The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-08-16
WAYNE WRIGHT
Playing
Wins
Games
With St. Louis
Three Straight

NdlIlGS
Wayne Wrights victory over
Washington yesterday was his third
straight. He gave eight hits yester-
day and one run, one pass, hit one
batsman and famed four. August
he gave the Athletics eight hits aud
trimmed them, . to 3. In that game
he famed four and issued three free
tickets. July 30 he let the Red Sox
down with five hits and downed them
/ to |. lie struck out four in that
bout, walked three and hit one.
lie was charged with the loss Of one
game July 81 to the Yanks, when
Wallie Shang pounded him for
home run in the eleventh He had
relieved Danforth in the tenth and
had yanked the Browns from Il hole,
but in the eleventh, after battling
Meusel and Ruth. he was found for
the game breaker by Schang.
Removed for Pinch Batter
The day prior to this. also against
the Yanks, he gave way to pinch lit.
ter in the seventh after allowing but
five hits and three runs. The Browns
got five runs in the last half OF the
seventh, but the Yanks came back
for four in the eighth and four in
the ninth to win out Shocker was
charged with that defeat,
July 81 at Philadelphia. Wright
trimmed the Athletics, 10 to =, while
allowing ten hits. He famed four
and walked three. He was beaten
by the Nationals in Washington July
10, . TO 0, although he permitted on
ly six hits while the Browns were
getting eight off Mogridge.
| lie started the July Z contest
against the Red Sox at Boston and
was taken out after allowing ten hits
and four runs i'll eight innings and II
third pruett relieved Wright in the
ninth and was beaten in the thir-
tecnth
| July l i'll st. Louis, Wright gave
the Indians only four hits and beat
George Uhle, 4 to 3 Doc. passed
three and famed three in this game
Prior to this. on July 27th, at Cleye-
land, Wright was breeding along Mt
a splendid clip and was winning east
ly until the eighth, when, forced to
pitch in u heavy downpour of rain,
he was knocked out. However, he
was not charged with the defeat.
Shoeker', Injury Gave Him Chance
Wright did not get chance 10
pitch regularly until Shocker pulled
up lame and was lost to his club for
several weeks. Once given a chance,
the Ohio State University boy came
to the front with a rush and now is
eheered Justify every time he is an
nounced as Manager FohI's pitching
selection.
lie wound have been used earlier
by Foil, but was ailing for several
weeks after the season started with
a lame back and stomach trouble.
He got back on his feet in good con-
dition during the Browns first East
ern invasion, when he did nothing
| but "shag" balls in the outfield and
warm up for thirty minutes prior to
each game. He has good speed,
tantalizing curve, splendid control,
the iceberg" poise of veteran,con
fidence and plug OF tobacco, with
! out which he would be lost.
He was with the Browns several
years ago but was found wanting
and shunted to Louisville. of the
American Association, for expe-
rience. While his record in the as
ISOLATION last year was not very i'm,
pressive, he was proved beyond doubt
that he can pitch major league bail
in winning fashion. at times bril-
liantly.
Wright was student in medicine
at Ohio State number of years ago
but did not finish his course. How
ever, he intends to make up for lost
ground in the next year or two. His