Evening star., 1922-05-08


The eyes of the entire sportin 6
world are focused on this new con-
tender for the title of king of clout.
and he Is sure to be a magnet at 7th
and Florida avenue in the next four
days, for the fans of the capital who
have been busy conjecturing on his
chances to obtain a lead in round
trip wallops that will put him far
beyond the reach of Ruth when that
Worthys suspension is lifted twelve
days hence.
In addition to Williams there are
Urban Shocker one of the half-doZen
very best pitchers in the circuit: the
base-running leader of last season
and batting champion of 1920. who
is way out by himself this year with
mark of .444. and other notableS.
including our old friend Frank FL
1erbe and Dave Danforth, the twice
discarded southpaw, who set the
American Association agog last sea-
son with his uncanny success on the
mound, and whose questionable balk
motion already has caused one Off
cial protest from the Tigers.
Browns an Attraction Now.
Yes, the Browns. generally picked
to be contenderS in the preseason
estimates. are fully justifying the ad-
vance dope by playing tag with the
Yankees for the league leadership.
and the prospect is that instead of
continuing as the poorest drawing
card of ali teams that visit Washing
ton they will prove one of the best.
While FohlS men are here the other
Atlantic seaboard StrongholdS also
will be invaded by contingents from
the western sector. the Indians at
Philadelphia, the White SoX at New
York and the Tigers at Boston. How
representatives of the two divisions
will shape up in this intersectonal
clash is problematical. but from the
gait at which the Nationals have been
travelling the prospect is that last
place again will be their portion be-
fore the week is ended. They were
saved from sliding into the cellar
niche yesterday, when the Yankees
defeated them in hollow fashion,
8 70 l, only by the fact that Chicago
nosed out Detroit with a ninth-inning
rally. the Tigers being but half a
game in the rear of Milan's men.
Francis May Start Today.
Manager Milan today was unde-
cided as to his pitching selection for
the initial contest with the Browns.
He wanted to use Mogridge, but the
1anky southpaw has contracted cold
that settled in his neck and is not
able to do himself Justice. This
means that Joe Gleason is the logi-
cal choice, but owing to the fact that
the Shreveport rookie is a right
handler, and that the leading stick
smiths of the Browns-Sisler, Will
liamS and Tobin-are southpaw bats
men. Ray Francis may be given an
opportunity to start his first cham
pionship game. The recruit from the
coast displayed an encouraging
amount of stuff the last time he was
injected into a game in a relief ca
pacity, and. considering the fate that
has befalien the vetrans of late,
Francis deserves a chance to demon
strate what he can do over a nine
inning route.
Judge Spoilx Jones' Record.
The close to 5000 fans who turned
out for the Sabbath engagement saw
Sam Jones in noteworthy eXhibi-
tion of hurting skill. For seven in
nings nary Il Griffman reached the
pulling for the former Red SoX
finger to carve his name in base balls
hall of fame with a no-hit perform
ance.
Judge gummed his chance in the
eighth by lining a triple against the
scoreboard, and tailed on Brewers
long fly to Fewster. a sacrifice for
Frank, Notwithstanding that Fews
ter ingloriously muffed the ball.
Pinch Hitter Goslin walked in the
ninth and Harris was credited with
scratchy single on a bounder to
in the final frame popped.
Only three chances were offered
Yankee fielders in the seven perfect
innings Jones pitched that were not
soft Ward made a neat play on
Judges roller close to second in
round 5. and then backed into center
field for Brower's looping fly, while
in the seventh Miller corralled Harris
stout drive to left by using perfect
judgment in sprinting back for it.
Phillips Is Knocked Out.
Tom Phillips, on the other hand.
proved anything but a puzzle for the
Yankees. They nicked him for four
runs on five hits and an error by
Smith in the second, and knocked
him out of the box In the third with
a trio of safeties Young Brillheart,
who succeeded him. although in
clined to be unsteady, gave a much
better exhibition, and after forcing
in a run with a pass. following a hit
batSman, held the Hugmen to a pair
Of tallies in the last six sessions.
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