The Washington herald., 1921-05-30


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Erick Yields Three Hits.
Erick held the Sox to three safe
raps, one of which was for a trio
Of bases by Derrill Pratt, and had
little trouble in keeping hostile
tioofs Of the platter. In the seventh
McInnis and Scott nicked him for a
couple more, but just about that
time IL began to rain. The occu-
pants of the cushions were washed
fight into the dugout and never had
a chance to come back and claim
their own.
with the opening of the storm
sIouds, the fans were treated to
fhefr first view of Captain Tim
Jordan's black battalion of death in
rs famous canvas-laying drill. This
peerless organization. recruited
from the dusky soda pop and pea
nut vendors. charged to center field,
where the big tarpaulin was parked
in readiness for Just such an occa-
sion.
Red o'Day, the corpulent cor
porsl. was in temporary command.
-Unroll in two counts" shouted
the- first cousin to Hard Boiled"
Smith. Like machinery. the unroll-
ing was done. and the covering lay
ready for the next movement
Forward. march,! beloved
O'Day, brandishing his loaded sock
toward the infield. The battalion
strained and pulled, but the rain
soaked canvas refused to bulge.
Then O'Dsy's charges did a regret
table thing. They hid under the
covering. refusing to face the COM
mon enemy.
-Cap'n Jordan Takes Command.
Infuriated by this seeming lack
of morale. Captain Jordan dashed
out from the reviewing stand and
took personal charge. He called
his heroes to attention and read 'em
the riot act.
Forward, hor' he Numbered. and
the canvas began to move. Double
quick sang the cap'n, as he led
the way. Reaching the left-feld
boundary. the n-chief
essayed to do a snappy about-face.
forgetting the treacherous footing
Instead. he did a graceful fadeaway
and came face to face with mother
earth. There were those in the
SNahoS "nO 50 lOEBOL themselves
that they smiled. The appreciative
ones broke into a round of applause.
About this time IL stopped rain
ing. and the battalion was given
at ease" while the cap'n and his
trusty corporal retired to take
stock of the tactical situation. At a
late hour last night the tarpaulin
was reported to be nearing the in
field.
The ball game itself didn't have a
thing on the charge OF the canvas
crew or the pursuant drill. Not at
all.
All Of which has nothing to do
with the ball game.
o,Rourke's Popularity Grows.
Every Grifman landed a clean
wsilop yesterday with the excep-
tfon of Hank Shanks. who walked
once and had a sacrifice in his three
trips to the platter. "Blackie"
O'Rourke helped his average along
by smacking out a couple, thereby
pleasing the fans as much as him
SELF
For be it known that o'Rourke
is-one player who can hit less than
the size of his bonnet and make
errors with remarkable consistency
and yet stand in with the Gus
toners. His fighting spirit and
temperament have made him a ia
yorite.
In the second round yesterday
he ran back of second to stab Hen
dryx's low fly with his glove hand.
He didn't seem to have a chance, bur
demonstrated what can be done by
trying for everything. When he
came to bat in the next inning he
got a big hand, which he rightly
deserved
Hank Shanks also cut up a bit
around third base. his best bit of
fielding coming when he knocked
down Ruers hard drive to his left
in the fifth recovered in lightning
fashion and pegged his man out by
asslim margin. He also was on the
front end of a lightning double
play in the sixth.
- Grins Score Frequently,
Erickson had somebody on base In
every round save the first but was
in trouble only once. That was
when Pratt opened the second with
triple. Del stayed right there.
however. as O'Rourke took care of
both Hendryx and McInnis, while
Scott skied to Rice. The rest of the
time Erick was just breezing along.
The opening inning saw the first
run scored on Sothoron. After Judge
Mad whitfield. Harris singled and was
forced by Rice. Brewer walked and
Miller single to right brought Sam
across the plate. Shanks also drew
pass hlling the cushions, but
Foster made a fine stop of Char
rlty's sizzling bounder and forced
Hank at second.
Sothoron had , no trouble in the
second and third, buc in the fourth
was ntcked for two more after a
couple were out. Charity started
the rally by walking and O'Rourke
dropped hit into right. Erickson
slammed one to right, counting Fat
and Judge shot a single to center
scoring "Blackie"
isfn the sixth the visiting burI,r
was more rudely handled than ever
Rice and Brewer singled in success.
sion and Miller drove them home
with a line drive to right center for
pree bases. Ring Tailed on
Shsnks' sacrifice fly to Hendryx.
Then Charity and O'Rourke singled
again whereupon Sotforon got the
gate Karr relieved him and forced