Evening star., 1923-07-04


extraordinary. opportune hitting anc
have figured this season can be CON
struggle that was won yesterday by
From the time that George Mo-
gridge, southpaw. and Bullet Joe Bush.
orthodox finger. began their dued
until Babe Ruth. sultan of swat.
summarly ended proceedings by hit
ting into the right field bleachers
made by Mogridge' in the fifteenth
inning. The game was filled with
action.
Pitching Is High Class.
Probably no other game in the
American League this season has
been blessed with pitching as excel
lent as was that in the stadium yes
terday. Hits were not infrequent,
but only in three innings were as
many as two safeties clustered and
the batters were unable to Go much
damage until after the hurlers had
gone through seven sessions. Mo-
gridge was hit for more wallops than
went for naught, except the homcrs
of the New York pitcher and the
big BambIno.
Like Ruth's homer. Bush's was
made at the start of an inning, but
Mogridge had a count of two and
one on Bullet Joe in the eighth be-
fore the Yank slammed the ball over
GoSlin's head in left. Goose turned
to run for the sphere, but it bounded
into the open stand.
The Nationals deadlocked the match
and barely missed ending the affair
in the ninth after two men had been
retired. With Goslin out of the way.
Charity singled past Scott, Ruel
lofted to Ruth. but Evans hit far
over Wits head in center. Charity
raced home and Evans easily reached
third. Joey did not hesitate at the
far corner, although Witt had thrown
the ball to Ruth for relay to the
plate, but dashed for home. Ruths
heave was just bit ahead of Evans,
but Hofmann juggled the catch anu
1t appeared that the National had
slid around the Yankee receiver for
a second score. Umpire Dineen ruled
had to postpone their supper engage
mentS.
Mogridge Hurls 10y Game.
OF the two moundsmen, Mogridge
pitched a more heady game proba-
bly, because he had to. Few of the
National batsmen were able to get
the range on Bush. but time and time
again the Yankee artillerists threat
ened to blow the Nationals veteran
southpaw from the hill. In every
tight situation, however. Mogridge
was equal to the occasion. With the
enemy on the paths, George was in
vincible; when he had no runners to
bother him, in the eighth and If
teenth. it was another story.
Strangely Bush appeared to give
Mogridge more trouble than any of
the other Yankee batters. Six times
Bullet Joe stepped to the plate and
hve times he got on the paths.
Bluege's wild throw in the third was
responsible for the Yankee pitchers
first trip to the initial sack. In the
fifth inning Joseph got a life when
his loft eluded Rice. who had made
one-hand stab at the flying sphere.
Mogridge passed Bush in the tenth
and in the fourteenth the Yankee
hurler clouted a clean single to GEN.
ter.
With the other Yanks Mogridge was
more successful. He was nicked for
safeties in the second, fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh innings, but never
when it was likely to prove danger
Gus in the first seven sessions. Mo-
gridge granted only one pass in regu-
lation time, that to Ruth at the start
of the fourth.
Gets Into Hot Water.
Then after Bush had blasted the
eighth with homer, George began
to dabble in hot water, and several
times was about to slip into regular
geysers of trouble. But cool head
and an iron nerve kept him from
being scalded until the fatal fifteenth.
Following Bush's four-base blow,
Witt bunted a single and Dugan sac
rificed. Mogridge purposely passed
Ruth to take on Pipp. Wally famed
ingloriously and Meusels best was a
weak tap to Peck.
That piece of work earned George
a hand from the scant crowd in the
huge stands, but it was nothing to
the applause that followed his escape
from a ticklsh situation in the tenth.
Bush walked to start this thriller and
Witt sacrificed. Dugans single put
Bush on third with Ruth up. Once
more the Babe was given four wide
ones, and the paths were jammed. TIC
the plate trotted Pipp, and Mogridge
put on more steam. Wally proved
tough customer this time and got
three and two count. Then came one
of the several spectacular plays Of the
struggle. Mogridge grooved a pitch
and Pipp met it fairly: The ball
started on a line to left field, but
Capt. Harris leaped high, grabbed the
sphere and tossed to Charity to dou-
BILE Ruth and retire the side.
Mogridge got into more trouble IN
the thirteenth, but came through
unscorched. With Dugan out of the
way. Ruth singled through the box
and romped to third as Pipps hit
passed Harris. Here Meusel was de-
liberately walked to populate the
paths Wards az r5ons best st EFF Effort 1,ats was sbaa
resulted in Ruth's demise at home.
Mogridge proceeded to toss three
wide ones to Scott. then stuck pair
OF strikes across and Everett finally
popped to Peck.
Bush i'm Fine Fettle.
While Mogridge was travelling his
rough road, Bush was picking out the
smoother spots. He went along in
easy fashion until the ninth, when
the Nationals put their run over,
then he had to work a bit harder.
Two of Clark Griffiths hirelings got
on the bases in the tenth and an
other pair dented the sacks in the
though, that Bush performed espe-
cially we'll under difficulties. Peck,
h.st W, walked and pulled up at
second when Goslin singled to left.
Charity. attempting to sacrifice,
forced Peck and. after Ruel had
skied to Meusel, Evans forced Goslin
at third. That ended the Nationals
for the day. Only six batters faced
Bush in the last two innings.
The argument was productive Of
a pair of season records for the Ma
that DOME Bush's cohorts have in
dulged in since the beginning Of the
campaign and the Nationals first
overtime engagement this year in
which both they and their opponents
finished play with their starting
line-ups. The latter feature is all
the more remarkable when one con-
siders how difficult 1t has been for
the Bushmen to get through nine
innings without changes in team
personnel.