The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
HOT
FOR First
DIVISION
BY Louis A. Dougher

say, those Griffs seem right seri:
Gus about climbing into the first
division and thus earn q hunk Of
that coin coming from the world
series scramble.
since taking those three swats
on the beezer over IN PhiIadelphia
the Griffs have played nine games
here and six Of those nine have
been victories. That's playing at q
rate Of .667, and. IL even APP
nroached for the remainder OF the
campaign, will put the Harris gang
Iup somewhere.
First came the Browns -
drop two out Of three to the
Griffs. Then came the Tigers
for the same treatment and
yesterday the White S0x lost,
1 to 8. in ten innings, their sec.
ond defeat In the tlrec-ganle
series.
a week ago Detroit was seventh.
Today it il camping In fourth
place. But the seventh place
Griffs are but one game back Of
the Tigers. Seven points cover
the Tigers. White Sox. Indians and
lGriffmen today. That's how close
they're jammed as September looms
upon the horizon.
Tiny Jim Weaver, of Fulton,
KY, is here at last, filling 9
couple OF beds at his hotel and
hanging his tootsies out the win.
COW for comfort. He reports the
roads between Chattanooga and the
Capital in wretched condition. His
| team OF prime mules was begged
down more than once, but he's
q persistent puss and he got here.
sI just spoke right smart to
'em and they settled In against the
collars and pulled and tugged and
Itugged and pulled till we got here, :
was his explanation to President
| Ing town. Seeing sTiny, one feels
some compassion for the mules.
Today THE Griffs are doing
nothin and doing It wei.
Tomorrow they have merely
couple Of games with the
| Cleveland Indians, that's AL.
/ They have been playinga sharp
| baseball for more than i week
now and feel sure that better
days are 1t hand.
| Fred Marberry evidently means to
continue a starting pitcher, judging
from the exhibition he gave against
the White Sox. He outpitched Ted
Blankenship and Alphonse Thomas
letting the foe down with five hits.
Only in the eighth were the Sox able
| to get more than one bingle at
a time.
| A pass to Hunnefield, Cronin's
tumble and Berg's first single
scored run for the sox in the
second round, followed by another
while Mostil was forcing Berg.
In their half the Griffs tied IL
up, though. when Judge singled
Bluege walked. CronIn sacrificed
and Reeves and Ruel singled in a
row.
Locked In a tight cIinch, the
teams battled evenly on down into
/ the tenth inning, though Blanken.
ship had to surrender in the eighth.
Manager Blackburne shivered when
Barnes tore off three-bagger to
open the Griffs' eighth and Rice's
single. scoring Barnes, also brought
| 1HOIHaS Ia " SACtn the lHEGalSH-
| ing flood.
The SOx had apparently gone
out to win when Shires doubled
with two down in the first half
of the eighth and counted i'm
a hurry ON MetzIer's single. But
tw:s not to be. The home
boys tied It up in their half
and COPIED i'm the tenth.
Victory seemed at hand in the
ninth when the bases were loaded
on Cronin's singing single and
two hit batsmen. but Barnes struck
out and Marberry was forced for
| the third death.
Goslin scratched a hit TO Hun.
nefield. moving up when Rluege
was hit by a pitched ball. Cronin
took a third strike. putting 1t
right up to Reeves. All he did was
10 shoot safe liner to right center
scoring Goslin with the deciding
run. Mostil made a. fine try for
that drive and did get his glove
on it. but he was moving too fast
and could not hold it. The victory
was in.