The Washington herald., 1920-09-06

some OF the bOSIOnldnS lOOheuS
with pity upon the midget boxman
when he took his place on the
mound. 1t seemed a shame to take
the money. Going about his work in
a busincsIike fashion. Acosta soon
convinced the foemen that he wasn't
looking for sympathy. Now and then
he allowed someone to hit one to
the infeld. but most of the time
he had them lifting weak ones for
easy outs. Harry Hooper was the
only man to dent him for a hit in
the four rounds he worked, and his
was mode or less a scratch affair.
II the Cuban were only twins or
tTiplcts, things would look much
more encouraging out there on the
lot.
Charity Knocks En- Cold.
Between Acosta and Pat Charity
the game was won. The former re-
licved Courtney but once, but that
fighting. hustIing Irish catcher did
il quite frequently. His old whip was
at its best, which is the same as
saying that it couldn't be surpassed.
Two unIucky Red SOX tried to steal
on him and regretted their hastiness
later. Pat also picked Mike Menosky
off first in neat fashion.
With Pat performing in such
handsome fashion, Courtney found
that he could trife with the enemy
with more or less impunity. An eN-
ample of just how far he went and
got away with il was seen in the
nth. On this occasion he walked
three men in succession. but none
Of them has reached second as yet.
As fast as one man walked, Char
rity would step in and spoil the fun.
The first man in the inning to get
four bad ones was Witt. He tried to
steal Pat Po=Ecd to O'Neill. who
stood around ard waited for Witt to
-eD"rt and be tagged out. Menosky
also walked. He wasn't planning to
~ropI. hut pretended that he was.
which riI,d Nh Charity visibly. To
nut an end to N"noSlly's Capers
around first. Pat snapped quick
ono to Judge and Mike expired iE-
rubIv. despite his haSty effort to dive
for thr ba-. HrndryN was also issued
us0urtatfon. hut was forced by
Srhan- hcforc Charity could take
care of him.
Enter the CuhnnoIn hid.
With such support as this Court
nay rocked along until tho sixth. at
whiyh period he Lad a thrcc-run
lend I:ut Re Disconnected Mr. Grif-
Tth by hitting ONE man and allowing
gnotEer 10 Siu-lc with none out.
To make matters worse the south
paw was well on his way to walking
Erady. having tossed three balls and
enc strike when GriG gave him the
Eook- Acostl, demonstrated his con-
troI by refusing To walk Grady and
finally retired him on fly to
sharkS HOoper's fly to Roth scored
Scott. but that was the last the enc
my did in that line of endeavor.
Herb Peunock started hinging for
Manager Barrow. but retired after
the Mats had touched him up for
their five runs. karr finished and
uoose-egged the homelings in the
last three innings.
Mixing two hits with a base on
balls and a sacrifice in the third,
the Nationals counted twice on PEN
mock as a starter. Judge began it
by walking and Shanks sacrificed
him along. Rice singled to left,
scoring Judge. He stole second and
counted on Roths drive to left for
two bases.
Two enemy runs came over in the
first half Of the fourth, knotting the
count temporarily. Hendryx worked
Courtney for a pass and SChang sin
Eled to center. Everett Scott, the
champion consecutive game player,
smaCked a triple down the left-field
line, counting his mates.
Won in the Fourth.
In their half Of the fourth the Ma
tionals continued their timely hit
ting and added three more. ONeilI
and Charity singled and Courtney
laid down a bunt which passed out
Of NCNally's reach and was good for
a clean hit This, fillCd the bases.
Judge came through with a long fly
to Hooper. counting ONeill. Shanks
dropped a Texas Lacquer into center
field, bringing Charity home. Court
ney counted a few seconds later
when Rice forced Shanks at second.
Though the enemy became threat
ening in the sixth, they were stopped
with only one run after Acosta had
assumed the hurting role. Courtney
pasted Scott in the side and McNalIy
followed with a single. With three
balls on Brady, Acosta came in and
retired the batter on a fly to left.
Kerr walked and Hooper's fiv to