The Washington herald., 1922-08-16
MATS WIN FIRST, 81;
LOSE SECOND, 7TOl:
COSLN HITS HARD
Goose, However, Pulls a
Casey in Nightcap.
with Bases Loaded.
BY RAY HELGESEN,

kinning the first game by a s-to-1
SCI p and losing the second. to l.
tn Griffs broke even with the St
Il 3 Browns in the first of pair
ofssuccessive double headers yester-
dat Zachary. though nicked for
el4vrn hits. one more than the Grins
conebed OF the combined deliveries OF
Wayne Wright and Shucks Pruett,
was steady in the pinches and held
the Browns safe throughout the op-
ener. Francis worked for the Grtns
in the nightcap and his portside puz-
zIers failed to puzzle the rollockins
Browns who collected an even dozen
safeties of him More important.
they had little trouble in finding him
when hits meant runs.
Dixie Davis stopped the Griffs COM
pletely In their commendaole EFFORT
10 annex two straight from the Mound
City troupers. Dixie set the Grins
down with only seven hits TO show
for their toll and was at his best In
the pinches- He vas slightly un-
steady. issuing four passes, but more
than made up for this by whiting a
half dozen Nationals once turning
back the smuggling Goslin on strikes
with the sacks crowded.
Grins Fail to Gain.
BY merely breaking even the Griffs
failed to gain any ground on the In
dians who split with Connie Mack 5
Sleepers. But the Browns Jared
worse as the fifty-fifty decisi IN cut
their one game lead in half when the
Yanks tied the Tigers IN the ninth
and went on to win in the ten'h.
Goose Goslin wSs among those
T esent. even quite prominent. in the
aftcfnoon'S pleasant debut. The Goose
vfHdered to the rubber a matter of
-four times and on each Occasion
shipped Gu. what viii go into the Of
ficIal records as a hit Goose's hits
ws#e n bit productive too. as they
accounted for four of the Griffs' run
toSi.
For instance. in tho first inning
the customers we-e nearly shocked
iro state 81 coma when the GriffS
pushed over a pair OF tallies without
any-Vva rrinG whatsoever. And Goslin
w9 the star oc the alI-star cast which
crossed the dope.
Fice scratched a hit past Gerbc:
and lnped to second as the aged
B.ankie disposed OF II irris. Judge
walked after which Goose promptly
suTscked a single TO center scorin2
Ricr and sending Judge 70 third.
Wtifia ms kicked the ball around long
Cnepgh fo- Colin TO reach second
REaaCI walked and Shanlis scored
Iuake win long fly t. Jacobson in
lcT
,'OsI!n Again Produces.
r the third the ~iriffz agar
G. ssscd the plate and once more GoS.
irL wa. one OF the producers. Harri
Goliblei and went TO third on Judge.
.rerifCc. scoring on Gosln's secon,
saaie to center.
viii Pru--t pitching in the seventh
thFsNa .iorals scored another pair Of
ruHS. Goslin's safety scoring both ot
them
zuCr walked. but was forced by
Zee. Harris boat OUT a hunt to Si:.
Ior= y cr making second. JudS,
v.fH,d. u'i.n~ the bases after which
t.1-fir t~ul. ed , y hit over Sisters
r.. al sC-~i1s HiI2Cc and Harris.
sItz. Hi--Sr'f. drove iu the Grifs
rnaf tally. Sranks walked and went
tr=scCond a Peck bounced a single
ovrF B-onlTc's ancient dome. Shank
va to third ~ PiciniCh was forcin-
PCft and scored when Zachary
slnslcd to right
That ended that. and with tht
star+ of the second same the Griffs
punch also ended. Even GoSlin'.
ability to sock the old horsehidt
blew when he started swinging a
Dixie Davis deCeivers. which wer,
real deceivers in every sense of th'
word
Again. for instance - Picinici
opened the GriffS' third By battins
out scratch hit to Gerber. Fran
els whitfield and McManus tossed ou
Rice. Val reaching second. Harri!
reached first by taking it in tn,
ribs. after which Judge scratched ;
hit TO the infield when Davis de
fiected his hard bounder JUS
enough to keep McManus from
fielding it. That loaded the base.
and brought up Mister Casey. nee
Goslin.
GoslIn Pulls n Casey.
You could see that the Goose wa.
alfprimed. This was his spot, ac.
cording TO the dope. but as has hap.
peped before. the dope was just &
bit off.
Goslin swung at one and looked
atom Davis then gave him &
couple of bad ones. Another bad
one, making the count three an6
two And then. with a prospect oi
a straight one down the old alley
the Goose swung hard enough tc
drive the pill back to the Jersey
swamps if he had connected. But