The Washington herald., 1922-03-24
By RAY HELGESEN.

By RAY HELGESEN.
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, March
! 33.-The poor control of Harry
Courtney and Tom Phillips caused
the downfall Of the Griffs in the
third game of the spring series
with the Braves. The Boston tribe
won, to 2, scoring the winning
run In the last half of the eighth
inning after the Nationals had tied
the score with a pair of runs in
their half. Bases on balls, ono of
Courtney in the fourth and the
other of Phillips in the eighth.
were responsible for two Of the
Braves tallies.
The Griffs were able to collect
only six hits of the deliveries OF
Frank Miller and Joe Oeseheger.
Today's victory makes the second
of the series in which these two
huriers have stopped the Nationals,
as both of them saw action in the
opening engagement last saturday.
Courtney gave up six. hits and
wailosd arquartet Of batsmen- f'nil-
lips worked the last three frames
and was touched for two hits
However, he also relieved himself
Of a pair of walks. the last Of
which resulted in the winning
counter.
Courtney, as usual. looked good
while he managed to control the
agate. But the cid failing was
still with him and he was unable
to keep the ball where Walsh,
umpiring behind the plate, could
see it. 80
Philips flashed a steady per-
formance except in the eighth
frame. He had the Braves popping
into the air and until the fatal
eighth seemed to have them at his
mercy. The New Orleans young
ster's wildness in the final frame
may be partly explained by the fact
that he had tired himself the in
ming before running the bases He
had hit down the third base line
and after going to second when
Judge walked, he jockeyed around
there for three or four minutes be-
fore he checked in at the plate on
Mflan's out. Ford to Holke.
Phillips weskens.
with the score tied at two-all.
Phillips returned to the mound and
walked the first Boston hitter to
face him in the eighth. Tom seemed
weak and appeared to be trying
foolishly to hurry through his work
instead of taking his time as vet
eran would have under the circum-
stances. After Southworth had
walked. Cruise was thrown out by
Harris at first. Southworth taking
second.
BoeckeI then doubled to left field.
proved to be the winning tally.
HoIke followed with another double
into deep left. but Boeckel was
caught at the plate when Smith re-
.layed the ball to Shanks and Hank
got IL to Torres in time to get the
runner with plenty to spare. Boeck-
els attempt to score looked to be
a foolish play. as there was only
one out at the time. as things de-
veloped he could have'scored on the
next play. when Ford drove long
fly to Goslin in right field
The Braves got their. first run in
the fourth Boeckel drew base on
balls and moved up on Holke's sac
rifice. Ford drove to Rice in deep
center, and Boeckel easily beat the
throw to third Gowdy then dou-
bIed to center. scoring Boeckel.
Barbara. batting for Miller, got
base on balls, Courtney letting
loose a wild pitch on the last ball.
Gowdy moving to third. Powell
then few to Rice for the third out.
Boston collected its second run in
the next frame on a pair of solid
bingIes Southworth doubled to
left to start. Nicholson then sin
gled to center. scoring Southworth
and going to third when Rice threw
70 Harris and Buckley made an. at
tempt to catch the runner off 1rst.
Judge wasn't anywhere around at
the time. and consequently the
throw went to the fence. making 1t
easy for Nicholson to reach the hot
corner. Courtney got out OF this
lam when Boeckel drove a terrific
liner at Peck. who tossed to Shanks,
catching Nicholson OF the bag.
Grins Tie In Eighth.
The Griffs ran true to form as
late starters b. tieinG the battle
IN the eighth. Phillips drove
fast one past Boeckel at third.
Judge then walked. and Peck laid
one down. Phillips and Judge ad-
yancing. Phillips scored when Smith
was thrown out at first, Ford to
IIolke. Peck advanced to third.
ksccring when Boeckel messed Rice's
hot bounder.
Rice stole second. but GosBn
ended the inning by flying out to
Ford. Boston then jumped on the
tired Phillips and scored the win
ming counter on a walk and a pair