The Washington herald., 1922-07-23
MOCRIDCE, BACKED
BYBRILLIANT WORK.
AFIELD,STOPS TRIBE
Harris, Peck and EaMotte
Shine as Griffs Re
turn to Normally.
By RAY HELGEsEN.

nsntville was 4 wretched detour
marked by the lean southpaw fip-
per Of one George Mogridge. Fun
of the confidence which marked
their twelve straight victories the
Indians followed this sign. But. as
,ofsn happened. they had taken the
wrong road. They had fallen for
4 hum. steeri And at the end Of
nine innings of ons of the most
brilliant games played in Wash
'ington this season, Iris Speaker
and his mates -gloomily read the
handwriting on the wall, which was:
Nationals, 4; Indians. 2.
THUS marked the passing of the
longest winning streak In either
major league this season. The n
dians. after coming out on the long
end of the score in twelve consecu-
tive games. finally struck a snag.
The name Mogridge was written
deep in the obstruction which
stopped the Tribe while other
names. Harris, LaMotte. Peckin-
paugh and Brewer. surrounded that
of the lean southpaw.
iris Speaker sent Duster Mails
after the unlucky thirteenth. Dus-
ter tried but Duster failed. Fate
and the Griffs were too much for
the wronghander to buck success
fully on the same afternoon. The
i .ians' streak had reached its
limit and try as he would Duster
couldn't add another victory
Mogridge I'm Great Form.
A number of things combined to
break the Tribes string. Not the
least Of them was the clever, con-
sistent hurting of Mogridge,
Mhan's lengthy and lean portsider
flashed one of the best exhibitions
he has shown this season. He was
in one of his winning moods. All
ne needed was Just average support
and enough punch in the pinches to
score two or three runs. He got il.
Harris, aMotte and Peckinpauph
turned In fielding exhibitions such
as are often read of in books bur
rarely seen on the ball field. .Har-
rls and Peck. particularly starred
along this line. Bucky went from
fone side to the other. in front and
IN the back, cutting of hit after
N
Harris. Roger turned in pair
of fielding gems. One bordered on
the impossible and drew the great
est hand of the year from the
crowd
II came in the Indians seventh.
with two down, Speaker looped a
lily over second. The outfielders
were playing deep. naturally, and
dlont have a chance to corral IL,
Makes Impossible Catch.
Peck started with the crack of
The bat. He ran far out into CEN
ter. With. his back towards the
stands he stuck out his hands Just
as the ball was dropping in front
OF him over his head Somehow or
other the ball stuck in his mitts.
Whether Rogers grin was one of
surprise of happiness it's hard to
tell. Probably it was a mixture of
both. At any rate 1t was the most
prilllant catch of the season in
Washington. more so, even, than
the gem which Roger had turned
in Friday.
Brewer. Harris and Bobby La
hotte carried the bulk of the
Griffs punch. Turkey scored a
pair OF runs, one the result of a
walk and the second the result of
a smashing triple to the scorehoard
In right field. Harris connected
for two infield hits and stole two
bases. In the fifth. after he had
. driven hit through. wamby.
Bucky stole second and as Mails
took a long windup also swiped
third. LaMotte, however. grabbed
the hitting honors of the fray from
a Washington angle. Bobby walked
n
once. and hit safely on each of his
other three trips
Indians score in Second.
A couple of light showers inter
rupted the pastime once in the, sec
ond and once in the fourth. How
ever. they didn't last long which
might have been another sign that
the Tribes lucky streak was due
for a sevefe setback.
The Indians scored first, Mog-
ridges lone walk being more or
less responsible for their tally
With one down in the second Gard
ner received free transportation,
went to third when McInnis dropped
Texas Lacquer behind first, and
scored on ONeilrs sacrifice fly to
Shanks.
But the Griffs came back in their
half. tieing the score without the
aid OF a single safety. Brewer
walked to start and went to second
as Peck also was passed. LaMotre
laid down a perfect sacrifice and
his mates advanced while O'Neiu
was tossing him out at first. Picin-
teh followed with a grounder to
Sewell, Brewer scoring while Sc
wen, Gardner and wamby were dis
posing Of Peck between second and
third.
Val Hits for Three Bsse..
With two down the Griffs took
the lead in the fourth. LaMotte
singled through Gardner and scored
when Val Picinich pounded a long
drive between. Speaker and Evans
{ f>- three bases. II Val was even
half as fast as that yellow roadster
he would have made a home run
out of the clout. but he isn't, and
though the ball rolled to the green
WIN in left Val only got to third.
II Val only had motors in his dogs
he'd be one of the best catchers
in the league.
The NTH saw the Indians tie the
score for the last time. Three hits
netted them only one run. Two
were out when Speaker lined a
single into center. Iris went to
third as Joe Wood singled to left
and scored when the irrepressible
Sewell shot a screamer into right.
Wood made third on SeweIPs hit.
but was stranded with the little
shortstop when Mogridge stuck hfs