Evening star., 1921-03-18

MS last turn at DaI.
Finally. he meSaphoned that nav
ing uTupireu. an.ouhccd. done III ,
tie hitting as Well as managing ana
collecting bats and given SenSa-
tional exhibition of how that initial
sack should be played, he would cop
rer-rivet his claim TO versatility u!
gong into the box today and pitch-
ing the decisive game OF the series
Accordingly he VIII appear on the
mound in the rubber contest this
afternoon, dividing the hurting bur-
den with Olaf Erickson.
Gem Of Triple Play.
The triple play Altrock engineered
really was gem. 1t occurred III the
fifth inning. after the nrSt TWO men
to face Brewer had hit safelE. Jaek
Miller connected for a wallop that
seemed ticketed for right field when
Nick leaped as high as his 100 POUNDS
would permit and speared the ball in
his gloved hand. Without hesitatlng
he dashed for first. stepped on the
bag for the second out, and whipped
the ball to Marhafka. who toed the
keystone sack. to complete the trlp,e
killing. and then strutted off the neid
with his chest expanded to capacity.
And this wasn't the only worth
while bit of fielding Nick pulled. He
made most of the catches with one
hand. the natives and tin-can tourists,
who comprised the crowd OF eoo-odd
fans departing with the firm conVlc-
tion that he is the greatest first base
man in the world.
Al Schacht started on the rubber
for the GriffS and was maced right
merrily. three hits in each of the
first three innings. including two
doubles and triple. netting the
Phillies five runs. That's all they
did get, however, for Albert retired
them in order in the fourth. by way
of change, and Brewer held them
scoreless during the five frames he
officiated. Nick's triple play was
prominent factor in saving Frank
hide in round five. The eighth frame
WAS the only other in which Brewer
was solved. a pair of singles with
two out resulting in no damage. In
the sixth seventh and ninth the
they came up and only one of them
got the ball out of the infield. Frank
had excellent control. seldom being
in the hole and walking no one.
Nationals Do Some ClOutinE.
All told. the Nationals rang up a
total of fifteen safeties off the three
fingers Donovan nominated. as
against thirteen for their opponents.
Brewer was the most effective bats
man. driving in exactly half of his
teams tallies. but Goebel compiled
the best average with a trio of swats
In five times up. The latter showed
the benefits of the coaching he has
received in regard to hanS.ing his
bat Where he has been holding back
to make sure of meeting the ball. he
whaled away on every occasion. fol-
lowed through. as the golfers say
even at the risk of missing. and the
result was he got some power and
snap into his blows, two singles and
q double resulting.
Marhafka was the busiest man on
the runways during the afternoon.
completing the circuit four times. He
paved the way for the initial tally in
round one with double off Jimmy
Ring. advancing on La Notes single
and scoring when Shanks hit into
double play. In the second McHugh's
single and Picinich's double were
wasted. but Tony again blazed the
trail in the third. when he opened
with a bingle, took third on Shanks'
er raped into a dual killing. Shanks
made the tally possible by jockeying
on the lines long enough for Marhaf-
ka TO reach the plate.
There was no more scoring until the
fifth. when Jim Keenan, appeared on
the hill. This little left-hander walked
Marhafka. La Motto and Shanks in
row. and the first two scored. an err
Tor by Rawlings being a factor. An
other pass to La Motto and singles
Nv bTOWcT, FUSS uOtDtI anu STNdFEltS
netted three runs in the seventh.
In the eighth. when Cecil Algernon
Causey made his debut in the box.
singles by Altrock and Shanks and
Brewers looping double to right ac-
counted for a pair of tallies and the
final run was registered in the ninth
on successive doubles by Goebel and
Charity.
Herb McHugh. whose flaming red
hair and sun-tinted visage gave him