The Washington herald., 1921-04-04
LOOKOUTS FORCE
GRIFFS TO LIMIT
NSLoPPY GAME
Mats Barely Get "a Win.
Brottem and Foss
Beth Err.
By JACK NYE.

a-E-- ny SACAf Me-
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April ..
Ion the eve Of their big series
with the New York Giants, when
Eeorge Mcbride was expecting his
men to show him the best they had.
khey failed to make an impressive
bhowing against the Lookouts to-
day. They were unable to hit ef-
tectiveiy against two lanky hurlers
Of the local team, fielded in slovenly
fashion and were lucky to get
eway with a victory by the slim
margin Of to g. 'S
In addition the pitching Of the
Mats was not up to snuff. especially
bn the part of George Mogridge.
Eho was lambasted, for two singles.
double and a triple in the irst
Inning. These were good for three
tuns. Bringing into use the pinch
hitting proclivities of Pat Charity.
the Mats tied IL up in the fifth.
In the seventh both sides again
bcored and IL was not until the
eighth that Bing Miller brought
over the winning run by stealing
home while the Chattanooga in
nelders were busily engaged In run
ming down Harris between frst
hnd second
The Mats were outhit ten hits 70
blight. finding Daniel Boone and
Frank Noel. two towering young
Bters. extremely puzzling. Boone.
Especially, had their number, and
was nicked for but four hits in the
cnvs rounds he worked. For the first
-FOUR rounds Sam Rice. who tripled
twice, was the snlv man to get as
Tar as FIRST base
GriRs Tie IL In Fifth.
, In the NTH q bone by Chief Blue
hawk the Indian second sacker of
the Southern Leaguers. put Boone. in
q deep hole and. with the aid of
Ghsrrity's hit. the Washingtonians
tied II up.
Noel. who finished for Sammy
Strang Nicklin's team, was also
good and gave Acosta q fine battle.
Had his infeld not fallen asleep on
. double steal the game might have
been going on yet.
Not at all cheered by today's per
Rformance, the Mats board their spe-
cial Pullman car at l:30 a. m for a
jump of over 400 miles to Jackson.
Tenn. where they will collide with
the New York Giants. They reach
jackson shortly after noon and fol-
lowing the game climb back into
thsDspecial for a long ride to Knox
villes where the second game of the
k-series will take place.
There was q lot of butter-ingered
Ework today. i've errors being
charged against the Mats O'Rourke
erred twice in the pinches, and even
young Deeby Foss caught the habit
and made a two-base peg over the
head of Judge. For tile benefit Of
the Southern Leaguers, Manager
!, Mcbride put Tony Brottem behind
the bat and allowed Bing Miller to
cavort IN right instead Of Milan
Bing registered one two-base hit and
stole home with the winning run
He failed to put one over the left
field fence. as he used to do last
year. but sent one long drive into
foul territory which nearly cleared
the barrier. 1t was a whale of a
blow, but Left Fielder Osborne, Of
the locals. speared IL in brilliant
fashion
N Judge Battles Umpire.
ii To give the 5000 fans something
Extra for their money. Joe Judge
ngaged in a fist fight with Umpire
sifford. who is also secretary of the
Aub. It was a draw. Nick put on
.kis best Sunday stunts and every
body was happy.
Grin sat in a box back of the
players' bench and registered grave
pncern at times. He was thinking
bout the Giants. He and Mcbride
re bent on taking that series
achary and Erickson are the boys
tlled to open with the men of Nc
Graw, and as they are in rather
advanced form, are expected to give
IL better account of themselves than
hid. Mogridge and Acosta today.
Finding Mogridge's slants to their
liking the Lookouts landed on him
IAeavily In the first inning. Singles
kby Bfuehawk and Shay. Osborne's
Purple to oenter. and Stephens
Idouble 10 left did the work. Sand
Fiched In was an error Mosridse
| himself.
Rice raped one to left center for
three sacks m the first and dittoed
II in the fourth. but In the first four
rounds he was the only one on
xpeaking terms with first base.
laniel Boone was showing a lot of
Ikun.
In the afth, aided by a costly
krror. the Mats tied it up. with
bne out. O'Rourks walked and went
| |hll the way to third when Blue
"ioc pee u ocCOnu
lon Brottem's grounder. Tony pull
| tng up at second. Charity batted
for Mogridge and slashed one past
short. scoring o'Rourke and Brot-
tenn
Foss' long. double to left center
and Brottem's single put the Mats
one to the good IN the seventh, but
in the same inning the Look outs
fied 1t again Foss' two-base wild
peg on Bluehawk's grounder was
Followed by infield hits by Shay and
sloan. the last Of them scoring the
All the errors were not on the
side of the major leakuers, and
|FIedler made a timely bad peg on
MiIler's grounder in the eighth.
Lewis single advanced Bing q sack,
nnd he went to third when Duffy
Vas forced on Harris grounder. On
an attempted double steal Harris
wzk trapped between first and sec
bnd. but delayed the death long
Enough to let Miller scamper across
he pan That won the game. and
Mcbride heaved a sigh of relief.
Brottem's work was ragged In
spots. especially his pegging. Sew
eral times he made wide pegs to the
bases which should have nailed
runners, had they not been wild
Later in the game. however, he
steadied down and did better work.
The box score:
wash. Ab n Al Lookouts Alb II o A