt games and. good Lord
llok they hate i'll
Playing the Yankees once daily
IS ptflshnneist enough, but when Il
team has to take that licking twice
q dAyA-Well, there's q limit 10 hu-
man endurance.
sad sam Jones looked pretty
good in yesterdays opener. He
held the champions to sir hits.
Three were punched with d pass III
one frame ana that Was enough 20
give he Yhrkl the victory
WHY because. with the
bnAes cl0eeed. Durocher, The
second strinR AnOrtfielder fFiplea
nut between Barnes ana Rice
In came three runs. one more
than the Griffs were able %
collect off George PlpgFas. ~
The second game was 4 slaughter
FOR Milton castor. d fine fellow
personally. He was moving aiofik
with q ofle-fun lead when suddenly
the FlatirdeFefs began on him ard
vi n the third inning ended they
hat scored seven runs on sever
rits. q walk ana an error.
Among the hits were d double, 4
triple and home rum. Once more,
what's the user
Bucky Harris then summoned
Lloyd Brown to the rubber and q
reception he got. Right off the reel
Ruth and Gehrig pounded him for
home runs. In the seventh ne saw
Earl Combs and Ruth wallop two
more home runs. on, he knew
where he got off, all right, all right
The Yankees probably didn't
worry much about tie Maekme,s,
ten days ago, but when they
hoped over to Philadelphia and
grabbed five out OF six from Con-
MES collection az ancient and
hOnOfAbles. then they knew some.
thing.
They knew that the one (eam
which has considered itself q real
contender had been cured.
Make no mistake about this.
either, the Griffs know whsse they
get off. They appreciate the hope
lessness of their struggle against
the Yankees. Five minutes talk
with almost any OF them will con-
vince the average man that the
washington players admit they have
no chance Of winning from the
Yankees.
They have the power to make
up for ordinary pitching" says one
veteran. IF they need five runs,
they get ten. What chance have
we. or anybody else?''
Like last year. the Yankees are
making runaway race OF this.
The pennant will be decided
by July 4. Some members Of
the Washington Club are claim.
Ing that the Yankees will win
at least los games this year
and slaughter whatever National
League Club happens to win
the pennant In the older or.
ganlRatlOn.
Three more games remain to be
played here by the Griffs on this
visit. Two today and one tomor,
rom. OF the eight games played
thus far. the Griffs have won one.
They have yet to win any here.
To make matters worse. they don't
really expect to win any.
Oh, don't mistake. the Griffs may
yet win here from the Yankees.
They keep trying all the time. Some
day they may catch the champions
sleeping and they'll win game. But
that looks to be the only way for
such a miracle to happen.