Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-21

The Nationals are loafing today. and
they need the rest, with the ST LOUIS
Browns due tomorrow for a set OF tour
contests Yesterday when Milan was
compelled to quit near the close of the
second game because of a headache that
nearly blinded him, their alignment was
of necessity given an even busnler as
pect when Catcher Charity, subbing at
f1rst. was shifted to left field and Torres.
another backStop, was stationed at tne
initial corner. Both filled their stranse
posts with credit, but it is small wonoer
,that a team compelled to resort TO sucn
makeShiftS should win mighty few pan
games
Twin Bill Overture Bad News.
The Nationals have had little luck in
double headers this season and NsS IN
extra-inning games When one develops
in the course of the other in single
afternoon the result is bad news. Here
nings); Tigers, 2: Griffs, 1. Ten times
this year the Nationals have engaged in
two games in one day. They have drop
4 ped q pair of contests on five of these
occasions, split even three times ana
have played exactly half dozen over
time contests and lost them all.
It's bad enough to be knocked of by
pennant contenderS like Chicago ana
Cleveland, but when the seventh place
Bengals come along and romp away
with four out of five games the pltlaple
condition of the Nationals are in be.
comes only too apparent In the past
/ two weeks the Griffmen have won 1hree
and lost thirteen games. Schacnt, Sha"
and Courtney accounting for the veto
ries, while every member OF the stan
has been bumped in the string OF DE,
feats, Courtney alone not being charged
with a reverse, although he was lucky
to escape the stigma on two OCCASIONS
including yesterday.
A sensational rally that netteo TOUR
runs and tied the score in the nlnth
inning of the early contest went 1or
nauyht six innings later, when BUSH
hit safely past Mcbride and scored
all the way from first on texas
league single to center. Neither Har-
ris nor Rice quite reached tne Dali
although it seemed either couid nave,
and by the time Sam recoN ered IL
Bush was over the plate with the
run that ended battle which con.
sumed two hours and forty-e1gnt
minutes
Rally Was a Humdingef.
That ninth inning finish, notwlth.
standing that it fell one taiy snore
of victory, was the one bright Spot
of a contest marred by Griffithian err
rors of both omission and commission
and neglected opportunities Ine Ma
tionals entered the ninth 4 runs 70
the bad, the Tigers having buncnea
bingles off Courtney in four different
rounds for IRlf a dozen tallies, While
the best the Nationals were able TO
do with Lefty Oldham was PAIR OF
markers chalked up in the sixth on
singles by Courtney Shahhs' f'i0e
and Harris.
y Roth had been disposed of in the
ninth, when Harris singled and Omar
rity walked. McBride's bin TO center
scored Harris. Charity tailed on
crossed the plate while Pinch hitter
Torres was being retired and Shanks
cashed Picinich with a safety TO
right. Milan ended it when he rolled
to Young. and George pauss ~ wen EN-
in and turned the Griffs back lot the
remainder of the route.
Ehmke Puzzle in Second.
' The closing ARRAY. which did not
get under way until after 3 O'CLOCK,
was a hurting tussle between Howard
Ehmke and Jim Shaw, both or Wnohi
saw service as recently as saturday.
Fhnke was even more effective yes
terday than on his first appearance
of the series. He permitted only five
hits all told. those of Rice ana Gnar :
rity in the seventh. with Harris
winged by pitched pan IN pet% cen,
accounting for their lone run They
had only one other opportunity to
score-in the first inning, when
Shanks walked. took third on Milan
safety and died at the plate trying
TO score after Flagstead shared Rice
Roth left him there.
The Tigers got the breaks to help
them out in this contest. too, one
they benefited by in the sixth inning
helping them to their initial tally:
Young led off with real triple and
Bush popped foul. Harris grabbed
Shorten's rap and headed off Young
at the plate. Pep jockeyed back and
forth on the line and finally was safe
at third when Harris throw hit him
in the back. He scored, after Neach
bush scored what proved to be the
winning run in the eighth. when he
singled through the box, was bunte6
to second by Shorten. and Veach
came through with a smash that mar
rowly missed taking Shaw's leg OIL
Tough Day for Picinich.
1t was rought afternoon fol
Picin,ch. Aside from the douDie ne