Evening star., 1920-06-12

mighty smash over the fence in the
left field for homer.
The Browns went to the front In
the fifth. scoring two runs. the result
of Ellerbe's tumble. two bases on
balls, sacrifice and Shannon's costly
to order for Harris, a hurry-up on a
slow grounder Maurice got the ball
all right. but his throw with his head
down went awry.
The Grtffmen shot to the front In
the sixth after two were out, doubles
to left by O'Neill and Charity. with
singles by Erickson and Shanks turn
ing the trick.
In the eighth the Browns garnered
two runs, and they proved enough to
win. Gerber led of with a triple to
left and scored on Billings single
Rice muffed Gedeon's fly and Billings
registered the eighth and winning
tally.
Roth Has Row With Grin.
Bobby Roth had a run-in with Griff
on the bench and as a result was or
dered out of the game. Both are hot
headed and words few thick and fast,
with the result that Robert put his
dressing room. The affair was unfor-
tunate. as Roth is a much better
sticker than Calvo and might have
saved the game.
oNeill made pretty play in the
second inning, when he fell down
fielding Tobin's fast grounder near
second. but managed to throw himself
forward far enough to get q force
out on Weilman, who was Gaming
toward the sack.
Eddie Charity certainly stung that
old pill on two occasions. In the
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| that looked sure for three bases, but
Williams dashed over and got the ball
with one hand while fully extended.
Eddie wouldn't be denied. however.
| and in the sixth slammed one up
against the left-held fence for a
! double.
| Milan was given quite a surprise
when his younger brother. Clinton,
| dropped in on him at st. Louis. Cltn-
| ton had been left at home i'll, suffer-
/ ing from the effects Of exposure while
serving as an aviator for two years
| in France, but he recovered suf-
| fciently to go to St. Louis and get a
+. Job as special policeman during the
strike. Zeb says Clint always was a
reckless fellow. but up to the time
the team left the Mound city he had
been able to keep out of the numer-
Gus broils between the strikers and
police.
Scoring in st. Louis Bad.
Of1ctal scoring in st. Louis is some
thing fierce. In Thursdays game Sis
Tier hit a fast roller directly at Harris
and the ball went between his legs.
but George was credited with a sin
gle. In the ninth inning of the same
game Shannon uncorked a sizzler to-
ward third that nearly broke Thomp-
sons arm, when 1t took a nasty bound
and hit him on the wrist. In this in
stance Thompson was given an error
and Maurice deprived OF a hit.
A good sized crowd turned out for
the final battle between the Griffmen
and the Browns, doubtless the result
of the one-sided victory the day be-
fore. It doesn't matter how a club
wins. just 50 1t wins. and the fans
come fiocking right back in increased
numbers.
| Sam Rice has not yet struck his true
stride in batting. but is doing very
! well, all things considered. Speaking
today about the matter. Sam said the
blow on the elbow received in New
York from Mogridge still pains him
| to such an extent as to bother him in
swinging the bat. The elbow pains
me every time crook my arm and
| takes my mind of what am doing
while at the plate for fraction of
getting over the point where I pay
attention to the pain. as 1t is slowly
getting back to normal condition.
Just tell my friend johnson that he
needn't have the saddle ready for mo
when / get back home"
| Sam rooms with minion Of the
law by that name in Washington who
always rides him whenever he fails
! to get a hit.