Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-24

required a derrick to get any one
the final battle. By the time the (
probably will have .regained their co
story may be told.
This afternoon the RedN Sox open
three-game series here. their first
appearance Of the season. George
mogridge is carded to do the twirl-
while Manager Duffy says it will
depend upon how his pitching staff
warns up before he makes his
selection. Joe Dugan, the tempera-
big three-cornered trade; Eddie Fos-
ter and Mike Menosky are with the
Sox and will receive a hearty well
come from their friends in, this city.
Those pesky Yanks made 1t four
straight yesterday. shutting out the
Griffmen, 8 to o. Weakness, both In
defense and on attack, accounts for
the final defeat and these; conditions
prevailed to a large Axtept IN the
etched a 'f fairly gosa bali aAa SIX my
nings he officiated. on the, rubber,
but his companions could not con-
meet with Hoyt. yshs did the hurting
for the fanks, whsds>as bingle Would
AS an example. consider the first
round. when Judge doubled to left
and went to third on Stan Harris
single to center. Stan then cleverly.
btun0 S1cpkHlu &Ak4NssESdIi oIufJaI" was
by a pitched baftHllng the bases. with
no'oneeouE Rice sooped q. fly to Few
stsg.in slsft and sshsa. Judge tried 10
score after the catch. p perfect throw
to Schang headed him. off by an, eye
"a bounder to Scott
Then, again, hit in the ninth might
have caused great damage TO the YankS..
the bases being filled with only one
out. but again. the longed-for hit was
not Forthcoming. After Brewer! had
skied to Witt in right. Peck slashed
single into left. - Milan. then showed
himself into the lineup instead Of La
Motto and the old boy came through
stopping at second. Charity coaXed
base on balls and the corners We're
crowded once more. AS Goslin had
batted for Zachary in the seventh.
and Harry's best was three vigorous
whiffs. Judge then closed the game
with long fly to Mcmillan in center.
The other. seven innings were al
most rotation affairs of walking up
to the plate and then back to the
dugout, fer the Griffmen.
On the other hand. just notice how
the Yanks come through when a hit
is needed to score a run. In the
first inning Witt walked and Fews-
sacrifice. Mr.. Frank Baker followed
with a wicked drive for two bases
along the right field foul line and
Witt had only to toddle home. The
Yanks' other two runs In the fifth
were not the result Of hitting, ex-
cept that bingles placed Witt and
Fewster on the sacks. and Sam Rtce's
error did the rest. The ball was hit
pretty hard by Fewster, but Rice got
IN front Of it. yet it went right
the center field fence. Before the
ball could be retrieved, both runners
were over the pan. After that
Zachary allowed but one hit. Court
.ney also yielded but one blow in the
last two innings.
The whack Earl Smith got OF the
ankle in the first inning WAS from
a fast ball that knocked the batter
down. The game was delayed for
several minutes. Smith managed to
stick 1t out. but his ankle gave him
considerable pain last night. and he
In a doubtful starter for today.
Howard Shanks still is in bad
way. He should have been, 4eff at
homo to nurse his injured. hand The
swelling has gone down, but he cam.
not close his hand without pain,
which makes it impossible for; him
to resume playing. There is no etelfs'
ing how long he will be out. as
bruises Of this sort hang on f10r5 q
considerable length OF time: La s.. MStts1
for him. sTf.s -.
Notwithstanding his injured ankle.5
Earl Smith made a pretty catch. OF
ball being captured after lonE-Eup,s
a jump OF about two feet in thesalr,
and only few inches from thes left
field fence. ~. -
Al schacht put on a Washington
uniform and helped Altrock entertain
the fans before the game starred
Both are huge favorites at the Polo
Grounds. and the fans were kept
laughing almost continuously for an
hour or more. Nick was in his. glory
and to satisfy local photographer,
posed with movie actress
Vice President RICHARDSON ran over
from Philadelphia. late last night and
took in the game. He Is certainly
game loser. and frightened the boys
up with encouraging remarks. He
says 1t is only a question of a couple
of weeks before the Griffs hit their
stride and chalk up victories in
regular order.
Moro than $4,000 were on hand for
the Sunday game, remarkable turn
out in view of the weather, which
was ideal for foot ball.
La Motto made snowy stop in the
third inning Off Mcmillan. The ball
took a high bound as Bob got in
front of it. but he jumped in the air.
pulled 1t down with his left hand and
cleverly threw out Mac at first.
Tho Griffs did not lack for en-
couragement during the final game.
as there were many admirers of the
team in the grandstand and they made
themselves noticeable by loud and
prolonged cheering at every oppor-
tunity. When the short rally de-
veloped In the ninth inning, their loud
yells of encouragement put one in
mind Of the home crowd.
St. Cyprian A. c. will open its sea-
son next Sunday with q game with