The Washington herald., 1915-09-21
'DUM0NI BLANKS.
ST. LOUIS Club
Fargo Finger Allows Browns
but Two Scattered Hits,
Winning, 6 to 0.
NEW MEN IN THE COMBAT
Jameson and Judge Put to Work and
Make Good Impression
with Fans.
NEW MEN IN THE COMBAT
By WILLIAM PEET,


AS a parting shot the Griffmen plas.
| tered a 6-to-O defeat on the St. Louis
Browns yesterday afternoon. bidding the
Mound City tribe adieu for the season.
! This victory made it three out Of four
| for the series. and was a notable one
for the reason that George Dumont, the
Fargo finger, tackled up his second shut
out and second two-hit game since he
Joined the Griffithian forces.
Branch Hickey. leader of the invaders.
presented three hurlers against Dumont,
all of them recruits, trying to pry into
the big show.
Sothoron, Highlander. late of
Wichita, Kans. opened, and was yanked
in the fourth inning, or after Washing
ton had choked three runs out of his
system. Then came Tillman. also a
highlander. formerly of New Bedford.
Mass. who toiled a brief spell, or long
enough to yield tally. and finally
Chester Hoff. a southpaw product Of the
New York State League. Two runs were
obtained off Hoff's delivery.
Joe Judge and Jameson. Washington's s
latest addition from the Buffalo Inter-
national League club. arrived and were
both put into the fracas. Judge smashed
out a couple Of hits and scored as many
safe slam. Both fielded perfectly, and
the crowd evidently liked their work.
Dumont in Rare Form.
Dumont's pitching made him look like
the real thing again. and in the minds
of mary dispelled the doubts that he Is
only a flash. Until the ninth Dumont
allowed but one scratch hit and not
Brownie reached third base.
he enrtn a
Brownies fielded poorly. The three err
rors charged against the visitors all fig
ured in Washingtons hunt for runs
The Griffmen scored three runs in the
third inning which Henry opened by
drawing a walk. Mcbride singled to left
field and on Shotton's tumble Henry
pulled UP at third. Dumont came across
with a single scoring Henry, and when
Judge poked the ball safely to right. Nc
Bride counted. Foster skied to Walker
Acosta forced Judge at second. but on
the play Dumont raced to third and
crossed the plate when Jameson low
bridged'' Pitcher Sotheron.
After Henry had perished in the Ma
tionals' haNAof the fourth Mcbride was
passed, and Hickey then sent Tillman, a
husky right-hander. to the slab. Dumont
hunted. advancing Mcbride to second
Judge smashed to right for single,
scoring Mcbride.
HOn in the Box.
When the Griffmen came to bat in the
sixth Chester Hoff was on the mound and
he managed to retire Shanks and Henry
before the Nationals got to him with
murderous intent. Mcbride took
healthy swing. missing the third strike.
which Catcher Leary also missed. and
Captain Mac perched on first base, as
Leary's peg to Howard was wide. Du-
mont drew a walk. Hoff uncorked wild
pitch. advancing Mcbride to third and
Dumont to second. Judge was hit in the
arm filling the bases. Eddie Foster drove
the ball to right field scoring both Nc
Bride and Dumont.
Until the ninth inning, the only safe
hit off Dumont's delivery came In tAe
third, Leary clubbing the ball past Fos-
ter, but getting no nearer home than
second base.
In the Browns final chapter. Lee. bat
ting for Hoff. got a life on Eddie Fos-
ter's tumble and poor throw to Judge.
Shotton unbuckled the only clean st.
Louis single of the game. slashing safely
to right field and putting Lee on second
base Howard forced Sotton, Shanks to
Mcbride. Sisler was hit by a pitched
ball. but Pratt grounded to Mcbride. who
put himself at the business end of
double play, ending the ball game. The
score: