Evening star., 1923-04-20

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There We're some eNtenuating Clrcunl-
stances in connection with Johasou's
SetDack IN the inaugural. but Mogridge
mad no excuses yesterday. H., simply
was not so good as the other fellow
who happened to he a none too highly
regarded finger named Bob Hasty. who
mas been hanging around Shibe Park
now for several seasons without danger
or setting the Schuykill atire with his
mound maneuvcrS.
Extra Base Hits Tell.
Hasty would be regarded as ii s.zube
Teller even in Texas. where they grow
EN- big. The leading citizen of SMYRNA
Ga. in the matter Of displacement
yielded but one less than the ten safe
ties Mogridge was cumbed for. but III
total bases attained there was IA wide
disparity. and a lot OF difference too
IN the Importance Of the junCture AT
which they We're obtained. Further
more. the Georgian kept his checkrein
taut except on one occasion when Con-
roy drew an inconSequential free ticket
while MogridGe was as unsteady as
sailor on shore leave. his wildneSS keep
ing him constantly i'll hot water. while
Two OF the four passes he granted pro-
Nlded the opening wedge for tallies Joe
Hauser being the beneficiary in both in
stances.
Viewed from any angle Yesterdays
proceedings left much to De desired on
the part OF the Bushmen. off to A fly
ing start through singing singles by
ftice and GoSiin. with a neat sacrifice
sandwlChed in by Evans. they were the
recipient of ID gift tally III the second.
when Hasty obliginsy heaved Char
rity's bunt to right field. enabling Pat
20 reach third from where he Tailed
whlle Ilauser ana Hasty wert working
fast and deXterously 10 successfully
handle line drive by MoGridge tnat
struck the initial hassock and bounded
into foul territory.
Hasty Becomes NiScrIy
Hasty became misery after this
exh1hltlon of generosity. however,
and on the three remaining occa sions
he was in danger of being scored on
received competent assistance from
others. two of them his mates and the
third DICK Wade. an added starter
from the Washington stable. whose
luck in obtaining an undtservcd sim
gle in the ninth was offset by Il dumb
bit Of base running.
Goslin. who topped the Hriftithian
attack with three blows. the first Of
which registered the initial tally. got
his second bingle in round three and
= Sprinted to third when Perkins got
mixed up on his wave lengths and
iadioed the wrong signals on Harris
towering fly thwart the pitching box.
81 redeemed himself moment later.
when a double steal was attempted.
by whipping to Dykes. who got the
ball back to him in plenty of time TO
ride Goslin into the platter
Edmund Miller continued his SEN
sational work of the day before by
backing against the bleacher barri-
cade to take a drive from Rice's bat
in the fifth. and considering that
Evans followed with a perfectly good
hurt.
Charity Is Stranded.
4 two-baser by Charity III the
cd iIlrt -
workmauIike sacrifice, found neither
Rir" nor Evans prepared to lend a
hand. and in the eighth, with Bush
men on third and first by virtue of
Goslin's third whack Of the day and
conroy's first of the season, Rabbit
Matthews scurried over into right
field to make circus stab of what
Peckinpaugh fondly expected to be a
triple
This brings us to Wade's part in
the performance. staged in the ninth.
when he batted for Mogridge with
one out The Minneapolis marplot
Dykes and Matthews permitted his
Texas Lacquer to fall untouched be-
tween them. but when Rice connected
for screaming drive to right Wade
didn't take the trouble to observe
that the ball was. travelling straight
into the mitts of Welch. and as
result he was doubled up before he
could get back to within sixty feet
Oh lHe sack.
Dykes tx IL Repeater.
1t was Jimmy Dykes. whose homer
off Johnson constituted the margin
of the Athletics victory in the opener.
who cliuched the decision for them
again yesterday. The rotund second
sacker again parke ed a pill in the left
field bleacherS, his second circuit wal
lop being produced in the seventh
inning. with the count knotted at
2-all. and carrying 50 high up among
the sun seats that there ques-
rion as to its validity. But that was
not the extent of his activities, for
four rounds prior thereto he had belt
ed a triple against the right field
fence that blossomed into d marker
when l1aSty produced sacrifice fly
The first of the costly passes issued
by Mogridge to HauSer was in round
two. wnen Galloway cashed him with
a reSounding thump to right center
for two bases. and the second was
gratefully received in the eighth,
when Mller's neat bunt. an infieId
hingle by Galloway and We1ch's sac
rifira fly showed him around 10