Evening star., 1920-04-23

More than one near record was set.
The paid attendance was given out
as 1851, the largest number ever
recorded with one exCeption-opening
day, 1911, tne year the new stands
were built. when, according to the
figures OF Billy Fowler. para gon of
accuracy. who then handled the busi-
ness affairs OF the club. l6,34o persons
passed through the turnstiles. The
total of twenty-six athletes who got
their names into the box score is not
new high mark. especially for these
early season days. but il was eight
more than the hard-working scripes
wished for. and tho two hours and
forty-six minutes reN0 ired to decide
the issue provided greater guam
tity of base ball than .ven the bar
gain seekers would hav> ordered.
There was nothing to the game but
Boston for the first half. the visitors
combing the shoots of jim shaw, who
started and went two innings until
he was removed to let Shanks fan
for him, for one run and falling on
AL Schacht, his successor, for a quar-
tet of bingies and tallies IN the fifth.
when Liei Erickson was sent to the
rescue and stopped the visitors com
pleteiy, only two bingies being reg
Istered by them IN tue last four
frames.
Erickson Saves the Day.
Had Erickson started the contest.
as it was expected he would, the Ma
tionals probably would have romped
in winners by great margin in less
than half the time required. Menos-
ky's double, that struck the new right
field fence about four Ieet from the
top, followed by Hendryx's single.
gave the sox their first run in the
opening round. They connected for
another brace of safoties in the sec
a II tI fol tnd n
score, convinced Griffith that it
wasn't Shaw's $ day. Schacht, who got
his job. slid by in his first two
frames and thereby boosted his rec
ord of consecutive scoreless innings
this spring to twenty-five, sixteen
against the Cincinnati Reds and nine
against Boston. including the shut
out he recorded in Philadelphia last
Monday, but he was bumped in the
fifth when a pass to Hooper and sin
giles by McNally. Menosky. Hen
dryX and Scott produced four tai
lies and brought Eric il to the hill.
Against Russell, the spitballist who
got the verdict over johnson in the
opener al Boston last week, the Ma
tionals We're helpless for the first four
innings, and il appeared they were
destined TO go down to lgnominous de-
feat. but they started to work on him
in the fifth and he soon faded from the
scene. Charity opened the session with
double to left and Eric's death put
him on third. where, after McNally had
backed up for Judges fly, he tailed on
Mlans crack TO center Rice rifed a
single past Mclnnis, and then with the
figures on the scoreboard registering
'dcuces Wild Russell emulai ed Their
| example and passed Roth and Shannon
forcing Milan III with run No and
causing Barrow to yank MIN in favor OF
young right-hander named Kari The
latter wound ii up by getting O'Nein,
but was himself withdrawn after ONLY
one Griff had been retired in the follow
| ing frame He walked Harris to star,
with, and successive singles by Charity
and Eric accounted for one run A mass
| to Judge crowded the runwavs and
| brought our old friend and former f.l
! low citizen. y. Harper. INTO the FRAY
| Harry crosse. everybody up by victim
| izing Milan on rikcs but sent Charity
; home with wild pitch that moved Eric
! and Judge up a notch and both of them
| counted on a inner ~ right by Rice, who
| was trapped tryin . sneak on to sec
| ond.
! Harpers usual generosity was mani
| tested in the seventh when he walked
Harris and similarly favored Eric, after
Gharrity had sacrihced Judge was set
| down, but Milan again cam. throupn
| with safety and Harris d4nt.d IN,
! rubber.
! Roth shines on Bases.
| Bobby Roth missed performing Tho
rather rare feat of stealing his way
] around the circuit in this Iic ronnS
With these four tallies on ice ava ,,ro
! of the locals disposed. Rom s,,r,ad
| a little rally on his own hn,il ,,;tL
a bunt that Harper couIdn't h.ndIa
| Then he staged his exhibition az ~. -
and fancy piIferinG. While uarnar
twas pitching TO Shannon Roth stole