The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Brillheart and Gleason
Each Give Up 5 Safe
ties and One Run.
10000 SEE THE GAME
Goose" Goslin's Triple in the
Third Scores Pair of Tai
lies; Mats Err Twice.
By RAY HELGEsEN.

tory over the Boston Braves yes
terday. Smiths two-bagger in the
tenth inning with two out and
Roger Peckinpaugh resting on sec
ond base scored the winning run
and gave the Griffs thei- seventh
victory i'm eleven starts against the
Back Bay hopefuls.
]. Benson Brillheart, prima donna,
southpaw and IS. and Joe Gleason.
a small edition of Walter Johnson,
divided the Nationals pitching bur-
den Both went five innings and
both showed enough to bring roars
Of approval from the 10000 paying
customers and a smile of satisfac-
tion TO. the sun-wrinkied features
Of ]. Clyde Milan. manager and
father-confessor Of the Nationals.
Brillheart opened as advertised.
He romped five frames and was
nicked for but a quintet of hits. He
struck out one and gave two bases
on balls. In addition to that he
collected a base hit out of two trips
to the plate and generally COM
ported himself as a major Lacquer
should.
Joe Gleason picked up where
Rrillhea-t left of. He. too. was
nicked for five hits. He gave a
single walk, hit a pair of batsmen.
hut worked out of tight holes with
the cOOlness of a veteran.
1t would be hard to decide which
made the best Observation-Disclosures
or Gleason. BNh allowed the same
number Of safeties. Brillheart
famed two and Gleason only one.
But Gleason gave only one pass
against the southpaw's two. Both
had the same number Of opposing
runners left on the paths, six
Rrillhea=t, despite the two walks
which he delivered. appeared to he
the steadier of the two To counter
act this is the fact that the field
ing behind the soUthpaw was corr
SiderabTy steafier and faster than
that which backed young Gleason.
The Griffs erred twice-Peckin-
pauGh and Harris miscueing. Both
was working Peck's vas a bad
throw to first, which got away from
Judge. Had the toss been perfect
IL would have completed the third
out and the Braves wouldn't have
scored of Walter JOhnson's shadow.
II II was left to us we'd pick
GIeason's showing as the best He
was in more serious trouble. it's
true. But he wasn't in trouble as
often as the kid southpaw, and IL
the fielding behind him had been
more accurate he would have
romped through his trick without
being scored upon, while the score
made off Brillheart in the nth was
the result Of some solid hitting.
Fans Cheer Kid. SouthPaw.
4 roar Of approval greeted Brill
heart as he walked to the mound
to start his first big game under
the critical eyes of 10000 home
fans. As he struck out the first
man to face him. Powell. the roar
increased in volume until it sound
ed like a falling avalanche. 1t sub
sided somewhat as Barbara took a
nasty cut at the ball and drove out
a long foul. but came on again. as
Sam Rice camped under the substi-
tute first baseman's long fly. South
worth then doubled to left when
Milan. forced to face the sun with
out his cheaters. misjudEed the ball.
Shanks threw out Nicholson.
Contrary to their usual mode of
procedure the Griffs romped into
the lead as early as the third in
ming. Judge drove to Powell to
start. Peck then singled to right
but was forced by Milan when Ford
tossed Zeb's bounder to Kopf. Rice
advanced Milan to second and was
safe at first on a lucky hit to deep
short.
This set the stage for the skid
ding Mister Goslin.
Goose" looked at one and swung
at another before he found one to
Ms liking. However it finally ar
rived and he crashed it into right
field along the foul line. Rice and
Milan scored on the drive and Goslin
went to third when the ball
earned OF the right field boxes
and got away from the diminutive
Southworth. Harris best effort was
a long fly to left to end the inning.
Fielding Saves BrIIIhcnrt.
Clever fielding saved Brillheart
from leaving the box in the fifth
with a tied score. AS il was the
Braves scored once and had Mitchell
ordered his heavy hitters to swing
on the ball instead of playing for
the tieing run things might have
been different.
Hammering Hank GOwdy, hitting
for Watson. singled to left to start.
Nixon was then substituted for
Powell. The chubby gardener
caught one on the end of his bat
and drove it over Milan's head for
a double. Hank easily scoring. With
the heavy end OF the batting order
coming up, Mitchell then played for
the tieing run. Barbara was or
dered to sacrifice. With the infiel1
rLaying tight. he laid one down in
front of the plate, Charity throw
ing him out to Harris at first and
Nixon advancing to third. South
worth then went out to Judge. un-
assisted. and Nicholson ended the
agony when Shanks threw him out
at the initial corner.
Gleason was in tight holes in both
the sixth and eighth frames. but
only one run was scored against
him.
In the eighth Cruise. in Nichol-
sons place. lined safely to center
with none out. Roeckel sacrificed
him to second. Judge throwing Tony
out to Harris at first. Kopf drove
to Goslin in right, Cruise going tc
third after the catch. Ford beat
out a hit 10 Peckinpaugh and went
to second when Fillingim got a
life on Peck's bad throw to first
Cruise scorings Gowdy was hit by
a pitched BALI but Nixon fled to
Peck to end the inning.
The Griffs scored the winning
counter in the tenth after two were