Evening star., 1922-04-13

tIonalS were dong some enect1Ve !
expense of Sam Jones.
t.Mogridge was allowed to linger,- and
how well the veteran justified Zeb's
faith was shown by the fact that IN
hhe last six innings he blanked the
New Workers with two scattered hits,
while the Griffmen kept peckinS away
at Jones, punching their bingies IN
the final two frames to first knot the
count and then shove over the de-
Gliding marker. 49,.
The success of Mogridge and the
fact, that his staff Is none too Well
Supplied with capable. fingers right
now has Influenced Milan to, start an
ether forkhander in the second tilt OF
the campaign this afternoon. SO Jeze-
tel Tecumsen Zachary has been nomi-
mated for the hurting job. with Joe
Gleason. the recruit from Shreveport,
as alternate. Manager Huggins is ex-
pected to call on Carl Mays to employ
his subway slants on the mound for
the Yankees.
Game Weird. But Interesting.
The opening contest was a weird
affair. but keenly interesting. never
thctess. Every seat in the park was
TIE concrete structures and on the
field. which was completely encircled
with benches. From the time the
players, headed by band and escort
Gu py d uttdCHu1SIG Oh SdloIS oQudoS
of Rish School Cadet officers and Boy
Scouts. marched to center field. where
Admiral Coontz unfurled the national
emblem. until Mcgridge slipped
third strike over on PipD for the final
out, there was something Of interest
to occupy the attention Of the record
breaking throng, with President
Harding's perfect pitch to Mogridge.
officially opening tl.e campaign. high
light.
AS a scientific exhibition Of base
bail the game left much to be de-
sired. The strong sun and tricky
SSipd hampered the outfielders to a
treat extent and precluded perfect
defensive tactics. but the fuke hits
4nd errors only served to add spice
10 the program, and there was enough
Hf smart. snappy work to Offset the
sloppy stuff. - >s-.se y
aiogridge outpitched Jones by con-
siderable margin. notwithstanding
set. the visitors total of nine hits
falling just six short OF the number
eompiled by the locals. their fifteen
tafeties including half a dozen dou-
Jones in such vigorous fashion was
as novel an experience as 1t was joy
ful, for the former Red Sox star uSu-
a1ly proves rankSDoison to the Wash
rHtcn club. The boys are all BREATH
.ing easier now that their former jinx
has been eliminated as pitching fac
tor for the remainder of the series
and are hopeful his, sold-time spell
has been permanently broken.
= Judge Stars With Bat.
Individual honors in hitting went
to Joe Judge. who collected two
driving over pair of runs and scor-
ing another himself. One of these
wallops hit the scoreboard on the
fly and would have been good for at
least triple If ground rules had not
restricted all drives past the neid
spectators to two bases. On another
occasion he walloped one far over the
night field wall that curved foul by
only few feet
It was Pat Charity. who delivered
the punch that produced the decisive
counter. however, his solid single
scoring Shanks, who preceded him
with a terrific wallop that would have
landed in the old jury box If 1t still
subject of biting credit should be ac-
corded Smith, for 1T was his clean
swat in the seventh that put the
Griffs on even terms with the enemy,
after they had trailed for five. frames.
Goslin alone of the local ensemble
failed TO break into the hit column.
infield outs resulting on his first three
trips up and a double play being the
, outcome of his fourth appearance.
Goslin also was the only Griffman
Will SoSoC S6SS appearing III TIC
fielding columns beside his name,
sharing that distinction with Miller
of the Yankees. The Goose had one
''cf1ance." on Miller's fly in the sixth.
but. after stumbling and staggering.
he got nowhere near, the bali and it
was registered as one of those
doubles.
Scott Shines In the Field.
Everett Scott was the fielding star
of the pastime. He tossed out both
Charity and Peck from deep short
with strong heaves in the second in
the seventh that was a model for
brilliance and speed, when, with Rice
on first, he raced to his left, speared
Goslin's hot hounder with one fin,
stepped on second and heaved to Pipp.
Judge paved the way for the initial
tally of the pastiIne in the opener.
when he rasped a single past Ward.
moved up on a passed ball and scored
on. Rice's double over frst base.
IN Mogridge got in od hole at sh the out out,
Miller. who advanced on Fewstsr's
sacrifice. He got out by making Baker
and Mcmillan loft, but encountered
trouble aplenty in the SECOND inning ming
Ward sacrificed and after Scott was
retired Schang's Texas Lacquer. long
doubles by Jones and Miller and
Fsyster.s single predyceS s four M runs
their half. on Harris real two-bagger
to left-center, q lucky .hingle by
AFogridge and Judges Texas league
double.
Yanks 'Docile After Third.
In the third the Yanks increased
their advantage when Pipp singled.
took second following Wards loft to
Rice and scored on Scott's single.
Sehang then blistered. a double past
Shanks and Scott provided an easy
death at the nlate when Howard re.