Evening star., 1923-08-29


Leibold's hit was a healthy one
made off Hermann Pillette. right
handed pitching star of the Tigers.
who as relief hurler Monday stood
the Nationals on their respective
heads when they threatened to over
haul their opponents late in the fray.
Other pitchers in the west have felt
the sting of Leibold's bat. too. In
the sixteen games played during this
tour. the little fellow has been at
bat fiftY-three times for nineteen
hits. an average of sos.
Memo has enjoyed a good season
with the Nationals. He has been in
Sixty-threc games. hitting around
80 and fielding in the neighhorhood
distance with his wallopS, too. having
polcd ten doubtless three triples and
homer. in addition to a goodly num-
ber of singles.
He Gets on Those Bases.
But his greatest value at bat has
been his almost uncanny ability to
get on the bases. and this early
of the Nationals batting order. All
told since joining the bushmen Memo
has stepped to the plate 252 times.
and reached first base lis times. He
has coaxed opposing pitchers into
granting him thirty-nine passes, been
hit once and reached the bases on
errors on eight occasions.
The veteran has sacrificed himself
eight times and been strike-out
victim but a dozen times while with
the Nationals. 1t is his best year
since 1921. when he batted above 300
for the Red SoN. and that was the
hest of his long career in the Ameri-
can League. Leibold broke in at
Cleveland in 1913. and was there the
greater part of three seasons. He
then Went TO the White SoX, with
whom he remained until 1921. when
the Red SoN got him.
1t was just as Well that Leibold was
at hand yesterday to start something
in that ninth. for the Nationals had but
The INNING before reinqui$hed 4 three
run lead garnered off pitchers Ray
Francis and Kenneth Holloway. Francis
was slammed off the slab after welding
Two runs and paving the way for two
more in the first inning. while Halloway
was bumped in the third and fourth
frames, but stuck around through the
seventh. He gave. way to a pnch-hitter
md Arthur Olsen heaved the eighth
frame.
M0gridge Goes the Route.
George Mogridge opened for the
Nationals and went the route despite a
sound humping. The Tigers touched
aim off and on until they had accumu-
lated a quartet of talles in seven inn
ngs. then fell upon him with vengeance
eighth and went into the lead. This was
Ew"pt aside in the ninth, however. when
I'illette failed to check Leibold and Il
flock of his eliminates
Two singles and a double off Francis
and One-baSer off Holloway who re-
licvcd the erstwhile National with two
runners on and two out. in the opening
inning. sent the Bushmen away with a
fnur-run lead. A brace of one-base hits
an error, a sacrifice and :. tWo-b -ba gger
1nt ha
their portion. Gosin poled d homer in
the fourth inning, and four singles in
the fifth gave the Nationals two more
fallies. The Tigers added d pair to
their total in the seventh with a single.
double and two retrements. Then came
the big inning.
The eighth was the Tigers He'll
mann began it with double to left.
Fothergill flied to Goslin, but passes
/" Rigney and Hancy filled the bases
Woodall singled Heilmann and EIgney
across the plate and Manion. batting
f"r Olsen. again crowded the sacks
with Il scratch binSlc to Bluege.
1iancy counted with the tying run
t'tcr Goslin caught Blue's fly. Jones'
double to right sent Woodall hon.,
and when Rice made wild return
Of the ball to the infield Cole. sent in
I" run for Manion, scored also.
How Game Was Won.
This put the Tigers two runs to
the good. and with Pillette pitching
IN the ninth ii seemed as though a
fourth consecutive defeat was in
store for the Nationals But Leibold
started more fireworks with his
double to left. a liner that FothergilI
held to two-base hit only by fast
heiding. Peck famed. then Goslin
scratched single off Haney. just
"nough of hit to put Leibold at
thlrd. Rice drove a single through
ilgney. scoring Leibold and sending
''"siln to the fap corner. Judge poled
bloW to center that tailed ,:osIin
with the tying run and moved rice 70
ihlrd. Charity drew pass. but
harris lifted deep to Cobb and after
me catch Rice raced in with the
big marker. "
The Tigers fiared up al in after
Wo We're out in their part of the
ninth. Rigney singled to right, and
"hen Haney dumped d one base blow
70 rlSht center attempted to score
Snappy relay, Rice to Nropr;d.ro