The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-25

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ranged his sat
elites. Defeat,
Frank "Buck' o'Nein Frus tr a ton,
Failure. Debacle. Misfortune sat
on the cushions, malevolent fea'
lures twisted in sour smile.
eyes, Sire; the Griffs OF
Washington could not shake US
off," they answered. Eve played
with them, led them on to the
golden hall Of victory. Gave
them three of what they call
runs in the last turns OF the
game. And then
ST know, know" answered
LOki. "Three runs and then
matched away their prize. And
was it fun for us when GOslin,
whom they call the Goose
smashed them down. But then,
they sold him away. did they
not?
eyes, kicked him mp stairs
into a world SERIES" murmured
Frustrstion. "And now he tlSyed
them for their kindness. Who
was that mortal who said %,
sharper than a Serpents
tongue
"What does it matter what
some mortal said back IN a day
that no man knows. 1t was
Geisel, Geisel, the umpire who
helped us win this day." con-
tended defeat.
eyes, Geisel and 1" spoke up
Failure. "For I snatched the
word safe from his mouth when
BIuege crossed the bag in that
eighth inning and cOwed him
into saying Out And I trfpped
Myer in the ninth, throwing
him and Washington.
'Well done, Failure, Well
DONE" commended LOki. "fOr
had the agile GeiSel mOuthed
the word he aimed. no mirth
would be in LOki's court today.
Had the GriffS won we would
be as sad as is the handsome
Whitehil.
"And yet sire; there is cause
for regret. Is there no respite
for the vanquished brave?"
asked Debacle.
"Have you become inundated
with that milk the humans call
kindness?" Numbered LOki.
watch us work on Petit to-
day when he faces Sch0l Boy
Rover" C1Orused the imps and
off they sped to Navin Field for
another whack At the Griffs.
And now back from the halls
of the Morse god of evil to this
city where we scan briefly what
happened in a game that played
upon the heartstrings Of 10000
fans at the home Of the Tigers.
Yes, the Griffs were beaten;
beaten in a terrific battle Of II
innings after they had hammered
out q lead of three runs in the
thirteenth inning and then fought
hopeleSsly while the Tigers cut
that advantage to evenS, to win
the fourteenth. Whitehill weak
ened when he needed his strength
most. There is no alibi for what
happened in the last two innings
Important Thought
There is plenty Of cause to at
tach more than passing import
ance to the thought that perhaps
whatever gods may rule diamond
battles were allied with the Tigers
There is not question Of doubt
that Bluege beat out a hit to Ro
gel1 in the eighth inning, but the
capable Harry GeiSel ruled against
him. Then mark what happened
Whitehill rif1ed a single to right
that would have put Bluege on
third when he could have scored
on Kubel's slow roller. Since the
Tigers could not score between the
fifth and thirteenth innings, the
Griffs would have won.
Misfortune's coup de grace fell
in the ninth inning. In this
frame the Griffs punched three
hits and failed to score. Myer
with a single and when
Travis shot a base hit to center
Myer was in full flight for third
when he stumbled and fell just
beyond second. Instead of reach.
ing the turn for home he was
forced to scramble hurriedly back
to the midway. Schultz then
dropped Texas Lacquer just in
back Of second. Neither Myer
nor Travis dared to run, for 1t
seemed that Gerry Walker would
catch the ball.
When the ball dropped safe
Myer had to race for third and
he made it. Well, with one out
it wasn't so bad with Bolton at
bat. But Bolton hit into a double
play and no runs scored where
two might have been counted.
Two runs that would have won
the game.