The Washington herald., 1922-07-15
SOUTHPAW, WILD AS
EVER, TURNED BACK
BY FORMER MATES
Erickson Holds Hose Safe
Until Seventh-Brill-
heart Finishes.
BY RAY HELGESEN.

IL you can ind IL.
Andsome AIRY Courtney, the
widest wronghander in baseball,
once with the Grifrs but at present
craving salary from the White
Sox. begged and pleaded with Kid
6ieason Tor q chance at his old
mates before the Sox blew from
, mere last night Believe 1t or not,
the Kid was touched by Arry's
pleas and against his better judg-
ment assigned AIRY to hurl against
the Nationals yesterday. Twas a
pad decision, the Kid now admits,
the Griffs collected the long end
OF the 7-to-3 score. and most of
IL was Courtney's fault as you
shall see.
During the rainstorm Thursday
afternoon AIRY, wearing his new
peach-colored palm beach, saun-
tered around and about the club
mouse telling all who would listen
Just what was in store for the
Grins on the morrow. Gleason had
nnally consented to 'Arry's pleas
Tor chance at the Griffs and the
handsome wronghander wasn't
oashful about telling what he in
tended to do to his old pals. They
were In for a tough afternoon, ac-
coFding to the modest forkhander
and would be lucky to get a foul
ona him. He hadn't won a ball
game since he shot eighteen holes
in 70 or 100 or something
like that a couple of months
ago and he was just aching for a
shot at his former playmates.
And Ii Was Ladies' Day.
Well-he got 1t. And to make
matters worse yesterday was La
dies Day.
Clyde Milan changed his mind at
the last minute and sent 'Ulluf"
Erickson to the mound for the Ma
tionals instead of the youthful
Brillheart. as he had announced the
night before.
Erick was good when he could
get them within ten or fifteen feet
OF the plate. But that wasn't any
too often, and before long 1t was
plain to be seen that the two wild
est hurlers in baseball. one an or
thodoN pitcher. the other a wrong
handler, were bucking each others
luck. As it happened Erick got the
breaks which. coupled with brilliant
support, helped him outluck the
"A ndsome party.
Ulluf walked Ernie Johnson to
ficed johnson to second. Ulluf then
contributed another walk, Collins
getting it, before whiting Hopper
for the second out. Probably fear
ing that Courtney would Guido him
in wildness Erick loosed another
pass to Mostil. filling the sacks.
1t was an anxious moment, both
for the Griffs and the fans, but
Peck temporarily saved Erick by
romping over to the foul line in
short left to take Falk's foul fly.
From Erick and the Griffs the
spotlight suddenly shifted to the
noble brow of Courtney. How the
girls clapped when the 'Andsime
One daintily picked his way through
the mud to the pitchers box And
the applause broke into a roar as
he adjusted his cap over his unruly
locks and set himself. preparatory
to setting the Griffs down like a
bunch of 1O-year-old sandlotters.
AIRY on to Poor start.
DOME Bush and Peckinpaugh both
stood in their tracks at the plate
while Courtney proved his generos-
ity by giving them free transporta-
tion. Rice. however, wasn't salts
fed with a walk. so he caught one
of Harry's fast ones and lined II
between Collins and Shelly. Bush
and Peck moving IN. Judge here
inserted a lucky Texas Lacquer
near the foul line in right. scoring
Bush.
With the bases still loaded
Brewer drove a hard ground ball
at Sheely and beat ii out, Peck
scoring and Rice and Judge advanc-
ing. About this time Kid Gleason
began muttering to himself and
Courtney very wisely. kept his
head turned away from the Sox
dugout.
Rice scored and Judge went to
third as Shanks hit into a double
play, Brewer being killed off with
him Courtney. however. wasn't
vet through. He walked Bucky
Harris, who stole and scored be-
hind Judge when Val Picinich beat
out a hard-hit grounder to Ernie
Johnson. ''Ulluf," using his own
special model bat, rolled to Collins,
who ended the agony by tossing
to Johnson. forcing Picinich for the
third out
That was about all. Courtney
baTted for himself in the Sox' sec
ond and doubled blithely to the
scoreboard. for which he received a
nice hand from the fair fans and
a scowl from Kid Gleason. How
ever. he didn't come out of the dug
out when the Griffs appeared for
their half, Hodge taking his place
on the mound
The Sox scored a run in the sec
ond and a couple more in the
seventh when Erick, hoping to crab
Harry's act, began getting too free
with his walks. Brillheart relieved
the big fellow and held the Sox
safe all the way.
MORAL-If you're going to knock
some guy OF. do it first and talk
about it afterward
One of the best games on card
for tomorrow will take place when
the Mohawks and Shamrocks, lead
ing contenders for the District title,
will face each other at Union Park,
Fifteenth and II streets northeast
The game will be called at
o'clock. and Red Schofield's proteges
are confident of cleaning up in fine
style over the touted Harps.