The Washington herald., 1922-04-19
JOHNSON STARTS,
But IS FORCED TO
QUIT AFTER FIFTH
Macks Collect Is Safeties.
Dangerous Dan" Nc
Grew Looks Terrible.
By RAY HELGESEN.

Walter johnson started his first
( game of the season yesterday. Un-
fortunately he was unable to finish
II. = After the. Macks had scored
six runs on seven hits in five
innings, Milan derricked the big
fellow and sent Ray Francis. a
rerult southpaw formerly with
the Seattle Club in the. Coast
League. to the mound. Francis
was even worse than Walter and
heSwas lifted in favor of Slim,
sometimes known as Dangerous
Dan" McGrew. For want of a
more appropriate product of Mr..
webster's brain well say that
Slim was terrible. With the game
beyond any nope OF redemption,
Harry Courtney was indicted.
Harry was none too good. but his
Performance was 100 per cent bet
ter than any which had preceded
him Eventually the game ended.
the Mackmen winning by a 17-to-2
score.
The Athletics collected a total of
eighteen safeties of the four
-huriers which Milan trotted out
of his pitching stable. Seven were
collected of Johnson. six off Fran
els. three of McGrew and a pair
off Courtney. Five of the safeties
were for extra bases. four of them
doubles and the other a triple of
the bludgeon of Bing Miller. who
was more or less prominent in
these parts last year.
Naylor Goes Route.
Rollie Naylor went the route
for the Macks. He was nicked for
seven hits and a pair of runs, but
with his mates crashing any kind
of pitching he had little to worry
about and merely romped through
the last few frames.
As we have said previously this
young Texan. Slim McGrew, was
atrocious. He couldn't have been
worse 1t wasn't so much that his
benders were easy to hit. Rather,
IL was a lack of quick thinking
which set the 1000 or 1000 people
who saw the massacre. wild Slim
was nicked for but three hits. But
hve runs were scored while he was
serving them up and most of them
Tailed because his brain refused
to function along major league
lines
Once this alleged Dangerous
Dan" party held the ball while Bing
Miller and old Doc Johnston COL
laborated to commit the first double
steal of the 1922 baseball season.
Again he wound his Southern
fingers around the pellet while
young man representing the City
Of Perpetual Slumber scored from
third Both of his mental miscues
were so ridiculous as to be funny.
Sims work yesterday merely
strengthens the already current be-
lief that he won't be around these
parts when the American Leagues
pruning date is reached the 18th of
next month
Barney Wasn't Right.
+ At no time during his five frames
of service did Barney look like the
smoke king" of old. In addition
to allowing seven safeties he'passed
three men and was more or less un-
steady throughout.
Barney walked Pep Young to
start. He collected himself and
whifed Johnston but walker sin
glea to left sending Young to third.
weich lifted to Rice but Miller
came through with a single to CEN
ter, scoring Young. and sending
walker to third. Perkins then dou-
bled to center, Walker and Miller
crossing the plate. Johnson hit
Jimmy Dykes with a pitched ball
but Galloway. who appears to be
the only weak sister" in the AS
lineup from a hitting point of
view, popped to Harris to end the
inning,
Another pair of safeties and an
other run were scored off the speed
king in the second. Barney threw
out Naylor but Young doubled to
center and Tailed when Old Doc
singled to right. The aged phps-
ician stole second but was strand
ed when Walker drove to Rive and
Welch struck but
The final pair Of tallies off Bar
ney came in the fifth. welch open
ed with a walk. He went to second
and Miller was safe at first when
Barney's throw to Harris was too
late to force the fright fielder.
Perkins sacrificed and Dykes struck
at one which hit the plate and
bounded into the air allowing
Welch to score and Miller to go to
third Galloway drove to Rice.
Miller beating Sans return throw
to the plate. Naylor walked but
Harris threw out Young at first.
The Griffs' pair of tallies were
scored in the third. Naylor threw
out Johnson to start. Judge was
then safe at first on Young's error
on his grounder. He went to second
when Harris singled to center, to
third on Milan's out, Young to
Johnston. and scored on Rice's hit
past Young. Harris also scored
when Earl Smith drove one past
Young.
Ray Francis was shot into the
fray when Johnson was lifted at
the beginning OF the-sixth. Three
hits one a triple. were gathered
OF him in this inning. Three more
were checked of him in the sew
enth before a man was out Milan
the1 decided to lift him and sent
Mcdrew to the hill. McGrew was
even worse. Courtney, Rodney's
last guess. was the best of the lot.
but the party was over by that
time and Harry didn't get a real
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