The Washington herald., 1921-08-09
Macs Men in Slugging Mood;
Rice Leads With Four Hits
Walter. johnson Works Under Wraps With
Early Lead. Griffs Pile Up Seven
Runs in Ninth Inning.
By JACK sYE

Grifmen INDUCED in q lively bat
ting practice against four st. Louis
pitchers yesterday. piling up sew
enteen hits and winning by top
heavy score Of 16 to 5.
With Walter johnson gracing the
mound the boys decided 1t was
time to start another streak. They
hope to have IL well under way
before they leave next week for
another swing around the Western
eircuit.
In an effort to stop the slugging
orgy, Manager Fohl used sixteen
athletes but the rain Of hits con-
tinued with monotonous regularity.
Sam Rice. who has finally
snapped out of that batting slump,
had another big day with the will
low gathering four hits in hVe
timks up for the second day in sue
cession- One single, two doubles
and a triple. was his contribution
to the teams total. He hammered
in four of the Grinmen's runs and
otherwise disported himself in his
1920 form.
Every Grinman Gets q Hit.
Every Griaman got at least one
hit ldring the afternoon and all OF
them crossed the plate except
johnson, who was satisfied with a
double and a single, each of which
pushed in a runner.
Barney took things easy In the
box after getting away to an early
lead He mad plenty in reserve and
was never in danger. In the final
round he was lobbing them over
ana, allowed the enemy to bunch
five hits tor a couple Of runs. The
most damaging smack was a nome
runtto deep left field by Luke stu
art, infielder from Rich
mond in the Virginia League. who
substituted for McManus at second.
It was a long drive to the extreme
Garner where the fenc and jury
Iox meet and furnished transporta-
tion home for Gerber in addition
To the slugging recruit.
Until the ninth frame the Browns
had compiled exactly five hits OH
Johnson.
McBride's lads showed no favor
IN their treatment of the opposing
slabbers.
st. Louis Pitchers slaughtered.
Bili Bayne was the starter and
lasted three innings, during which
he was touched for six hits and flVe
markers. Then came Ray kolp,
who stuck around another three
rounds. Ray gave up four hits
and only, three runs
,yeS Morris, formerly with the
white Sox, was the third victim ana
was extremely wild. He pulled
through the seventh with but one
.core against him, but in the eighth
he exploded. After three runs had
been registered in that inning with
none out, William Burwell was led
TO the slaughter. Before 1t was
over the Griffs had counted seven
Norris eIiot only issued a couple of
walks during his brief tenure OF Of
flee, but hit Stanley Harris on the
Stats in two successive innings.
Three runs In. the second was the
first outbreak of the Grins. They
were fthe res2lt of singles by MIL
Ter and Harris, Shanks' sacrince,
O'Rourke's single and Barneys
double TO. left In the third they
added two more. After Milan and
Rice had bingled, Gerber erred on
Shanks' rap and Milan scored On
an attempted double steal Rice
crossed the pan while Shanks was
being smothered in a chase.
Kolp weathered the fourth safely,
but in the fifth Judges single and
Rice's first double made the total
six. In the sixth two more were
added. A walk to Shanks and Nc
Manus' error on O'Rourke's ground
er paved the way. Johnson's single
scored Shanks and "Blackie" count
- hainO fnrCad
At second
Morris q wild Party.
Wild Man Morris made his debut
to start the seventh and was lucky
not to have had more than one run
scored against him then. Rice
opened with a triple to right, but
was caught in a chase when Miller
raped to Ellerbe. Harris took a
fast one in the ribs and Shanks
walked, filling the bases. After
Picinich had famed, O'Rourke also
waited for four bad ones, forcing
Miller home. johnson hit ter
rifle liner right into the paws of
Stuart bringing the hectic round to
an end.
The assault on Morris was con-
tinued in the eighth, when he was
forced out and seven runs were
finally counted. Judge opened with
single and advanced on Williams
error. Milan singled and Rice dou-
hIed to left, counting his mates.
Miller scored Rice with a single,
and Harris stopped another one
with his back. That was where
Fohl lost patience and sent Bur-
well to the mound.
Shanks greeted the new HEAVIER
with an Infield single, filling the
bases Picinich raped to Ellerbei
and Miller was safe at the plate
when SEVERED failed to handle the
peg cleanly. O'Rourke than slashed
one past Tobin to the fence, being
held to two bases under the ground
rules. This wallop scored both Har-
ris and Shanks- Barney struck out,
but Judge brought Picinich home
with a fly to Jacobson. Milan rung
down the curtain with a tap to
Sister.
Hits by Williams and Jacobson
and Severeid's hy to Miller gave
the visitors their first run in the
second, and in the fifth, they got
two more on Tobin's single, FL
lerbe's triple to right and Shanks'
throw into the visiting players
bench in an effort 10 catch the gov
ernor.
That was all until the ninth. when
Barney eased up and let the Browns
do some hitting. Gerber singled and
with his homer to left Collins,
n.