The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
Sothoron's Teasers FoolNats;
Mogridge Knocked Out Early
Cleveland Pitcher Sets Record for Killing Time
And Peeves Moriarty by Tampering With
Ball-Joe Bird Makes Bow Here
By JACK NYE-


tAogridse on the mound in the sec
ond inning. and peppered a pair Of
SMcBride's recruits, winning
taSious and thriIless battle by a
seors of s TO l.
AIli,n Sothoron. the castof from
ST Louis and Boston, administered
the defeat to the Washingtons,
stretching the painful performance
out for two full hours with his dila-
tory tactics. AIS chief points OF
excellence are a good splitter, a tan
talizing change Of pace and nor
rible waste of time.
II Faber holds the record for the
fewest balls pitched in a game. Al
holds the pewter cup for the highest
total. Roughly estimated, he tossed
365 from start to finish, ove- half
Of which were futile heaves to first
Sothoron Peeyes Moriarty.
Everybody in the park, including
Umpire George MOriarty, had De-
come nervous before the game was
half over. Much to the displeasure
of Moriarty. Sothoron insisted In
tamperinE with the ball, applying
his thumbnail TO the covering until
a rough spot the size of dollar
was formed. Just what benent TINS
gave the Cleveland pitcher is prop
IematfcaI, but it didn't suit McBrloe-
As soon as Moriarty would as
cover a damaged pellet he wouio
confiscate il, and lay 1t away IN ms
pocket for future reference. soon
he had a pocket full.
lust for pure cussedness, Al gave
the GriIs seven bases on palis.
These lapses aroused the hopes OI
the bugs at times. but they quichS
subsided. There never was chanGe
to get started on one of those oiu-
time big innings. III.
After Mogridge had gotten MS
burnps early. Frank Woodward TOOK
a HinE at the champs. He did very
well for a couple of innings, using
a deceptive hook to good adVantsse'
but was supplanted by pincn MT
ter in the fourth when one OF those
near rallies loomed.
BIrd Makes His Debut.
woodward's departure gave Joe
Bird. the shreveport (Texas) soutn-
nav a chance to make his bow. Joe
rwirIed the final five frames, es-
raping without damage save in the
seventh, when three runs were
scored. The Texan works Win
pleasing form and displayed a falr
amount of stuff
In case Joe made a sudden oloV
=, things. Tom Phillips, the leading
nitcher Of the Southern League. was
yarminc I'D in the bullpen. Hls de-
mn was postponed until later
date.
sneakers men were naturally
,leased at the trend of events.
which increased the chance OF rat
raning their rolls in the world Sc
rios once more, but they shoWed
almost as much concern IN the rate
Of Johnny Kilbane, who was hght-
ing Danny Frush for the teather-
weight title back home. Repeated
messages were sent to the press oox
for inside info. and when 1t was an =,
oounCed that Johnny hao knocked
mis- rival loose from his amoitions
The C1eveIanders used their bats
,,,itb renewed vigor. 1t looked as
u the champs had been covering
come of that coin of the realm
from Baltimorc.
Sothoron fooled away a lot OF
time in the first inning when ne
issued three bases on balls and al
lowed one hit, but the Grins didn't
20, rnuch out of it. Just when their
expectations were highest Al put
something or other on the ball and
s,ueIched their budding hopes. One
reasley run was the result of all
the work and worry.
Bush began il with a walk, and
Harris skied to Burns. Judge also
waited for four bad ones, but was
forced when Rice raped to SewelL
Goose" GOIsin buZzed the first local
hi, To left field. Bush scoring. When
Miller walked the sacks were full,
but Shanks skied an easy foul to
Gardner.
Not until the second inning did
the champs begin TO tamper with
MoGridge. In that frame they
counted four runs. Wood inaugu-
rated the round with a single. and
all hands were safe when Picinich
made a bum peg to second on Gard
ner's bunt- Sewell singled Wood
home. and Burns rap to left count
cd Gardner. O'NeiI sacrificed. and
Sothoron binGled to left, scoring
SewelI. Jamieson's one-baser to
center showed Burns over the plat
ter. whereupon MoGridge retired
Woodward came in and retired the
side on a double play, Shanks to
Judge. Hooray.
Gardner's double past first base
and Sewelfs single added the fifth
run in the third.
Bird slips In seventh.
In the fifth round Shreveport
Bird trotted out. after Milan had
batted for Woodward in the fourth
He showed little nervousness and
worked with fair success. He es-
capped the fifth and sixth with a
whole skin. but an Indian uprising
in the seventh added three more
Woods walk. Gardner's single, Sew
ellis triple and Johnston's fly to
Goslin turned the trick.
After the first Sothoron , was
stingy until the eighth, when his
extravagance was nothing notable.
In the fourth singles by Miller
and Picinich and Milan's tap to
Sothoron along the foul line al
most scored a run. but Bing was
tagged out when he failed to slide
under Sothoron.
Three Washington hits were
punched in the eighth for a pair
Of runs. Harris singled and Judge
walked. Rice's single counted
Bucky. Goslin popped to wamby,
but Miller slapped a clean one to
left. giving Judge a ride home
Shanks then hit into a double play.
Brewer paved the way for the
anal Griff run in the ninth when