The Washington times., 1929-09-03
MARBERRY
FACESSOX
TO-DAY.
By Bob Thayer


BOSTON, Mass, Sept. B.
Breaking $3.50 in their double
header at Braves wigwam
yesterday, the Washington
Griffmen and Boston Red Sox
today will transfer the third
game of their series to Fen
way Park.
Pitching aces OF their respective
clubs will be started in an effort to
gain an edge. big Ed Morris. Bill
Carrlgans smiling Southerner. will
hold down the home teams end OF
the argument while Fred Marberry
has been routed against him.
Getting away to slow start this
season, Morris has since rounded
into a winning stride and now boasts
a. record of 13 games won and IL
lost.- This, with tail-end club is
worthy of more than passing con-
sideration and entities Ed to rat
ing with his leagues best.
Marberry has delivered consis-
tently good ball but has been a vic
tim of the breaks. He has dropped
any number of heart breaking deci-
sions and consequently has failed to
compile the percentage that might
otherwise be his.
The Carrigans and Griffs
have made good with some
smashing duels despite their
lOWly positions and with Mar.
berry and Morris in motion. .
greatly improved brand Of ball
over that exhibited yesterday
should result.
While several high powered indi-
vidual performances were in store
for yesterdays holiday attendance
of 20 900, the Boston. w ashington
bargain attraction on the whole fell
flat. Though outhit Is to Il in the
first presentation the Griffmen man.
aged to win out for Myles Thomas,
10 to 7, thanks to some heroic
stick work by Shortstop Joe Cron!n.
Cronin's single, two doubles, triple
and home run in five tries repre-
sented 12 total bases and knocked
over four runners. while he regis
tered three times himself.
Thomas outpitched Danny Mac
Faydeu until the eighth. when Lefty
finished.
The closing battle found the
home towners backing Ailt CASTOR
sturdily, while the latter set down
his old associates for the first time
this year, to 2. Irving Hadley
started for Washington and was
relieved in turn by Ad Liska and
Lloyd Brown, erstwhile cripples.
foi
that is in stopping the Sox attack.
Outfielder Elliott Bigelow, the
Griff cast-off, was the big punch
Of both games, cashing seven safe
ties. A double and six singles
he was ably seconded by another
clouted solidly while playing bang
up defensive ball.
The CSriffmen maintained
lead throughout the first game,
fighting off a late period BOs-
ton thrust after some furious
| mixing.
| The nightcap was much the same
with the tables reversed. CASTOR
was the master all the way and
could not be denied.
| With little OF competitive ma.
utre to recommend either game
home run disciples nevertheless had
their inning. several of them in
| fact. Five grand slams were
| trumped in this sequence.
First Game
1, Capt. Joe Judge, returning 70
first base after a days lay-off.
drove into the right field bleachera
with two on in the second.
2, Joe Cronin lined his eighth
high into the left field seats with
one on in the fifth.
3. Carley Ruffing. batting for Nc
Fayden volleyed into the left field
bleachers with nobody on in ths
seventh.
Second Game
4. Jack Rothrock slammed into
the right field stands with nobody
on in the fourth.
s. Gosiin belted his eighteenth
among the right field customers
with nobody on in the fifth.
All OF these distance knocks were
coined off starting pitchers, relief
men being spared in the home run
| parade.