Evening star., 1921-03-26

"hNi thS SidtS vi IcSuldl Hul iSl > -
known as spring pitcher. round
great effectiveness until July, whe
plenty OF rest between games to rel
This year, as usual. Mogridge has
gotten into condition in short order.
He is the farthest advanced of any
of the hurlers, not even excepting
Erickson. and would be ready to go
to the hill if the campaign opened
tomorrow. instead of two weeks from
next Wednesday. Like Olaf. Mog
pitcher needs in the way of shoots.
with the exception of deceptive
slow ball. and he and Eric are prac-
ticing daily with "A view to remedy
ing this deficiency.
Pitched Little for Ynnks.
1t is believed that Mogridge's fail
ure to shine with the Yankees was
due to poor handling. more than any
thing else Manipulation of pitchers
never has been one of Miller Hug
gins strong points. and in the case
of Mogridge it is believed the New
York pilot did not recognize his true
worth, with the result that he was
given little work to do. His capa
bilities have been properly appraised
by Griffith and Mcbride. however, and
it seems assured that during the
early period of Abe campaign. at
least. his name frequently Will appear
in the box scores. and not merely for
emergency duty either.
Due largely to a degree of control
uncommon among lefthanders, Mog-
ridge has had more than fair share
of success at the business of rescu-
ing falterinS brethren and it is as
sured liberal use will be made of him
for this very essential purpose. but
the forkhander's role will not be that
II c;x x-zl, yr-il
be afforded the opportunity of start
ing his share of games.
OF the four moundsmen who saw
service yesterday. Acosta and Brow
er. the starters. alone yielded runs
Lachary's exhibition being PRACTICAL!
on a par with that of his brother
southpaw, Mogridge. Brewer got of
to a poor start, a walk. singles by
Lewis Harris and Ellerbe. and
ORourke's double netting the Regu-
lars their quartet of counters i'm the
first inning. Frank settled down ther
and for the next three frames was d:
effective as Mogridge. who succeeded
him. the latter seldom being in an,
real danger. although he was located
for at least one safety in each of hi:
five frames.
Rockies Jump on AeOsta.
The Yannigans also got to Acosts
right at the jump-off. Deeby Foss put
ting the finishing touches on a pail
of runs with vicious single to left
following safeties by Goebel ant
Shanks and sacrifices by Brewer ant
Miller. the latter's being a productive
fly.
1t was Foss who started things il
the other scoring session, the fourth
when he duplicated his swat in tht
opener, only to be forced by La Motto
McHugh came through with a biff tt
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Intellectual effort to flag La Motto al
third. The latter scored on a wild
pitch and Picinich sent McHugh home
with the tying tally when he lined a
safety down the left field foul line.
A pair of blows wasn't enough fol
Foss. however, the Tampan collecting
another on a rap past Ellerbe in the
eighth to give him the honor of lead
ing both teams with the stick for the
day. FosS was celebrat ting the officia
announcement that he is to gradual.
from the sticks to fast company.
In Motto Makes Neat Play.
The brightest bit of fielding wa.
turned in by his side partner,La Motto
who quit the game early to favor TIL,
charley horse in his leg Bob's con.
tribution was inserted in the first in.
ming and considering the circum
stances constituted a rather notabl.
virtue of a pass. a stolen base ant
Picinich's poor peg, when Rice ham
mered a bounder through the box
Rrower ieaped and broke the force o.
the blow, but couldn't hang on to the
ball. which bounded on back of him
La Motto raced over like streak
grabbed the pill on the fly. and, with.
out regaining his balance. shot it to
Altrock at first in time to nip Sam.
The fact that Rice was the batsmar
is what made La Notes feat stand
out. Samuel gets down to first with
out any loss of time as is well known
quired speed of a high degree. Boil
had it. Rice beats plays of this type
practically every day in the season
his quick-starting proclivities and
f1eetness in covering the space be-
tween home and the initial station ac-
counting in great measure for his
healthy batting averages.
The second best effort of the after
noon was made by La Notes sue
foul fly from Lewis bat in the third.
Eschma nm had to sprint nearly fifty
yards to reach the ball. The work
of Eschmann and McHugh. who also
is to be left here for seasoning. will
be watched by Griff. who has the
f1Knt TO DuS lHeIn Ddth any time
before March l. 1922. 1t is proba BILE
both these youngsters will be in
training camp with the Nationals
again next spring.
Foss Uses His Noodle.
Foss is adept at starting double
plays. seeming to know what to do
with the ball whenever he gets it.
He handles hot cracks with much
assurance and this ability enabled
him to initiate another dual killing
yesterday. Milan and bewis were the
victims. with Shanks doing the pivot
work at second.
Walter Johnson will see his first
service in ball game this spring
today, when he is booked to travel
for three innings against the regulars
in the fourth and decisive contest of
the series, now drawn with one vic