Evening star., 1922-05-09

If Johnson assays below specifica-
tions or the nationals collectively
fail to react properly to the moral
effect of having their main reliance
to lean on, the specialists will have to
be called in. for their plight then VIII
be sorry one. indeed. In their most
recent string of setbacks they nave
been variouSly outbatted outnelueu.
outpitched or outlucked. the latter OIL
which was the case yesterday when
everything seemed to break wrong
for them. getting X. o. in the ninI III
after having led from the second IN
ming on ~.
Handle-hits to unguarded spots py
alien batsmen, singles converted lii.o
triples by odd bounding balls, losing
close decisions on the bases and nav
5 ing a sure-fire tally precluded by tne
stumbling of a runner-all were III
evidence in yesterdays paStime, ~
sixth in a row to be recorded on tns
wrong side of the ledger. IN i;n otn o
they have bowed to defeat by haFins
their hurlers numerically hammered
= or when a well pitched game was
produced. through a lone error or d
balk. Always it has been something
to produce the same general resut.
defeat in approximately two-thiros u
their games.
Players Have Not "Quit."
The one bright spot in the gloom
accustomed by the present losing
streak is that the players have nos
"ouit." No bunch bossed by clyde
Milan ever will. They seem TO pc Try
ing as hard as is humanity posslple ~ =
win and scrap for every point IN sts II,
during a game. This spirit is bouno
to be rewarded ultimately and the
fans are backing the team loyaily as
a result, but if the turning point Is
too Ions delayed all hope OF overt
ing the leaders will fade as Leb ac-
quires wrinkles and silver IN HE
thatch.
The game yesterday was typical
st. Louis affair. with plenty of good'
bad and Indifferent base ball-ana
victory for the Browns. Comolne
Dave Danforth for a trio or hlts IN
each of the first three ROUNDS a 'nbs my
chased him to the showers ana oo-
tanned a lead that enabled Mogrldge
to stick around. despite lack OF
both control and effectiveness. until
the ninth. when he finally crumpleo
under a salvo of swats that enapieo
Rush twice frittered chances for
run in the opener. first when ne
stumbled upon rounding thlrd on
Rice's single after he and Harris mao
hit safely, and again by leaving thiIo u
too quickly on Shanks' long ny 70
Jacobson, being doubled up when 'he
ball was relayed there
Griffs Get Early Lead.
mass to Brewer and singles to
Charity, Bush and Harris, two or
them scratchy, netted two runs In the
second and another pair accrued IN
the third when Shanks doubled;
Brower walked again and PECK ana
Charity got safehes. sister VIII
throw on the latter's bunt put atm
letes on third and second, but the
rally ended when Ellerbe recovered
Bush's smash and tagged Charity
coming into third.
Walks to Rice and Judge, Iorce.
out and a wild pitch by Hubert
: Schuchsmeister Pruett, Danforth'
left-handed successor, produced a
pift tally for the Nationals in round
y 4. but that terminated their scoring
efforts. McaIanus made sensational @
Singled and stole in the sixth and
: Charity left Peck on second in the
4 seventh when Rajah walked and pill
: fered. Hubert Schuchs-etc., gave
/. way to a pinch-hitter in the elGhth
/. and Frank Henry, another southpaw' @
. was withdrawn after walking Mo-
. rridge and finging two wide ones
10 Bush. Shocker. who got his job
l eased out of the hole like the master
Ginger he is. He whitfield DOME, and
/ after Harris dropped lucky Hopper
near the foul line in right. Mogrlage
was tagged at third on Rice's rasp
to Gerber. and Judge died at frst
when Sfsler made a difficult recovery
I of Severeid's low throw following q
. dropped third strike. Peck got an
. unsupported bingle in the final frame
How the Browns Tailed.
The Browns got two runs in the
third on infield hits by Ellerbe and
! Tobip and McManus' swat to left
!, that went for three bases instead OF
one when the ball hoped over
Shanks' head, and collected another
. pair in the seventh on Gerber.s s
I triple. walk to Jacobson. SEVERED
fly to Rice. a safety Williams made In
!. lodging a fast ball and hot smash
over second by Ellerbe that Harris
knocked down, but couldn't handle.
I, Mogridge eased by when Tobin
| tripled with one down in the eighth.
but was sunk in the ninth when
:Jacobson's stiff rap bounded past
{ Rice for three bases, Severeid singled
and Williams doubled. johnson was
!, called on here and promptly applied
brakes. Ellerbe popping foul and
williams being doubled at third fol-
j lowing McManus' f1yWo Rice, but 1t
was too late.