The Washington herald., 1921-04-16

hOmers Inshe renee Fe"s
Home runs within the confines of
the local park were infrequent last
season.
Several sluggers, including Babe
Ruth and Joe Judge, lifted the ball
over the fence. but only three four
base drives can be recalled which
stayed within the grounds steve
O'Neill was responsible for one OF
them with a smash to center. Joe
Jackson raped another homer 10
center on a certain memorable occa-
sion with the bases loaded. And
Del Pratt. the same gentleman who
Is playing second for the sto7ians
in the present series, sent the ball
through an uncharted hole under
the right field fence. So IL can be
seen that two IN one day for the
Griffmen is pretty fair work.
Those two sInacks were well
worth the price of admission.
Rice's blow toCls the spectators
and players unawares. Joe Bush
had retired two men in the first in
ming when the speedboy came to the
bot. There was a crack-and the
stands arose The ball was seen
humming toward the wall in right
center. with Shane Collins speeding
after it. Bounding of the brick
barrier just below the signboard, the
horsehide continued its way to-
ward the fiagpole. As Sam rounded
second. Collins recovered it,. The
aeet outfelder put on more steam
and his long stride carried him
along with amazing speed. Pratt
received the throw-in and made
nj fa hn ice
slid under as the ball reached Rueis
glove.
Menosky's Fall Helps Pat.
There was little less of the spec
tacular in Gharrity's effort. He
leaned against one of young Fuller
tons offerings and it landed in deep
left, Just inside the foul line. Then
II rolled to the distant corner at the
end of the jury box. Menosky
started with the crack of the bat,
eut he slipped and fell. That extra
second or two was a life saver for
the bulky receiver, as the play at
the plate was too close for comfort
He was one step ahead of the bah.
The Beaneaters were strengthened
in this third game by the presence
of DerriII Pratt, former New York
scCOnu SdChtEs WHO JOlHeu the team
here after having changed his mind
about retiring. Even with this ad-
dition, showever. the visitors were
overwhelmed in decisive fashion.
Bush suffered the fate of other
Boston pitchers by being hit freely.
though some of the safeties, II must
be admitted, were scratch affairs.
This was especially true in the
fourth, when the Griffs scored four
runs on five hits. Bush retired after
the sixth. and Fullerton was sent
against the Griffs for the second
time during the series. The only
runs made off him were the result
OF Gharrity's homer.
ErIck In Fine Form.
Erickson's side-arm stuff was too
much for the enemy. They managed
to gather eight hits. but they could
not convert them into runs EXCEPT
for occasional unsteadiness. the
Swede looked very impressive.
Again the Griffs' fielding was top
notch. Shanks made the only mis-
play on a bum throw to first, but II
did no damage. Joe Judge was
forced to doff his lid after making a.
hne recovery and throw to get COL
lins at second in the eighth, and
Rice burst into prominence again In
the same inning by spearinE Pratt's
drive to right-center with one paw
while on the run.
After Rice's opening homer, the
Griffs were idle until the fourth
when they rang the bell four times
With one out. Harris singled to
right and Shanks sent a hit into
left O'Rourke sent q short drive
to right center and all hands were