The Washington herald., 1922-09-14
MOCRIDCE HOLDS
TRIBE TO HITS:
NATSCOLLECT IL
Boone and Lindsey,
Cleveland Rockies,
Prove Easy.

.. CLEVELAND. Sept. I3.-The In
dams proved easy plckiay &c. :ne
Nationals in the FIRST game o9 the
series here today. the Nationals reg
istering a 4-to-l victory IN the ini-
tiaI contest of series that viii
take them through the West for the
hnal time this year.
George Mogridge was ca the hill
for the Nationals. and played with
the locals for eight sessions, dish
ing out but two hits during that
period. Although he was wild at
certain stages of the game, the tai!
ieft-hander always had 4 reserve
supply left to baffle the Tribe p2t-
ters when they threatened.
The Eve bases on balls given u;it
helped make the game interesting
u a certain extent, but the lo.'al
fans were given few opportunities
to try out their vocal cords until
the ninth, when three hits gave :he
Clevelanders their FIRST and orly
run. and left two runners IL the
bases.
RarneY Relieves MogridEe.
At this stage os the frac1s Mar
Eger Milan decided thai he woul1
net take any chances on George to
fnish the contest and Gale IN Wal
ter Johnson to retire the Tribe.
Waiter disposed OF the TWO hatters
who faced him in short order.
Sensational fielding PLAYS Helped
the game materially, from che spec
tators' viewpoint. and also were n
strumental IT, keeping the s"orc
down Lamotte. Rice AMI GOslin
turned in more brilliant plays in
the game than are usually seen in
three contests For the Indians.
Evans and McInnis were in the limo
light
Daniel Boone was on the moun1
for the locals and was nicked con-
sistently during the eight rounds
he IabOred. The Nationals obtain I'll
three runs and nine hits off his de-
livery. and were robbed of at least
three more runs by alright support
accorded Boone.
Recruit u Hit Hard.
The other run and pair Of hits
were made off Jim Lindsey in the
ninth. Jim replaced Boone when
Speaker batted for him in the
eighth and escaped massacre by
pure luck Brewer famed to open
the inning. but Peck singled and
T.amotte and Picinich were given
free transportation. filling the
sacks. Mogridge poked several long
fouls that failed to shake the young
nitCher and then hit a grOunder to
NcInnis. who threw to Sewell fore
ing Peck at the plate. Judge fol-
lowed with drive through the
pitchers box that sent I.amOtte
home Harris then sent line
drive to center that McNulty ne-o-
tiatCd for a wonderful catch.
Washington obtained a flying
start in the fourth and counted
'w;re on a double by Rice. Brewers
single aud a triple by I.amOtte.
Cleveland obtained its first hit off
MoCridge in their half of the same
inning. but failed to score when
Connolly. who had walked for the
second time and taken second on
a balk. failed to touch third when
trying for home on Stephenson's
single. Lamotte noticed the fail
ure and when he called the umpire's
attention to the omission Connolly
was called out.
GrifTs Score Again.
The Nationals were retired in
order i'm their half of the fifth. but
il took two sensational catches to
turn the locals back. GosIin made
running catch of Woods drive
with his back to the plate. and
Rice went to left center for a liner
off McInnis' bat.
Washington started on the war
path again in the sixth and scored
another on singles by Harris. Cos
lin and HrOwer. GuSlin was nailed
at the plate in this inning and
Evans made a circus catch of a long
drive by LamOtte. cutting off sew
eFal additional taIlies
The final Washington run was
made in the final inning off Jim
Lindsey. ErOwer famed but Peck
singled and stole second Lindsey
lost control and frankcd Lamotte
and Picinich. but Peck was forced
on Mogridge's CrOunder to MCInnis
Judge singled. sending LamOtte
over the plate but the scoring for