The Washington herald., 1920-04-07

"hSh IL was oil OVcr ana tHcy
counted up the tallies, Pat Moran's
bunch had three, the Nationals
had seven.
Looks Like Clean Sweep.
Incidentally. today's game made
the series score six to two in favor
OF the Nationals. And II might be
added that Griffith's men, moving
along with more concerted efficiency
than the Kaiser ever knew about,
look, from here, like they have an
excellent chance of making a clean
sweep Of the rest of this barn
storming trip.
Not unlike certain dethroned box
ing champions, the Cincinnati men
are just full of alibis. Sore to the
quick over being trimmed time and
again by a team they at first con-
sidered easy pickings-and trimmed
each time through straight superior
playing, without the sign of a fiuke-
the champions, casting about, have
finally decided to blame II on the
weather. Bitterly they declare they
really oughtn't to be required to
play at all.
What chance" they wall, have
we got to get into condition. going
out on the field days like this?"
Same for Both Sides.
AS a matter of fact. 1t so hap
pens that today was one of the
best, from a weather standpoint,
that the teams have encountered
since they started. 1t also happens
that exactly the same kind of wealth
er prevails through each half of
each and every inning and. as the
kids used to say. Whats fair for
one is far for t'other."
Probably the Reds never thought
OF that.
However. every man-jack on the
Cincinnati team Is as mad as a Boil
shevist in a bath-tub. Yesterday.
still blaming the weather. they fat
ly refused to play in Richmond. at
all. at all. Today they are just
about as bad. They don't seem to
want to go outdoors except when
the sun Is shining soft warm and
bright.
Looking at it from a casual stand
point. 1t would seem that the world
championship has gone to Mr.. Mo-
rams young gentlemen's heads.
But to get back to today's game.
Looks Bad at Start.
1t started looking bad for our
side. In the very first inning one
Mr.. Heinie Groh stepped up, picked
out a nice one, and slammed II over
the left field fence
But that was all, except in the
fifth, when with Snyder pitching,
having relieved Lefty Zachary, they
got two more. Rariden started the
business in this frame by rapping a
sizzling single to center after Crane
had gone out to Judge unassisted.
Bressler, one of the Reds willow
stars, sacrificed Rariden to third, but
Kopf fouled out, and everything
looked pretty good.
Then Snyder got wild for a minute
and passed Groh. whereupon one
Eddie Roush stepped up and smashed
a neat single to left. Two runs.
Washington after going down one,
two, three in the first, began doing
business with the well-known home
plate in the second inning, and con-
tinued the exercise in the third,
fourth and eighth. The pair of runs
made in the last-named frame really
weren't needed. The game was on
ice after the fourth.
shannon Starts Scoring.
shannon began the scoring for our
side. He singled over second, a
pretty line drive. Stan Harris sac
rificed, and then up stepped the old
reliable James O'Neill who crashed
out his regular expected hit and sent
Maurice, of Jersey City. home.
In the following session Eddie
Rousch dropped Joe Judges fly, and
the nimble Joe promptly took two
bases. Milan sacrificed him to third.
Rice went out, Crane to Myers, but
Bobby Roth was there. He sent
one over Groh's head, and Judge
literally ambled in.
The next inning was fatal to the
hopes of young Mr.. Slim Sallee, who
said he was pitching for the Reds.
Harris began by working him for
a walk. O'Neill made what, in the
movies. would be described as "the
perfect sacrifice" and Charity sent
a screamer way out into left field,
which not only scored Harris, but
put Charity on second.
Lefty Gets Busy with Bat.
A pitcher isn't ordinarily supposed
to do much hitting. but nobody told
Lefty Zachary that, so he proceed
ed to send crashing single right
through the box. Judge. next up.
went out at first. but both the run
ners moved up the while, and the
next moment Crane let a tap from
Milan get through his legs. filling
the bases.
Then up stepped Mr.. Rice-and
the game was won. Mr.. Rice poled
one far out into right field, and all
three Of the men on the bases
counted.
The extra two runs, added in the
eighth. were made when Judge
who had singled. was sent home
by Milan's double to left; Milan him
self scoring when Rice bingled in
the same garden.
Zachary In Fine Form.
Lefty Zachary opened up on the
mound for the Nationals, and
pitched four innings of wonderful
ball, despite Groh's home run. Dur
ing those four innings only fourteen
men faced him.
Snyder. who relieved him. had one
bad session, IN the seventh, when
1t looked like the Reds might get
away with the game. But with the
bases full and none out, he pulled
himself together. forced, croh to pop
out TO Charity, and then famed
Rousch and Duncan on six pitched
balls.
Tommorrow the two teams will
clash again at Danville.
Pepcos Challenge.