The Washington herald., 1922-05-11
Judges Triple After Two
Walks in Third Gives
Mats Victory.
JOHNSON IN FORM
Barney Hit Hard, But Bril-
liant Fielding Helps Him
Stop Fohlmen in Pinches.
By RAY HELGESEN.

tionals the long end of a small-score
victory. The final score was to
!. The sun has again begun to
shine through the clouds for the
Griffs, as with that one-run margin
came. the end of a losing streak
which had extended through seven
games and as many days.
The Brownie pitcher crashed mis-
way into the local limelight by pass
Ing a pair of batters in the third
inning after two were out. and set
ting the stage for the Nationals only
rally. Judge earned his brackets by
driving one oil mis- numerous extra
base clouts. a triple. down the right
neld foul line sc-ring the two rum
ners which Dixie" in a At Of wild
ness. had put on the paths.
Those two taIiies were all the Ma
uonals got. In view of their re-
cent work when twice they were
unable to hold hve-run leads, this
measley two-run advantage didn't
appear very impressive. However,
there IS an end to ali things. and.
aided by a number OF the breaks"
which had been going against them
prior to yesterday. the Griffs man
aged to come through
Barney Good In Pinches.
Water johnson started his second
game Of the year for the Nationals
ne also finished II. In fact, he got
: stronger as the game grew older.
and In the ninth indications were
that he was Just hitting his stride
Barney was good in the pinch
es. There is no reasonable doubt
of that Neither is there any rea-
sonable doubt that he and the
Grins were the recipients of what
Is known as the breaks"
The Big Train" was nicked for
nine safeties, three of them dou-
bles, and walked three batters. Yet
only one run was scored Brilliant
neldtng was responsible in a large
measure for the smallness of the
Browns total. Peck being the in
oividual fielding star of the Grifr-
men. He handled ten chances per
fectly. All of them were assists.
ana one OF them was the beginning
or double killing which probably
saved johnson a bit of troubIe in
the eighth.
Credited in the records with nina
hits II was only luck and the GriYs'
neldins which kept the Brown,
from collecting a larger total. They
were hitting the ball on the nose.
out the drives were nearly always
aimed directly at one of the Grifrs.
helders.
In each OF four separate and dis
tinct innings the Browns were suc-
cessful In getting a pair of hits.
Yet In only one frame, the sixth.
were they able to score.
Grtns Score i'm Third.
Davis seemed to have the Grifrs
taking to themselves throughout
the game and had it not been for
MS erratic streak in the third he
PROBABLY would have got away with
the long end of the score.
In the first the Grirrs went ON,
In order on three easy chances Tn
the second with one out Smith lifted
drive over McManus' head for ,
single and went to second on a
WIG pitch. But he got no further.
Iheer were tw out then and
tnough PECK walked. Picinich lifted
weakly I'd Williams.
The third saw Davis hit NJ wild
ness and Judges triple Also the
GrinS pair OF runs. which provad
to be enough to win.
Ellerbe smothered Johnson,s fouI
Bush walked but was thrown ont
stealing. SEVERED had DOME fig
ured. as he called for a pitcbont
and though Harris threw his hat
at the ball Bush was caught bv
six feet.
With two down Davis wa1Lsd
Harris and duplicated on Rice,
This was Judges spot" and the
little first sacker filled il nicely.
He took a two-snd-two count and
then crashed down the right field
foul line. scoring Harris and Rice.
Tobin tried to catch Rice at the
, plate. but the speedboy had the
throw beat by number Of un-
necessary feet. McManus took
care OF Brewers tap to end the
Griffs' scoring.
Sisler Gets First Hit.
The Browns were getting to
Barney more or less frequently. but
some poor baserunninE in the early
innings hurt their chances.
In the first Tobin opened with a
drive to deep left center. He tried
to stretch an extra long double into
. triple and Smiths relay to Har-
ris and Bucky's to Bush had him
easily. Peck tossed out Gerber.
Sisler then got his first hit of the
series, a wicked smash to left field.
It was wasted when Brewer took
Williams long fly up against the
scoreboard In right.
Two more hits in the next were
merely hits. They didn't help the
Browns at all, though they'll LOOK
good In the individual averages
Peck disposed of the heavy-hitting
Doll" just before Severeid singled
q left Elleroe followed With a
single to right, sending SEVERED to-
third. That was all. Both were
stranded when McManus fouled to
Picinieh and Johnson tossed out
Davis.
The third saw another safety.
But IL also saw some brilliant field
ing which made the hit go for
naught. After Picinich had tossed
out Tobin and Gerber had lifted to
Rice, johnson passed Sisler. VIII
liams then came through with an
other Of his daily doubles. He hit
to deep right Brewer played the
ball off the score board perfectly
and the relay Brewer to Harris to
Picinich caught the trim first sack
er trying to score. Sisier was a bit
disgusted with Evans decision as
were a number Of other Brownies
but what's the use?
Two More Don't Help.
Another pair of safeties in the
fourth failed to aid the Browns
from a scoring standpoint. Peck
again threw out Jacobson and
severeid again singled. Ellerbe
whitfield. the first of a pair. Nc
Manas singled to short field and