Evening star., 1919-09-22
THRILLING FINISH
GIVES INDIANS WIN
Pound Out 8-4 Victory in
Ninth to Stay in Race
for the Pennant.
BY DENNAN THOMPSON.

day on the short end OF 3-4 score,
and facing final elimination from the
pennant race, with Jim Shaw pitch
ing his head of to collect a 500
bonus, the Indians staged a rally
that netted five runs, gave them an
S-4 victory, clean sweep of the four-
game series with the Nationals. and
reduced Chicago's lead to four games.
Seldom has a more sensational finish
to atgame replete with thrills been
staged at American League Park. 1t
permitted the Tribe to depart for
rome in position to grab the bunt-
ing by winning all four of the con-
the White sox meet with nothing
but reversa1s for the remainder Of
the schedule. and 1t marked the end
Of one of tie most remarkable trips
ever made by team. Since starting
on the jaunt now ended the Indians
have won twelve out of thirteen bat
Ties the only verdict they lost being
q 81 decision Bob Shawkey obtained
over Jim Bagby at the Polo Grounds.
The Garrison finish by the Tribes
unexpected to the large Sunday crowd.
shaw held the indians Well in hand.
Doubles by Speaker and Gardner and
pair of tallies in the fourth, anu
Chapman's smash to the extreme linn
its in left that he converted into a
home run by circling the bases as
only Chapman can. was the extent OF
the damage done to Shaw until the
final frame, while Caldwell had been
nicked for a quartet of tallies despite
heroic hurting in pinches. largely oc-
casioned by his unsteadiness.
Caldwell Gets Near-Homer.
Smith had been set down in the
ninth. when O'Neill doubled to left
center and gave way to Pinch Run
Caldwell and he all but won the game
then and there with a terrific drive
to right that missed clearing the wall
for homer by only few inches. As
1t was. the waliop scored Evans with
the tying tally and netted two bases
for Caldwell. Graney walked. and,
after Chapman had lifted to Murphy.
moved up with Caldwell on wild
pitch. A pass to Speaker filed the
bases and Harris single to center
sent Speaker to third. Harris taking
second on the throw-in. Speaker sid
over the plate in safety on a double
steal with Harris, and after Gardner
drew a pass. Harris Tailed on single
to center by Wamby. This caused Shaw
to be derricked Lefty Courtney was
sent in to relieve him and, with Wood
up to bat for Smith, Charity nipped
Wamby OF first to end the session.
In the fag end of this frame, after
Spoke elected to play it safe by send
ing Bagby to the mound. and the SER
geant effectively ended the threat the
locals made to get going again. Rice
was forced by Ellerbe. Charity was
automatically retired when he was
struck by his own batted ball. and,
after Ellerbe had been permitted to
steal second and third unmolested,
Menosky wound 1T up by skying to
Speaker.
For all his uns' Ray cald-
well gave refs--- ..e exhibition of
hurting over the course of the eight
rounds he performed. In the opener.
when passes to Judge and Murphy and
singles by Leonard and Rice had
netted the Griffs one run and loaded
Charity and Menosky in row. In
the second Shanks singled and was
sacrificed to second by Shaw. The
fourth ball to Judge was a wild pitch
that allowed Shanks to reach third
and when Judge essayed to pilfer
while Slim was amounting the pill
Shanks raced home and Judge finally
reached second. Caldwell then famed
Leonard and tossed out Murphy, after
knocking down his hot smash and
chasing nearly to first to field the ball
Griffs Get Two in Fifth.
Except for Rice's single in the third
Caldwell was not threatened again
until the fifth. when the Nationals got
to him for their final brace of coun-
ters. Chapman gave Leonard a life by
fumbling his roller. Murphy forced
him. Rice singled Murphy to second.
the latter took third while Ellerbe
was forcing Rice and Charity walked
to load the runways. Menosky' bin
gle over se16nd just out Of Chapman's
reach sent Murphy and Ellerbe to the
counting station, and when Chapman
took Shanks' hopper and tossed wide
to Harris the hassocks- again. were
fully peopled. At this juncture Cald-
we'll famed Shaw.
After two uneventful inings the man
who was struck by lightning repeated
his whin-em- m-in-a-pinch feat in, the
Aghth. In this session Menosky was
hit by a pitched ball, sacrificed to sec
ond by Shanks. and. after Shaw took
the count on strikes for the third time.
Judge and Leonard were both franked
to the initial station to crowd the cor
ners. Here it was Murphy who was
ID The soma fnrial cenfeY8elder