The Washington times., 1923-05-21

OF all the members of the alleged
pitching staff, Rubber Arm Russell
alone is making good. In yester-
days slipshod exhibition, won by
the Browns in the tenth inning,
3 to 8, Russell pitched excellently
for five innings. He had rushed in
and saved Walter Johnson's scalp
in Chicago the day before. So
here he went to the assistance of
Jezebel Tecumseh Zarchary.
AS usual Russell assembled the
pitching peak with the bases loaded
and nobody out. Gerber and
Jacobson, hosting long flies. each
brought over run. Williams
In the. fourth. Robertson got q
fTuke double in the fifth and Jacob
son beat out slow one to Bluege
Ia the seventh.
SEVERED walked in the seventh
and Tobin in the eighth, making
q total Of five Brownies to reach
first base on Rubber Arm and
not one of them scored. Two hits
and on q scratch and three
passes for no runs shows the
effectiveness of the single good
pitcher now a members OF the
Washington club.
The Griffs hoped on Shocker
FOR five hits and three runs Gin
the first inning but Zachary weak
ened in the third, allowing three
hits and a walk for one run. He
blew up altogether in the fourth.
He pAssed the first two lads and
the bases were filled with BlueEe's
dropping Pecks short toss after
making a brilliant stop Of Schlieb-
ner's grounder in deep short.
Ehocker and Tobin followed with
singles. In came Rubber Arm Rus
sci. The Browns made four runs
in that frame and then folded up
and died in the face of RusselIs
deadly splitter.
The ninth inning came along, as
It generally does. and it saw that
3rifs bat out a victory. Peck ana
Ruel led off with singles and Goose
Goslin. lirnping badly on his wou ndeG
dog. came up for RusseI ana
1Arnmed q long single to the center
Siald bleachers. scoring Peck.
RIuere walked and then Shocker
overwhelmingly tossed to first base
when Schliebner was not there. let
ting In two more runs. Harris
1aiked and Fishers single to
center brought Bluege over with the
fourth run of the frame. That
put the Grifs ahead. Z to ..
For some strange reason the
generous DOME Bush called upon
the nagnanimOus George MOg-
ridge to hurl the last OF the
ninth. With one out, Williams
singled and was forced by Me-
Manus. SEVERED singled and gave
way to Ezzell on the bases. Up
came Pat Collins, reinstated only
that day after a suspension Tor IN
subordination. He crashed q
double to the fence IN left. scoring
McManus and Ezzen. Schhebner
rolled to Peck, but the damage
was done.
The tenth saw the Griffs once
more go ahead when, with one out,
Muddy Ruel singled. advanced on
Moeridge's sacrifice and scored ON
Bluese's sharp single to right
center. But Manager Bush still
dotted on the smiling Mogridge and
he was stiD on the hill in the tenth
after the trouncing he took in the
ninth.
Ellerbe, hitting for the pitcher.
rolled to Peck, but Tobin tripled off
the right field wall. Then, and not
till then, did Bush send Mogridge
to the showers, but instead of
calling in a young pitcher he sum-
rnoned Johnson. who had failed to
70 the route in Chicago the day
. before.
Gerber jolted long fly off john
son and in came Tobin. tieing the
score again. Johnson then bounced
Jacobson on the dome with slow
one and Ken Williams put him on
third with a double to right. John
son then lost all control and filled
the bases with pass TO McManus.
John Schultz. an extra catcher,
came up for Ezzell and Johnson
walked him, forcing Jacobson over
with the winning run.
There, in brief, is the story Of
the generosity of the Griffs'
pitchers to the Brownies on the
Sabbath day. Manager Bush pro-
tested when Schultz went to bat,
claiming that he was hitting out
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