Evening star., 1922-03-31


The most encouraging angle of
Brillheart's work, which assures him
of careful consideration when the
time comes for cutting down the
roster, was the manner in which he
did it. 1t already was established that
he had good speed. a nice breaking
curve and excellent control. but he
was supposed to lack slow ball,
and how he would conduct himself
when something was at stake was
problematical.
He demonstrated yesterday that
he is not worried with hostile run
ners on the paths. and he employed
change of pace that proved highly
effective. He victimized Holke, Glib
son, Powell and Ford with slow balls
each of them lofting harmlessly.
Goslin Fields Poorly.
Erickson and considerably more
difficulty deceiving the opposition
than his youthful teammate. the
Braves punching bingles on him in
two different sessions, in addition to
which he was a trifle unsteady. but
with perfect support he probably
would not have been scored on at
that. Both of the runs the Bean
right field. which Goslin foozled, the
Coos mufiing one and uncorkinS a
wild heave on another.
Peck, Shanks, Kopf. Boeckel and
Ford all contributed noteworthy
felding feats. kopf being the busiest
man on the diamond with thirteen
chances. all but one of which he
handled faultlessly.
An unusual feature of the battle
was that the Nationals registered five
earned runs on as many hits. while
both of the tallies the Braves got on
nine hits were tainted. only one of
the Griffithian bingles being wasted.
Brillheart uncorked some stun
when it was needed in the opening
round With two gone. Southworth
son walked Brillheart then bore
down and whitfield Boeckel in most
approved fashion. He retired the
Braves in order in the next two
frames, and after Nicholson had sin
gled with one out in the fourth he
weak taps easily taken care of.
Gowdy shot a binEle to right in the
fifth that netted him two bases. be-
cause Goslin and Rice were differen-
ttal as to who should pick it up.
Neither McQuillan nor Powell, who
followed, could get the ball out of
the infie1d. however. Brillheart then
called it a day, Erickson taking up
the hurting burden. with Piciaich as
his receiver in place of Charity.
Olaf began his regime by putting
a Brave in position to score, but
managed to pull through. With Kopf
disposed OF. he walked Southworth.
and Eric sent him to second with a
wild heave to Judge in an effort to
min him off. He advanced another
notch while Harris was retiring
Cruise. who batted for Nicholson. but
was anchored when Stanley also took
care of Boeckers roller.
Helpless for Six Innings.
For six Innings the Nationals were
helpless at bat. Nothing that resem-
bled a safety was made, Oeschger.
who was Knocked out of the box by
them last Tuesday. showing re-
versal of form. He faltered only once
when he walked Rice in the second
inning, but Goslin hit into double
play. and, after Kopf errored on Har-
ris' grounder. Shanks popped.
Starting with the fourth McQuil-
Ian was equally effective for three
innings. but he came cropper in the
seventh when the Nationals showed
over a pair of tallies, the first of the
afternoon, and but for the fact Walsh
booted a decision, the yield would
have been greater.
Peck beat out a rap to Kopf and
Milan walked. Rice laid down tap
that McQuillan ferried late to Boeck-
ell. but Walsh ruled that Peck was
forced. Goslin scored Milan from sec
ing third. Here the squeeze play was
successfully essayed. Harris tapping
to first base and Rice scoring before
Holke could get the ball to Gowdy.
Shanks walked to fill the bases. and
on Picinich's crack to Kopf Goslin
was forced at the plate. Erickson
tossed off another run when. with the
count three and two on him. he made
an Intellectual swing at ball high
on the inside.
The Braves came back in their half
with an unearned run that was
charged against Goslin. Holke led
with a single. Ford walked and Cow
dy biffed safely to right. Goslin cap
tured the ball in short order and got
off a hefty heave that would easily
have tagged Holke at the plate had it
been as accurate as it was strong.
The throw was several feet wide of
the mark. however. Ford reached
third and Gowdy second, but they got