The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
TODAY'S SPORT
 PARADE
(NEA Telephoto)
BY. HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent


 New crk, April 2O-UP)-Into each life some rain must fall, but isn't Clark Griffith getting more than his share?
 There he sat at the Yankee stad- ium yesterday, no longer young, no longer hopeful, perhaps, with the gray of the years showing in his hair and the gray of the April rains drawing beads on his huddled shoulders. @E
 He had come, there high in the Bronx, to watch the world cham pion Yankees disintegrate before the irresistible attack of his nightly Washington Senators. There was a smile on his face, gleam in his eyes when such Washington war riors was Wasdell (address un- known), Pofahl (try route 1T, Bloodworth (unknown here) and Chase (R. F. D. ', ring 3 took to the field. D. r .-... ........
 These were the men, his men, oz, whom he counted to make proud his boast that the Yankees were over- rated and could be taken by team that was smart alert, full of huS- tie, and blessed with a will to die with its spikes on.
 Hadn't they proved to Griffith, in their first two games of the young season that they weren't quit- ters? Yes, i-deed. Through two full games against Boston they had bat tied, and the fact that they hadn't been able to score a run in tossing both games had not driven them from the field of honor.
 As the T1tanS took their places in the field Griffith, who is known to his intimates as the "old Fox, " "the old" and sometimes simply as "The," must have felt pleased that half dozen times in the past two years he had prophesied the col lapse of the Yankees. Now, right in their own backyard, he was about to watch the fulfillment of his fore cast. ...-.-. ....... .-- ..
 Nothing Happened
 The rain was a-comin' down, and the winds were clod and sharp, but brother Griffith paid no mind Then, as is customary in well run ball games, there came a first in- ming. The first half of it didn't amount to anything because Wash ington was at bat. This lack of punch on the part of his boys didn't particularly fret Griffith, for he is accustomed to watching his team go weeks without so much as a base on balls. Besides, he felt that the Senators would bottle up the Yank- ese with an impenetrable defense.
 AS man who likes to draw the veil of kindness it hurts me to tell you what started happening then. Before the Yankees were retired seven of them had enjoyed times at bat and four runs were across the plate. The major blow in this typ ical Yankee rally was a home run by Joe Gordon with a man on base. The Washipgtons, to man, Swore that this place kick of Gordons was wide and they called upon the referee to uphold their belief. It was remindful of the beef of anoth- CT Washingtonian during the past football season. It will be remem- bered that George Marshall, that playboy fugitive from clothes wringer, all but tore his Wednes- days wash apart in protesting the field goal that gave the New York Giants national professional league football championship in a game against his Washington Red- skins.
 The umpire listened as patiently as he could be expected to and then declared the home run fair hit. At this point the Washington man ager, 9lcky Harris, drew on John Steinbeck for few choice phrases before being chased from the game. We had ou rglasses on MT. Griffith Curing this storm and he was as uncor.; :rned as a guilty defendant awaiting the jury's rarival.
 AS far as the final result was concerned, this first inning ended the game. I don't want to ask too but hope it ended MT. Grif- fith's yapping concerning the down. fall of the Yankee2. Let's change the motto from "hreak up the Yankees" 10 break up MT. Grif- filth"
 Personally, wouldn't even have liked to lear Caruso sing every day in the week.