Evening star., 1923-08-03

Beating any combination of Browns
even once in an afternoon has been
no mean feat, for long have the clubs
from the west bank of the Mississippi
cast spell over any outfit adorned
in. Washington uniforms. But yes
agents of fate have enthralled the
Nationals in former clashes with
these doughty westerners, were
hurled to the. winds and the Browns
vanquished. to and to /.
Now the Nationals. by virtue OF the
place. one better than they held yes
terGay before the contests. in the
American League order of prece-
dence. And they are hnt three and
one-half games behind the White Sox.
who head the second division. and
four and one-half games back of the
Tigers. in the select upper bracket
of the circuit.
!, Mitchell stars in Home Bow.
Both of yesterdays engagements
were packed with action and good
pitching. the National hurlers espe-
cialfy distinguishing themselves. IN
the first tilt Monroe. BelYedere
obtained from Memphis of the South
ern Association, made his Georgia
Avenue Park debut and made the fans
believe that in him a pitcher of much
power and promise has been added
to Manager DOME Bushs mound
corps.
Mitchell, not yet twenty-five years
old and in the majors less than
month. performed in a manner becom-
ing a master of many years standing
in, the big leagues. He propelled his
right handed twists with great cool
ness. now using a teasing curve, then
sharp breaking bender or fast ball.
and employing a change of pace in
Iea fPNc~
He held the Browns to six safetieS
and one pass. so far as the records
are concerned. and struck out four
Among his strike-out victims was the
slugger of the Browns, who famed
inEloriou@ly when two Of his team
mates were perched on the sacks.
Mogridge HurIs Well.
George eRochester MoGridge. too.
hurled we'll in the second portion of
the program. The willy southpaW
granted the visitors only seven safe
ties. and but for hitting batter may
have blanked the Browns, as did his
younger fellow clubman. Mogridge's
! work was all the more Impressive. in
/ that he was forced to hold the Browns
! in check while waiting for support in
! the form of an offensive that the Ma
tionals were slow in producing.
In both games the Bushmen concen-
trated their attack with remarkable ef-
fectiveness. They faced Urban Shocker
in the first encounter and in the open
ing inning turned his lone pass into a
run, Leibold walked. took third on Cos
; lins bunt-hit and SeVereid'S wild
throw. after Evans had been retired,
and counted after Tobin caught Rice s
fly.
With two out in the third. the Ma
tionals again got to Shocker, singles by
Evans. Goslin and Rice and Ruers
triple netting three markers. Then
Shocker put himself out of the game by
way of arguing with Umpire Rowland.
Shucks Pruett came to the slab and
Harris slapped a single that scored
Rnel with the Nationals final tally.
Pruett was invincible thereafter and so
was Charlie Root. who pitched the last
frame for the Browns.
!. Browns Mess Batting Order.
The Browns helped dig their own
grave in this game by forgetting their
batting order In the first inning Will
,liarns batted when jacobson should have
and after drawing q pass was called out
for the second retirement Of the session.
Then in the ninth, Gerber, who had
batted all through the game when Sew
ereid should have, singled, only to be
called out for not batting in order, when
Manager Bush directed Umpire OrIns-
bX'S attention TO the matter. That re-
tiremcnt ended the fray.
All of the principal action of the sec
OHu Sdllle WdS III lWO lHHlIisS. Inc
Browns scored in the fourth, when
Jacobson singled, McManus was hit and
Gerber knocked a one-baser. The Ma
tionals. who had gotten only two hits
off Dixie Davis before a sore ankle
forced his retirement after five innings,
did not get to Wayne Wright, succeed
ing pitcher, until one batter had been
erased in the ninth.
Then Evans singled and after Goslin
had flied to Jacobson moved to second
as Rice hit Ruers single sent Evans
home with the tying run and Ha-rls'