Evening star., 1921-04-07

fans will have to see the Grlttmer
League Park tomorrow.
1t is not in the number OF hits al
lowed that Courtney. yesterday, and
Zachary, the day before. proved de-
ficient. Tuesday the Nationals OBJ
tanned as many bingles as their oppo-
nents. and yesterday the swat count
was even at eight. but there was con-
siderable difference in the way they
were played, the length Of them and
center of the diamond.
COurtney'x Wild Heaves Hurt.
Yesterday. for instance, Courtney
presented the Giants with their first
tally by firing a bunt a mile over
Judges head. and in the second inning
he uncorked a wild pitch that put
within scoring distance Giant W ho
otherwise never would have reached
the plate. These two tallies proved
the margin Of New York's victory:
AS was the case the day before.
when Schacht succeeded Zachary. the
Giants were unable to do anything
with Washington's second pitcher.
Acosta being the guy yesterday. Only
nine men faced Jose in the three in
nings he toiled and but one of the
Giants got the ball out of the infield.
II Mcbride can pick two of his "fin-
ishing" pitchers and use them both
In the same game he should be able
to land his team on the heavy end of
the score.
Hop on Nehf ut Outset.
The Nationals hoped on Nehf at the
outset yesterday for three solid swats.
They produced one run. and but for
muf by young Alexander CASTOR.
the catcher recruited from Milwaukee.
would have gone scoreless. Judge led
with single over second and ad-
vanced notch on the hit and run
when Milan rolled to Frisch.
Rice. who graduated to the majors
via petersburg, was given hearty
ovation when he stepped to the
gle to right. Judge set sail for the
plate, but was. .pipped by Walkers
good throw. Rice taking second.
Miller duplicated Rice's safety and
again Walker got of fine peg. Um-
pire Brennan waived Sam out. but
| reversed his decision when CASTOR
dropped the ball. Harris left Miller
on second by lofting to Brown.
Burns paved the way for the
offerings on a line against the distant
left field fence for two bases. Court
ney's wild heave past Judge of Pat
terson's bunt enabled Burns to tally.
in rounding first and was called
out when Harris relayed Milan's
throw. Zeb made a fine running
catch of Frisch's fly and ORourke
ua&SeQ w alkef.
Charity Has Hard Luck.
Gharrity's hard luck in hitting de-
prived the Griffmen Of a tally in the
throw by Rapp and. after O'Rourke
| popped foul Charity hit a terrific
wallop on a line to left center.
Brown was playing over that way.
tercept the bal. Courtney proved
easy after Foss had been wild
pitched to second.
Courtney was solely responsible for
this frame. With Kelly out of the
way. Drown topped drive. the ball
dribbling down the third-base line.
II was too far in for Foss to get. but
Courtney made no effort to field the
ball. it being recorded as hit. Court
ney promptly wild-pitched Brown to
second. Rapp singled on a line to
left, and Miller got OF a strong
throw to the plate but Brennan
ruled the runner safe. whereat Nc
Bride raved a little. Foss threw
wide to Harris. attempting to force
Rapp on Gaston's bounder: then Nehf
biffed into double play initiated by
OrRourke.
With Judge and Milan disposed of
In the third, Rice walked and stole
second. Then Miller was victimized
on strikes by Nehf. Patterson's sin
gle in this frame was unsupported.
Foss alone made a bid for binEle
In the fourth. and Nehf stopped his
was forced at second when Foss
knocked down Rapp's sizzler.
Patterson in Limelight.
Charity had better luck in the
hfth. his drive going to unguarded
territory. He was forced when Nehf
ferried Courtney's bunt to Patterson
at second. Judge got a life when
Patterson fumbled his grounder, but
the latter redeemed himself by SCOOP
ing up Milan's offering. touching sec
ond and firing to Kelly to complete
double play.
This young Patterson. who is a ma
tive of ST. Louis and was obtained
by the Giants from the San Antonio
club, further distinguished himself
and. incidentally. cooked Courtney's
goose in the fag-end of the fifth
round. when he walloped the ball
over the left field fence for home
run. According to the natives this
was only the eighth time the feat
had been accomplished at the park
in Petersburg. which is an old one.
The blow was doubiy effective, for
II also scored Burns. who previously
had scratched safety through
ORourke. Harris backed up TO take
Frisch's fly and both Walker and
Kelly. who singled. were left.
Wtfred Ryan. the husky right
handed graduate of Holy Cross. who
ronto. succeeded Nehf starting with
the sixth. He got rid of Rice and
Miller when Harris singled. Foss
then lined straight into the hands OF
Walker in right. Acosta relieved
Courtney and only three men faced
him. Rapp. who reached first or
ORourke's fumJle. being Gu. down
stealing on C,harrify's nep