The Washington herald., 1922-08-25
BLANKENSHIP, KID
POOKIE, ,OUTPITCHEs
BARNEY, BUT LOSES
shanks' Steal While Re.
:ruit Holds Ball. and
Wild Pitch Wins. /,
By RAY HELGESEN.


Chicago White Sox rookie and one
Of the prize pitching recruits OF
the season. in hurting battle with
Walter Johnson. yesterday. Blank
enship held the Nationals to four
scattered hits while the Sox gar
nered Ave eff the Big Train. and II
was the kids own inexperience
which cost him the game by a / to
score.
The Nationals were set down In
order in their first but the break
which gave them the only run of
the game came In the second.
With Gosiin disposed Of Shanks
ripped single to right. Hank took
long lead off first and was chased
back a couple of times by Elanken-
ships throws. Then the kid. evil
IDENTIFY thinking he had scared
shanks enough to keep him near
the bag. turned his back on first
base and promptly went to sleep.
Shanks took another long lead
and as Blankenship started his
wind-up made a break for second
Before the rookie realized what II
was all about Hank was within a
couple of strides OF the bag and a
throw was useless.
Apparently the steal upset the
kid. At any rate he tossed his
next pitch into the ground in front
of the plate and Shanks moved to
third on +he wild pitch.
That set the stage for a run on
eny kind OF a hit or long fly. Peck
inpauCh fouled to Mcclellan near
the third base field boxes. Then
came Home Run Bobby LaMotte
with a slashing single to left. on
which Shanks romped home. Bobby
promptly stole second. SchaIk's
throw being high. hut was stranded
as Mcclellan tossed out Picinich-
The Grlffs had one more chance
during the remainder of the game,
! but u was caIt off by a fast and un-
expected double play.
With one out in the seventh
Shanks slugsed a triple to right
center Peck followed with a fly
to Bob Falk in short left. and when
shanks fooliskly made fake break
for home Fa1k's perfect neg to Nc
Clellan caught him at third. Ap-
pareRtly Shanks wanted to draw a
throN to the plate. hoping for bad
throw or bad bounce. but FaIk
crossed him by whipping the ball to
third
The sox had three chances to
score during the entire game. but
brilliant fielding and Johnson's al
most unbeatable pitching cut them
off without a run.
-Goose and Turkey Err.
In the fourth a pair Of errors put
the SoX in a scoring position. but
Johnspn's m1sterful pit ching held
them safe.
Hooper opened with a roller to
Harris. and would hare been an
easy but had not Brewer. subbing
for Judge at first. dropped Bucky's
peg. johnson forced Collins 1T sec
ond. Peck to Harris. Peckinpaugh
turning in ono OF the most brilliant
stops of the seson. Raiah went al
most to the grass behind the bag
to get the hall with his gloved
hand land tossed to Harris while
running toward center field.
Collins followed with a fly to
Goslin. Johnson bad taken a long
lead of first. and Go' Sc. attempting
to double him. turned loose a wild
throw which eventually landed in
the Grifs' duRout. Johnson going
to third With the tieing run on
third, Sheely OBLIGED by popping
I" ~ork
The eighth found the Grifs' one
run lead again threatened.
Mcclellan opened with a single
to center and went to second as
Schalk duplicated his blow. Blank
enship foulcd to Picinich. Hooper
then sma shed a low liner 1T Harris
which BuCky took at his shoetops
and tossed to Peck to double Nc
CIelIan off second
Peck's miscue on Collins bounder
in the nia,h came near hurting the
Griffs. With one out and Collins
on first Sheely whitfield. Mostil.
however. dropped a Texas Lacquer
in short left for two bases. Collins
going to third Falk. who has
turned IN .n1y one hit during the
series. batted for Falk and lifted
to Rice for the ftnal put-out.
Brilliant fielding plays followed
one after another during the game.
Goslin made two fine running
catches ~ fouls near the third base
field boxes FallS however. turned
In the most brilliant catch of the
day in the fourth when he went
into deep left and after long run
took Goslin's long drive over his
right shoulder while running with
his back to the infield.
Brewer subbed at first for Judge
who Is nursing a bad leg. Turkey
turned in credeitable exhibition
with the exception of his one mis-
cue in the fourth. Judge will prob
ably return. to the lineup. tomorrow.
Ted BlanEenship. who is consid-
cred the class of the recruits who
have come up to the American
League this year. was a cowboy on
TN Arizona range before he started
pitchfrg for a living. He used to
be top hand. which means boss of
the riders and right next to fore
man. on ON Of the largest ranges
in Arizona three years ago. While
of a horse be spent his spare time
pitching Finally some Texas
League scout saw him in county
fair selimination tourney and
promptly offered him enough money
to buy a herd for himself IL he'd
put in the summer pitching every
fourth game Blankenship imme-
diately quit punching for pitching
but says he prefers breaking
broncs to making long jumps on
these Eastern rattlers-
Detroit opens here this afternoon
in their Anal appearance OF the sea
son. Three games will be played
ending SUNDAY. The Griffs have an
of day Monday before hopping to
New York for a three-game series
with the Yanks- f Mogridge.
Johnson and Zachary fash the
k~,nd ~ nitchfp0 they have been