The Washington herald., 1922-04-28
ERICKSON STOPS
A'SAFTER ZACHARY
ANDCOURTNEYF FAIL.
Three Athletic Pitchers
Pounded-Smith and
Rice Star Afield.
By RAY HELGEsEN.

COupAc1 Win Suite DfliAidhb iciuAhb
and lpsty clouting. gave the Griffs
their =fouFth straight victory yes
terday y by a s-to-3 score. Moore and
TIastyzdelivered themselves of nine
passes all told and four of them
eventually found their way into the
yun column.
smith and Rice starred from =
fielding standpoint. the former max
ing an almost impossible catch OF
welch1s drive in the fifth inning
after being forced to run almost to
the garden wall and taking the ban
with is gloved hand over his shoul-
der. and the latter coming in from
deep center to capture Walkers
TexasLeaguer behind second
Jezesel Tecumseh Zachary started
for the Nationals. but at the end Of
three innings he had Milan in such
a worried state that the Flyer der
ricked him to prevent some of the
boys and a number of the paying
customers falling victims to nervous
prostration. Zach was touched for
four hits during the first three in
nings and two more hits in quick
succession were collected of him IN
the fourth before Milan decided that
the Carolisnan had toiled enough
for the day.
Courtney Passes Two.
Courtney relieved Zach with Per-
kins on first, one run already scored
and none out in the fourth. But
Harry had virtually nothing except
his already famous smile and ten
dency=to throw the ball any place
except over the. plate
After the southpaw friend OF the
rightfield bleacherites had passed
the first two men to face him.
throwing only one strike in nine
pitched balls. and filing the bases.
Rodney wearfly waved him to the
subterranean passage leading to
the dressing room and sent Erick
Erickson and a prayer in TO stop the
Salloping Mackmen.
How well the angular Swede sue
ceeded can be gathered from a brief
glance at the box score. Zachary
and Courtney left him a legacy
which included three men on the
paths and none out
Erick started by whiting Hasty
after giving him. free and for moth
ing. three balls in a row. Pep
Young was the next one 10 be given
a glance at the Scandinavian's
shoots. Young waited for three
and two count and then flied weak
ly to .Donie Bush. With the sacks
still loaded Old Doc Johnston am
bled to the plate and slashed one at
Peckinbaugh. who tossed to Bucky
Harris at second. forcing Galloway
for the final out.
From this point on the burly
Swede was master of the entire
situation. Backed by brilliant
fielding he merely romped through
the remaining frames Only two
hits were collected of him. and
they were scattered among as many
innings. He was unsteady at times.
it's true. Though he issued only a
single free ticket. he was frequent
ly in q hole. but always managed
TO pun out
As Get First Run.
The Macks started off in the lead
by getting to Zachary for a pair of
hits and a run in the second inning.
Perkins opened this frame with a
triple to deep center and scored
when Jimmy Dykes dropped one
over Stanley Harris head Gallo
way followed with a grounde- to
Bucky. and Dykes fas forced at
second. Moore then drove to Peck.
and Roger, Harris and Judge COL
laborated to erase Galloway and
the southpaw with the only double
killing of the matines.
As has been their custom of late
the Grfffs staged one big" inning.
and the second happened to be "it"
Courtney's closest competitor for
the dubious honor OF being the
widest portsider in the majors.
found lsis wild streak working like
the preverbial charm and walked
Brewer and Peskinpaurh to start
the Gfiffs' big inning. Brewer
scored.and Peck went to second.
when Fat Charity drove a wicked
crounaer between third and short
Moore+then loaded the sacks by
hsndirS DOME Bush free transpor-
tation.e
Zachary followed by crashing
Noorex first offering through the
box to center. scoring Peck and
Charity and sending Bush to third
Mack 4njeeted Hasty into the fray
here. Earl Smith duplicated Zach's
AhE lbHSH. SU1lNn went
70 second and Zach to third when
walker fumbled the ball in center.
Harris drove to Galloway and
Zach vas thrown out at the plate.
Smith moving to third and Harris
TO secand on the one-man. Perkins
doing all the work. rundown. Rice
Scored=Smith with single to CEN
ter. but Walker threw out Harris
at third when Bucky tried to reach
the hot1corner on the safety. Judge
drove te walker in deep center for
the fnal out.
Freak Sacrifice Fly.
The Macks collected their second
run in the third. After Peck had
taken Young's fly. Doc Johnston
doubled to center. TIlly Walker
then drove one of the longest flies
ever hit on the local field to Sam
Rice In deep center. The ball
travelled almost to the nag pole in
center field. Johnston scored from
second after the catch. Rice's relay
to Harris being a trihe short. 1t Is
doubtful. however. If Johnston could
been perfect and so the drive was
scored as a sacrifice.
Two more runs in the seventh and
another pair in the eighth raised
the Griffs' total to nine. The way
Erick was going the extra tallies
weren't exactly needed, but they
were welcomes nevertheless.
Earl Smiths running catch OF
welch's long drive into left field
In the ffth was as brilliant a piece
Of fielding as has been flashed on