Evening star., 1922-05-23


At the present writing it appears
that Roger finally has found himself
and is hitting in the form that made
him a terror to the Griffs when the
Yankees came to town in past sea-
sons. When Connie Mack, enthused
by the splendid hitting OF Bing Mil
Ter. remarked that he wouldn't trade
Miller for Peek and Dugau put to-
gether," he lett himself open to
come back, as the season is young,
and right now there are few fans IN
Washington who are not thoroughly
convinced that Griffith more than
made good IL the exchange.
Robertson on Slab Today.
For the wlud-up Of the series today
Chicago probably will give the W ASH
ingtOu fans Ch,lr first peek at Rob
ertSon, the young man who pitched
no-hlt game recently, While Manager
Milan will doubtless send Mogridge to
the rubber for the GritfS- Ii both
pitchers live up to their regulations,
the game should be warm one, from
start TO finish.
With the celebrated Faber listed to
pitch for the White SoX the Nationals
knew their work was cut out for
them, but big Erickson made the
visitors go the limit to win. Both
twIrlers We're hit safely seven times,
but Olaf was Wild and was not given
the support accorded his opponent or
d ulILtltuI story IilIeHj Dt lOiu
The SOX We're the first to break the
ice. scoring once in the second round.
Erick passed Struuk, the first man up
and a sacrifice by F'aik sent him TO
second. The big Swede then dished
out three passes i'll row. forcing
home Struuh, hut got out of further
trouble. when he made Faber pop to
Harris and Hooper foul to Charity
The Critfs shot into the lead by one
run in the same inning, when Brower
led off with a single to right and
Gosliu sliced q double along the left
Charity was hit by the pitcher. mn
ing the bases. PeCkinpaush then
came through with clean single TO
left and Brewer and Goslin scored.
Erick famed and Harris was walked.
but Rice closed the round with a
fly to FaIk i'll left.
Sox Take Lead in Fourth.
1t was in the fourth. that the Sox
again shot to the front, scoring a
pair of runs. Schalk was safe when
ShankS threw short to Judge and
Sheely was hit by Erick. Mcclellan
famed and Faber rolled to Judge and
it looked as if the big fellow was
going to get out of another hole but
Hooper spilled the beans by hitting
a triple to the rightfeld fence, Schalk
and Sheely scoring. But for Shanks'
error and Brewers poor handling of
have resulted, as johnson was an
easy third out.
The Sox hung up their fourth and
final run in the fifth round, when
Collins tripled to the fence in right
and came home on the squeeze play,
well engineered by SChalk and Eddie.
The Grlffs waited until the final in
ming before waking up ths crowd,
having gone the six previous rounds
without tally. but fell just short
of tying up the contest. With one
down, Goslin again sliced wicked
liner into right and when he stopped
running was on third. Shanks then
made good with a nice single to left,
GosIin trotting home, but. Charity
gummed the game when he hit into
a double play, Johnson to Collins to
Sheely, and the battle was over.
Pulling double play on Harry
Hooper it requires remarkable speed
by the players handling the ball.
Judge and Peck did it in the sixth.
With Faber on first, Hooper hit a
bounder to Judge and the ball was
shot to Peck, forcing Red, and then
back came the pill. beating Harry
by a step. This play was a feature
Of the game.
In addition to slamming out a
double and triple, Goslin fielded his
position well, accepting all of his
lpuT CHdnctS, among Ihem SEN
sational catch of FaIks long fly in
the third, the ball being pulled
down as it was sailing over the
f1elderS head
In the seventh. Charity and Peck
pulled a beautiful play. Johnson,
who is quite speedy, was on third
and Strunk on first, when a double
steal was started. Pat threw to
Peck to head off Strunk, and when
johnson started home, Roger shot
the ball back so fast and accurately
that Ernie hasn't touched the plate
yet, although he made a desperate
slide to reach it. The President
joined in the hearty applause.
Manager Milan went right against
an old base ball tradition yester-
day when he changed the batting
order after the lineup, headed by
Smith, had registered three straight
victories. Few managers care to
shift a winning combination.