The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-16
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DETROIT
BY Bob Thayer

by BOD Thayer
Taking another count before
the heavy hitting timber Of
the Detroit Tigers in the first
game of yesterdays double
header and getting no better
than a draw in the final en-
counter, the Washington Griff-
men will be out for revenge
today.
A single scuffle is in order today
while a replay of yesterdays tie
game will be in order when the
teams come together in q duel en-
gagement tomorrow.
Determined to offset yesterdays
humiliation dealt his club before an
attendance of 10000. Manager Wal
ter johnson has groomed Irving
Hadley to pitch for the residents,
while Willow Wyatt, a rookie right
handed, will go against him.
Hadley has fallen down on
lnnumerable opportunities as
a nine inning man this season
but with his slabbing depart
Hnent weakened at present 1t
win be necessary for Manager
johnson to make use OF the
Lynn husky today.
In keeping with his current pro-
gram Harris win continue trying
out his new material with an eye
cooked for 1880. Bucky is none
too pleased with the showing of
this years Detroit representative
and Is out to effect a. change.
Rumor has it that Harris IL
greatly interested in several mem.
bers Of the Washington Club and
may try to arrange a deal during
the approaching winter. This
means that he will watch closely
the performances of his old club IN
the remaining Tiger-Griff meetings.
Goose Goslin and Sam Jones are
particularly well liked by the Ben
gal chieftain and if the opportunity
presents itself there is little ques-
ton but what he will snap them
up.
Both Harry Heilmanh and
Bob FOthergill, his big sluggers,
are available for trading pur-
poses II the proper overtures
are made, while he also has
several pitchers who may be
put on the block.
Yesterdays double trouble at the
Georgia Avenue enclosure found
the Tiger guns trained with deadly
aim on Thomas, Burke and Wine
apple in the opening attraction
which the visitors won, is to 2.
Briefly speaking, the Jungle Cats
stepped out with q six-run spree in
the first round and plunged out in
front never to be headed. Six more
tallies in the fifth, one in the eighth,
and three in the ninth completed
their siege.
The Griffs tailed two times in
their fifth on Goslin's fluke double,
but were handcuffed otherwise.
Earl Whitehill, who generally has
little trouble with the Griffmen,
checked in his sixth win OF the sea.
son while scattering six safeties.
Eight errors were charged the
losing faction with two Of them
figuring in that first period
stand which was cliInaxed by
Hargrave's home run over the
right. field wall with two on.
That one inning, featuring a YER
eatile attack, was crammed with de-
tails which may be spared as well
as those in the succeeding chapters.
The second struggle was entirely
different with Fred Marberry pitch
ing and batting himself into a 3-to-3
stand-off after eight frames of duel.
ling.
George Uhle, the Tiger choice, got
away to a two-run jump in the
first but Marberry steadied at this
point and was pitching great ball
when darkness halted the proceed.
ings.
Some great fielding by Buddy
Myer and timely cIOcl1ing by
Jack Hayes were other high
lights.
Johnson's triple, Gehringer's
double and McManus' single brought
home two runs in the initial Tiger
section while the tieing count in
the eighth resulted from Stones
double, Alexander's walk and Harry
Rice's single.
Cronin's walk and successive
singles by Hayes and Marberry
cashed the first Washington run
In the fifth while Myers triple, a
sacrifice fly and singles by Tate,
Cronin and Hayes knocked over two
more In the sixth, where things
rested.