The Washington herald., 1920-08-04

when Gr1u oougnI ACOsld ne uo-
clared that he possessed a world
Of control He'll get that ball over
in the pinches even If they knock
it over the fence" the boss opined.
And he was right. The diminutive
Cuban certainly put 1t right over
the middle. The first three men to
face him tried to clout the pill over
the fence but it was built too high.
They only slammed it against the
wall and travelled for extra bases
while Bobby Roth was figuring
where to play for the rebound. He
hasn't solved the mystery yet.
As a usual thing the ball bounded
far away from Roth and the in
fielders ran out and retrieved 1t.
OF the sixteen Indian hits seven OF
them were registered off Acosta and
they totaled thirteen bases includ-
ing four doubles and a triple. One
OF the singles also hit the bulwark
in left but it was the only one that
didn't bound away from the walt
ing Roth.
Speaker Hit supply.
=. Plentifully supplied with pitching
'talent. Iris Speaker didn't take any
chances after the Mats lead had
been overcome. He marched out
Sergt. Jim Bagby and the party
who was belted so hard in the first
game was his old self. He worked
four rounds and din't allow a GGff-
man to dent first base, which might
be termed pretty fair pitching.
Sluggish fielding and peculiar
breaks were interspersed through
,.out the game. The press box dope
sters figured that the lax play was
a result of Johnny Kilbane's feast
to the two clubs last evening. De
spite the fact that Johnny didn't
consult Mr.. VOlstead when plan
ming the refreshments, the theory
was disPelled. for Slim Caldwell
who was knocked out. wasn't pres
ent at the Feast, neither was Zach
a-y nor ACOsta.
Zachary became ratified in the
first inning. and gave the Indians
athei- first run. With Chappy or
third and Speaker on second. a dou
BILE steal was attempted. Zach blew
up and committed a balk. Chapman
been thrown out at the plate.
Singles by Harris and Shank.
and EUerbe's sacrifice fly gave the
Nationals one in the second. But
1.-THE Indians came back in their hall
rot the same round with one more
on Johnston's hit, Ellerbe's tive
base wild throw when Doc wa!
caught of first. and O'Neilrs sin
gle.
Shank's double and Ellerbe's TIED
is again at Fall in the fourth, but
the Indians were determined to stay
ahead. and they manufactured thei,
third run in the last half of the
fourth. when wamby singled. John
ston sacrificed and Jameson raped
one TO right.
Caldwell CrumbIes-
Caldwell Crumbled in the fiftF
with one out. Judge, Milan and Rict
singled and ROth's drive to left
scored Joe and Zeb. Harris hit ;
Texas Lacquer to center. which
Speaker couldn't hold. filling tht
bases. Young Clark came in to re
tlieve Caldwell. and Rice was forced
= at the plate by Shanks Enero,
showed a hit through Gardner, scor
ding Roth.
lnlS put the Nationals Two run!
to the good. but Zachary couldn'
hold the lead after walking Speake
and Gardner in the Indians half o
the same inning, Wamby tripled t
left. scoring his mates. Johnston
singled over Judges head, scoring
Wamby, and Zachary got the higl
sign
O'Nein greeted Acosta with a dou
BILE against the fence, Graney battct
for Clark and duplicated the stunt
uJamiesOns drive also thuddet
against the concrete wall. but Rot
held it to a single. When the sid
was finally retired, six hostile run
had been compiled.
Gardner's double and Wamby'
second triple added another in thu
sixth, and ACOsta escaped withou
a score in the last two rounds.