The Washington times., 1921-04-17

as he ever has. even when break
ing In. Naturally Manager Mcbride
must be worrying. He needs good
pitching more than anything else
and had counted on his bulky south
paw to deliver his share. Today
George must realize that one Of his
standbys needs seasoning.
We have frequently had cause to
grin at ]. Grunting Shaw in these
columns. We have never had but
the best of wishes for the big Pitts
burgher, even when he looked hts
worst. Hence 1t Is with great Joy
that we hand him this posy. He was
the one real pitcher sent to the
mound against the Red Sox yester-
day.
Shaw twirled the last two innings.
He disposed of six Red Sox in a row.
Two of them managed to raise flies
beyond the infield. That's how good
Shaw looked. Indeed. IL we didn't
know that son-of-a-gun. we'd promise
that he'd pitch good ball the next time
out. Knowing him, we refrain from
doing anything so wild as that. He
may prove a sad, sad lemon next time
he essays the pitching task.
THORMAHLEN Is GOOD.
Herb Thormahlen. last year with
the Yankees. pitched nne ball all the
way. He walked Milan in the open.
ing frame and allowed two brisk bin
giles by Lewis and Harris that brought
Milan across. but after that third
frame he had a soft time taking care
of the home crew. And he did it.
neatly and cleverly and to the very
end.
Here's that third inning. a sorry
AFFAIR. Ruel walked. Thormahlen
bunted and Charity tossed high to
Judge. putting the pitcher on the bag.
Witt walked, filling the corners.
Menosky bounded one at Harris, who
sought to grab the ball and tag Witt.
Harris dropped the ball in his attempt
and a run was over, with the bases
still clogged.
Tim Hendryx smashed q single to
left, scoring Thormahlen and Witt.
That was enough for Zachary, who
disappeared in favor of Acosta. Pratt
welcomed the Cuban with a safe
smash to center that Rice let roll be-
tween his legs. Menosky and Hem
dryx Tailed and Pratt went all the
way to third. He came right over,
though, when Collins poled a real
triple to the corner in left field.
McInnis died before Scott could sin
gle. bringing in Collins, but the bat
terry perished. and so the runs stopped
at seven. That had been large in
ming for the Red Sox. 1t stinled
whatever the Griffs could do.
In the seventh Shanks drew q walk,
went up on an infield out AMI came
over on Bing Miller's pinch Texas
Lacquer to right
Pat Charity grabbed his second
triple in the ninth and came over
on an infield out. There were no
other Washington runs.
Washington fans got their hrst
peak at Bing Miller and Dceby Foss
in big league games yesterday. Miller
succeeded In dropping a huke hit In
short right close to the foul line That
blow brought Shanks over. Foss merely
bumped one at Witt and died.
However, it was noticeable that
both youngsters received wild greet
ings from the large crowd. That. and
= flock of letters into this office de-
manding that something be done to
get youngsters into the regular line
up may cause Manager Mcbride to do
some thinking between now and to-
morrow. II he hasn't done 50 yet Ap-
parently the fans want to see Foss
and Miller playing on the ball club.
O'ROURI<E BRILLIANT.
''Blackie" o'Rourke played a great
fielding game and earned the ap-
plause handed him in great gobs.
O'Rourke is more than flling the bill
in the shortheld, while his hitting
has been up to the mark. There
would be yell were he benched.
However, the real classy bit of feld-
ing was turned in by "Bucky" Har-
ris, who went over beyond second
base in the seventh. picked up the
ball knocked through Acosta's hands
and got Hendryx at first base. When
all is said and done that was the real
lallapaloosa of the dim afternoon.
The Griffmen's fielding was rocky,
Rice, Harris and Charity contribut-
ing to the misplay total. but they
outhit the Red Sox. and. had they re-
ceived steady pitching. would have
won, even with their three boots.
So far as we can see, the WASH
ington club will win a lot Of ball
games, IL its pitchers will deliver.
In four games Erickson, Schacht and
shaw are the only ones to resemble
big league stuff on the mound. and
shaw has worked but two innings.
Consistent winning requires more
,han what has been shown by the