Evening star., 1921-08-09

spicuous by its absence.
Aforementioned reasons are that
George Mogridge and Dixie Davis. as
formidable fingers as either club
toasts. are listed for mound work.
roll for the first named is almost
certainty and Davis is his most prob
able opponent. although ELAN Van
glider may get the call. Mogridge
has demonstrated on more than one
occasion that when he works the
we'll known st. Louis jinN is eligible
FOR day on while Davis possesses
sufficient prowess to give any club
tussle. provided too much headwork
is not needed to supplement his man
ual labor.
Rice Principal SiuEEer.
None of the Nationals failed to help
his batting average at the expense OF
the visiting fingers yesterday. Sam
Rice being the chief beneficiary with
four hits five appearances. a record
which paralleled his of the day before,
but exceeded ii in the respect that
two of his swats were doubles and an
other a triple. johnson himself also did
a little clouting by way of demon
strating his versatility. but to Frank
O'Rourke fell the honor of proving
the most effective batsman. his ef-
forts with the stick driving in no
fewe~ than five runs
feat fer the reason that he happened
to be the starting pitcher. but he
looked no worse than any of the
three who followed him. and consid-
erably better than Morris. who proved
as wild as he was ineffective. and
that was considerable. In the one
inning Morris legally is credited with
having pitched. which included all of
the seventh and as much of the eighth
AS Lee Fokl could stand. he hit two
batsmen, walked pair and yielded
q trirlc. double and three singles.
Browns First to Score.
The Browns were the first to score.
breaking into the run column in round
on singles by Williams and Jacob
son. followed by Severeid's long fly.
They went hitless then till the fifth,
when Tobin singled and tailed on Ell
lerbe's triple to the scoreboard, the
latter also counting on too power
full relay by Harris. which carried
over Shanks' head to the grandstand.
Thereafter only a Texas Lacquer. by
Tobin. in the seventh, rewarded the
visitors efforts to solve Johnson un-
til the final frame. when. with "a thir-
teen-run lead. Walter eased up and
yielded five safeties. good for two
runs. one of which was a vicious liner
by young Mr.. Stuart. which carried to
the limits in left field for the circuit.
and also registered Gerber. who had
preceded him with single off
Shanks' shins. Pinch Hitter Collins
Texas Lacquer. Ellerbe's real hit and
sisters swinging bunt. which follow
ed. to fill the bases. were wasted. as
both Williams and Jacobson Iofted.
Grins Soon Get Busy.
The Browns possessed an advantage
of one run only long enough for the
Nationals to get at bat in the second
inning. when Bayne was located for
singles, by Miller. Harris and
O'Rourke, and double by johnson.
good for three runs Another pair of
tallies accrued in the third from safe
ties by Milan and Rice. Harris sui
eide. Gerber's mishandling of a roller
by Shanks and an attempted double
steal. on which Rice scored before
Shanks was run down on the line.
This finished Bayne
hoip eased by in the next round,
but was nicked for tally in the
nfth. when Judge singled and Rice
doubled. and he faded from the pic
ture after round s, when two addi-
tional tallies developed from a walk
TO Shanks. McManus' error on
ORourke, Johnson's single and an. in
field death
Rice greeted Morris in the seventh
with triple to the jury box. and was
hagged at the plate on Miller's rap
to Ellerbe. Morris then winged Har-
ris. walked Shanks and. after whiting
TiclniCh, passed " ROurke, forcing in
run. He was saved further dam
age when Johnson's hot liner went
directly to Stuart.
Seven Runs in Round 8.
Morris and Burwell, between them,
yielded seven runs in the eighth
inning. Judge led with a single and
reached second when Williams fum-'
bled. Milan beat out a bunt to Ell
lerbe, and Rice doubled down the left
field line. scoring Judge. Miller shot
single to left that cashed Milan
and Rice. Morris then wounded Har-
ris for the second time in a row. and
was waved out of the pastime by
Fohl. Shanks welcomed Burwell with
safety to Gerber. which filled the
bases. Picinich rolled to Ellerbe, and
Miller was safe at the plate when
SEVERED dropped the Governors
throw. ORourke whacked a double
to right that scored Harris and
Shanks and after Johnson famed
Judge registered Picinich with a long
fly to Jacobson. The round ended
when Milan rolled to Sisler.
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