The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-16
LOCALS TWICE.
DEFEAT BOSOX
FOR 8 IN ROW
Boston Still Boasts
u Games Lead
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

The Griffs carried their immedi-
ate objective and today as they
rest on their arms, and after
eight straight victories, survey the
world from the relatively giddy
heights Of fifth place. That, it
would seem is the limit OF their
possibilities for the season. for
despite the double defeat they
hung on the Boston Red Sox. the
platinum boys are still 71a games
ahead Of Washington. Oh. it
might happen, but it would be a
bad bet.
There's an off day on the SEIZED.
ule today, and tonight the Griffs
board a train and start on a long
drill through New York, Boston
and a final swing through the
boundless West. They won't be
back until September, and one of
the rigorS to be endured is a ride
from Boston to st. Louis.
Yves Terrell and Melo Armada
enjoyed the double victory over
the Red Sox no end. Consider
the case of Terrell. All during the
years when Terrell would walk
out to pitch against Grove, he
knew that the deck was stacked
against him. 1t became almost a
tradition that Grove would win a
nip and tuck ball game.
JUST ANOTHER PITCHER
When determination to win
skaters tradition and precedent,
the result usually is accomplished
with a bang. So it was yeSter.
day Grove was just another
pitcher so far as the GriffS were
concerned. They ridded the game
of his presence after seven in
nings and slapped him around as
though he were a buSher trying
for place.
Of course, Terrell had his anx-
iouS moments when it did seem
as though something better than
grim determination would be
needed to swing the tide. The
Sox hoped on him for four hits
and fashioned three full runs out
Of the assault to tie the score.
That one outburSt was Boston's
limit, and in the seventh inning
the Griffs went out and scored
four runs, combining a batting
attack with an error by Joe
Cronin which came at most op-
perfume moment.
ALMADA CELEBRATES
So far as Melo Armada was con.
cerned, the day was given over
to celebration and great deeds.
While the mood Of fiesta was
upor him, Armada raped a home
run into three other counties and
scored Wess Terrell ahead Of him.
This wallop came in the third in
ming Of Grove and gave the Grtffs
a lead Of three runs.
Throughout the afternoon
Armada got five hits in 10 times at
bat for a tidy average of 500.
Armada, as you know, is left
handed hitter. He got his homer
off Grove, and he faced left
handlers all day. McKain who
started the second game is a
southpaw. The libel lives with
folks here and there that the
left-handed pitchers can stop the
Griffs. But the figures tend to
show that constant practice in
swinging at the offerings of
southSide hurlers, has worked
something with the Griff hitters.
Cecil Travis fell off in his
pace a little bit, but he still
finished the day with a proud
average Of 1888.
He was up nine times and
made three hits. But he did all
right in producing runs. He
batted in four tallieS, which Is
all you can ask Of any young
man in two games.
LEWIS FOLLOWS TRAVIS
AS Travis goes, so goes Lewis,
and Buddy cracked three safe
blows into the afternoon. He
drove in two runs. Stone hit to
his form, which is very good.
1t was a welcome relief to the
hard working Monte Weaver
that he had a rather easy game.
The Griffs blasted McKain into
Kingdom Come, or to somewhere
in that locality, getting half
dozen runs in the fifth inning.
Usually Weaver faces the young
men on the bench and says in
his cultured tones:
TRY to produce two runs
for me, gentlemen"
Usually the young men try all
afternoon to produce those runs
and make absolutely no head
way in the matter. But in a
day of change and uplift, many
interesting things happened.