Evening star., 1920-06-24

Griffith has new" third baseman
TO introduce to Washington fans in
the person of Howard Shanks. rms
popular and really great utility play
er always has Waintaineo that ne
could play the third corner to every
body's satisfaction. and once the fans
see Howard action they Will give
him the o. X. all down the line;
Shanks' arm has regained its run
strength he is hitting well ana the
speed he shows in fielding Will De
an eye-opener to those VINO nave
maintained that his right position IS
in the outfield He is sure death on
foul flies that come down anywhere
inside the park, and doesn't give an
inch on sizzlers sent skimming To-
ward the hot corner. The bothersoihe {
bunts that constitute the nnai test OF
whether man can play thlro are
handled by Hank almost as cieveriF
as nv Eddie Foster and around the
circuit Foster is considered pertecuoh
in this respect. Shanks numbers ms
friends in Washington by the thou-
sands and they will be glad 10 Know
that he has at last captured the posi-
tion that rightfully belongs u hiii-
Clean Up With Tigers.
The final game in Detroit was
third straight victory for the Natioh-
ais. the score being to .. Walter
.I0
dicted. but got in the fray in the
seventh inning. after Erickson showed
signs of weakness in the sixth. II
was the big Swede's only bad inning
and he probably could have gone tne
route with safety. but Grin was TAX
ing no chances. When Walter ascend
ed the mound it was all off with the
Tigers. as they went out in order in
the seventh and eighth, and although
Bush got a double in the ninth, II
looked very much as if the kansan
was favoring the little shortstop-
Prior to yesterdays game DOC
Ayers had gone eighteen innings
without being scored on and ne ran
the string up to twenty-five. before
the Nationals opened on him in the
fifth inning. 1t was quite an opener
too. as not a hit had been made up
to that time by the Griffs Maurice
shannon led with a beautiful triple
to right center. O'Neill was passed
and Charity hit to Pinelli shannon
being headed on at the plate Erick
son then came through with ring
ing single to center and o Nelli
crossed the plate with Washington S
first run Judge walked, and when
Milan was hit with a pitched ball
Charity was forced home.
In the sixth, with one down, Shan-
non walked went to third on O'Neilfs
and Young were retiring Jimmy al
second.
Tigers Register q Couple.
The only scoring done by the Tig
efs was in this inning. when they
rang up two runs. Ainsmith hit over
the left field wall for home run.
Ayers walked. Young singled TO
left, sending the doctor to second, and
while there Charity picked him OF
the bag and he was an easy out,
O,Neill to Shanks- Young reached
had flied to Milan, raced home when
Shorten singled to left. This was too
much hitting for Griffith and he with
drew Eric after Veach had died on
roller to Judge for the third out.
The Nationals got these two runs
right back in the next inning when Cal
vo, batting for Erickson. slapped triple
10 right and scored on Judges long fly
to left Milan flied out to center. but
Rice beat out a roller to Pinelli and
continued on to second when the third
baseman made a bad peg to Ellison. Mr..
Roth then laced a double into left and
Rice came home. That ended the days.
work as far as scoring went. although
O.Neill got a single in the eighth and
johnson one in the ninth.
Maurice Shannon has started on
another batting spree. In Tuesdays
game. Shannon failed to get a hit after
registering bingles in the previous eight
contests He got only one hit yester-
day. but it was a humdinger and started
Ayres to wobbling.
:. The triple registered by Jack Calvo.
in the seventh inning was his first safe
hit Of the season and the Cuban was
tickled nightly over the feat.
Another happy chap was Jimmy
OiNeiIl. as he registered two safe blows
after going hitless for so long a period
Al to make him worry over his slump.
Joe Judges spiked leg still is wor-
rying him. but he does not show it
on the field. where he is performing
wonders. The wound has not healed.
being in much the same condition as
at the day of the accident. A promi
nent physician in Chicago said it
would be necessary to have the wound
sewed up, and Joe says he is going to
have this done as soon as he reaches
Washington.