The Washington times., 1918-06-19

Yep, Mr.. Ayers looks more ano
more like a hoodoo for the Indians
every time he faces them They beat
him IN his nrst appearance against
them this season, 81, but since then
he's made Jim Dunn's boys look Ike
dirty deuces in q Boiled pack he
beat Stanley CoVeleskle, 10. in twelve
innings in the Arst Sunday game
played In Warrington
On June the Indians, with Cove
Isskie up, had Ayers beaten. ~ In
seven inning At League Park but
the Cribs tied the count In the eighth
and then won out In the ninth,
walter johnson pitching the last two
frames
The very next day the Mats beat
the Indians again, this time 81, and
Ayers had a considerable finger IN
the pie. When Jim Shaw tripled,
sending. IN three runs and injured his
ankle In the NTH chapter, Ayers went
to the firing line and held the Indians
to two hits in ave innings
Ayers Faces EnEmaah
The Griffmen stopped over In
Cleveland Tuesday on their way from
Chicago to New York for = four-gAme
series, and Ayers was sent to the
hurlinE hill against Johnny EnzInAnn.
On June 8 the Indians scored both Of
their runs off Ayers in Jhs hrst in
ming on q base on balls. Speakers
triple and Wambys double, but they
could not take his measure
Tuesday they greeted Doc almost
as warmly, ringing the bell in the
hrst inning and repeating in the
third, both runs the result OF good
heavy cloUting. Chapman singled in
the first and completed the circuit on
Speakers double against the right
field screen. In the third Johnston
tripled and cashed in on Chapman's
single
But that was all, for Ayers applied
the brakes and the. Indians, who had
looked like 24-karat hitting bets in
the early innings, were transformed
into the same sort OF weak sisters
that tried to batter Ayers into sub
mission after the hrGt round on
June 3.
There was nothing doing, and that's
the why and wherefore OF Cleveland
rams abiding to Ayers as their 1918
Jinx In much the same manner that
Tom Hughes was a decade back when
the then eminent Washington curVsr
won more than enough games from
the Maps to beat them out OF the pen
nant
History May Repeat.
It Is possible history will repeat
this year. and that Doc Ayers may be
the Washington pitcher to keep the
Cleveland club away from the pen
nant At least the Washington club.
aided and abetted by this same Ayers,
has done enough already to keep the
Indians out OF frst place. for Of the
nine games played by the two teams
10 date they have won six Had the
Indians won the six and lost three
instead OF the opposite, they would
now be within a half game Of first
place, as they are trailing the Boston
Red Sox by only 81 games.
It's not to be wondered At that
refer to Doc Ayers as
"Horseshoes," for II 1t had not been
for Johnny EnzmRnn and Steve
O'NeiIl getting crossed on their signals
in the fourth round, the Grihmen's
FIRST counter would not have mate
rallied and the Indians might have
won. Milan singled with one gone.
was on with the pitch with the count
two and three, and easily reached
third when Shanks singled to left.
Then IL was that EnZmann whiEzsd
the ball past O'Neill when Steve called
for a pitchout, thinking Shanlls would
try for second. Milan scored on the
passed ball After Morgan walked,
Mcbride hit into a double play.
But you couldn't take the second
run the visitors scored away from
them, as Morgan singled sharply to
center, Mcbride sacrificed him on, and
Pieinieh sent him across with =