Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-05
ST. LOUIS BROWNS
.....!0PEN HERE TODAY
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Johnson vs.. Weilman Is
Pitching Card-Red Sox l..
Take Final, 8 to 3.
BIZ DENMAN THOMPSON.

seaooard by the western clubs OF tho
AMERICAN League gets under way.
marked locally by the appearance Of
the St Louis Browns for a series of
-FOUR games. running to and including
Sunday. Judged BY the recent pace
which has landed three Of them in
the nrst division and the other
mighty close to 1t. the Boston, New
York. Philadelphia and Washington
CLUBS are In for . strenuous time of
u In the next three weeks. The
Yanks now are the only entry mailing
from the cast occupying q position
In the frst four. However, the west
ern contingent IL not likely to travel
s e. such sa,n,t rapid ,sa gait on foreign fields
Athletics. Nationals and Red sox. II
VIII occasion no surprise II they send
tho invaders back home with lower
percentage marks than they arrived
Browns Travelling Fast.
The Browns. following their sensa-
uonal spurt on their home grounds
aSsinse the eastern contingent, in
lost one. and rose in two weekss time
from last place to third, slumped a
ply gaming one victory against three
oeteees In Detroit and taking one out
Wins sna y, 81. G asssa but thirteen
tsso games 10 fairly good gait.
manager Burke has q splendid hurI-
ing stan. seven or eight frst-class
performers, any one Of which can be
ana he has his players up on their
toes scrapping for everything in sight
AZ present he Is without the services
OF Joe Gedeon. who is the leading
s lcker OF the club and stands fourth
~
2 mark Of .345. Gedeon is sufrerinp
IRON Charley horse. Herman Bronkie
70 ish niittns In for him and doing a fine
It is probable Carl Mailman u,,,
called on to do mound work To- +b 10
srowns today. Walter johnson is ere
pecteo TO oppose him. Weilman regis.
tsIeo to l victory over the Sa.
sIonais In St Louis week before last
MI ~nen ne got the decision over Har-
Red sox Take Final.
Barrow's champions of the un,varsa
entrained last night for Boston i IL
pretty well contented frame Of MIND
following the S-to-3 sethacL thn,,
n nscaIS II the ~, Nationals, giving them
sesouqn o. N two two out Of three for their
Tne Sox had a decidedly easy time
OF It getting the verdict in the final
10y. Il was contest until the fifth
o omen u .ns a so1, Leading by two runs to
OF markers. After that 1t became a
romp for the Crimson Hose, who
chased Dick Robertson, Grin1th's
showers and greeted southpaw Thomp-
hearty manner that quartet of super
auous talhes was garnered. In the
aggregate Of hits made the Sox had
but . small margin on the G-iffs. but
taey were injected with such a nicely
from the local hurlers and Iniscues by
resident nelders that a very imposing
total OF tallies was registered. In the
meantime Big Bill James was out
chine. with q good break on his hook.
plenty Of zip and everything. He
sblased the trail for two of the Wash
trgton runs by issuing walks. but eff
r shst
when the Senatorial sticksmiths
showed signs Of getting too free with
his delivery.
R.ss vas the only member mem r Of .o the
Tks washington outneider got clean
cut singles on his flrst and third trips
TO- the pan. and whaled the ball to
batting eye. Yesterdays game was
the thirteenth straight in which he
has hit safely.
in . batting way. He was oficially
credited with being up only once.
yet scored two runs. In the opener
no sacrificed to advance Hooper. who
hsa vaiked In the . th a,a, he 2. drew eva
bunted to move up Hooper. being safe
ON Fosters wild throw. and in the
sixth he drew his second pass. He
popped to Charity in the eighth.
Of the ordinary. the burly Baltimorean
getting on the bases four times, twice
through the medium Of hits, once with
. pass and once on being hit with
pitched ball. On his other appearance
Robertson famed him.
McInnis kept up his good stick work
Of tho day before. his two hits with a
sacrifice knocking OF time at bat
giving him An average OF 800 for the
afternoon.
high In the air that Menoskey became
completely bewildered In trying to
gauge It's flight. straishtened out. the
drive would have been good for about
two trips around the sacks.
Babe yelled murder twice when
after his single had registered pair
Of mates. McInnis followed with C
safety to left. Ruth sprinted for third
md thought he had beaten Menoskeys
peg. He howled when the arbiter ruled
Otherwise. Again in the ninth; after
famed. he yelped Ruth sent Judge
SPRAYING as he slid back to the base.
hut the first baseman held the ball.
Both plays were close. at that.
Giants No Terrors for Phillies.