Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

III the first inning and they COM
Mogridge, who hurled the last four
The loss of the game which ended
the stay of the Nationals at their
training camp here makes the club
record for contests this spring with
National League teams five wins and
six defeats. 1t was the second
triumph for the Braves in their three
meetings with the Nationals.
The Nationals would not have been
defeated so decisively had they done
better afield, but they never played
like a winning team throughout the
engagement. At the start of hostilil
ties the Braves had on the MOUND
Rube Marquard and the big left
handler breezed through six innings in
great style. He yielded five hits in
that time and would not have been
scored against but for careless
throw from left field that permitted
Johnson to count from third base in
the fifth inning.
Walter Wild at Outset.
Johnson put plenty of steam into
his efforts in the first inning. but he
walked three men and was hit py
another. giving the Braves neat
lead. The National LeaGuers CLEANED
another wallop off Walter In the thlrd
inning and pass in the fourth
With two gone in the fifth session.
Johnson was reached for successive
singles. but one of them was or the
scratchy variety.
Neither of the second pitchers used
by the contending clubs did any too
we'll Tim Mcnamara. u young right
handed finger. trotted out to the
mound by the Braves in the seVenth
inning. was nicked for two singles
Immediately but was not scored
against He was not so fortunate in
the eighth, when Goose Goslln swung
on a pitch and drove the ball through
the gate in the fence bordering tne
l. ,I-
The ball travelled such distance
that Goose scored, with time 10
spare 1t was the second home run
of the training season for Goslin at
Plant field His frs first Das made ls on
month, the ball being driven through
the same gate that was so accom-
modating to Goslin today. A lourth
hit was garnered off Mcnamara be-
fore the Nationals lots their batting
eyes.
Braves Pound MOgridEe.
George Mogridge took up the
mound burden for the clan of Grif1tn
in the sixth inning and he seemed
lust to the Braves liking. They mt
him in each of the four sessions ne
toiled, getting in all seven slngles
and a double. George also tossed In
a base on balls for good measure
For Mogridge it was just one of those
DAYS when everything he threw 10
the plate came back faster than IL
There was little in the way of
fielding worthy of note. outside OF
Sam Rice's spectacular catch of
fly slammed by kopf in the seventh
inring. Sam gathered in the flying
sphere with one hand after long
run to the right-feld foul line.
There was some slow work by both
teams in the handling of lofts to
center and left fields, due more to
the poor condition or the Srounu
than anything else.
The Braves profited by Johnson's
Witness in the first inning and
snagged good lead. After Powell
lad skied to Wade, Kppf and South
worth walked. Boeckel doubled to
right. chasing Kopf and Southworth
home. but he attempted to run the
hit into "a triple and was cut down
at third, Rice to Harris to Conroy.
Bagwell's fly to Goslin ended the
only scoring session off ! Walter.
The Boston crew was refined in or
der in the second inning. In the
third, with two gone. Southworth /
singled, but was out a few moments
base. Boeckel strolled to open the
fourth inning, only to be forced by
McInnis. but the following two bat
ters were easy outs. Two were out
in the fifth when Powell and Kopf
hit safely. Then Walter braced and
retired Southworth.
Mnrquard Puzzles Bushmen. !
In the meantime. the Nationals
we're pecking away at Marquard
without much success. Hits by
Judge and Goslin were wasted in the !
first inning. and in the second an
error Rice's tap. Harris safety
and Judges pass We're followed by
Goslin's weak effort that brought a
double play retiring the side.
Another single in the fourth failed
TO count. But the Nationals broke
into the scoring column in the fifth.
johnson opened with a double to left
field and went to third while Rice
was being retired. Harris lofted to
short field. and, with Bagwell's catch,
Walter darted for the plate. Any
decent kind of a throw would have
npped the pitcher at the plate. but
Bagwell's heave hit the dirt just in
side the base line, and Johnson tall
lied standing up.
This run put the Nationals in the
battle. but they were showed out of
1t when the Braves made a target of
Mogridge- A double play offset al
Boston single in the sixth inning,
but two hits, a base on balls and a
sacrifice fly netted the enemy a
marker in teh seventh, and in the
eighth a quartet of wallops and some
1urid fielding handed the Braves
three more runs.
Mcnamara, who followed AIarquard,
had a good curve ball that baff1ed. the
Nafiona1S' hatfers enouDh n nrevanf