Evening star., 1922-08-12

Rice and Harris were on second ana
first. respectively. in the final frame
by virtue of singles off Piercy. VINO
had relieved Collins in that round,
when Russell succeeded him. Russell
pitched one ball only and Milan at
tempted to sacrifice on it. HIS punt
was grabbed bv Ruel not more than
two feet in front of the plate ana
shot to third for force-out. flt-
finger then whipped the ball over TO
Burns iii time to flag Milan at hrst.
and Harris who endeavored to reach
third. was nipped there when Burns
lined the pill across the diamond 10
Pittinger who tagged Stanley as lie
slid in.
johnson Aids With Bat.
1t was great stuff. but afforded the
meager crowd it's only chance to en-
thuse aside from an abortive rally
staged by the SoX in the elShtn, LOT
in every other frame Johnson ana ms
mates successfully resisted Boslon's
efforts to score, while Walter supple
mented his box work by some timely
hitting, with Goslin, Brewer, ShankS
and Peck lending assistance on at
tack. ..
Set down in order for two innings,
the Nationals horned into the run
column in the third. when Peek got
a life on Fewster's wide throw. mofeo
up on Picinich's sacrifice. and reg
istered on a single to left by Johnson
Four hits produced only one addi-
tional marker in the fourth, when
Collins was all but literally knocked
off the slab. With one gone. Goslin
TO third on Brower's terrific liner
down the right field line. Shanks
knocked Collins loose from his cap
and beat his throw to first. Gosiin
scoring, and Peck caromed vicious
liner off the pitchers leg. Then.
with the bases loaded, Picinich sue
cumbed to strikes and johnson rojled
10 FewSter-
Walter Is Threatened.
In the same period Johnson was
seriously threatened on two occa-
sions. but escaped unchanged. Prast
opened the second with douoie
down the left field line. On Picinich's
throw to catch him mapping Pratt
was trapped, but Peck fumbled and
Del took third, being credited with
stolen base.
pratt held third while Peck was
tossing out ]. Harris, Menoskey drew
a pass and Fewster popped. On the
fonrth ball to Ruel, Pratt and Menos-
key essayed a double steai, but Stan
Harris got Picinich's peg back in time
to get a close decision at the plate.
Leibold hit into double play, after
Collins walked in the third and the
following frame saw another Boston
rally nipped through dual killing
made possible by headless base run
ming. Burns and Pratt both singled
sharply to left. ]. Harris sacrificed
and Menoskey again walked, crowd
to Harris, whose toss in an attempt
to double up Pratt off second was
muffed by Peck. Shanks recovered
the ball and dashed for third, which
Pratt had reached. and tagged Burns
before he could return, the latter hav-
ing failed to notice the tumble until
too late to try for the plate.
Add Three More Tnllies.
The Nationals added three tallies
to their total in the sixth. when Col
Inns was merrily. peppered. Goslin
started with shot to center, ad-
vanced on Brower's death and scored
on Shanks' rap to left. Peck here
ing Hank to third and after Picinich
popped foul, Johnson scored the pair
of them with lopoing single to right.
After the fourth the Sox could do
nothing with Johnson until the
eighth. Then they did lot of things,
their savage attack on Barney net
ting them four runs. John Collins,
batting for his namesake, popped to
Harris. but Leibold singled. Mitchell
walked. and after Burns lofted, they
ter. Joe Harris then doubled to right
scoring Pratt, and counted himself
when Menoskey came through with
a single. The rally ended when Karr,
batting for wster, rolled to Shanks.
In the ninth Johnson had no trouble
disposing of the SoX in order. includ-
ing Elmer Miller. ex-Yank, who bat
ted for Russell.