Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-04

One of these documents is intended
for Outfielder Goebel of the Spring
field Eastern League team. and an
other for a. pitcher in that section
whose name and business address are
yelled in deep. dark secrecy. Nick has
several places to visit before his mis-
sion ends. He borrowed fountain
pen with which to exercise the sigma
torial powers vested in him. SO he
may have three or four John Han
cocks on parchment in his possession
by the middle of the month. In the
meanwhile fans in ST. Louis and Chi
cago will call in vain for the CO.
median to entertain them.
Griffs Drive Out Caldwell.
Ray Caldwell showed a woeful lack
of class against the Griffs yeste rday.
and was bumped out of the pastime
before il had progressed half way.
but similar deficiencies were uncov-
cred in JeZebel Tecumseh Zachary
and Jose Acosta, with the result that
the Indians doubled the tally of the
Griffs and further increased their
lead over the Yankees.
Jim Bagby, knocked out of the box
Sunday. did very artistic job of
stopping the Nationals in their tracks
when assigned to relief duty. and
: obtained revenge by being credited
with the victory. Every member of
The tribe rang up at least one hit in
the sixteen they collected. except the
fingers, while Ellerbe and Roth were
the tourists most effective sunners.
accounting for all the Washington
runs between them
Failure of their base-running tao
tics prevented the Nationals from TAX
ing advantage of a streak of wildness
by Caldwell in the opener. Judge was
pianked in the ribs and after Milan
hoiSted was tagged trying to SEipe
second Rice drew a pass, annexed
the middle cushion safely and con-
iinued to third when Johnston took
Caldwell's throw and pegged wildly
past Chapman. Roth also walked and
on an attempted double steal Sam
was erased at the plate
Indians on in Front.
Where the Griffs failed the Indians
succeeded. crashing into the run column
in their half. with some assistance from
Zachary. After Jameson famed Chap
man beat out a hot smash to ShankS.
Speaker walked and Chapman moved to
third after Roth caught Smiths fly.
Chapman scored on double steal with
Speaker, when Cmps Dineen called a
baik on Zachary.
The count was evaued in the second
when Harris line singled to left. took
third on Shanks Texas Lacquer back of
fly to Jameson. Ellerbe was instru-
mental in sending the tribe into the
lead in their half. With one out John
StOn singled past. short F; he esSayed the
steal but rctraced his steps when he
saw Gharritys peg had him beaten. FL
lerbe's throw to Judge was wild, how
ever, and Doc reached second from
where he registered on Steve ONeifs
safety to right
Speaker reached the far corner in the
;y-xJ inf ell SinpIa Smiths
ular hit and a force-out. Then the
double steal again was attempted This
time Zach did the right thing. his toss
to second killing off Gardner.
Nationals Tie Count Again.
The Griffs pulled up to even terms in
the fourth when Ellerbe singled follow
ing a two Dagger by Shanks. but not for
long, singles by Wamby and Jameson.
with a sacrifice and pass sandwiched in
between. giving the tribe another marker
in their half.
Round five saw the finish of Cald-
well. the slim one giving way to
Bob Clark after five successive singles
had produced two runs The lanky re-
cruit went in with the bases loaded
and one out and did some fine pitch
ing to get out of the hole with only
one additional tally registered
Safeties by Judge, Milan and Rice
set the stage for Roth, who maintain
ed his Cleveland DattlhS gait pS
cashing the first-named pair with d
Iiner TO left Harris Texas Lacquer
again loaded the bases and marked
Caidwelrs exit Rice was forced at
the plate on Shanks' roller. but FL
Irrbe's hot crack past Gardner scored
Roth Charity rolled to Chapman
Zach Goes TO showers.
Before the inning was completed
Zach had followed Caldwell TO the
showers and the Indians again were
in the van. Jez dug his own grave
with pair of passes. Wamby triple
cashed the free ticketers and the rat
ter trotted in on the binSle by Jonn :
tston that ended Zach's regime nat
happened to Jose Acosta, VINO got MS