The Washington times., 1923-04-30

Evans second sprint came in the
eighth. With one gone he doubled
to the corner in right, advancing
to third on passed ball. Again
came a short fly to Matthews, this
time from Judges bat. Again
Evans crouched, ready for a mad
dash down the line. With the
catch he was off, those long strides
Of his eating up the distance. Mat
thews who is inclined to lose time
in getting away his pegs. again
missed the flying runner and the
Griffs had their two runs for the
day.
Oh yes. Evans did contribute a
couple OF errors to the grand en-
eeTnble but neither counted. When
Frank WEIGH doubled to the circus
seats in center in the third Evans
couldn't quite grip the hot ball
base, but he would have scored
anyway on Matthew's single short.
ly afterward.
Bing Miller bumped a single to
center with two gone in the fourth
and, greatly to the surprise of
everybody, probably including Joe
Evans, that bounder went right
through the Washington gardener.
putting Miller on third. He stayed
there, too, and looked at Harris
toss out Galloway. Therefore,
Evans two errors might just as
well have not been for all the
harm they did.
It was Roger Peclinpaugh's
bObble in the fifth that hurt. II
gave Hasty a life to score later
on. 1t was that one run margin
which gave the victory to the
Mackmen. Without it, Evans
would have tied the score with his
brilliant dash in the eighth.
Jonkheer Baskerville Holdings
worth had rough sailing in that fifth
frame, passing WEIGH for a starter.
Dykes followed with ripping single
to center. Hasty hunted past the
box, and Peck, picking it up neatly,
tossed poorly to Harris, covering first
base. The bases were loaded, with
none out.
Matthews bounced to Peck. who
neailed WEIGH at the plate in hollow
style, but Perkins spilled the beans
with a single to left. scoring Dykes
and sending Hasty to third. Ricon-
da's long fly to Goslin scored the
lanky hurler.
This Hasty was too mysterious
Tor the Griffs to solve. That ex-
plains the victory of the Mackmen
he held his foes to five hits, and,
aside from the two frames in which
they scored, the Griffs threatened
him only in the seventh.
Harris and Ruel opened that sew
enth with singles, and the big crowd
began to grow enthusiastic. Peck
laid down perfect sacrifice. Dick
Wade came up for Bluege and struck
out, a crime under the circumstances
A long fly would have brought over
run, but long fly was not in
Wade's system just then. Patsy
Charity, hitting for Hollingsworth,
mad the long fly, but it merely
counted as the third out.
There were few outstanding
plays in the field, but Jimmy
Dykes apparently earned the chOc-
OLate cake with his excellent stOp
OF Sam Rice's merry bOunder i'm
the sixth. Dykes went far to his
right, got both hands on the ball
and came within a whisker of cut
ting down the speedy Griffman.
Chick Galloway had two clever
bits to his credit. His stop of
Rueps grounder to his right in the
second, forcing Harris, and his
catch Of Peck's line drive close to
the ground to his right in the fifth
were evidences of his real ability.
Goose Goslin had a spectacular
jumping catch of Ricondas fly in
the fifth and Jimmy O'Neill, re.
placing Ossie Bluege, knocked
down Miller's hot shot, picked il
up ana got him with a perfect
throw in the eighth. Both wer.-
enappy plays.
Muddy Buel. who is already a
nero to most Washington fans
gave another exhibition of his
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