Evening star., 1921-05-31

feat was the portion OF the NatlC
stronger. and yielded only one tally
the holiday by turning in the most
a Griffithian boxman this season by
of singles and row OF goose eggs.
Courtney. Zachary. Shaw and Schacht
are yet TO be heard from. Two or
more of them will he given the op-
portunity to demonstrate whether
they can emulate the eNmaple of the
other quartet and pitch on par in
the remaining encounters with the
GothamiteS today and tomorrow. II
just one of the number demonstrates
he has absorbed the germs of effect
iveness with which the others seemed
TO have been inoculated the Nationals
may be expected to climb rapidly dur
ing the three weeks remaining of their
sojourn on the local lot. While not
brilliant on defense. nor all-powerful
in attack. they field and hit well
enough to win goodly proportion of
their games when given fairly strong
slabbing-
Batting averages of the Yankees
took quite a slump on the holiday. as
a result of acquiring only nine hits.
largely through the brilliant box.
work of George Mogridge, who blank
ed them by a score of / to 0. with
two singles in the evening encounter
after Rip Collins had taken the meas
ure of Jose Acosta in the forenoon
SLdSI, ny d Guilt IL w DIS uOl tne
best game Mogridge ever pitched. for
he is credited with a no-hit per-
formance against the Red Sox four
years ago. but it was by far the most
impressive exhibition given by
Washington finger this season and
was particularly gratifying to the
southpaw, inasmuch as it was the
team which shifted him here with
Duffy Lewis. in exchange for Bobby
Roth. that suffered at his hands.
Mogridge bad a fine turn of speed
excellent control, as shown by the
fact that he issued only one pass, and
he employed a change of pace that
made what is left of the so-called
Murderers Row of the Yankees re-
semble novices. But his fielding was
The tall portsider was all over the
diamond, snaring bunts. hoppers and
rolHrs. and covering first, handling.
all told. seven chances on at least
three of which he sparkled.
Until the seventh it appeared he
might again engrave his name in
the pitchers hall of fame. not a safety
being recorded of him in that time.
Then Ruth spoiled his record with
would have gotten by Harris had
he not been playing back on the
grass toward first. which is sup
posed to be Babes ALLEY" Mogridge
was threatened only once. with one
out. in the ninth. when Pinch Hitter
throw by O'Rourke. the only miscue
registered in the battle McNally
followed with clean single over
second Then Brewer intercepted
his terrific liner and Mogridge him
self delded Ptpp's little tap for the
dnal put-out
Bfnx anA Hank Produce Run.
Old Jack Quinn stabbed IN man
ner which would have beaten any
one but Aosridge in the form he dis
played yesterday. A hsrculean crash
to left center for three bases by Bing
Miller, in round 2. followed by
ShanlS double down the right field
line. produced the only tally Of the
ether occasions. notably in the sew
enth. when singles by Charity and
ORourke, and an Intentional pass to
Judge filled the bases with two out.
but escaped, on this occasion; when
Ollie Chill, who sometimes combines $
Harris out on strikes. two OF which
apparently were quite wide of the
Shanks and Miller made fine running
catches Of aerial offerings by 4itcheli
; and Schang, respectively. and Brewer
! gave an imitation Of Eliza crossing
! the ice when he leaped into the field
boxes chasing Pinch Hitter Fewsters
: foul in the ninth. fitting lightly over
. the tops of the chairs.
Rain, which has been daily fea-
. ture for the last three afternoons,
i developed with the close of the sixth
: inning. but didn't seem to bother
either Mogridge or Quinn
batted ball in practice and gave way
after the first inning to Johnny
Mitchell, the coast league phenom.
Rajah expects to be on the job at
short again this afternoon.
= Mogridge and Roth had a Wordy
battle when the latter came up to
bat for Mitchell in the final round,
but nothing more than hard words
were exchanged.
shanks had the distinction Of bat
ting in both of the runs the Nationals
acquired on the holiday.
Meusel Saves AM. Game.
Rip Collins, the two-gun man from
Texas. gave a fine exhibition of fling
ing in the am. frolic. the first game
he has started for the Yanks this sea-
son. but he began to weaken toward
the close, and but for really re-
markable catch by Meusel of hearty
wallop of Sam Rice in the eighth,
probably would have taken the count
then and there. Harris was on sec
ond by reason of his swinging bunt
and Schang's wild peg, when Rice
ticketed one for the scoreboard that
would have netted at least two bases
Meusel turned and ran with his back
to the ball until within a few feet OF
the barricade. when he lsaped and
speared it His long throw to Peck
easily doubled up Harris. who had
rounded third. Brewer whacked one
against the target Rice was aiming at
in the following frame. which, but for
Meusers brilliant effort, would have
meant the tieing run. Turkey" sub
eeouently tailed with Washington's
lone marker on Shanks' sacrifice fly
Collins was invincible in the early
rounds He walked pair in the
opener, but made Brewer pop and
famed Miller. Singles by o'Rourke
and Harris in the second and third
respectively, were unsupported. and
Pinch Hitter Milan's stiff crack was
corralled by McNally after Shanks an6
O'Rourke had drawn passes in the
seventh
walk to Peck and Ruth'S double
to center gave the Yanks their frs
run in the opener and their othel
marker was registered by McNally OF
a double steal with Pipp after eacf