The Washington herald., 1921-07-16

Erickson Holds Sox TO Five
Hits But Breaks Beat Him
Miller Misses Low Liner in El0enth, Allowing
Winning Run to Score; Johnson
Rejoins Team.

CHICAGO, July 15.-When Eddie
Mulliganrs liner squirted of the tips
OF Bing Miller's fingers In the last
halt of the eleventh inning it meant
an even break for the White Sox in
the, series with Washington, and
alse the first extra inning triumph
forswee Richard Kerr since he came
ints the majors. The score was
: to 2.
was a two-bagger, and came with
johnson on first base. which he had
acqpired by a very close shave on
a perfect bunt. 1t terminated a
combat in which the White Sox
could get only five hits of Erickson,
of the Senators. while the visitors
were garnering eleven swats on
Kerr.
sox Pull Triple Play.
The. White Sox had to bear down
hard in a tight hole to help Richard
TO hnish victor. That was in the
seventh when they staged triple
play, which local sharks say is the
first one ever executed at Comiskey
Park Sheely was the prime nbver
In the triangular killing. which
yanked Kerr out of the tight spot
and saved the game.
A scratch double by Shanks, a
scratch infieId single by Charity
and a real single by O'Rourke
scored one run in that seventh, and
made it look as II Mrs. Fate was
going to smile on the visitors, as
there was nobody out and runners
on second and first with the score
knotted. Erickson tried to bunt.
but. foozled twice, then hit low,
- rfOhf ShaRlV
was in its path. and by stretching
managed to catch the ball just off
the dirt, retiring the batter. He
then side-stepped to first, putting
out O'Rourke, and fired the pill to
johnson. who spiked the Keystone
sack long before Charity knew
what had happened.
That and a magnificent play by
Schalk at the plate in the first half
of the eleventh inning were the
swell features of the ball game.
Mulligan's two bagger would not
have terminated the game il Mostil
AMI Schalx had not eradicated what
looked like a sure tally for Wash
ington- Miller, first up in the
eleventh. was punctured in the
Stats. Shanks sacrificed and Char
rity was passed Intentionally in the
pinch O'Rourke popped out but
Erickson came within a fraction Of
an inch of winning his own game
with a single over second Mostf
raced in. made a perfect pick up
hut his throw was wide of the
plate. Schalk went of and got il
then tagged Miller a yard from the
goal.
ORsurke Boots Grounder.
There was an awful yelp from the
visitors, half a dozen Of whom
rushed at Hildebrand and pushed
him all around the plate, but the
umpire was in position to judge
the Ply accurately and stuck TO
his decision. Almost any other ar
bitter infthe league would have or
dered half the visitors of the lot
for their, actions.
The Gleaso2s were given their
first tally by O'Rourke, who booted
Johnson's bounder. Mulligan
walked and Collins singled, sending
johnson home. Erickson stopped
that attack and held the Sox until
the fourth when Srunk's single
and Falk's double earned tally.
For the next six innings Erickson
smut Ilea SON Out "llhOul dhOthSi
hit, blanking them one, two, three
in every round
The Senators made only two hits
OF Kerr in five rounds but in the
sixth a pair of singles and an in
field out scored one run. Three
hits in a row tied the score in the
seventh before the triple play
came which STAYED the game of.
walter johnson rejoined the SEN
ators today after attending his
fathers funeral and probably will
pitch in the series in Cleveland.
Judge made a sensational dive
into the, grandstand after Sheely's
foul fly in the seventh. He caught
the ball just as he hit the stand
and fen over into a box on his head.
The balIS dropped out Of his hands,
but the jumps ruled that he had
held it long enough for a legal
catch T
In addition to the triple plav,
three double killings were made,
two by the visitors and the other
by the sox.