Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13
ROOKIE SOUTHPAW
TURNS BACK BIRDS
.TauScher, Fischer Give Up
Hits and Poor 0utfieId
Play Costs Game.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor, The Star.

lew more performances SuCIl
L. as he flashed against the
Baltimore Orioles yesterday
In the inaugural of the Spring ex-
hibition series and Lynn Grif1th'S
aspirations for a pitching job with
the Nationals will be entitled to
serious consideration.
Displaying plenty of speed, mixed
with an occasional knuckler by way Of
a change of pace, the rangy portsider
from the Western Association breezed
through three innings, in which he al
lowed nothing that reSembled hit,
and so well did he have his side-arm
stuff controlled only one Bird received
Gree transportation to first.
Grif1th'S performance was the high
light of the curtain raising on base ball
here, which was preceded by a street
parade and the customary preliminary
features, including a boxing burlesque
by Clowns Altrock and Schacht, the
tossing out of the first ball by hizZoner
the mayor and the blaring of pair of
bands. All of which, combined with
the fact the weather was good and that
o half-holiday had been declared, not
only for this city, but nearby Gulfport,
where the Orioles do their training,
served to draw something like 1000
cash customers into the spacious con-
fines Of Biloxi Stadium.
THE fact that the Nationals wound
i up on the short end of a 7-to-6
tally is a little detail that only
Dave Harris and Harry Rice can ex-
plain, for in addition t3 Griffith, all Of
the 10 performers Manager Johnson
sent into &C ion acquitted themselves
creditabiy save these two.
Walter Tauscher, the second of Pilot
Walters hurlers, ran into some trouble
right at the outset of his regime, when
q pair of singles and a double gave
Baltimore its first tallies. He settled
down then, retiring the next eight men
to face him in order, while Carl
Fischer, who of1lciated on the hill in
the last three stanzaS, displayed q bar
rel of stuff and at best should have had
but one run chaIked up against him.
Fischer had gotten through his in
itial frame with nothing more than a
walk to mar his record when pair of
Scratchy singles and one real hit pro-
duced an earned run for the enemy.
Two had besn set ocwn by the Whit
route Wncn he passed the dangerous
Joe HaussT to I'LL the bases and the side
should have been retired when the next
Bird lofted little fly to left field.
Stationed cot there at that time was
Dave Harris, the ponderous former con-
stable and 1881 champion weight toter
of the Nationals The score at the
point was to 8 in favor Of Johnson'S
outfit due TO some timely hitting it had
produced earlier In the fray. against
Beryl Richmond and Dick Cherry, q
pair Of Oriole southpaws.
Considering Harris zoe pounds, It
seemed doubtful If he could lumber in
far enough to reach the fly. He must
have had the same thought, for he
opened the throttle wide and waddled
in like a stampeded elephant, but at
the crucial moment his brakes proved
unequal to the task of stopping that
tonnage, with the result the ball drop
ped untouched bark of MIN and two
runs crossed the plate.
This wouldn't have been so bad, for
the BiroS still were a run to the bad
but when on the next play, Harry Rice
subbing for Sam of the same name in
right field, pulled a Hack Wilson and
lost ny in the sun, two more Balti-
moreans checked in at the counting
block, and that settled it.
HEINIE MANUSH, Joe Judge and
4 i Joe Cronin, each with two hits to
his credit, one by the last-men-
toned travelling for four bases to right
center, shared hitting honors with Sam
West, but Sammy'S were OF the most
telling variety, his double and triple
driving in three tallies and paving the
way for still another.
Hayes got off to a good start in his
quest for the second-sacking lob by
cracking clean hingle on his only
appearance at the plate after Myer
three times had failed to connect safely,
and Leo Burns also broke into the
hit column when he was credited with
a double on a poorly played hit to
center. Harris smote single. None
OF the others contrived to hit safely.
Kuhel at first Montague at short
and Jordan at third, rockies all, took
care OF everything that came their
way.
TLdFF BOLTON, who relieved Roy
~ Spencer back of the bat after
the first four innings, failed to
1--we up TO his hitting proves his first
time at bat when he took a called third
strike to end the inning with a mate
awaiting delivery on third base He
had another chance in the ninth when
the sacks were unoccupied and wal
loped viciously to deep right, but his
sluggtng reputation had preceded him
and the Bird gardAner, stationed way
back, contrived to gSS under the whack.
Bottoms receiving was done in an
acceptable manner and on the occasion
of the only slip he rnade-a near passed
ball-he pounced on the pill 50 quickly
the Oriole on second at the time
thought better Of trying to advance.
d OY VANGRAFLAN, who probably
N could be prevailed upon TO admit
= he Is the best umpire in the Amer
lean League, If not all base ball, was
On hand to start his fourth season as
Spring arbiter for the Grihmen and
p-o?ed to be in good voice tribute to
his foresight in taking Winter course
o. local ca'es henics.
he was s'sted bv Joe Evans. former
Washington and Cleveland outfielder
now a successful practicing physician in
Gulfport.
nRESIDENT GRIFFITH still is look
L ing in vain for "Bashful Paul
HER, the local pitching phenom
to report to Manager johnson. The
giant youth. who difadently admitted
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