Evening star., 1921-07-11

New balls received by the St. Louis
management have not been used be-
cause they had a large number of the
old ones on hand. Business Manager
Quinn issued dozen of the new balls
to the Nationals for practice prior to
the game yesterday Mcbride and MS
players inspected them careiuIiy anu
found no difference in the way lheE
"felt" against their bats or the speed
with which they Travelled
Proves 1t Is Bunk.
The game yesterday was played en-
firely with the old or So-cailed livery
balls, but where as the Griffmen wal
1oped them for long distances the
Browns had no such success, ana were
Vanquished by a count of y TO /;
The reason for the sudden lnaolltE
of the home guard to bat eHectlNelE
was that a real pitcher opposed tnern'
George Mogridge was the 'hap, ns
blanked the Browns until the eighth:
stopped George SiSlcr completely. ana
also stopped such notable sluggers as
Williams and jacobson until the tnat
frame when he had such htallhS
margin that he didn't care much.
Manager Fohl used three fingers
against the Grifs. kolp alone or TINS
number was not solved. whiie van
Glider was given Sound tEraShIhS III
the less than six sessions ne !luSersu.
period resulting from nine blows. an
but three for extra bases. Judge was
the big sticker, with pair OF clFcull
clouts and 4 triple. while Miller vas
the runner-up on ho'her an" :"
double.
Griffs Get Gif Runs.
Pat Collins indirectly was responsloie
for 1he fact that Washington registered
In the initial session. The St. Louis PACK
stops obliging tumble of toui ny saHe
I,,dee a respite that he took advantage
Of by lining a drive past JACOBSON u 'i'e
limit in center for the circuit -
Frank Ellerhe enacted the role OF
Santa Claus in round two and JuGge
again was on the producing emu, thi5
time of pair of tallieS. ShankS uroipeI1
a Texas Lacquer into left ana rsav1ed t;.ted
third when the governor pernntteo
Gharrity's soft roller to slide between
his pins. Respect for Tobin's arm m
duced Shapks to hold tnira ,,,. VIII
O'Rourke lofted to right. on p1uls
executed attempt at the squeeze play,
Nosridee tapped to Vangilder. whose
toss to Collins easily tagged Hank; put
Judge came through with triple 70
left center which cashed Gharrity anu
Mogridge. Harris left Joe straiiuva, M-
over the first half of the route Mos-
ridge demonstrated mound class OF
high order Tobin reached the far cor
ner in round one through MS s,nsne'
F1Ierbe's sacrifice and Sisters deatu
Williams WalkeU dlll $50
the pair of them were left Wheh Jacoo-
son popped foul to Charity
Vangiider scratched a safety to Shanks
, in the third and Collins doubled IN tns
fourth, but 1t was not untit lne ma ~,
that Mogridge again was fhreatsned.
with two away in this frame Tooin
1ooped a short safety to left and rompeo
to third on Ellerbe's double. Sislfr
drew pass to fill the bases MOE
ridge then compelled Williams TO raise
q, $o, Ground TO CharTlCy.
Get Fistful OF Tallies-
u,,er,s double in the third and
single by Harris in the fifth com.
nrised the Washington offensive until
fha sixth, when the whole Works
caved in on Vangilder. two homers'
double, a single and a walk netting
a fistful of tallies.
With Smith disposed of. Miller
socked a hook into the left field
bIeachers for the circuit. Shanks
walked and tailed on double 70
left center by Charity. who scored
on O'Rourke's safety over secopd
Ellerbe made a nice catch of the little
fy resulting from Mogridge's attempt
to bunt. Judge then walloped clear
over the rightfleld bleachers for his
second home run of the afternoon.
O'Rourke scoring ahead of him.
A walk to Charity and singles by
ORourke and Harris gave the Ma
tionals another counter in the eighth.
It was in this frame the Browns
registered for the first time. Jacobson
drew a free ticket, advanced on
Collins safety through O'Rourke and
tailed on Mc1Ianus' short single to
right.
Possessed Of an eight-run lead,
Mogridge let down in the final frame
and allowed five safeties. good for
three runs. Singles by Tobin and
Ellerbe both were scratchy. but after
Sisler. who failed to get the ball out
Of the fnfield all afternoon. had popped