The Washington herald., 1921-06-06

Not satisfied merely to win. the,
Nationals were almost guilty OF un-
necessary roughness by the way
they did it. Not in a long time have
they treated a pitcher so roughly as
they did shovel" Hodge in the
early rounds.
From first to last thay gathered
Is hits for a total Of IS bases,
which was good enough TOR TO
verdict.
Barney Johnson was the pitching
marty for the Mats and for once the
breaks were all with him lie didn't
have to extend himself at all. but
was mighty good without being
pressed. Five hits was all he al
lowed, though they resulted in a
couple OF Iallies.
Pitching wasn't the or,y thing
Barney did we'll. howeve-. as he took
first batting honors with four sim
giles in five trips to the plate. Bucky
Harris and 'BlackiL d R)u-k.' also
stood out prominently with the bam-
boo, the former getting a double an
two singles and thu latter three of
the one-base variety.
Mistreat NnshvIII. Product.
When the ts4I blond. Mr.. Hodge,
was announced as the starter in the
box for the Sox. great things were
expected of him This was due to
the fact that ne is a product Of
Nashville, Tennessee Lpts IT good
people come from Nashville, but that
evidently doeSn': mean that ali Of
them can pitch
Never in his lifs was Hodge
treated with as little consideration.
After picking on him f,r the first
three rounds. the Mats bsgan to
warm up in the fourth. When three
consecutive doubles and a triple had
been made with none out. Shovel"
ambled back to the bench wondering
what 1t was all about They never
acted like that in the Southern
league.
Eight runs and IL hits had been
registered before Hodge gave way
TO another minor league recruit,
with the name of d. Mcweeny. D.
looked like a pretty good pitcher,
for after the fourth he put a stop
to all the foolishness. Not another
run was forthcoming.
Here's Dope on Scoring.
How the Griffmen made their runs
is a long story, but one that is in
teresting in spots.
In the first inning. for instance,
they warmed up with one marker
Judge opened with an inield hit,
advanced on Harris one-base blow,
and scored on two infieId outs.
That wasn't anything wonderful,
but the second saw a slight i'm
provement. After Shanks had
tripled over StrCnk's head. Char
rity drew a pass. O'Rourke got his
first hit off Sheely's bare NIT ,and
Shanks scored. Along came Bar
ney and cracked a single to center,
scoring Pat.
Two more in the third. Brewer
began II with a single to center and
Miller got two bases on a high
bounder over Mulligan's head, Tu--
key advancing to third Shanks
skied to Collins and Turkey was out
at the plate when Charity ground
ed to, Mulligan. o'Rourke uncorkcd
hit No. 2, scoring Miller. and John
son bingled to center. giving Char
rity a ticket home.
Ruin Hodge I'm Fourth.
The preliminary bombardment
having been successful. the Mats
began to do some heavy shelling in
the fourth Harris doubled to right
and counted when Rice sliced a
weak hit into short left, converting
IL into a two-sacker. Brewer drove
another double to the fence, scoring
Rice.
Miller's contribution was a three
base blow to the fence. scoring
Rice This was the last of Mr..
Hodge With Mcweeny pitching,
Shanks grounded out to Collins, but
Miller crossed the plate with the
fourth run. With two out O'Rourke
and johnson singled again and
Judge walked. filling the bases. But
Harris, batting for the second time
In the inning. struck out
After that Mcweeney showed
lot of stuff. He struck out four
men and kept out of serious trouble
except in the seventh when two hits
and a walk flled the sacks with
one out At this juncture Miller
batted into a double play, by way
of Mulligan to Sheely.
Chicago's first run came in the
second on Hooper's walk, Falk's
single and Strunk's sacrifice fly. In
the eighth Yaryan singled and Ernie
johnson brought him in with q
triple to right. The rest of the time
tnsy were pie for johnson.