The Washington herald., 1919-05-22
Short Texas Lacquer
GipeS BrOwr1S Battle
Sisters Pop Fly Back Of
First in Eighth Frame
Puts Over Lone Tally.
Shaw Pitched Brilliantly.

St. Louis, NO., May IA 'stingy
pop fly in back Of Joe Judge. too far
in for Sammy Rice, pushed the Ma
tionals out of fifth place today when
they were nipped by the rushing
Browns In a brilliant 1-to-0 matinee.
Jim Shaw and Urban Shocker were
the pitchers, and Jim was one up on
his opponent in the base-hit column.
but the Nationals husky right-hand-
er did not have the horseshoe around
his neck and the rabbits foot in his
pocket.
Shaw deserved the victory; at least.
something better than a 1-to-0 defeat.
His pals were within talking dis
tance of the scoring station, but that
necessary base hit was not produced.
On the other hand. the Browns won
out in the stretch in the eighth inning
and when the fans expected another
cipher on the score board.
The Browns had two out in the
eighth inning before they gathered
their run. Shaw disposed Of Shocker
on a tap right in his glove. and gave
speed and curves to Austin for
strike-out. Gedeon had two strikes
and no balls when he popped a short
single in center. >Tobin was unable
to get the ball out of the infield on
Jim in three previous swings. and
the big right-hander tried to fool the
batter with curves. He missed the
plate, and Tobin walked, advancing
Gedeon to second.
Sisler Does Trick.
There was a conference when Sisler
walked to the plate. Picinich, Shaw,
Judge and Foster talked it over, what
to pitch Sisler but Sisler went after
the first delivery. a fast one on the
inside and the ball met the handle
a pop out to right field. just in back
of Judge for stingy double while
Gedeon crossed the plate. With run
ners on second and third Shaw tight
ened and retired Jacobson on strikes
The Browns earned their first hit
off Shaw in the fourth inning. Ged-
con walked and Tobin bunted safely.
Sisler advanced the pair with a Sec
rifice and Shaw was pinched. Jacob
son rolled to Shanks and a throw to
Picinich retired Gedeon at the plate
while Shanks also tossed out Sloan.
4
Browns was the sixth with Austin
opening with a single to center. The
sacrifice for one run played by Gedeon
and he was thrown out by Shaw on
his bunt. Tobin popped to Shanks
and Sisler was hit. Jacobson hit Aus
tin with a bounder and the inning
was over. In the other frames Shaw's
speed and curves stopped the home
side.
Groffs Blow Openings.
Shocker was stingy with base hits.
too. yet the Nationals had several
openings. After the fourth, though
Griff saw but one base hit checked
in by his batters and down the
stretch the Browns splitter was too
much with his stuff. In the ninth
when the Nationals tried to tie it.
Shocker retired Rice. Charity and
Shanks without giving a base rum
ner. getting the last two for strike
outs.
Foster singled. Judge famed and
went to the fence for a terrific
drive. Charity famed in the sec
ond and Shanks bunted safely. He
worked the delayed steal perfectly
catching Shocker asleep on the hill
with the ball. A single-that was
all. But Leonard started his strike
out record of three straight. Picin-
ich beat out a slow hopper to Ger
ber. but the shortstop recovered in
time to hold Shanks at third. Shaw
grounded straight to Gerber and
Picinich was forced at second.
Judge singled to left in the third
with two out and spoiled a chance
for a run by some weird base run
ming. Rice flied high to left. Judge
stopped at second and watched
Tobin put up the glove for the ball.
The ball hit the grass and Judge
put on some fresh steam. but it was
too late and he was caught going to
third.
In the fourth Shanks singled with
one out. Leonard famed and Picin-
ich popped to Austin. The next
base runner was in the fifth and
with two out Foster was safe when
Sisler dropped Austin's throw. Ed
die tried the delayed steal but was
unsuccessful and was stopped at
second.
The last hit came in the seventh
with two out. Picinich rolled a
slow one down the third base line
and when Shocker threw past Sisler
reached second. Shaw looked at
two and sent a grounder to Austin
for the third out. Good pitching
was wasted. that's ALL