Evening star., 1922-04-25

Manager Milan shares with his play
ers the belief that they finally have
found themselves: that the troucing
iaeted out to the Red SoX yesterday
lane of defeat. He said today he in
tended to send Phillips against Duff
fss men this afternoon, and if the
New orleans recruit performs in any
hing approXimatine the manner he
d!d at the Polo Grounds last week.
the Red Sox will have the toughest
Gind OF d time taking his measure.
] will be recalled that Phillips Fri
LAY held the Yankees to five hits
and one uEearned run, due to a wild
throw by La Motto. The affable right
handler did all that could be expected
ing due to the total inability OF his
mates to solve Shawkey.
The lacing accorded quartet Of
Hub hurlers by the Griffmen, who
compiled fourteen safeties for a total
of twenty bases, indicates they have
emerged from their hitting slump. It
BODIES no good for any finger called
on to face a bunch of batsmen with
anemic averages to nourish. The
present condition of the Boston pitch
ing staff should foster the ambitions
of the Griffs to climb, TOO. The only
shown effectiveness this spring Is
John Picus Quinn, and he was
knocked loose from his equilibrium
Yesterday. With the veteran moist
ball manipulator out of the way, the
task of the Nationals is lightened
considerably.
Milan Is Optimistic.
Il believe we finally have gotten.
started Milan opined today THE
way the boys bore down with. the
stick yesterday indicates they have
found their batting eyes. 1t was only
question of time until the slump
wore off. There Is no way to explain
our string of defeats except that we
always were doing the wrong thing,
no matter how hard we tried.
With the hitters back on the job
the aspect will be entirely different.
our fielding is bound to improve with
the resumption of hitting, for the
Two invariably go together, and I'm
convinced. from what the pitchers
TOUR or five who can be depended on.
l'hillips and Gleason both showed fine
form against the Yankees, while both
zachary and Courtney looked good
Weak hitting and poor fielding cost
us two OF the games We dropped in
New York. and the final contest there
was frittered away by poor base
running.
Sees Formidable stan.
With a couple of our recruit pitch
ers coming through we should have
formidable staff when the veterans
round into shape as they seem to be
doing now. When We get to going in
earnest lot. of teams now leading
US will be taking our dust"
Any doubt that the Nationals were
destined to halt their string Of set
backs was dissipated before two
rounds of their Homecoming en-
gagement had been completed In
that period they pummeled Quinn for
seven hits and as many runs and con-
rinued the bombardment in an i'm
partial manner against another vet
eran, Elmer Myers. and a pair of
rooktes-Curtis Fullerton and Sam
Dodge
Mogridge, while far from effective,
as the even dozen base blows he yield
ed would indicate. had something in
reserve for the pinches and the SoX
never were able to extend rally be-
1ond the one-run stage.
GriHs Take Early Lead.
II appeared at the start that it was
to be another one of those games.'
Collins dribbled swinging bunt
down the th;rd-base line and hesi-
tated to run. thinking it would roll
foul. La Motto thought likewise and
was slow coming in for it. Collins
beating out Bob'S wide and belated
throw. Mogridge dropped Elmer
Smiths liner, but recovered. Judge
completing a double play by tagging
Collins and then stepping on first.
Pratt singled over second and COM
pleted the circuit. when Rice knock
Brewer kicked it far enough to give