The Washington times., 1921-03-24

field and much faster on the bases.
He is young enough to develop rs a
batter. and on this account may BE-
carried for q while before being
farmed out for experience
DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.
Young Goebel didn't look 50 good In
yesterdays game, tanning four times
in a row before whacking a clean sin.
gle to center. but he was following
instructions in going all the way
through with his swing at the bali.
and his work suited Manager Nc
Bride. He handled four put-outs III
good fashion, and his work on gro md
balls was all that could be desired.
Foss, though, looked very good to
Manager Mcbride. In the first place,
he impressed all by his brains around
the hot corner. His throwing was al
ways in the right direction and On a
line. He showed he knew how to tag
sliding runners, too. which is not one
of Ellerbe's strong points.
The youngster got but one hi', o
vicious drive over O'Rourke's head
into left field In the seventh inning.
but before that he chased Rice pretty
well out for fly ball and made
ORourke manhandle a stinger along
the ground II went as an error. but
might have been q hit
Bing Miller got into his first game
In a Washington uniform. He Is a
free swinger with the fail, likely to
strike out or knock the ball out of
the lot. He famed twice yesterday,
but he also connected with a three
bagger to right and slammed a single
to left No one of the regular gard
eners can AFFORD to hit batting
slump this spring for Miller's hitting
makes him q dangerous candidate for
a job in the daily line-up.
MOGRIDGE SHOWS WELL.
George Mogridge showed wonderful
mullins, who defeated McBrides gang.
six to three, before a small crowd.
The former Yankee allowed three
hits In five innings, one a fuke that
McHugh lost in the brilliant sun. Six
times he retired the batter on strikes,
Milan and Acosta dying that way
twice each. In addition Mogridge
played a great fielding game. Handled
rightly this spring. the veteran south
paw should be of considerable value
to the Griffmen- He was easily the
best Of the mound quartet used yes
terday.
The regulars got their three runs
of Frank Brewer. who finished the
game on the hill. AS he had been
playing first base while Mogridge
hurled and had been running around
before taking brief warming up.
his poor form could be understood.
He had little speed and rather less
control, yet he grew better as he
went along and will continue to work
out as a pitcher.
The Altrock Mullins won the game
in the third inning by leaping upon
Acosta for Ave bingles mixed up with
n wild pitch and errors by Charity
and O'Rouke, Bringing four runs over
the plate. With one down Shanks
singled to center and so did Brewer.
This pair then worked a double steal,
Shanks coming In on Gharrity's peg
to the outfeld.
Proving he is a slugger, Bing Miller
crashed one over Milan's head for
three bases, scoring Brewer and
coming in himself when ORouke
foozled Foss' hard grounder. The
Tampa star easily reached second on
the boot Eschmann was called out
on strikes before Foss went to third
on wild pitch. McHugh's screaming
single to left brought Foss over.
Torres also singled to left. but
Mogridges fly to Milan In short right
ended the big inning.