Evening star., 1920-06-02

paugh slammed home run into rig
showers. and Harry Courtney aScent
What they did to MIR. Courtney was
repetition of the medicine handed
Eric and before the final out was
hung up four more runs had regis
tered and the Yankees total was
twelve. After that Courtney did tair
to middling in the pitching line. com
pared to what had happened in the
preceding innings. but his mound
. work was of the highest order OF cx-
cellence compared to his great heid-
ing error in not covering hrsi on
Ruth's Srounder TO Judge HAD II:
gone over Judge would not have had
to race Babe TO the bag and the &C
r cident that put one of the best
players in the American League out
; of business for at least week
! would not have happened: Courtney
finished the game simply because
2 Griff had no one else TO send in.
The Nationals opened on Ruth as
: though they were going 10 drive nun
to the tall timbers and finally did So
but it was too late. Judge walked as
q starter. but Milan fouled out, and
Rice died at first. the two outs send
: ing Judge to third. Roth hit a roller
. right at Peck which Roger booted
and Judge raced home. Harris sent a
double into right and Roth registered
Ellerbe singled to right. and Harris
pulled up a third. Stanley then tried
to steal home, but was out by only
E an inch or two.
Nationals Chase Ruth.
: With the score standing II to ?
and Ruth cold from the long wait for
r his mates to score six runs. the GrIr-
t men went after the big fellow to try
and even up things. Shannon got a
pass and went TO third on Gharrity's
+ double to left. This was enough for
/. Tarzan. and he beckened to Huggins
for relief and trotted out to his regu-
lar job in right Thormahlen came
: to Pratt, Shannon coming home on the
play. Calvo, who had taken Shanks'
place in center. Hank having gone
to first after Judge was hurt. hit to
short for an out at first. and Charity
came home.
The fifth run came Washington's
way in the sixth round, when Harris
looped a long fly into the left-held
/ bleachers for home run.
The Griffmen made it seven runs all
in the final round when they scored
two more runs. the result of singles by
Milan, Roth and Harris and a force
play.
The Yanks sewed up the game in
the third inning when they slashed
; out three singles, a double and a
homer by Bodie into the left-field
stand. six runs coming over the plate.
In the fourth FIVE singles and home
/ run by Peckinpaugh added six more
tallies to the Yanks' string, descrip-
ton of which would only be heart
racking to the Washington fans An
other tally was scored in the fifth, the
result of Peck's double and an error
by Shannon. The Yanks final run
came through in the seventh on Pipp's
single to right, wild pitch and
Ruth's slashing double to right.
Courtney Nav BE Fined.
Joe Judge. the sterling firstsacker.
was spiked so badly in yesterdays S
struggle with the Yankees that the
chances are that he will be out OF
the game for week at least The
play that ended disastrously came up
in the fourth inning Ruth hit a
slashing grounder that Judge stopped
with his usual cleverness and, seeing
that Courtney wasn't coming over 10
cover the sack. made a dash for the
bag in a race with Ruth Both slid
for the bag with Owens standing over
them, and Babes left foot shot over
the sack his spikes digging deep into
Joe's left leg just below the knee. The
accident was unavoidable. and Ruth
was the first to yell for "a doctor The
spikes cut cash about two lnches
: long and deep enough to expose the
shin bone After the doctor had
wrapped up the wound Joe got TO his
feet, shook hands with his benefactor
2 and walked off the field Grin was
= furious over Courtney's oversight and
it would not be surprising il a stif
fine is plastered on the pitcher. as
Be- this is the second time he has erred
in not covering the bag on the same
sort of play.
When seen in his room last even
ing at the Ansonia. Judge was only
lamenting the fact that he had been
/. going so well and the iay-on might
EpocL- him of his stride.
Griff was afraid the wound might still
be worse than it appears and decided
to bundle Judge up and send him nome
on the midnight train With Joe AT
home under his own doctors care. II IS
: believed that a speedy recovery is pos
sibie
. C;riff also decided 10 send Walter
Johnson home and he accompanied
Judge and his family The Old Fov said
last night that ne was sending Walter
!. home TO get him out of the way so
that he would not be forced TO cali nm
in today's double header.
II am going to keep Walter out of II
and only work him every third day,
He is back in form again and will win
for US right along.
Two Games ON Bill Today.
'r In the double header today with the
Yankees, Griff said he would start
- Zachary in the first game and for the
Z remainder he would fall back on Shaw
Snyder and Carlson. Quinn and Mays
will twirl for the Yankees.
. The attendance yesterday was quite
large for day following holiday. tn
Washington cub being paid for 7.54:
admissions.
Ruth Calls ON judge.
.'Ba he Ruth.s bg-heartedness Wa:
p shown last night when he cane down &