Evening star., 1921-04-09

mond this afternoon. while the )
Mogridge and Cube Acosta. or JtJl
If J. Aloysius does horn into the
hattie tomorrow the outlook for the
Griffmen coping Will be anything
but rosy unless the big fellow shows
far different form from that of yes
terday. When he found the home
plate on pendulum and when he
did succeed in locating it the Giants
hit him with everything but the water
bucket the fwo-and twb-thirds in
nings he was permitted to linger
netting the Giants seven bingles and
eight runs the exact number of tai
lies the Nationals compiled at tn.
expense of Slim Sallee. the veteran
lefthander, when they seemingly put
the game on ice in round two
Stage All Set for shaw.
The stage was all Set for Shaw to
step in and wipe out the memory
OF his barren efforts during the
soJourn in the sunny south. 1t was
the Nationals first appearance of the
season before home folks, some 1000 o!
>rhom braved the elements for taste
of the national pastime after win
ter of enforced fasting.
Announcer e. Lawrence Phil
lips. was in splendid voice.
Custodian Jim O'Day had the play
2ng field looking greener and neat
ar than at any time since the present
olant was established, with artistic
scallops on the base lines and a
trim path from the players benches
TO the home plate.
Business Manager Eynon had the
scoreboard working in apple pie
-der. on a fence embeliished with a
ock of bright. freshly painted signs.
and Assistant Secretary Tim Jorda n
had on display neat. condensed and
attractive, if inaccurate. program.
Even the big clock was on the
Job. as well as the wall.
All the properties and incidentals
were pleasing and appropriate. IN
TO him. but all Shaw had to aid him
in making his debut auspicious was
his fairly well known grunt. and it
10 a matter of record that Jim never
yet has been able to snort his way
10 victory.
After getting by for one inning
James walked a couple. committed a
balk and was raked for quartet of
bingles that netted the enemy five
runs in the sixth. Another brace Of
passes and a binsle loaded the bases
with two down in the seventh. when
the thankless task of pulling the
chestnuts out Of the fire was awarded
to Don Jose Acosta. The senior was
walIoped harder than at any time
since he Joined the local staff. Earl
catcher, cleaning up with a stout dou-
BILE and scoring himself on singles by
Benton and Burns before Monroe
srolled to Harris for the final put-out
Puts Giants In Front.
This gave the Giants a total Of ten
tallies. two more than the number
chalked up by the Grifrmen in their
big inning. and although McBride's
charges regained a one-run lead by
seventh the New Workers were not to
be denied. ana in the following frame
Walkers swinging bunt. kelly's lusty
two-bagger. and a sacrifice fly on
was cross]ng the plate helped the
] Sic,ory Sor the them. Two runs 'nA' meant
WIN the rain ended and the mer-
,cY1 climbing in the thermometer.
Manager Mcbride concluded there
johnson a workout. Walter was
accorded a warm reception by Burns.
who tripled to left center and tailed
on Monroe's clean single. Frisch
safety to center. but Picinich tagged
Walker at second when Kelly famed.
The only other dent in Barney's de-
livery during the four frames he
toiled was made by Smith with a sin
gle in the second His showing was
regarded as satisfactory, and entities
him to be nominated for mound work
in the opening game next Wednesday,
Aside from a swinging bunt to Rapp
that Rice beat out in the eighth. all
the Washington bingles were con-
fined to two innings-the second and
seventh. Slim Sallee was the victim
in the early round. when five hits. two
sacrifice flies, three walks and cou-
pie Of errors gave them an apparently
safe margin.
Harris. Shanks and O'Rourke sin
g1ed in succession. and Sallee forced
in the first run by walking Picinich.
When Monroe threw Johnson's roller
wildly trying to make a force plav
Shanks and O'Rourke scored. while
Judge cashed Picinich and Johnson
Milan got life on Monroe's second
error. Rice walked to load the sacks
and Judge Tailed on Brewers long
hy. Harris produced his second safety
OF the inning to score Milan and
stole second Shanks drew 2 pass 70
again jam the corners. and Rice tai
lied on O'Rourke's aerial sacrifice
Shanks was nipped stealing to end
the festivities.
Grins Rally in Seventh.
Only six men faced Sallee in the
next two rounds. and Benton retired
the Grins in order in the fifth and
sixth. but bumped into trouble IN
the seventh. With one out Rice
walked. and Lewis. batting for
Brewer. was hit by pitched ball,
Motto going in to run for him. Har-
ris delivered another hit, his third, to
send Rice home and Shanks produced
a bingle that scored La Motto. Har-
ris taking third and counting when
Rapp erred on ORourke's roller.
Keiiys great height enabled him to
rob Brewer of an extra bas" swat in
the frst inning. The New York first
baseman is a real Giant. standing six
feet and Il half. He needed all his
inches to reach Franks bullet-iike
drive.
a boner by Smith helped the Griffs
to one CT the eight runs they cha!kcd
Up in their big inning. Burns return
of Harris single beat Milan to the
counting station. Zcb ran wide of
the plate and then walked up and
touched il. Smith making no effort TO
tag him.
Lewis ailinC leg has so far i'm =
proved that he Will CayOrf IN left on
his old stamping grounds today
Brewer and Miller are here for pos
sIble relief work. but the latter is
in poor shape to play. having dam