Evening star., 1922-05-11

The moral effect on the players of
having Johnson make the grade Is
incalculable. and the fact they were
the beneficiaries instead of the vic
tins of the little quirks of fate that
. play 50 important a part in every
paStime also is a factor. Despite the
poor pitching. weak hitting and faul-
~ fielding they have displayed. many
OF their reterSals can be traced di
rectly to the breaks of the game
which have gone against them The
Griffs believe they have suffered
enough from the frowns of Dame
riod of smiles from the tickle god
dess There is an adage to the eff
feet that winners make their own
luck and that being the case the Ma
tionals are determined to go into the
manufacturing business on wholesale
scale.
slump Ended, Milan Thinks.
Il believe we have hurGled our
slump Milan said today. Without
trying to make any excuses for our
poor start ! think every one will ad-
init we have been getting the short
end of. the breaks consistently. This
las been very apparent to the play
erS and they have not lost heart.
knowing such a state of affairs could
not continue. 1t seems now that the
tide has turned and if this proves to
fore we get somewhere. With the
strength we have there is no logical
1eaSon for the team remaining down
in the race and | will venture the
prediction that we will win many
more games than We lose from this
point
johnson was good yesterday, espe-
cially when it is considered that 1T
was the first time this year he has
gone the route. but he was favored
In n gy, ha =, f-o,, l.
was hit hard. He appeared to be tir-
ing badly in the eighth, but with vic
tory III sight logged out to his posi-
tion in the final frame and by bear
ing down famed two of the Browns.
Dixie Davis. his mound opponent also
was effective, but trife unsteady.
and 1t was to this that he can at
trlbute his defeat. for a pair of passes
he issued just ahead of Judges triple
in the third caused his undoing.
Milan today indicated that Jezebel
Tecumseh Zachary would be his Sc
lection for slabbiSt in the final set
with the Browns today and Manager
t'ohl was expected to assign either
Dave Danforth or Urban Shocker to
oppose him.
Walter Pounded at Start,
The Browns opened on Walter as
though they were going to make his
sojourn brief, but reckless base rum
ming and clever handling of the ball
Kept them away from the home plate.
Iobln led with a smash to the left
held fence that the speedster tried
10 stretch into a triple, but good
relayinS by Smith to Peck to Bush
nlpped him at the hot corner. Peck
tossed out Gerber. but Sister laced a
single into Jeff, run had been thrown
away: In the second two singles were
registered with one down, but Nc
Nanus and Davis were easy outs. In
the third, with two down, Sisler got
pass and Williams followed with
mighty crash against the score board,
BIS is some speed artist. but once more
accurate handling of the ball. Brewer
to Harris to Pincinich, nailed him
at the plate by an eyelash Here
were two doubles and three singles
tossed in the discard
TWO more singles were registered
by the Browns in the fourth without
DONG any damag and in the fifth,
the top of the batting order went out
one-two-three. The Browns were
handed their solitary run of the
game on platter in the sixth, as a
VIDE throw by Harris lost an easy
double play. Williams. the first man
up. famed. to the joyous acclaim of
pass
SEVERED followed with single,
Jake stopping at second. Ellerbe then
sent sent grounder to Peck, forcing
severed. but a double play was
missed when STAINS throw pulled
Judge off the bag. McManus lifted a
dinky Texas Lacquer to right that
went for two bases, and jacobson
walked home. Walter at this point
appeared to have found himself" as
ne whizzed them over the plate in
his best form. and only nine Browns
batted in the last three rounds.
Davis allowed the Griffs hut five
hits. but his unsteadiness proved fatal.
They went out in order in the first
and Smith got the first hit in the sec
ond. with two down. Peck walked
and then Williams got the third out
by splendid catch of Picinich's fly
In short left. In the third Davis de-
veloped wild streak. walking Bush,
who died stealing. and then Harris
and Rice, who scored when Judge
slammed timely triple up against
the right-field fence. Splendid field
ing and effective work by Davis
blanked the Griffs for the remainder