The Washington herald., 1921-04-18


wers borne out as far as the frst
game was concerned. 1t was pep
perry battle from start to finish. hiled
with good pitching, clever fielding
ana enough hitting to keep the fans
on tksIr; toes. And on top of it ALL
Johnson gave a fine exhibition of
pitehing as it should be done.
Az far as hits were concerned,
watser was not particularly stinGy.
He was nicked for ten safe ones,
but except in the first inning no two
OF them came in the same round.
On at-least three occasions he was
in grave danger. 1t was then that
he proved he had not lost his old
cunning In the first. three hits and
an error by O'Rourke kept the big
slzbber' N trouble, but a wonderful
throw 10 the plate by Lewis which
nippedTNWitt by split-second mar
gin. helped him to emerge success
fully.
Bases Crammed, Fans Witt.
The big test. however. came in
the seventh when a walk, hit and
error filled the bases with two
down. Whitley Witt came to the
bat-the same gentleman who had
also, nicked johnson for a single
and a pair of triples. 1t was the old
croocial moment. One strike was
called on Whitley and he fOuled an
other. Then Barney slipped a hook
over on the outside and Whitley
stood there looking at it. "Batter's
out!" Yelled Tommy Connolly. That
was where the old stun counted and
Barney had it in reserve. The fans
nearly raised the roof of the grand
stand
The sixth was another dangerous
inning when Witt, who is setting a
fast pace with the bamboo. opened
wfth-a-triple to left center. He
never reached the plate, however.
thanks TO, good fielding by Barney
himself on Clarence Walkers
grounder.
Philadelphia had a total of ten
men left stranded on the sacks and
populated the cushions in all save
one round. This fact constantly
gave them hope of at least tieing the
slim lead which the Griffs secured
in the first three innings. But Bar
ney's speed and slants always
stopped them He struck out six
men, twice shootisg the third one
by when hits would have meant
runs and despite his tendency toward
wildness, issued but one free ticket
But for his own misplay in the final
frame when he wild-pitched Dykes
home. Barney would have shared
with Carl Mays the honor of pitch
ing the first shutout of the season
Carl goosegged the Red Sox yester-
day in easy fashion.
Grins Land on NayIor.
Despite a handicap of two runs
made by the Griffs in the first in
ming when they slammed Rollie
Naylor for four hits, the Mackmen
never let up. Roy Moore. star
southpaw, replaced Naylor at the
start Of the second and hurled d
brilliant brand of ball. Four hits
Is all he allowed in eight innings.
the singlenrun coming in the third
after Rice had opened with a double
Moore had binding speed and
pukziing curve. Except for occa-
slonsi ITS. OF wiIdress, his wor.S was
Ell that could be asked.
Frank o'Rourke had an oH-day
afield, his two errors making things
hard for johnson. shAnks also con-
tributed a wild throw 10 first that
might have caused troubie. astner-
wise, however. the Griffs handled
themselves in fne form. Duffy
Lewis distinguished himself not
only by his throw to the plate in
catch Of Dykes foul fly in the third.
As Inheld shows Class.
The Philadelphia infield. with the
husky Frank BRAZIL at first, looked
better than last season. Dugan
committed highway robbery on
Harris In the sixth. making a re-,
markable stop with his gloved hand
OF -near-hit and following it up
with a quick throw to first. which
BRAZIL pulled out Of the dirt. 1t
Wy. Dykes, at second, also lived
up 70 MS reputation as being al
fancy performer.
Mayor got away to a bad start
IN tses hrst when Judge opened with
slnge TO center, which fell safe
5ecause Welch had moved back
against the fence. and went to third
when Milan connected on the hit
and run. Rice was tossed out at
nrst- but Lewis slashed one past the
box TO center, scoring Judge and
Milan
In the third. with Moore pitching.
the last local run resulted from a
double 60 right by Rice, Lewis sac
rice hunt and Harris rap to
Dykes, Nho was too late in return
ing the ball to the plate to catch
the feot Sam From that time on
Moore vas supreme. allowing but
one hit. He was only in danger in
the Irf5ths when he walked Lewis
shds Harris, but Duffy was out
stealing. and Bucky was left