The Washington herald., 1920-05-24
ERICKSON'S. .TWISTERS SET BACK
WHITE SOx I'm FINAL BATTLE
ny JACK sYE.

Z Hon. Olaf Erickson engaged in
some laudable missionary work yes
,terday.
Reaching the conclusion. after,
,mature deliberation. that unless
someone set an example Of rectitude
,and correct department in public for
the rest Of Mr., Griff1th's- pitching
,,staff II would soon be too late for
anything but deathbed repentance,
Hon. Ole decided to act like a regu-
Jar Finger out there in the pitchers
box. So successful was he in this
undertaking. that he pried loose the
final game of the series with the
White Sox by a 3-to-l margin.
II has. for some time been
laverred that the Nationals could
win their share Of battles any time
,the huFiers delivered the goods. The
claim stood the acid test yesterday.
Cheered BY the sight of pIrcn.,
'traycling the entire distance with
out endea voring To kick over the
traces or take the bit in his teeth
and run wild. the Nationals put up
a sparkling article of baseball. Tney
feIded fawlessIy and in addition.
raped Eddie Cicotte sufficiently to
bring home the bacon in decisive
fashion.
81 Ole Works Good.
There were quite a few fans out
q" encourage Ole and the gang
along. The big hurler drew ap-
Dlause constantly fer his bang-up
work. as did shannon. Ellerbe and
Judge, who set a fast fielding pace.
Uncorking a lot OF stuff. Erickson
clearly outpitched the famed Ci-
cote. In the first seven innings he
allowed but one hit. and IL was dur
ing the period that his teammates
got next to the SoX slabmau for
their three runs 10 the last three
: rounds the Chicagoahs gathered FIVE
more safe ones. hut il took Memo
Liebold. in the role of picch hitter
Ito score their only run. Batting for
Cicotte in the eighth. Eemo drove
a clean double against the right
field fence. scoring a moment later
on Murphy's single to center. This
unforeseen event failed to disturb
EricksOn's equilibrium. Some Of the
National pitchers might have con-
sidered this a good time to blow.
but not Ole. He had taken his
stand for law and order. as 1t were.
and cOuldsnot be shaken. whatever
the temptation may have been.
Club shows Pep.
r All of Grifrs boys were on theil
best Sunday behavior There was
Joe Judge. for instance. who re-
turned to the game after having
v. disPelled his temporary illness with
liver pills or something. Joe didn't
appear as il he had been aiIing at
all He went over to the boxes in
the eighth and corralIed Weaver
ny when Erickson was looking for
all the outs he could get. Governor
-Ellerbe also visited the boxes in
left. taking one right off the top
of some rOtUnd party's dome. after
Joe Jackson had reached first in
the sixth. And the auburn haired
they used tO-call it red-youth who
plays short picked a hit out of the
air when he snagged Jackson's
Texas Lacquer behind third while
on the run. They all had the old
pep. these youthful infielders of
ours.
Cicotte held the locals back in the
first round. but showed bad jude-
ment in walking Roth in the second
Figuring a free pass as good as a
hit. Bobby determined to complete
the trip around. He was aided to
second by Harris sacrifice and
counted when Ellerbe singled over
SECOND, Shannon's single put the
Governor on third. but Charity and
Erickson couldn't deliver
Eases Are Loaded.
The previous inning should have
taught the danger OF walking any
Of the Nationals in a tight gam&
but he repeated the stunt in the
third when Judge was the first man
to face him. Milan foxily laid down
4 bunt and made a hit out of it
when McMullen and Cicotte both
went for the ball and collided 1t
wasn't much of jolt. but it threw
Eddie OFF his balance just as he
was planning to peg to first. Rice
filled the bases when he dropped a
Texas Lacquer into right. With the
infielders playing deep. Roth hit to
Collins. who forced Rice at second.
Judge scampering home on the play
When Roth attempted to steal
Schalk nipped him on a close play.
Milan refusing to bulge from third.
He came in a few seconds later
when Buck Harris raped a hit to
left. Buck fooled Cicotte by steal
ing as the pitcher held the ball, but
was left stranded when EIerbe
fitted to Jackson.
; That was all Of the run-hnaking
the Nationals got away with and
dearly all of the hitting. In the
fourth shannon singled for the
second time and was pushed along
to second by Charity. only to re.
main there while Erickson and
Judge went out. The last hit was
made in the seventh by Charity,
but Eddie Collins started a double
play which kept CEotte out of fur
ther trouble.
Weaver Gets Hit.
Weaver drove cut 9 double in
The first on Erickson. but the big
pitcher held the SOx hitIess from
that period until the seventh. In
that round he got into a little
trouble. but weathered it safely
with the aid of Ellerte's snappy
work. Jackson crossed Ellerbe by
laying down bunt after lie had
taken a wicked swirg a; the first
ball. He beat it out with ease. Then
FeIsch lifted a foul to the left
field boxes, and EIlerbs converted
the chance into an out. Jourden
followed with o sirgIe. but Nc
Mullen :anned and SchaIA skied to
shannon.
Lieb Did did the hitting for C!-
cote in the eighth and, shot a long
double against the fence. Murphy
Immediately singled and brought
him in with the only hostile score.
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