Evening star., 1922-03-22

misplays had as much to do with the
3-5 defeat they absorbed In ten in
ningS as the impotence OF their huri-
ers. Yesterday the G-ifmen display
ed IL faultIesS brand Of work ateld.
dubbed the ball in hard and timely
fashion and the trio OF boXnen used
demonstrated they were more than
mere throwers.
Bunch Hingics on MOSridGe.
George Moi,ridge, who Sraced the
slab at the start of festivities, had
trio of biuglns punched off his de-
livery in both the second and fourth
rounds which netted the enemy their
their three runs, but the veteran
southpaw contented himself with re-
lying largely on his noodle and was
careful not TO oVereXert his arm, the
trial convincing him that his nipper
{ is in good shape.
Olaf Erickson; another regular who
was induiging in his first test OF
spring, displayed IL job lot OF speed.
lie permitted only one binsle In ms
three sessions OF duty. and wnlfied
four of the Eedmen. Erick LOOKS
good. He usually does in the spring.
Tay Francis. who finished the JOB
of heaving, yielded only one scratch
binsle in his two rounds and demon
s.rated d fine brand of control in ad-
dition to a curve that was more than
q wrinkle
Milan Leads With stick.
Milan himself set the pace at bat
with three clean wallops, all OF Which
were factors in the scoring and he
lulled one catch of liner off South
wor,h's bat in the eighth inning that
met with yociterouS approval from
the stands, while on another occasion
he collaborated with Shanks in flag
ging a runner at third base In spec
tacular style.
Marouard and Lansing fell far short
OF fhe degree of effectiveness dis
PLAYED by the pitchers Manager Nit
chell called on for the opening en-
Sagement. but there was little crit-
cism to make of the work of Hugh
McOuillan. who started the fray. This
young right-hander yielded g. lone
baser by Shanks, but it came in the
second inning after his only pass
which Harris drew, and being follow
ed by Ford's muff of fly by Torres,
netted one run.
This was one less than the Braves
compiled in their half of the frame.
however, Nicholson opened 1t with
safety to right and galloped home
when Boeckel drilled a liner to left,
the latter being credited with
double when Milan played hide and
seek with the bounding ball. Boec-
keI reached third on Holke's bunt
past Mogridge and Tailed on Ford
long fly to Goebel. O'NeiIs death
put Holke on second and he was kill
ed off at third on clever play py
Shahks. who fell in fielding McQuii-
lan's rap but lunged and tagged
Holke when he overran the bag.
Add Their Last Tally.
Retired i'm order in the third the
Braves resumed their attack on Mog-
Iidge i'll the following frame: ne. " wnsn. t,i, ;,
with, with one ,ef gone s9.ehei s9yanced aean GA ter
rife liner to the box by Holke that
nearly took hand off Mogridge and
tailed on Ford's clean swat to right.
O'Neill came along with binSle 70
AIilan's sector, but died trying to
reach the far corner when Shanks
took Zeb's heave and tagged Ford as
he dived over him. That ended the
offensive efforts of the Braves VINO
got only one man as far as second
in the next five frames.
Richard Marquard, who took up the
hurling burden for Boston in the
fourth. breezed along in great fashion
for two rounds, but came cropper
in the sixth, when he lost his COM
pass. Peck led with clean blow
to left and raced to third on biff
to the other side of the field by Milan.
who showed his base-running brains
by galloping on to second when
Southworth heaved to the plate as
precautionary measure. A long fly
by Rice cashed Peck, and Milan was
forced over with the tieing run when
Marquard failed to locate the plate
for Goebel. Harris and Shanks. The
' wry-necked rube was in a fine jam
with the bases loaded and one out.
but escaped further damage by
whiting Picinich and limiting Erick-
son to a roller that Ford took care Of
Nationals Go to Front.
Against Gene Lansing, in the
seventh, the Nationals hoped into
a two-run lead. Judge greeted him
with safety, took second on Peck's
perfect sacrifice and advanced an
other notch on a single by Milan. who
again gained an extra base by heads
up base running. Rice cashed Judge
by drilling single through Kopf.
Milan taking third and scoring when
Smith forced Rice.
A pass to Picinich in the eighth
was wasted, Brewer failing to de-
liver in the capacity of pinch hitter
for Erickson. but gift to Judge in
the ninth was the forerunner of an
other pair of tallies. Joe was foxed
in an effort to steal and Peck also
was set down. but Milan came
through with his third successive
safety and scored from first when
Rice lined to deep left for two bases,
Cruise barely contriving to get one
fin on the ball as it sailed over his
head. Smiths hearty swat over Ford's
head sent Rice home.i
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