The Washington times., 1931-08-04
FLAG
HOPES FADE
BY LOSSES
By GARRETT WATERS

BY GARRETT WATERS
Fighting for all they were worm
to take two games at Griffith
Stadium, and then losing two at
Shibe Park yesterday, to 2 and
6 to 5, availed the Griffmen moth
ing in the series just ended with
the AS.
Things might have been differ
ent had Manager Johnsons men
been able to defeat Robert Moses
Grove and George Earnshaw yos,
terday. But such was not the
case. and the result of all of the
battling is this:
The AS still lead by the very
and look on their way to their
third straight pennant, with moth
ing stopping them.
1t really is a shame that the
Griffmen could do no better than
break even in the series. That
they fought cannot be taken away
from them. because they certainly
did that, as the scores of all four
games will bring out.
Must Watch Yankees Now
But yesterday they had the mis-
fortune of being up against Grove
and EarnShaw when they were at
their best. And when Grove and
EarnShaw are right very few
teams are able to defeat them.
The big thing in the Griffs'
life from now on is to hold on
to second place in the league
race. The Yankees are hot on
their heels and mighty willing
to step into the breach if the
opportunity presents itself.
But Manager Johnson's men
aver the Yanks will never catch
them. The margin between the
two teams stands at three games
this morning.
The Yanks play the Boston Red
Sox in a double-header tomorrow
at Boston, while the Griffmen are
idling. The first of the big op-
portunities presents itself here FOR
Manager McCarthy's men. The
question is: Will they be able to
down the Red Sox twice and cut
the lead that much more? It's
needless to say that the Griffs are
pulling for the Red Sox to take
two victories.
Griffs Idle Next Two Days
Incidentally. the Griffs idle to-
day and tomorrow before meeting
the Red Sox themselves at Grit
fifth Stadium. Games are sched-
uled with the Beaneaters Thurs
day, Saturday and Sunday, with
an off-day Friday in between.
The Griffmen started too late
against Grove in the first game
yesterday to do themselves any
good. Still they had Connie
Mack's super pitcher on the
down grade in that eighth inning.
when they scored their only two
runs of the game.
This frame, incidentally, was
the only one of two innings in
which Lefty gave up more than
one hit. Jones and Manush
singled in the third without scor-
ing. But five were garnered In
the eighth, giving out every indi.
cation that the Griffs might
snatch the game out of the fire.
Grove retired the side after Civ.
ing up two runs.
The AS counted their three in
the third off Sad Sam Jones
Griff starter. Cramer tripled,
Cochrane and Simmons doubled
and Miller singled for the mark
erS before Hadley was substituted.
Bumps relief pitching for the
remainder of the way was ex,
cellent, but it came too late. Ho
set the AS down with two hits
and struck out six in the five and
tWo-thirds innings he hurled.
Fail to Hold Lead
Carl Fischer and Lloyd Brown
could not hold the AS in the
second encounter. The AS won
by counting runs in the second
and third, three in the fourth
and one in the eighth.
Manager Johnson's men gra bbod
themselves a four-run margin IN
the third by scoring that MAN.
times, but the AS got to Fischo,
before he retired.
West doubled in the sixth,
went to third on KuhePS infieId
out and scored as Hayes was
being thrown out to make
things stand SIS when johnson
replaced Fischer on the mound
with Brown ending the frame,
Brown went well until Phil Tod
picked out one to his liking in the
eighth and slammed it over tn
rlght-field wall for a homer for
the old ball game.
+ Daily Spotlight
&RHNRof GEN0CiaH