Evening star., 1924-05-14

Stacking up against another bunch
Of crippleS in the Cleveland Indians
whose riddled ranks restricted them
to only three victories in as many
affrays with the bedraggled Mack
men. Manager S. Raymond Harris
aggregation of spawned performers
today are scheduled to inaugurate
a set Of four frolicS that should pro-
well as base ball of a bang-up brand.
If the eventualities of yesterday may
be taken as a criterion.
Griffs and Indians enter the series
with but two percentage points sep
arating thenJ and although they
is but four games back of the pace
setting Yankees in the gradually
Tightening American League flag
scramble.
For more than half the route yes
terday. Mogridge and Cole staged a
left-handed duel that was tighter
than the Scotch are close. a bingle
apiece being all they yielded in the
first five frames. Cole cracked in the
sixth for two runs and tn Ben gals
solved Mogridge sufficiently to knot
the count in the succe eding Sc ssh on,
but thereafter Rochester George was
In command, while the Griffs pro-
ceeded to spank Sylvester Johnson
and Kenneth Holloway for the mar
gin by which they copped.
1 Early Threats Thwarted.
The Nationals were in a position to
score on several occasions before they
finally broke through Coles guard
for a pair of markers. In the opener,
for instance, Harris walked with one
down and stole second as Rice fan
ned, but was anchored when Goslin
rolled to Rigney Ruel was left at
the midway in round 2, following his
walk and Rigney's error on Peck
when Mogridge lofted to Cobb, and
Leibold was stranded at the far cor
ner in the third after his single,
Harris sacrifice and Rice's death,
when Goslin again provided an in
field demise, but the Goose came
through in a handsome manner in
the fruitful sixth. Harris opened
that stanza with shot to left and
took an extra base when Fothergill
fumbled. Bucky was tagged slid
ing into third when Cole grabbed
Rice's bunt, but Sam tailed on a mur-
derous wallop against the right field
barrier that Goslin unlimbered and
the tonsiled terror in turn reached
the counting block when Shirley
bounced one over Coles head on a
direct line to center. Shirley got as
far as the keystone when Ruel was
nagged, but Prothro left him there.
Up to this time pickins for the
Tigers had been of the leanest va
riety. Fothergill nicked Mogridge
Tor a safety in the opener, when He'll
tumble, but the pair of them were left
when Pratt nit into a force play A
walk to Heilmann in the fourth was
unsupported. as was the winging of
Goie in the fifth. while in the sixth
Fothergill drilled into a double play
after Cobb had gotten a lucky single
on ball that bounced over Prothro's
head.
Three Pinch Hitters Deliver.
1t was in the following frame that
the Tigers got busy and the de-
cuedly rare spectacle of three pinch
knocks enabled them to knot the
count Pratt had been disposed of
when Rigney singled to center and
took an extra base on Rice's tumble
Then Haney, WoodaIl and Kerr, per-
forming for Jones, Baasler and Cole
respectively, swatted to unguarded
spots and two runs were over. Mo-
gridge famed Blue at this juncture
and Peck saved further trouble by
jumping aloft to snare Cobb's bid
for an extra base blow.
Against Sylvester Johnson. who
sraced the slab for Detroit in the
seventh, Harris men proceeded to
settle the issue, Bucky himself TAX
ing prominent part in the proceed
lngs. Peck was franked for a. starter
with a low hook. Leibold then
swatted over Heilmans head for two
bases, scoring Peck, and Harris
poled to the limits in left for three
SACKS, registering Mogridge and Lei
bold The rally was ended abruptly
when Goslin lined to Pratt, whose
toss to Blue doubled up Rice, Sam
being on the runways by virtue of
f1elders choice
A sliced drive by Heilmann that
carried out of the reach of Rich
bourE for three bases, followed by
Pratt's long fly, gave the Tigers a.
tally in the eighth and this was
matched in the fag end of the frame
when Peck walked and stole second
and Mogridge greeted Kenneth Hol-
loway, the third of the Tigers twirl-
ers, with a double to right