The Washington herald., 1918-06-24
SOLDIER RICE'S WAR CLUB
GIVES GRFFMEN BATTLE
Sammy Takes Kindly to
Offering Of Perry, Ma
tionals Trimming
= Mackmen 5-4.

Daring base running along timely
pinch punching endeared Private
Samuel Rice. Of the 1sSth Coast Ar
tillery, Of Fort Terry. N. Y. to
Washington fandom forever yesterday
when his individual performance with
the war club enabled the Nationals
to defeat Connie Mack's Athletics by
a 5 to count. The fighting spirit
that Uncle Sam has driven into Rice
during his short stay in the khakis
was driven into the locals yesterday
as the close victory which was wit
messed by 1000 fans proved the best
uphill battle ever staged at the Flor
ida avenue stadium.
Due to wabbling. hurting and poor
helding by Doctor Wyatt, Yancey
Ayers, the Nationals were forced to
come from behind to grab on this
edge over Mack's Coolies" but they
responded gamely through brilliant
stick work and sensational pitching
by Jimmy Shaw. Ayers got away to
a great start. but he faltered In the
second and third innings when the
trio Of counters.
Opposed to the Hillsviiie mounds
men was Scott Perry, the hurler who
NAoA opN VI OeA1Neoh -
Connie Mack and the American
League force the issue with the Ma
tional Commission on the claim OF
the Boston Braves. Getting a trim
ming nowadays Is nothing new to
Mr.. Perry. as his defeat yesterday
was his eighth straight. Although
Perry was touched UP for eleven safe
blows, two bad innings in which
Griffs clan punched these safe
whacks. spoiled the afternoon, from
a Philadelphia standpoint.
Perry went along until the fourth
when the drst bombardment was
opened on his offerings. Two hits
with two men down were obtained
OF him in the opening inning while
Ayres was being treated in an un-
lady like manner by the Mackmen
in the second and third when three
runs were recorded against the Ma
tionals- AT this point the Old Fox
had witnessed enough of Ayers
work and handed him the shower
call, Jimmy Shaw facing the vist-
tors in the fourth. Shaw's wildness
in this chapter gave the Athletics
the lead way to their final tallie
and from the form that Perry was
showing it appeared that the af-
ternoons entertainment was all
settled.
But there was no settlement at
this stage of the battle as Griffs
warriors went into, their half of the
fourth session and jammed through
three of the needed runs while Jim
my Shaw improved as he went
along and was practically invin-
chile in the final three frames. The
Macks pushed through their first
tally in the second inning when
Gardner singled to left field and
went all the way to the far corner
when Ayers retired Perkins at first.
Judge rallied the ball to Lavan who
in turn tossed it past Foster in at
tempting to get Gardner. Larry get
ting life at the plate when Picinich
dropped Fosters throw.
In the third. shannon opened with
blow to Shotton's territory. Old
ring moved him along with a sacri-
fee while Walker scored him on a
blow to left field and took second
on the throw in. Burns then
bounced one high in the air to Fos-
ter. giving Walker plenty time in
which to register. Jimmy Shaw
went to work in the next and start
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pass. Dugan famed but Perry
placed Jameson at third on a drive
past Judge. Shannon then lifted a
long fly to Milan giving the Macks
their final run. Burns tripled to
the Crandell sign in center field in
the next frame without results, as
Shaw then pulled in on the breaks
and famed six of the next twelve
men to face him.
Judge was nailed at the plate in
the Nationals opening inning after
he had doubled to left field. Milan
crashed out a single to center, but
Walkers peg to Perkins caught
Judge standing up. Davidson rob-
bed Sammy Rice of a three-base
blow in the second frame, when he
raced back to the right-field wall
and pulled down his long drive.
The real rally came in the fourth,
when four runs were scored by the
Judge was given life
when Jameson dropped his hard
hit ball after long run. Milan hit,
placing Joe at third, Rice giving
the Nationals their first tally when
he hit safely to right, scoring
Judge, with the Tennessee Filler"
pulling up at Larry Gardner's sta
tion. Sammy moved to second when
Perkins dropped one of Perry's wide
curves and both runners rushed
across the bag when Shannon threw
Morgan's grounder into Washing
toms dug-out.
Joe Judge started the next rally
in the eighth with a single through
Gardner and a stolen base. Milan
popped out. but Rice punched
through a crash that tied the count
when Judge rOmped all the way.
stole second and came
through with the winning tally
when Morgan hit safely - center.