The Washington herald., 1921-08-10
Dixie Davis in Great F form;
Goes Full Route for Browns
St. Louis Pitcher Holds Griffs Hitless in Last
Nine Frames Finally Weakens
After Relieving Mogridge.
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ftorsl punching nitS on tne Weahenc
ing Acosta, departed from the scene
in the gathering gloom. victors. by
score Of 8 to 6.
For three hours and forty-five
minutes the teams staged thrilling
battleg , feplete with all kinds Of
baseball Sensational fielding plays
and damaging boots were freely
sandwiched In during the see-saw
battle.
At the end the laurel wreath was
firmly planted on the brown Of
young Dixie" Davis. 'the sensa-
tional pitcher from Virginia, who
went the entire distance for the
visitors. Mcbride was forced to
use two boxmen, relieving George
Mogrfdge with Jose Acosta when
the left-hander began to weaken in
the tenth.
Davis an sIron Man.
Davis exhibition places him in
the category of iron men," Dur
ing the nineteen innings he al
) lowed Is hits, as compared to the
23 which were given UP by the
GriffN pitchers. Unsteady during
the first six innings, Davis settled
down and performed in super-bril-
liant fashion. For the last twelve
innings he allowed exactly . hits
and in the final nine frames not
a washington player hit into safe
territory.
Instead Of showing signs of
weakening, Davis appeared to gain
strength as the game proceeded,
and IL was only a question Of time
until Acosta should crack. He did
that very thing in the nineteenth,
which was unfortunate, as the
game could not have progressed
into the twentieth on account Of
darkness,
DAVIS struck out eight batters
and had a world of stuff in the
pinches His five walks did
not indicate unsteadipess when
stretched through nineteen rounds.
sBIaekie'sn Error ProlonEs Game.
Both teams profited by errors in
the early frames, and the Grifs
were leading by one run when the
ninth rolled around. But for a dam
aging misplay by B a e.
o,Rourke in this inning, Mogridge
would have been returned victor.
After McManus' triple, "Blackie"
made a two-base wild peg to the
plate on Tobin's easy grounder, and
the score was tied
When the Browns added another
in the first of the tenth on Sisler's'
triple and Williams single, things
looked gloomy for the Griffs- They
still had that appearance when, with
two out in the last Of the tenth,
Shanks worried Dixie" for a walk.
but Charity uncorked his only hit
Of the game, a triple to right CEN
ter, at this tuncture, and tied IT
mp again
Prom the tenth until the end it
was q nerve-racking battle between
fusing to allow SO much as a hit,
Acosta had to extend himself to
the utmost. He was equal to the
support in the pinches from his
mates.
Davis sBone7 Starts Near Riot.
There was a near riot in the 18th
when Davis opened the inning with
a long drive to left and capered
joyously home, when Harris made
a wild heave over Shanks' head at
third. The alert O'Rourke. how
ever. called for the ball and touched
second, whereupon Umpire Wilson
proclaimed Davis out for not touch
ing that bag. The decision was a
signal for a rush from the st. Louis
bench, and Wilson was jostled and
pushed and maligned. all to no ad-
vantage. The confusion was finally
settled. Davis getting nothing but
. single and an out for his trouble.
Then came the 18th and the end
sisler singled. Williams walked
and Jaeobson's hit to left scored
'AThe SizzIer." That marker was
enough to win, but Miller's error
on Jake's hit and Gerber's infield
out clinched the battle.
Save in the sixth when errors
by Williams and McManus helped
the Griffs to score two runs, Davis
received brilliant support.
Governor Ellerbe rose to the oc-
casion in the pinches and made a
habit of shattering the hopes of
the Griffs. Frank handled fourteen
chances, many of them extremely
hard ones. without anything that
resembled a misplay. He was a
thorn in the side of his former
mates.
It was a day for triples, no less
than nine being hit during the aft
ernoon. Three of them are credit
ed to-Joe Judge, who had a very
large day at the plate. Rice got
another and Charity dittoed at
verv frnaortant crisis
Boo Teams Score I'm First.
Slueging was in evidence from
the start when Ellerbe tripled in
1.-THE ffrst inning and registered the.
FIRST St Louis run on Sisters sim
gle. m their half Of the first the
|Griffs tied 1t when Judge crashed
Ia three-sacker to right center and
crossed the plate on Rice's fly to
williams.
The second Washington run came
in the second on Harris single,
|Shanks' sacrifice and O'Rourke's
Trap to center.
Mogridge was guilty of an error
lin the-.third that paved the way
flor three more st. Louis runs.
Iwhen Stuart lifted q pop fly.
insisted on taking it al
most ont of Judges hands and al
1owed u to bounce out of his mitt
Davis {aid down a bunt and all
|handst.ere safe when Judges peg
10 sec1nd was late. McManus
|scored on ElIerbe's single and
Jacobson's hit brought in Davis
Ind the governor.
In the third the -Griffs hung
their third run on the board when
forrfdge singled and Judge