Evening star., 1920-05-22

of the twenty-cisht games PLAYED
hy the Nationals not more than eishi
have been really We! pitched Johh
son and Schacht both nave turned N
I. coupIe AMI Zachary has one TO MS
credit. while Erickson has been the
most consistent performer with three
good games and :. fine stretch OF re-
lief work in couple ei olhers.
Neither Courtney nor SNYDER mas per-
formed in a manner 10 justify any
great degree of enthusiasm. and Shaw
this spring has been so TAR on hlS
stride he has been harshly treated
every time he appeared.
Box Weakness Illustrated
Yesterdays reverse at the hands Of
the White SoX aptly proved ne Wea y
ness of the Washington clubs defense
in so far as il pertains TO the hurHnS
CORPS As on Thursday. when the Ma
tionals carried the champions INTO
extra inings. they twice siugsed thelr
way from behind 10 even terms Win
their antagonists. only 10 ABSORB ue-
feat because their first line of defense
crumbled Errors behind Johnson
had much to do with the large parce!
of tallies the visitors obtained 10 emu
Thursdays argument, but the hopes
of the Griffmen really evaporateu
when walk and three extra pase
hits cost two runs in the semi-final
round.
only one misplay was charged
against the Grffs yesterday. and ~
was responsible for one run. the
ficiences of the fingers. of whom four
we're used Gleason's moundsmen
were but little better than those OF
C,riff and before the debate closed the
also had called on quartet OF tnem'
but streaky as the Hose hurlers We're
they had something on the local mn
artists the earnedrun count being
10 against off the victors.
Schacht yesterday had nothing az
all. his two-inning tenure netting lne
thing of an Improvement. out ne
Welded two tallies in four times, ana
off Courtney as many were maue III
half the time. Shaw, VINO hhisheu
disposed of three Sox in order In ms
initial session. the ninth, but starteu
rho final frame with a pass A single
and two. doubles followed 10 net tne
Hose three runs, more than enough
to win -
:Crfds Make Two Spurts.
Bv nIugsins along true to their 1920
form the Grffs managed to amass sM
runs in assmany innings to equai tne
early-lead piled up by the Sox. Judse s
double and single by Rice produced
one run in the. opener Whiie RON
infiefd hit double by Charity anu
a brace of .miscues by ShortsIop
Weaver netted a pair in the Ioul d IA
ID.
walked ElIerbe and shannon, the
former Indian was withdrawn George
Payne. his successor. started Wen .!
getting the first two Griffs VINO raced
him. but successive hits by Judge anu
Milan and Rice accounted for tnree
runs. and when the Nationals came
10 bat in the seventh They found DICK
Kerr opposing them
The dininutive portsider got by for
one round, but in the eighth singles
bv. Judge, Milan and Roth. produced
twp runs to balance the pair the SoN
earneretf in that round. and IN tne
tenth. when the Nationals made mo-
tions to overhaul the additional tnree
runs registered by the Sox Kerr
gave way to Eddie Cicotte. 1t was
a serious last-minute threat, at tnat.
with enc out Judge walked, and att
eriMilan had been disposed OF was
allbwed to advance unmolested 10
third Rice's single to right scored
him. and when Kerr put the tieinS
run on the bases by walking Roth
GLEASON grew apprehensive and sum,
moned Cicotte The former shine pa III
artist worked carefully on Harris.
Stanley connected solidly for a inner
to.right. but I.eibold dashed over 10
grSb il, and the last hope was gone.