The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
EARL SMITHS HIT
IN SEVENTH SCORES
WINNING COUNTER
Trio of Errors Respon-
sible for Both of Bos-
toms Tallies.
ZACH NEARING FORM
Big Carolinian Holds Mitch
ellis Men to Single Safety
In Four Frames.
ZACH NEARING FORM
By RAY HELoEsEN.

hopes they may have had of captur-
ing the spring preseason series
from the Nationals The score was
tied at two all and Judge and Peck
ingpaugh were on first and second
respectively when the Winter Sher-
In wandered to the plate and de-
Hvered the blow that ultimately
gave the Griffs the game by J.
to-2 score and a two-game edge on
the series. Even II the Gri1s lose
today's contest they will still win
the series as they have now won
six games while the Braves have
been successful in but four at
tempts.
on the mound for the Nationals.
Both did their work we'll The two
runs scored while the lean portsider
was hurlins were the result Of q
trio of G-iffmen errors. .. But for
these miscues the Braves would
have been erased in order.
Zachary surprises.
Zachary's toiling.yas surprise
as well as a pleasure The Caro-
linian has been of form all spring.
In fact he has been so slow In
rounding to form that Milan was
beginning to worry lest he should
mt be ready for the opening sea-
son. Jezebels effort yesterday.
however. took a load OF the Fly
er's,mind.
The Carolinian. apparently. has
come to form over night. He held
the Braves to a single hit in fouf
innings. Southworth's hit in the
eight was the only bingle ga-nered
of him that even resembled a hit.
And It could have been scored
either way, as Peckingpaugh got the
ball in plenty Of time to catch the
runner at first, but his throw drew
Judge on the bag and Southworth
was safe when Joe's effort to tag
him proved futile.
Zach. of course, is still far from
his real form. But his work yes
terday at least proves that he has
an even chance Of hitting his stride
be- re the season is more than a
week old.
Southwark get a hit on drive
through the box Il The Braves first.
There were two down at the time
and so when Nicholson drove to
Shanks at third. Southworth's hit
went for naught when Shanks erased
him with a quick throw to Harris.
Nationals Cross Dope.
The Griffs. noted as late starters.
foxed themselves and the fans when
they -omped into and through. the
lies on their way.
- Judge tripled to right center TO
start the hostilities. Southworth
made a great effort to field the ball.
but fell after lungeing at II on its
way to the scoreboard. Peckinpaugh.
in nis first appearance in washing-
ton as a National. walked. Goebel.
playing In left in Milan's place. lined
. to Southworth in left. Judge not at
tempting to score. Rice struck out.
The youthful exponent of roller
skating as. it's done in the garden
then strode to the plate. 1t was
Goslin's first appearance before a
home crowd since last fall, when
he made such a good impression on
the paying customers. Goose was
all set to square himself with the
fans. And after all that had been
wired from the South OF the young
ster's inclination to skid when chas-
ing fly balls and his inability to field
ground balls and his slump in hit
ting. II must be admitted that he
was facing a man's-size problem.
Rube Grins-the GosIin.
Marquard almost laughed as he
saw Goose picking his way to the
plate. The youngster had been soft
for the Rube inSthe South. So the
wry-necked southpaw fed Goslin a
hook which broke just above the
knees. Goose swung. but connect
ed with nothing but the air. Un-
discouraged. he set himself again
and idly watched the Rube throw
one so wide that even Bob. Hart
was convinced it was a ball.
The next one was in Goslin's
grove, and the youngster pounded
IL through the box. 1t eventually
ended its journey in center field.
Judge scored on the play. and Peck
went to second. Harris then dropped
a Texas Lacquer in left and Peck
scored. With two on Shanks popped
to Holke for the third out.
In the fourth the Braves tied the
singing single to center and three
errors.
Boeckel popped to Harris to open.
Holke laid one down. and Mogridge,
considered the best fielding pitcher
in the big leagues. balled things up
and paved the way for some per-
sonal trouble by throwing wild to
Judge at first. Holke going to third
on the miscue. Ford then drove
one at Shanks. The Monocan evf-
IDENTIFY had caught the fever by this
time. as he, too. entered the error
column by letting It wander be-
tween his props. Holke scoring.
OiNeil drove an easy one at the
usually reliable Bucky Harris. but
the second baseman played with IL
long enough to allow Ford to reach
second and O'Neil first.
Barbare's Hit Ties Score.
Barbara. hitting for Marquard.
then drove one through the box
into center field. Ford scoring and
O'Neil landing on second Fortu-
nately Powell and Kopf went out
on flies to Rice and Peck, respec-
lively. That ended that carnival OF
errors
Smiths hit. a hit batsman. and a
walk were responsible for the
-lGriffs' final tally and the winninS
counter in the seventh.
Zachary doubled to left after
Charity had popped to Ford in this
frame. Judge was hit by a pitched
hall and went to second when
Oesehger threw out Zachary at
third on Peck's infield tap. Smith
then found one to his liking and
drove the pellet between first and
second. scoring Judge and advahc-
ing Peck to third. Rice walked. but
Goslin failed in the pinch. BoeckeI
throwing him out on an easy play