The Washington herald., 1922-09-10
JONES' SLUCCINC
BEATS MOCRIDCE
} In lO-NNINC GAME
Pitcher Doubles, With
Score Tied, and Scores
Winning Run.
By w. B. HANNA.

NEW YORK. Sept. s.-Close bat
ting for the Yankees at the Polo
Grounds today. but they won 1t in
the tenth inning by deft and de-
termined work. The score was 3
to 2. and both Sam Jones and
George Mogridge pitched with
marked skill and stout heart.
Jones was a power with the bat
as well as with the arm. He led
OF in the tenth inning with a
two-bagger to left, the first hit on
Mogridge since the sixth inning.
Witt. after two attempts to bunt.
grounded sharply to Harris. and
Jones took the trail to third. Joe
Dugan drove a ny to Rice on the
second pitched ball and Jones
legged 1t safely and gladly to the
homestead with the all important
run. Ruth fiared up in the first
half of the tenth with a throttling
throw to the plate, and that starry
effort by the Babe helped a lot, too.
Rice Hits for Circuit.
The first ball that Jones pitched
TO Rice in the first inning was sent
humming into the lower grand
stand for n home run. Goslin and
Brewer followed with heavy jolts,
but Rorwer's luckily. was shared
by Ruth. That's a good deal
harder hitting than the Yankees
did in their half.
wally Pipp tapped MoEridge for
a single in the second and was
promptly and effectively forced by
SchanE. MeuseI grounded a single
to left so the Yankees. by not sac
rificing. were minus one run. Ward
filed hiSh to Harris. said lift not
being worth a plugged penny.
Scott's was. however. Scotty's
single was worth a run. Rice pill
Iaged Jones for another hit in the
fourth and reached second on the
slow moving Ruth. But that was
far enough. Schang whipped a
throw down to Scott and nipped
Sam mapping at the midway.
The Yankees. as represented by
MeuseI. Ward and Scott. made three
singles in succession in the fourth
inning. Scott. again batting in a
run. and there'd have been more
runs If Meusel hadn't tried to go
from first to third on Wards hit.
GosIin's fine throw cut him down.
~ Il HldlNtT VI ldNN Nht
made four hits in succession. Jones
doubled to left for the fourth hit
hut Witt with another chance to
drive in runs. failed again. Three
singles and a double and only one
run. Paraphrasing Kipling. "Oh!
The hits. we waste" and so forth.
Yanks Fail to Sacrifice.
MoEridGe came back well after
r-OiDO
strorg with 4 deceptive curve. The
mid-Gam stage was of spruce
fielding and runs at a premium. The
Yanks refused to sacrifice and so
helped the Senators. One more run
would have been fair to look upon
in a game as close as this. Jones
control wavered trif1e in the
seventh. and he was in the hole on
both Charity and Peck Each
stabbed him for a single and Char
rity tied the score with the help of
fore, and MOEridge's fly to Witt,
whose throw home was only .-1out
a furIonG wide of the mark.
AntiCipatOry cheering and whist
ling "f great volume for Ruth when
he led off in the eighth. Harris
threw him out. He and Pipp both
hit at bad one. The foe went
out on three pitched balls in the
ninth. Goslin flied far to Ruth. Pipp
tossed to Jones at first and turned
back Brewer. Charity fouled to
NIeuseI. New York's half of the
ninth was almost as brief.
Jones ives IN dire difficulties in
the tenth. He walked one man, and
two made s;rgles. but Ruth. with a
lightning throw. nailed a man al
the plate. - Witt pulled down a
liner Ruth's fine fling was exceed
ing useful
pugan's low throw on Charity
in the second inning d-e-y Pipp' 5
foot off The anchorage. but Con-
molly decided it was there when he
caught the ball
Whitley Witt busted a monster hit
into the upper grandstand but il
was foul by the thickness OF a
humming birds wings.