Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-17
PAGE JENNINGS,
ER|CK Wins AGAIN!
Pitcher Whom Tigers Would
Not Start Game With Is
900 Performer for Griffs.
EASILY BEATS WHITE SOX
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

CHICAGO. July 17.-Wonder what
Hughey Jennings thinks Of his swap
of Erickson for Ayers? BY letting
down Gleason's gatling gun gang
with four scattered safeties yester-
day. while his fellow workmen wal
Hoped a pair of White Sox slabmen all
over Comiskey Park. Erickson hung
up his third victory in five starts.
getting the verdict by a margin of
IL runs. the score being IL to /.
Here is slab artist. who wasn't
good enough to start a game for the
Tigers. who jumps into the box the
day after he Joined the Griffmen
and subdues the heavy-hitting Mack
men. and since that time has taken
his regular turn in the box and
pitched 500 ball.
Both the two battles Erickson lost
were to the Yanks at the Polo
Grounds. and in one of them his I'M
doing was attributable to the fact
that he was working in trick park.
and not to any fault of his own. In
that combat he BANKED the fanks
for eight rounds, and Bakers home
run into the right field stands that
led to his downfall would have been
an easy out on any regular ned.
Denied an opportunity of facing his
former mates in Detroit, Erickson
in the initial Cleveland game and has
topped 1t off with really classy ex-
hibition against the White Sox. The
four bingles Gleason's henchmen made
yesterday were scattered over as
many innings. and but for a fielding
miscue by Shanks the big blond
would have had shut-out to his
credit. The bobble cropped up in the
opening frame after Leibold walked,
Howard messing up gentle roller
double play in sight. Erickson took
Weavers hunt and tossed to Foster
70 force Leibold at third and Jackson
then drilled d single to right that
counted Collins with Chicagos lone
tally.
Thereafter only one pale-hosed war
-ior got as far as third and but two
reached second. GandiI reached the
midway cushion in the second session
on a walk and McMullin's sacrifice.
only to be tagged by Picinich when
lstried TO advance on a short passed
In the fifth McMulln opened with
afouble on the line in left. He would
~ been out trying to advance a
1otch after Schalk's fly was caught
Except for the fact that Rices perfect
veg hit the runner in the back How
yer. Erickson famed Pinch Hitter John
Collins and made Leibold pop. E. Col
Inns and Weaver. with singles in the
ixth and eighth. respectively, and
lynn through the medium of a pass
Ne seventh. were the only other
OK TO see first base.
The most gratifying angle of the
ighly profitable afternoon. aside
rom the fact that the Nationals
elped their Swat.ing marks. was
vat WashinCtons victory. being
chieved Coincidentally with the re-
erse of the Red Sox in Cleveland
posted Grif's club into sixth place.
ne Griffs occupied the subcellar for
-, these many weeks.
Grover Lowdermilk started for the
White Sox. and after five frames in
hich he was mauled for seven Swats
nd quintet of runs, Gleason de
ded IL wasn't Growers day. and
3nmoned Dave Danforth The
IFS made II apparent in short order
al il wasn't even Dawes day, comb
A--hIs southpaW slants for half :
Zen bingles and another fstful OF
'1Rters his first inning out. BY way
showing they We're not necessarily
iIpUgh they added another tally il
% eighth.
E,fch member of GriNs troupe
-Abhed al least one hit for himself
I'd Picinich INDUCED in a regular
-gy of raps. He poked the ball into
1guarded territory on his first -four
Ipearances. registered one marker
mself and drove in four others
rickson showed his versatility by
'acking out two hits one "A tripl,
yer Leibo1ds head for two bases
re big Swede is pitcher. and yes
rday he was hitter. but he never
tiI be sprinter. Judge and Muir
by also had a large afternoon. Eact
elected a pair Of hits and the for
Ter walked on three occasions
NO I.,s 81 w
Murphy stayed on his feet through
II the matinee. In fact. in that bis
ming he scored from third on a dou
steal with Picinich. These tive
'eed demons VIII never forget tn,
ternoon of Wednesday. July 1e Al
Id. seven bases were purloined b,
Grifs in the course of the enter
inment. record for them Judge
oster Menosky. Picinich and Ric,
Igineered thefts of second, Will,
nvrin annexed third and Murphy ne
ptiated the plate.
II is likely the Nationals will hav,
- face Dick Kerr this afternoon. vii
ans and Cicotte alone of the So,
tchers are delivering properly an,
leason plans 10 give them wei
rnei rest Shaw will perform 70
Q Nationals and IL he gets the kin,
batting support accorded him il
eveland last Saturday there will b
thing TO il but A romp for the Griffs
they just dote on southpaw slab
ng.
Sam Rice got permission to duel
tier the eighth round was half com