The Washington times., 1916-07-31
With Star Fielder and Hitter
Out With Injured Ankle,
Team Is Weak.
0'L0UGHLIN IS SH0WERED
Umpire PIuckiIy Marches
Through Crowd After Rain Of
Pop Bottles During Game.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LOUIS A. DOUGHER.
CLEVELAND. July 3l.-The Cleveland
Indians, who have been fighting hard
to remain in the first division, have
been struck heavy blow by the injury
to iris Speaker and II Is generally be-
lieved that they will fall back into the
second division before the star out
fielder can return to the lineup. with
Speaker out Of the battle line. the
Griffmen should win both remaining
games Of the present series. as Roth
and Smith do not make for harmony In
the outfield.
Speakers injury came on a circus
catch Of Fosters liner In the fourth In
ming. As Speaker started In for the
forward he caught the ball, But he
stayed on the grass Doc Meyer, the
Indians trainer. rushed out and found
the Indians best man suffering from a
sprained left ankle.
While Meyer is Of the opinion that
Speaker will not be out longer than two
weeks. 1t must be remembered that
Morgan sat on the bench six weeks after
spraining his right ankle In New York
II Speaker Is out two weeks, the In
dians are sure to hit the chute. II he
10 out month. they lose their chances
OF winning the pennapt.
Umpire O'Loughlin was the target for
. shower Of pop bottles after his de-
ths tsnth sse ali aro snd
him. but he never turned hair.
Players from both teams were kept
busy throwing the bottles back against
the wall in order to prevent injuries.
the umpire. but he marched of the field
like a soldier right through the mob
and escaped without injury. 1t was q
dne exhibition of sheer nerve.
There was a crowd Of at least 1900,
which was handsome. considering the
terrific heat. Whenever the home team
tSs roofing became furious furious and S mott q
fan left until the last man died in the
tenth.
The drirmen have. now won seven out
of eleven games played with the In
dams this season, and the odds are on
them for the next three. Harper and
Boehling will probably tackle the In
dams before we get out Of town.
Merito Acosta was not taken from
the lineup because Of any weakness.
but rather because Of his hard luck He
marksbie fieidins on the part Of wsmby
and Turner. In the NTH Acosta ham,
nnered one through the box, but Turner
was over on the bag like rabbit and
decision. wamby did the same thing in
the eighth. .robblng the little Cuban of
a single. However. the change worked
out well. for 1t was Shanks' long fly
tally.
Charity got but one hit. a Texas
Lacquer to center. but he forced Smith
to go to the wall in right center for his
pressure would have given the young
alugger two bases.
wamby and Turner were the fielding
demons OF the day. each endeavoring to
excel the other. The veteran had a
shade on Wamby. though. for his stop
and retirement of Acosta In the tifth
was the best bit Of the day.
Gandil proved a weak sister at the
bat. though his fielding was smooth.
Four times Ell strobe to the bat with
q chance of driving in run. Twice he
whitfield. Once he popped to Foster. and
leaving Roth stranded on third.
There are rumors here that Louis
Guisto, the star first sacker of the
Portland team in the Coast League,
Is setting the Coast League afre with
his ail-around work. and the fans here
are bowling that he be obtained. y,
The Indians have first call on all
to come here. although haS dozen
big league scouts are now watching
him. Gandil IA hitting for .252. disap-
pointing figure for Cleveland fans.
Merito Acosta will be back with he
Griffmen as soon as Roy Massey and
Henri Rondeau are patched up. Joe
Cantillon Is using Jack Bentley and
Massey sustained sprained ankles. Griff
10 helping Cantillon out of bad hole
in returning the Cuban to the Millers
for a short time. Acosta. however, Is
making several quick jumps over the
country In the meantime.
The Indians will be weaker today than
at any time this season. for they will he
without iris Speaker. The star out
fielder sprained his left ankle In the
fourth inning OF yesterdays game. and
he may be in the crippled lift for sew
eral weeks.
Some jumbled fielding, a question: BILE
decision at third base and Hank Shanks
powerful sacrifice fly to Roth. gave the
Griffmen a victory, to 1. In the tenth
frame of the Sunday game before some
11000 fans.
Mcbride opened the tenth with q
Texas Lacquer to short center. Roth ant
Smith tried for the ball. and as In mos
cases. both stopped, allowing the ball tc
fail safe between them. johnson jam
med one back at Coveleskie, who threw
TO Chapman TO head off Mcbride.
.o'Loughlin called the runner safe
tested so vehemently that he was ban
ished from the field. Then Shanks FLIED
TO Roth In center. scoring Mcbride with
: the run that decided the contest.
Johnson and Beebee fought a stir
pitching duel for seven innings. thu
veteran Indian looking Just as good a.
his famous foeman. The blond Shrap
mel was hit hard In the first two frames
and was wild in the third. but there
after was master Of his own destiny.
Beebee gave the Griffmen hard fight
and had but one bad session. the fourth
He was scored on then. Klepfer. reliev
ing Beebee, got himself into bad hol
IN the ninth. and was relieved by Cove
ieskie. who worked himself out only I,
fall back into another ditch In the tenth
with Graney out of the way. Chapman
Singled In the first inning and speske