Evening star., 1925-04-15

DGDuS.
1t should not be inferred that the
Harrismen We're unmindful of the
fact that victory in April is freighted
with quite as much Importance as a
game won in September, or that they.
were actuated by benevolent impulses
in declining to mar their hosts party.
Nothing like that. They tried their
level durndeSt to start with victory,
but on this occasion their best WASH I
good enough. The point simply is that
they are absolutely undaunted by be-
ing baked III their initial brush of the
flag chase and the same thing will
hold true if they don't win a game for
q week.
Griffs Are Spirited.
They are cogniZant of the fact that
one contest or an entire series, for
that matter, doesn't constitute a sea-
son and are as sincerely sanguine OF
their class as they were just week
or so back, when the exhibition series
with the Giants stood five games to
! against them. They stepped out
then and grabbed five of the last six
contests TO finish on even terms with
the men of MeGraw. Such a feat can
not be accomplished by an outfit that
is easily discouraged, and the Gr1fts
surely demonstrated during that Cruel
ing grind last Summer as well as in
the AutumfIal blue ribbon set that
faint -heartedness is not one of their
shortcomings. a
Seldom is club more concluSively
beaten than, were the Nationals yes
terday. They were outplayed in
every department of the game, have
no alibis therefore and are offering
none. 1t might be figured from the
lambasting meted out to Mogridge
that he has not yet attained top form
or had an off day. But such is not
the case. George had his entire as
sortment of stuff at command, but
simply couldn't fool the Yankees with
1t, while Shocker's talents were en-
ployed against the GriffS to better
advantage. Ruel said after the battle
that Mogridge's arm never appeared
more free or stronger, and George
corroborated Muddy's deposition. The
Hugmen simply couldn't be stopped,
that's all.
nicked for seven safetieS, only two
less than Mogridge yielded, the
caliber of the blows and the manner
in which they were distributed en-
abled him to emerge unScored on in
every round save the fourth, when,
with two gone. Goslin's Texas Lacquer
and theft of second, followed by pass
to Judge, and Bluege's solid single to
center, enabled the Mats to sidestep
the ignomfny of being whitewashed.
Double Plays BaIlS Champs.
Shocker avoided further damage at
this point by intriguing Peck into
swinging futiley at a third strike, and
in no other frame was he really en-
dangered. Yankee double plays
S1uffed openings presented through
hits by Harris, Mogridge and Bluege
~ The first, third and seventh rounds,
respectively, the athletes so unfor-
tunate as to hit into the dual killings
being Rice, McNeely and Ruel.
In the second stanza, Judge got
himself a bingle, only to die stealing
when Steve ONeill called the turn
by asking by pitch-out, and the pass
to Bluege which followed went for
naught when Peck popped d foul
The only other impression made
against Shocker's slabbing was in the
fifth, when Mogridge beat out
topped swing to Dugan, only to be
forced by Harris after McNeely died
Until the fifth frame Mogridge
looked to have an even chance with
ShoCker. the only run he yielded up
to that time accruing in round two,
when he became overly generous in
the matter of passes to O'Neill and
his hurting rival, after Ward and
Scott had evolved, singles. With the
bases loaded Mogridge then forced
Paschal to pop foul, but he was to
hear more from this recently acquired
Atlanta athlete.
Paschal Causes Trouble.
In the aforementioned fifth, which
Shocker opened by socking far over
Goslin's head for three bases, Paschal
shunted A single to center that cashed
the moundsman. Mogridge then
squirmed out of a deep, dark hole
by whiting Pipp and Ward after his
own tumble of Dugan's sacrificial
bunt and Meusel's safety that Bluege
could only knock down, had crowded
the corners, but there was more, much
more, coming to him.
Part of the consignment was de-
livered in the sixth. when, with Scott
at the midway by virture of a single
and Schocker's suicide, the previously
referred to Paschal belted the ball into
the distant left field seats for a round
tripper that netted two runs, and the
rest of it arrived in the following
frame, when the homefun stunt was
duplicated by Meusel with an even
more prodigiouS swat.