The Washington times., 1936-03-19
Wins Buoy
Spirit of
GriB
Rx FRANK "BUCKn O'NEILL

BY FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILL
ORLANDO, Fla, March 19.-The
Griffs were lucky yesterday in
beating the Tigers, but sometimes
it is more important to be lucky
than good.
In any event the Griffs are un-
defeated in four spring exhibition
games, and feel vastly pleased with
themselves. Whether they're good
or just lucky, they hope the streak
continues.
If you picked yesterdays battle
with the Tigers to pieces you could
prove without much trouole chat it
lacked major league caliber. The
Griffs scored their winning run on
wild pitch. They scored another
on a similar miSplay, and third
as a result Of muff by Al Sim
mons, who failed to freeze fast 10
fly ball by Jake Powell. Three
of their runs were well earned.
The Griffs gave away three
runs, and who, Of all people, do
you suppose did the giving? No
one in the world but Cecil Travis.
Yes, sir, Travis booted two easy
grounders in the sixth inning,
and before the last man had
stopped running Detroit had four
runs over the plate.
Press All the Way
It is important to note that
the Griffs never stopped pressing
| for an instant, and in the face
of a lead by the champions,
scored three earned runs to tie
the score.
The winning run scored in the
tenth on a single by Stone, an
error by Don Ross on Kuhels
sacrifice and a hit batsman. Dee
Miles batted in place Of Pete
Appleton and was winged. With
Hill at the bat, FEench uncorked
a wild heave and Stone scored.
Technically, a run scored on
wild pitch is earned, but it is
lucky just the same.
There was little wrong with
the Griff pitching. Newsom went
the first three frames and
pitched shutout ball He allowed
two scratch hits. One of these
was wind-blown fly by Ross
that dropped safe for double.
The other was a grounder that
Myer should have fielded. New
som struck out three hitters. He
got Gerry Walker twice and also
retired Rudy York, the big
Indian.
Linke also famed three hitters,
allowing three hits. One of the
four runs scored by Detroit was
earned. In the sixth r gell
tripled and Walker singled him
home.
Travis MiSplayS
Travis misplayed two balls hit
to him, and with York polling a
triple to left that Hill missed
only because he collided with a
tree, the total run production of
the frame ran to four.
Pete Appleton allowed one hit.
and that was q homer by Al
Simmons. And boys, that was a
homer, right out Of the lot. The
ball went to the right field fence
and rolled under the barrier.
Myer, Powell and Reynolds got
two hits each, and NewSom con-
tinued his slugging with a clean
blow to right field.
THIS AND THAT
Roberto Estalella held a re-
union with Goose Goslin before
the game.
Hello, Quack- -Quack," said
Roberto, and Goose roared with
laughter.
Simmons looks like the Sim
mons of 81. He is all hustle
and ginger, fielding his best and
running out everything he hits.
Cochrane is using the ightest
bat he ever used since coming
into the big leagues. "I time
them better now" says Mickey.
The rain Softened up the in
field so that the boys had trouble
fielding the ball. Lewis missed a
slow roller by Walker that was
scored as hit. The ball bounced
badly.
The Griffs go to Kissimmee today
to play Baltimore. Lanahan,
Weaver and maybe Bokina are
slated for pitching duty.
The grand tour on Friday. The
boys will battle the Phillies at
Winter Haven and then skip to
Tampa to battle the Reds. They
return to Daytona on Sunday with
the LookoutS.
KrakauSkas probably will re.
main with the Chattanooga team
on Sunday night. He's about due.
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