The Washington times., 1923-04-20

q sacrifice gave the Grtffs their
run in the first inning and Hasty's
own wild heave made possible the
tally in the second.
Furthermore, the AS gave hasty
amazing support in the pinches.
thews, Bing Miller and ISL Perk-
ms aided with scintillating perform
ances just when they were needed
most.
Bucky Harris turned in one
play In the fifth that brought
him rounds of applause. With
two out, WEIGH on third and
Matthews on first, Perkins ham,
mered q fast grOunder between
Judge and Harris. 1t seemed GER
tain to be good for n single. and
would have scored WEIGH, putting
the Maclxmen ahead.
Harris was off with the sound
of the bell. Stretching out both
hands while on the dead run, he
just managed to squeeze that
bounder. The momentum swung
him completely around and, as
ne once again faced the plate, he
made perfect toss to Judge, cut
ting down Perkins with less than
q step to spare. 1t was q star
play by. q star player.
Goose Goslin is now hitting for
500 in two games, adding three
hits to his total against Hasty.
Goslin's raps were the healthy
kind, going off the bat with the
proper ring. In the first frame
he poled a vicious roller to right
between Dykes and Hauser.
In the, third he poked a liner
over Dykes head and in the eighth
ne whaled another over second
base. In the sixth he put up u
Babe Ruth fly to Matthews, a mile
up and an hour coming down.
The yOungster is hitting the
ball hard and Is sure TO be OF
great value this year. He drove
IN the first run in the opening
inning and his walIOp gave the
GrlI1men their lone rum in the
opening game of the season.
Mogridge did not look so pood
out there on the rubber. ONLY In
the first round did the AS fail to
get at least one blow. then Perkins
took a walk. Thus the slender
southpaw constantly had runners
on the paths, which greatly inter
Tered with his pitching. He famed
four, but he walked as MANY and.
to make matters worse, let Gallo
way and Dykes work q double
steal on him in the eighth. ONLY
Hasty's strike out took him out Of
bad hole, but he needs a lot Of
work before he will be himself.
Enough not looking so powerful
against Slim Harris, Joey Evans
proved a strong batsman against
Hasty. another right-hand hurler.
He laid down perfect sacrifice in
the first frame. Bing Miller took
his last years home run" up
against the wall In the third. He
poled a double close to the line in
left in the fifth and raised another
I high fly to Miller in the seventh.
He got hold Of the ball better
and the southpaw facing him is like
~ to suffer accordingly, for If
there is one thing against which he
Is poison, 1t is southpaw pitching.
1t was against that stuff that he
hit for 1853 or so two years ago.
Connie Mack appears to have
PICKED up smart young out
1ACAucA /" CpHEhy H1LCncWS.
In eight trips to the plate this
yOungster has reached first base
safely five times in two days. He
hit safely four times and got one
pass.
"sparlSy" is a pepper pot in the
garden. He can be heard constant.
ly shouting encouragement to the
pitcher or applauding some other
player for deed well done. And
cover ground, We'll say he can do
that little thing. He is all energy
in every minute of the game. he
Is capturing everything within
reach, whether on either side. out
behind him or close to the infiald
He is not afraid to yell for the hall
either. and should be in few col,
lisions.
Sammy Hale, is under the
weather and may develop a mild at
tack Of the flu. Harry Riconda
who played with pink" Hargravt
in New Haven last year, is films
in for him at the hot corner. The
substitute famed twice, doubled Il
left and forced a runner ahead 81
him in four times I'D aRains
Mogridge. He is not especially inn
pressive, though good enough fol
utility purposes.