Evening star., 1921-04-03

Courtney and Schacht occupied the
hill Tor the Grifrmen and each gave
s,d,hr: q rairiy creditabie exnibition The
three innings. although Neiderkofn's
double Is the only evidence Of II
found In the box score. Foss saved
him some embarrassment at the out
set with a one.hand stab of a rap by
nearly tore leg of the pitcher
the ball when it ricocheted on
Courtney's knee. In the second
ming stab Of q hard-hit bounder. Harry
getting over to first in time to take his
toss
Courtney Lacks Control.
Courtney displayed more stuff than
at any time to date, but his control
was nothing to boast of. He walked
q pair and a wild pitch was RESPONSE
Lookouts. Schacht made a better
showing than his fellow worker. es-
pectally in ability to place the hall.
Two Of the four hits he allowed were
scratchy affairs.
Lewis carried off the batting hon
ors with triple and single in four
times up. His drive in the sixth, the
hardest hit ball of the afternoon.
netted him nothing. the left fielder
picking It OH the barrier. Harris and
through one=hand stabs made by
alien infielders.s O'Rourke alone Of
the 'Griffs failed to get a safety.
Every member of the Griffithian
the opening round. Four Of them did
it with telling effect. spurning the
lowly singles for swats Of the extra
base variety. and by the time three
hands had been retired a quartet Of
runs were chalked up. Judge opened
with double to left. advanced a
base on Milan's death and slid into
the plate safely under Bluehawk's
high return of Rice's bounder. Sam
stole second: counted on Lewis triple
Harris biff past Osborne for two
bases. Sam trotted to the plate when
Foss ripped liner to the fence in
left center for two bases.
O'Rourke walked and moved up a
notch with Deebe while Picinich was
being retired. Then Courtney top
ped drive and was thrown out by
the catcher.
Lookouts Get a Tally.
Courtney set the first six men down
in order. aided by some fast work
on the part of his infielders. but in
the third he slipped a cog and pre-
s.nted the natives with a tally. He
stealing. Old Doc Neiderkorn then
rified double to right center. took
third while ORourke was disposing
Of Taylor. and scored when Courtney
uncorked a wild pitch. Harry famed
two of the three men who faced him
Schacht after yielding a single and
walking one in the fifth.
Rice. who singled and stole second
in round No. 2. was the only visitor
to get on the bases after the first
inning. until the fourth, when an
error paved the way for three more
runs. Picinich started with a single
through third. and Courtney beat out
a well placed bunt down the first
base line. Val continued on to the
far corner. overslid the bag in beat
ing the first baseman's throw. and
got back safely. but was waved out
by the jumps. Stephens toss to Blue
hawk of Judges crack in an effort
to force Courtney was wild. Milan
singled over second. scoring Court
ney. Judge and Milan advanced on
Rice's death, and both counted when
Lewis singled to left. Duffy was
tagged stealing.
Hits Into Double Play.
O'Rourke hit into a double play
after Foss had walked in the fifth,
but in the following frame. against
unearned tallies were added. Picinich
and Judge reached the runway by
virtue OF misplays, with Courtney
whiting in between. Miller, who
took Mflan's place. forced Judge, stole
second unmolested, and Tailed with
Picinich on Rice's vicious single to
center. Sam swiped second. no play
being possible on him with the leal
he obtained. and he was left when
Osborne backed up against the left
field fence to grab Lewis terrific
clout.
Morris proved considerable Of an
improvement in a pitching way over
Taylor. Only three Griffs faced him
in the seventh and Schacht's single in
the eighth was unsupported. In the
ninth Rice got a life on Stephens wild