The Washington herald., 1922-06-05
WALK
AND lBAD INNING
! BEATS NATIONALS
Barney Whiffs Mats
Drop to Fourth Place
In Standing.
By RAY HELGEsEN.


mark which makes that figure just
a little harder for ambitious rec
ord smashers to shoot at. And be-
cause of one bad inning. in which
the Red sox collected three solid
hits and scored one run. another
defeat-making three this season
was chalked up in the records op-
posite the Kansas Cyclones name
Lacking the ability to get to young
Ferguson in the pinches, the Grins
were able to score only one run,
which was just two tallies shy of
being enough to win. The Red sox
scored twice and took the Sunday
matinee. to l.
Boston's victory jumped Duffy's
clan from last to sixth place in the
league and put the Griffs in fourth
place. a game behind the Indians
and just a jump ahead of the strug-
Cling Athletics.
Barney Good-Ferguson Better.
The Big Train was good, as his
strike-out mark indicates. But the
youthful Ferguson, though he
whiffed only three of the Nationals.
was just a little better. Ferguson
was nicked for eight safeties, one
less than johnson gave up, lat the
kid that Duffy has been trying to
peddle, without success, to every
club in the American League, was
able to keep the singles scattered.
In only one frame were the Griffs
able to get to the youngster for
more than one hit. In the fifth they
got two safeties in a row. which,
coupled with a base on balls, gave
them their only tally.
During the rest of the pastime
Ferguson was setting them down
almost in order. now and then CIV
ing up a hit. but always having
enough in reserve to stop them when
safeties meant runs.
Even outside of the two innings
in which the Sox managed to score,
Johnson was frequently in trouble,
only the brilliant fielding of Judge,
Bluege and Picinich keeping the
Boston total low enough so that the
Nationals always had a chance.
Judges clever headwork in the
sixth caught Collins at the plate
when O'Rourke tried to squeeze
, "Shano" over the pam Blackie laid
it down almost perfectly, but the
first baseman was on it like a
hawk and his quick throw Pinci-
mich caught Collins by couple of
feet.
PfeinIck's Clever Play.
Picinich crashed his way into
the spotlight in the fourth when
with Burns on third and O'Rourke
on first he bluffed a throw to sec
ond as Blackie started to steal and
then snapped to Bluge to get
Burns who had evidently missed
his teammates signal and had
strayed off third just far enough
to get into trouble.
Bluege was around and about IN
every inning. In the sixth he cut
off an almost certain run with a
marvellous stop behind the bag that
would have gone for a double had
IL got past his station He killed
off a rally in the fifth by snagging
a line drive that almost knocked
him off his pins and again in the
ninth took a hot one that left a
blue streak behind II out of the
air. If either drive had gone safe
no one would have blamed the kid
as there are number of third
basemen in this league who would
have scrambled to shelter to get
out of their way.
It's true the kid was charged
with an error. but IT was on a hard
hit ball that took an unexpected
bounce and he fumbled it just long
enough to let the batter make first
in safety.
Barney's Lone Walk Hurts.
Barney's only walk of the matt
nee got him in trouble in the first.
Memo Leibold waited the big fell
low out and was rewarded with
free transportation. Menosky. de-
spite the verbal backing which a
young woman behind the pest box
was hurting into the sticky atmos-
phere. flied to Rice in short center.
Pratt evidently heard the young
woman's shouted request for a hit
as he singled to left and Leibold
went to second. Dugan lifted to
Smith. but Collins followed with a
safety TO deep left which scored
Leibold and sent Pratt to third.
johnson ended that rally by Whit
fling big George Burns for the final
out
Like Barney. Ferguson was a
. bit wild to start. hit batsman, a |
scratch hit and a walk got him into |
trouble. but he steadied in the pinch |
and forced Smith to fly to Leibold I
to end the inning. leaving three |
Griffs stranded.
BlueSe took 1t in the ribs and |
was waved to first. Harris filed to |
Menosky. but Bluege went to sec
ond when Rice singled over Pratt |
head. Judge lifted to the Pole in |
left before Brewer was walked,
loading the bases. Smiths third |
clout at the ball resulted in a high |
fly to Memo Leibold. which the little |
gardener took on the run.
Three Hits to Left.
Three clean singles. all into left |
field and all down the same alley,
gave the Sox their second and what
proved to be the deciding run in
the fourth
Dugan opened with single be-
tween Bluege and Peck. but was
thrown out at second by Picinich
when Collins attempted to sacrifice.
Collins went to second on Burns
single into left. and scored when
O'Rourke drove safely into the same
spot, Burns going to third.
Ruel whiffed. With Ferguson up.
Blackie evidently signeled Burns for
the double steal. At any rate.
O'Rourke started. and when Picinich
blsffed a throw to second Burns
was caught or third by the catch
er's snap throw there.
Milan used a pair of pinch hitters.
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