The Washington herald., 1922-07-22
JOE WOODS TRIPLE
BRINGS VICTORY TO
INDIANS in SEVENTH
Sewen Follows With Sin.
gle, Scoring Only Run
Of Game.
BY RAY HELGESEN.


twelfth straigh victory and its
third Consecutive win over the Ma
tionals. II also put the Indians in
fourh place. Detroit losing, drop
ping into NTH position. and makes
II impossible for the Griffs to get
out of sixth place before they start
out their second Western trip Mon
day.
Walter Johnson and Guy Morton
opposed each other on the slab.
There was little to choose between
the two. Each allowed five hits:
Barney walked two and Morton
three: johnson struck out two,
while Morton whitfield four: two ex-
ira base wallops were gathered off
the Cleveland hurler. each good for
two sacks while Johnson was
nicked for only one long clout.
However. that single extra base
drive of Barney virtually spelled
defeat for the Nationals and an
other game added to their winning
slTcdh TOT the lrlDe.
Wood. First Up, Triples.
II came in the seventh with none
out Joe Wood. with the count
three and two. drove a high curve
on the outside far into right center.
Brower made a great try for the
ball but it elUded him. passing
high over his head just as he stuck
his mitts into the air. The bali
rolled to the left of the signboard
and before ii was relayed to the
infield Smoky Joe had arrived in
safety at the hot corner.
a moment later Joe Sewell pulled
one of Barney's fast ones down the
right field line. sending Wood over
the plate with what proved to be
the winning run.
That was all Gardner hit into
a double play. La Motto 10 Harris
To Judge and La Motto made a nice
stop OF a hard grounder to retire
Mclnnts at first.
Nor m singled in the eighth after
one WI out. but was stranded al
nrst when Brewer captured jamie
son nigh ny and Picinich duplicated
on Wamby's foul.
IOT the Ma
tionals. Milan having used a pair OF
pinch hitters. including himself. in
the Griffs eighth, and disposed of the
Indians in short order. Harris third
error gave Speaker a life but after
Wood had flied out and SeweT reached
first on a fielder's choice, Speaker
going to second IN safety. Gardner hit
into his second double killing in sue
cession, being killed of with Speaker.
Francis to LaMotte to Judge.
Coaching Hurt. Nationals
The Nationals had a number OF
chances to score but bad base running
or faulty coaching on Milan's part
killed the value of a pair Of hits each
OF which had started an inning
Brewer swung hard at one of Nor.
toms wide ones in the second. 1t hit
the very end of his bat and rolled
toward Morton who was slow in field
ing it, As a result Turkey was safe
at first. being credited with a hit
With Peck at bat Brewer took too
long a lead of first and was killed
OF by a snap. throw from Morton.
Turkey dived headlong into the bag
but was too slow to get the decision.
Milan was coaching at the time and
from the stands II looked like a case
of poor work on his part
Again in the third. another Grifr-
man was snapped out AT first after
he had opened the inning with a
safety. Picinich drove hard
Grounder through Gardner He also
took a long lead on first, at least
one which proved to be too long for
him. and a snap throw from O'Neill
to McInnis caught him inches to spare.
Again II looked like bad coaching.
After johnson had struck out in the
third. Rice lefted a short fly over
third for a single and pulled the de-
layed steal. getting to second in safe
ty when McInnis' throw to wamby
hit him in the back However. he
was stranded when Sewell threw out
Harris.
No Punch I'm sixth.
The Nationals best chance to
score came in the sixth but the
punch was lacking. Rice opened
with a hot grounder through the
box on which he made second when
Speaker was slow in fielding the
ball. II was a close decision at
second when Spoke finally did de-
eide to throw the ball but Hide
brand called the speedboy safe and
stuck to his decision despite the
protests Of Spoke and a number of
his henchmen-
Harris failed to get the ball out
Of the infeld. fouling to O'Neill.
Judge grounded to wamby, Rice
advancing to third. And then Cos
lin, the slugger. got one foul out of
three terrific swings at the pellet.
Rice was left on third. three of his
mates having failed to score him.
Smith batted for Picinich in the
eighth despite the fact that Val had
been having more success against
Morton's shoots than any other
Griffmen with lone exception of
Rice. Earl struck out. o'Neirl,
however. dropped the ball. Earl
toafed to hrst. McInnis muffed
O'Neill's throw but recovered in
time to make the putout by a close
margin. More foolishness. Had
Earl really tried to reach first its
almost certain that he would have
been safe
Milan then batted for johnson;
and rolled TO wamby. Rice buoyed
he fans hope a little by getting a
walk but the best Harris could do
gas high fly to Speaker
In the ninth Judge struck out,
ioslin rolled to Morton and Wood
took Brewers fly for the final put
out
Harris was credited with three
.rrors during the afternoon. Two
II them came In the same inning on
successive plays In the fourth
3ucky fumbleh Jamieson's grounder
ong enough to allow Cuckoo to get
% first in safety. A moment later
Wamby rolled to La Motto who