Evening star., 1922-04-28

Whether they can continue to clin
hinging. will prove the acid test.
Their first big obstacle probably
viii be found this afternoon at Phila
delphia i'll the person of Bryan
Harris. who merely toyed with the
Aogridge will go to the firing line
against him.
Tomorrow the prospect is for Rollie
Naylor. who limited the GriffS to six
hits and two runs on the occasion of
his former visit to the capital. He
Will draw Tom, Phillips. at present
Milan's best boNman, as an opponent
Sunday. when the two teams hop
back here for. one day. the Nationals
must go up against Ed Rommel. who
distinguished himself Wednesday by
inf1icting a 4-to-2 defeat on the Yam
KEGS to end their winning streak at
seven games. Joe Gleason will be in
line TO oppose him in that Sabbath
battle.
Program Affords Gauge.
This is the pitching program for
the next three games and should af-
ford local fans an opportunity to
get an accurate line on whether the
recent cannonadng of the Griffs is
attributable entirely to inefficiency of
the pitchers they met. or due to in
herent batting prowess tardily in
evidence.
Monday and Tuesday the Nationals
will be back in Philadelphia. and
"Wednesday they hike to Boston for
four games before returning to tackle
the Sanks on Sunday. May Z. and
then entertain all the western clubs
The game here yesterday gave
George Erickson an opportunity to
demonstrate that what he needs for
victory is a sore arm. The Swede
was not started because of an ailing
wing but when he was called from
necessity in the fourth inning. after
Zachary and Courtney had fallen by
rhe wayside. he retired the AS score-
less, with the bases loaded and none
out. and allowed only two scattered
hits in the six sessions he offfciated
Thanks to Olaf's fine performance
the five runs registered by the Ma
tionals off Moore and Hasty in the
second inning proved more than Suf-
ficient. Hasty yielded only one
bingle thereafter until the seventh.
when he was combed for two runs.
Sullivan. his successor. was nicked
for another pair of tallies in the
eighth.
As First To Score.
Young reached third in the opener
: on his texas Lacquer. Johnston's sac
rince and Welchs long fly. after
when Miller rolled to Harris. But
the AS Jared better in the second,
when Perkins triplcd to the score
board and promptly tailed on Dykes
eingle TO center.
Moore failed to Inger long. After
easing through one frame he took
F.. an ascension, and-before Bob Hasty.
his rescuer. could get the side out
Of the bases. Brewer and Peck
walked and the former scored on
Gharrity's single to left. Bush. also
was passed. filling the bases. and
Zachary's single produced two runs
end the exit of Moore. Smith greeted
~ with single tn canter that
cashed Bush and sent Zachary to
third, Smith reaching second when
Walker fumbled. Zach was run down
by Perkins when Harris rolled to
scored Smith and Harris was tagged
sliding into third, when Walker re-
covered the hit, Judge then lofted
to Walker to end the round.
Walkers fly, which Rice got under
In the extreme limits of center, regis
after Doc had doubled in round 3.
In the following frame George
Erickson halted the Mackmen in the
midst; of "a menaciRg rally by a ster-
ling exhibition of mound work after
o pair of his hurting mates had
failed. Miller led with a triple to
the left field wall and scored on
Perkins single to center. Courtney
then replaced Zachary and, after
passing Dykes and Galloway. to fill
the bases, was derricked in favor of
Erickson. The Swede struck out
TASTY, made Young foul to Bush and
Joflnston's roller to Peck resulted in
Galloway being forced at second.
Snappy Work by Judge.
Turned back by Erickson In the
Fifth the Macks were checked in the
following frame largely through
snappy york on the part of Judge.
Perkins opened with a single to left,
his third straight hit, and Dykes
walked Judge gathered in Galloway's
. bunt on the run and seeing he had no
chance to force Perk ins at third, turn
cd and tossed to Harris. who covered
first. Judge then grabbed HaSy's hot
smash and tagged Perkins at the
plate. and Young flied to Smith.
Following the second Hasty limited
the locals to one hit until the seventh.
when he went by the board. One gone.
Harris walked and reached. third on
Rice's Texas League double that fell
between walker, Galloway and
Young. Brewers long fly to Welch
produced one tally and Peck's single
to left another. Hasty walked Char
rity and then gave way to Sullivan.
who called a halt.
There were two away in the eighth