Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-11
WHITE SOX WIN in TENTH, ELLERBE'S
y, POOR BASE RUNNING BEATING GRlFFS

Mugs absorbed their seventh stralshe
trimming when they were noseo OUT
4 to 3, by the White Sox in ten IN
ninss yesterday. 1t was the eish'h
overtime contest the Nationals have
participated in this season and seven
of them have been defeats, the z-to-1
verdict Shaw obtained over Oldham IN
Detroit on July 20 being the ony
marathon battle placed on the right
| side Of the ledger. &C.,
+ Yesterdays game was the MS.
started by Jose Acosta for the Grins,
and, everything considered. the CUBAN
gave a creditable exhibition any
pitcher who can send the cnampions
Into extra innings to win must oe
considered to have done larry wen,
las q matter Of fact, had 1t not oesh
llfor some stupid base running oy Ell
iilerbe in the seventh inning. wheIe one
run was registered when there shouIo
have been at least three. the Ma
tionals would have copied
{ Sex Lucky In Tenth.
i AS il was the Sox needed horse
shoe put in the tenth to complete tne
|: tally that gave the edge. Eddie COL
!1ins had lined to shanks, when na, Meat "
,er sent an apparently easy roller 10
Harris, which took an added oouno
over his head and enabled him TO
reach second. from where he raced
across with the winning run on JACK
/ sons single to center.
A wild throw by Acosta was rae
iltor in the first run chalked up by the
.Sox in the opener. Leiboid leo on
with a single between Judge ana
!. Harris. and the pitcher. in attempting
to nip him off first. heaved TO the
erandstand. Leibold making third,
from where he walked home on Eddie
Collins two-bagger to left. The lat
ter was doubled up when Judge grab
bed Viewers liner. and, after jackson
walked, the shoeless one was FORCED
at second on Josephus' fine handling
Of Strunk's hard crack.
Double Play Saves Trouble.
A dual killing, initiated by o'Neill.
checked the Sox after Shane Collins
opened the second with safety and
Judge came to the rescue with an
other good stop off Strunk, after
Weaver and Jackson had singled IN
succession in the third.
The following frame saw the Sox reg
Risberg's sacrifice and Schalk's bingle
to left being the medium. Charity fer
ried Milan's peg to Harris in time to
erase Schalk trying to make second.
Harris was responsible for Chicago's
third run in the sixth. With one away
O'Neilrs legs. Ellerbe tossed John Col
Inns offering to Harris in plenty of time
for a double play. bu< Stanley muffed
the ball. His slowness In recovering it
was taken advantage or by Strunk. who
sprinted on to third. Rice could get only
one hand on Risbergs liner after a
sprint toward the scoreboard. the rap
netting two bases ana scoring Strunk,
but the Swede was snuffed when he
overran second on O'Neill's ferry to
Harris of Rice's throw.
Ellerbe Runs Bases Poorly.
Miserable base running on the part
of Frank Ellerbe cost the Nationals a
chance to tie the score in the seventh,
when four safeties netted but one run
Milan started with single and was
forced by Rice. Successive safeties by
.Ellerbe. Shanks and Harris registered
Sam. Ellerbe could have scored from
second with ease on Shanks single to
right which Leibold momentarily jug
gled.
That would have permitted Harris to
move to the far corner. Frank pulled up
at third. however. Then O'Neill lifted a
long fly to Strunk. Instead Of holding
his base to tally after the catch Ellerbe
ran down the line. watched the put-out
effected. then dashed back to third too
late to attempt to score. With the use
OF ordinary judgment in running Harris
would have been perched on third ready
to tally with the third run Of the in
ming. Charity left the bases loaded
by popping foul to Schalk.
Milan Hits Home Run.
The Nationals knotted the count in
J q spectacular manner in the eighth,
when. after Acosta famed, Judge sim
Eled sharply to right and completed
! the circuit ahead of Milan on Zeb's
1usty clout over the head of Strunk.
Amos misjudged the speed of the ball
He was tardy in backing up for it
and it carried over his dome to the
limits in center.
Strunk tried to make amends with
(. . triple to right after two were gone
! in the eighth, but was left when
+ Judge scooped up ElIerbe's bad throw
Of ]. Collins rap.
Z Harris was stranded on second
after starting the ninth with a hit,
and the same fate befell Schalk fol-
lowing a walk. The Griffs went out
in order in the tenth.
Until the seventh the Griffs were
practically helpless before Faber.
Rice got a life on Urban's error in
the opener and was caught trying to
steal. Ellerbe got an unsupported
scratch single in the second and
Acosta walked in the sixth, to be dou-
/ bled up with Judge.