The Washington herald., 1920-08-02

A. a waste Ol 6OOO pAANhlhb No'cAN
TO start the great and only Bagby |
against the Nationals; but the SER [
geant has quite a bit of respect for 4
their slugginig ability this even
ing. Grifrs boys hammered him on |
the mound before anybody was re-
tired in the third, Bobby Roth's
drive into the distant left field ,
bleaehers being the argument that
convinced Iris that his stellar per-
former wasn't going to win any
lsurells. Bobby Clark. a youthful
Highlander with lot OF stun, |
relieved the sergeant and Travelled I
through the seventh. allowing three |
runs, and the left-handed Neihaus !
finished and welded one more |
marker.
shaw Has Form.
with Jim Shaw pitching accept
able ball. though often In the hole.
the Nationals simply outplayed their
opponents. 1t was a great day for
Sam Rice. whose hitting and base
running made the fans realize that,
though Cobb is down and out, there
is a worthy successor in his place.
Rice's wonderful speed was never
shown to more advantage. or his
four hits. one was a triple and the
others singles, two of which would
have been outs for the ordinary
player. He just stepped on the
throttle and beat the throws TO
first. In addition. he registered
three steals. one of which was a
theft of home.
Sans sneak home in the fifth,
when he demonstrated that he need
cd no aid from his mate to land a
tally. He began IL by hitting =
high -bounder to Doc Johnston, beat
ing the first sacker's peg to Clark,
who covered the bag. BY a num-
bcr Of false starts he kept the
twirler in a state of uncertainty.
Ns Roth famed, Sam stole second.
clark went up in the air, and com
mitted a baIk. sending the speeder
to third. As the slabber would up
Rice dashed for the plate. and slid
across easily ahead of the throw.
wamby had tried the same ttunt
on shaw in the previous inning, but
failed ignobly.
II was also a hitting day for
Roth. whose home run and two sin
giles drove in three runs. Bobby's
circuit Clout came in the third aft
or RiCe's three-base swat He lifted
one beyond the overflow crowd in
left, which landed just inside the
high bleacher fence. 1t was the
first time this year that a bail had
been knocked that far in left.
Thomas in Uniform.
Freddie Thomas reported today In
time to get into the lineup. TAX
ing care Of third. while Shanks
moved over to first. Though Fred
die didn't do any hitting, his field
ing was all that could be desired.
IN the ninth inning. when the In
r-iaus werethreatening to stage a
lly. he made a beautiful play when
hc took Burns difficult grounder
fsr back of third base and forced
Caldwell at second. Failure to have
made this play would have placed
shaw in 2 mighty troublesome sit
nation
EaEby weathered the first inning
without trouble. but the Nationals
tolted him in the second. when
four hits were good for two runs
Roth doubled to left and Ellerbe
scored him with a two-sacker in
the same direction. Charity sin
Sl"d and scored the Governor. Shaw
sont his battery mate to third with
another hit over second base and
Shauks walked. but Milan litter to
Chapman for the third out.
In the next round, Rice greeted
the sergeant with a triple to the
fence in right center. Speaker made
hard try for the ball. but shied off
when he saw a collision gwith the
FampaFt impending. Roth then
ers for the circuit. Bsgby retired
and young Clark took M the bur
den. retiring the ncvt three bat
ters In order
shaw n Puzzle.
For the FIRST three rounds SHAW
did not allow the tribe a hit, but
they punched three in the fourth
for two runs. Speaker singled over
second and Smith sent him to third
with double against the right field
wall. Wamby's double into the
crowd in left scored his mates.
1t was not until the fifth that
Clark allowed a run. Rice pulling
the trick, with his steal of home.
This caused the young pitcher to
lose some of his cocksureness. and
in, the seventh the Nationals nicked
lOE lWO more. W I'm one out.
Milan doubled down the left field
line and scored on Rice's rap to left.
Sam went to second on the throw
In and counted when Roth rapned
a safe one to left
A walk to Doc johnson paved a
way for the Indians third run in
their half of seventh. Graney, bat
ting for Clark, slammed a double
against the right field fence, bring
ing Doc across the pan
BY scoring two more in the
eighth the tribe made their total
five. within two of tieing the score
Things looked squally for a while,
but good fielding helped Shaw to
pull himself out. Chapman doubled
and Speaker walked. Smith again
hit the fence for two bases, Chappy
scoring and Iris going to third.
Gardner raped one at Ellerbe,
those throw to third resulted in
Sneaker being run down in a chase
Gardner travelled to second during
the excitement and was also run
down when Shaw stopped wamby's
bounder. Thomas threw out John
ston on hard chance.
A walk to Shanks, Milan's out
and Rice's single scored the nnal
run for the Nationals in the ninth
Hyhlanders Win.
kelly's Highlanders won a fast
game yesterday from the Center