The Washington times., 1921-06-18

nIUG w eSCern Trip.
Turkey Brewer. Bing Miller and
Sam Rice have done noble wors1 In
driving In runs that won, but when
agate. some other Griffman would
step into the breach and deliver the
needed bingles. 1t has been Joe
Judge or Bucky Harris or Blackie
ORourke. No opposing hurler can
expect soft stuff from any man In the
Washington battle line these days.
They're all vicious, even some Of the
huriers now and then.
The broken and battered st Louis
Browns, sadly missing Walter Gerber
In the infield, tumbled for the third
successive day before the onrushing
Griffs yesterday. 5 to 4. They came
but lacked the needed wallop to tie
the score and George MoEridge had
hung up his eighth victory to three
defeats for the Washington ball club.
BROWNS TAKE LEAD.
The Browns took two-run lead In
the first frame. but 1t was the result
of fluke. After Tobin had singled
and advanced on Lambs sacrifice,
George Sisler singled to center. Sam
Rice made mess of stopping the
grounder. and Sisler chased Tobin
across the platter. And after that not
a Brownie scored until that explosion
in the ninth. &E
Bernie Boland. former Detroit Tig-
err, tried for the second time this sea
son to tame the Griffs. In st. Louis
he held them to two hits and no runs
for five innings. Then they drove
him from the mound and scored six
runs Yesterday they began picking
on him in the first frame. finally driv-
ing him from the rubber in the fifth.
Harris and Rice singled in the first
and Brewer walked only to have Mil
ler and Shanks fall down. But in the
second IL was different Charity
singled to left. o'Rourke stopped a
pitched ball with his arm. and Mo-
Rridge beat out a bunt to Boland,
filling the bases.
Judge flied to jacobson but Bucky
Harris hammered a single to left and
In came Charity and O'Rourke. Rice
and Brewer left the other two birds
stranded. But the score was tied.
SHOWER INTERvENEs.
A smart shower busted up the game
sitter the Griffsi finished the third. and
Capt. Tim Jordan marshaled his pull
man porters over the lot until the
tafpaulin saved the diamond till the
rain ceased. Then the teams took up
the going where 1t had stopped.
In the fourth, with two out, Earl
Smith cracked his first safe hit since
joining the Griffs. a solid drive to
center. Brewer had gone to first base
and Smith to right after the shower,
Judge having been shaken up in a
collision with Mogridge at the bag
Harris strolled and Rice walloped
u
thought to score when the ball got
away from SEVERED, but the latter
shot 1t back to Boland in time to nail
Harris at the plate.
Two more rolled over In the NTH
Boland failed to come back for the
sixth. ELAN Vangilder pitching the
last three innings in good fashion.
with one down Bing Miller singled
to center. running his hitting streak
up to seventeen consecutive games.
Shanks walked but Gharrity's roller
to Lamb brought death to Miller on
the path. 'fv .E.--r'
1t remained for Blackie O'Rourke,
the nervy, game shortstop, to deliver
double to left field, scoring Shanks
from second. williams return throw
was wild and. as the bail rolled to-
ward the field boxes. Charity crossed
the plate with the last run of the
day for the home boys.
LEAP ON MoGRIDGE.
After that first inning Mogridse
had pitched marvelously effective ball.
Sisler and Williams. two capable left
hand hitters, were on his staff. Sew
ereid and Jacobson, hard righthsnd
hitters, were just as weak. Twice
the Brownies, got two men on the
bases only to have Mogridge shut
them off from reaching the counting
station. However. in the ninth they
leaped upon him and scored two runs.
Marty McManus scratched hit to
short O'Rourke making a brilliant
catch of the boundef and
q perfect throw. even II late. Lee Fohl
sent up couple OF pinch hitters In
Pat Collins and Josh Billings. but both
of them famed. the latter watching
the third one bend across the plate.
Johnny Tobin. who had already
singled three times, stepped up and
deposited safety past Harris.
Bucky had to travel far to his left
for the ball and followed II up with
A punk heave to the dugout McManus
went to third and Tobin to second
Lamb delivered the kick in the right
place, singing to left and bringing
both runners over. George Sisler came
through with a single to right and
ron1e of the chicken hearted fans be-
came nervous. Ken williams smashed
q hard one to Brower's right, but the
long firststicker got II over TO Mo-