Evening star., 1921-07-02

But the washington athletes will
hdVe 70 40 more hitting than they
have shown in their recent efforts
10 check the determined Athletics
and with the way the visitors pitch
ers are working at present that. is
not Such an easy feat In all lLeli
hooo' the Nationals VIII be called
upon to face the slants Of RoIlie Nav
Ior at the Florida bail ward this aft
erhoon II he is anywhere near his
reg uIar form and Courtney pitches
as IN ms late games. fans may expec;
mound duel approaching those in
yesteFuay dual attraction
Cloutins Is Missing.
Atter splurge of free-for-all hit
~ Ing. ths alright hurting of the dou-
PIE header was a welcome relier
!" alter johnson and Roy Moore. opno-
nehts IN the first engagement, gave
as pIeasing an exhibition as could tn
! uesired, but their efforts were bet
, ITred by George Mogridge and Boo
nasty in the second encounter Those
VINO have been complaining bitterly
oi the lively ball had nothing 10
hEH ABOUT in either game. for. all
, .oId. me two clubs made but twenty
four hits IN twenty-one innings.
johnson Fans Four in Row,
outsice OF the fatal eighth inning
IN the initial battle, only twenty-six
Athletlc natters faced johnson. The
sessions. and four of his seven strike
outs were made in succession. Woora
W ltt and Dykes took the count in the
sixth. and Welch. leading off in the
ssFehth' was victim. Walter yield
| ed only seven hits. but four of these
were clustered in the eighth and
brought disaster
Moore also did some mighty e1ec-
tive hurting. He was nicked for sew
en- safeties. and in two innings the
.sationals punched blows, hut only
! one OF the attacks was successful
rms occurred in the fourth when
! Judge. Harris and Smith singled. the
last named sending Joe home. The
Nationals had only two more real
/ cha nces t" score, hut Miller was able
| 10 90 nothing more than pop to
| Dykes when Rice and Smith we're on
the paths in the sixth. and Tillie
! a!k"rS neat catch Of Johnson's
| looper for the third out in the ninth
, le1t W aShlngton runners on first and
! third
! When the Macks finally got to
! Johnson. they made a good job of it.
1 Perkins opened the eighth with a
: single TO right and moved to third
! when Dusan clouted to center for
! one base. McCann's hit counted Per-
klns. and Wits walk filled the sacks
! Brazil batting for Dykes. smashed
I to right, scoring Dugan. but Smiths
throw erased Mccain at the plate.
. Ne!ch MADE the third out with fly
! to Rice. but the damage was done.
/ MOgridEe Gives Three Hits.
| Both Mogridge and Hasty were
stingy in their clash. The former
allowed only three hits. Johnny
Walker got a double in the second
Witt bunted safely in the ninth and
| Perkins hit for two bases in the
| tenth. Johnny Walker was the only
! Mack to reach third base. He got
! there when his two-ply hit was fol-
! low ed by Perkins infield out. Dugan
! then was famed by Mogridge and Nc
! Cam was retired, ShankS to Judge.
| The visitors did not have another fair
! scoring chance.
| The Nationals had two good oppor-
| tunities to grab the game before
! the twelfth. Miller and Shanks made
| successive hits at the start of
/ the fifth inning the former was
, trapped off second and Charity and
! O'Rourke wer easy outs. With one
| down, Charity doubled in the elev-
| enth. but Welch made a remarkable
catch of O'Rourke's drive to deep
center and Mogridge grounded out.
! 1t was different in the twelfth.
however. Judge walked to start and
/ advanced on Harris neat bunt. Rice
! popped to Dugan. but Smith hit
| sharply to left field. Judge had to
/ sprint speedily to get home ahead OF
Tillie Walkers perfect peg TO Per-
I. kins and barely managed to slide
f! safely under the catcher who had the
plate well blocked.