The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-15
MOCRIDCE STOPS
TRIBE, WHILE MATS
POUND EDWARDS
Lean Southpaw's Hitting
Also Big Factor in
Close Victory.
By RAY HELGESEN.

Yankees beginning tomorrow Iris
Speaker sent a kid southpaw named
Edwards to the hill in the third
game of the series yesterday. Ed
wards failed to puzzle the Griffs
and after they had found him for
nine hits and four runs in five
innings, Speaker derricked him for
another youngster, Keefe. This
kid went two innings only to be
lifted for a pinch hitter and Allan
Sothoron. possessor of a spit ball
and numerous streaks of wildness
finished for the Tribe. The final
score was 4 to in favor of the
Griffs who now cannot do worse
than break even on the series.
George Mogridge. after almost
a weeks layoff. was sent against
the confident Indians. Milan was
forced to pick between Mogridge.
Gleason and Phillips, and he chose
the lean left-hander. The guess
proved right as Mogridge, though
he was hit hard in spots. had
little trouble in setting the In
dians down with the exception of
one inning. the eighth. Three hits
in this frame coupled with a pair
of sacrifices and a pair of errors
gave the Tribe two runs. Another
hit and another miscue in the ninth
gave them their third tally, but
with the tieing and winning runs
Al,
the Tribes late rally petered out
short left.
Mogridge's Hitting system.
That Mogridge was able to stop
the Indians was due as much to
his own work with the fail as any
thing else George stated in Tam
pa on the spring training trip that
Griff had taught him an infallible
method of making base hits. He
claims that by using this method
he can't help but hit at least 500
for the season. However. up to this
time. he has refused to divulge his
secret to the rest of the Nationals.
At any rate. using his secret
system" he crashed two clean hits
OF the delivery of the youthful Ed
wards yesterday. and each safety
produced a run. His single to GEN.
ter, in the second, scored Pat Char
rity from third. while his second
safety. this time to right, again
scored Charity.
Goslin started the Griffs' scoring
in the second inning. after Wamby
had tossed out Frank Brewer. The
Goose" romped to first on a hit
past Wamby. and scored when Pat
Charity drove a triple to the left
field wall. Peck whitfield, but the
possessor of a hitting system"
lined a single into center. on which
Charity scored. Mogridge went to
second when Bush scratched a hit
to wamby, but each was stranded
when Harris lifted weakly 20 wam-
by behind second
Edwards wild I'm Fourth.
Some erratic base-running prob
ably cost the Nationals another run
in the next inning.
Rice singled to center and moved
up one base when Judge also sin
gIed to short center. With Brewer
up, O'NeiI dropped one of Edwards
shoots and it rolled few feet be-
hind him. Rice jockeyed around
second awhile. and then attempted
to make third, but was caught by
O'Neils quick throw to Gardner.
Judge went to second on the play,
but was left when Grower fouled
out to O'Neil and Goslin lifted to
Speaker.
Edwards wildness virtually gave
the Nationals their third run " the
next inning Charity was passed
and moved to second on Peck's sac
riice, Edwards to McInnis. Mo-
gridge then singled to righr scor-
ing Pat. Bush rolled to Sewell and
Mogridge was forced at second
Bush stole second and went to third
on O'Neil's bad throw. Harris and
Rice were both hit by pitched balls
but Judge ended the inning by lift
ing to Wood to deep right.
A pair of hits. sacrifice and an
iEfield out gave the Nationals their
fourth and last tally in the fifth.
Brewer singled to left and went
to second on Goslin's sacrifice. He
took third as Sewell was throwing
out Charity and scored on Peckin-
paGgh's line single into center. Mo-
gridge ended il by striking out.
he evidently having forgotten the
key to his system.
Indians Score In Eighth.
Though the Indians had been get
ting TO Mogridge with a certain
amount of regularity in the early
innings they were nuable to get
more than one hit in an inning until
the eighth whe they nicked him for
three safeties and a pair of tallies.
Furthermore, three fast double
plays, one in the first, one in the
sixth and one In the seventh stopped
as many potential rallies.
Wood started the eighth with a
single to left which passed Bush
like so much lightning. O'Neil
rolled weakly down the third-base
line and was safe when Bush's
throw pulled Judge of the bag.
Guisto. batting for Keefe. lifted to
Rice, both runners advancing
Evans also drove to Rice and Wood
scored when Sans throw to the
plate took a mad bounce, Wamby
singled to left scoring Uhle. who
was running for O'Neil. Speaker
sent wamby to third with single
to right. McInnis forced Speaker
at second. Peck to Harris
Mogridge's error aided the Indians
to collect their last run in the
ninth. Sewell rolled to Judge. Mo-
gridge took the throw at first, but
dropped the ball. Gardner lifted to
Rice. but Wood was hit in the sho.l-
der with a pitched ball. Nunamaker.
catching for O'Neil. lifted to Peck.
but Stephenson. batting for Soth-
oron. doubled down the left field foul
line. scoring Sewell and sending
Wood to third Goslin. however, took
Evans fly for the final out.