The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-19

Wrtched fielding by Rice, O'Rourke
and Harris in places where 1t hurt
most enabled Sothoron to hang up
victory over George Mogridge, 8 to Q,
in the third game Of the series here.
1t was the third time on this trip that
Mogridge had smooth pitching nulli-
fled by leaky support in the field. AS
he is working on bonus 1t was dou-
bly, unfortunate.
Sothoron Looks Good.
Allan Sothoron looked good in the
early innings. He weakened in the
middle frames, and then came back
strong in the last three. The best Of
luck prevented runs against him in
the fourth and again in the fifth, in
deed, he won largely because the
breaks went his way. Rice's bad
throw made possible the Indians run
in the first and O'Rourke and Harris
conspired to give them two more in
the seventh. Had they fielded clean
ly, Sewell. who led off with a triple
would have been stranded by the
next three batsmen. The Griffs have
now won six out of eleven games from
the Indians this year, and in order
to keep the lead, Olaf Erickson will
probably battle them today. He is
the prize ink of the titleholders.
Walter johnson, usually effective
in Detroit, will then be availa BILE for
the first and final games against the
Tigers. Fridays open date makes
this twin appearance possible for the
big Kansan.
Sam Gives IL To En-.
Sam Rice presented the Indians
with their run in the first inning,
Stephenson singled to left with one
out. Speaker followed with another
TO center. First Rice fumbled the
grounder, and then threw wide to
Shanks, Stephenson reaching third
safely. Woods fly to Smith, who
backed up to the wall for the catch,
put Stephenson across. A moment
later Gardner forced Speaker.
Sothoron was showing delightful
control and q change until the fourth
Shanks, who coaxed a pass, was the
lone Griffman to reach first base dur
ing those three frames. He stole sec
ond with Sothoron holding the ball,
but O'Rourke's strike-out ended the
inning.
The pace was tellins. on the In
dian hurler, though, and luck In the
shane of Evans arm saved him in
the fourth. He started with pass
10 Harris. Rice sacrificed and then
came another pass to Smith. A
clever double steal put Griffs on sec
ond and third with one out. Bing
Miller raised a high foul for Evans
end Harris dug for the plate with the
catch. the peg beat Harris by a step
and Sothoron was saved for the mo-
ment. ..
The Griffs got their first bits off
sothoron in the fifth and again had
men on second and third and failed
10 score. with one down O'Rourke
seat out a slow roller down the first
base line and rushed to third on
Picinich's solid wallop to center.
Nogridge, seeking to squeeze In a
run. hunted to Sothoron in front Of
the plate The attempt failed and
O'Rourke was driven back to third,
where Picinich, already there, was
tagged out. Mogridge reached sec
ond during the wild chase after
O'Rourke. Joe Judge blew his gol-
den chance with a grounder to Burns.
Bing Spears One. TO-.
Featuring the other half OF the
session was a long, running one
handed catch by Bing Miller of
Sothoron's long ny In left center.
The bulky outfielder showed excel
lent Judgment and a fierce burst Of
speed in making the play
The expected happened In the
sixth and again Bing Miller was
IN the spotlight Harris opened