Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-29

quest nCUldS now SHOuIu pC I'll ~
the A. S are playing
Thomas will so IN at short as soon
as ne shows up Mcbride sad today.
His acquisition is welcome TO me.
Running a ball club on the heic is JOB
enough for one man. and III oe ElaG
to be relieved Of the necessity OF play
ing so 1 can devote my entire atten-
ton to subbirg for Griff. Thomas
will stay at short for Il tiIIe at least.
as Ellerbe's leg is weak and O'Neiil
can't even swing bat in practice on
account of his injured thumb. When
this pair is ready to go TO work again
there may be a shift on the far side
of the inheld"
Thomas nominally is a third base
man, and a good one. too. although
he can handle both second and short
in very acceptable style.
From a fielding standpoint the for
mer Mackman leaves little % be de-
sired. having a splendid wing in ad-
dition to being both fast and aggres-
sive But as hitter he never has
appeared Impressive. Considering the
gait at which Shanks has been trav-
cling with his stick, it is doubtful if
Thomas could win the third basing
assignment from him now. but he
will nit in nicely at short just at this
time, as the club boasts enough punch
10 carry a light-hitting infielder. The
latest available figures show Thomas
hitting for .22S in seventy-five games,
which is about his normal clip. He
hit .212 for ~: games last season.
shaw and Courtney to Pitch.
Jim Shaw and Harry Courtney are
the National pitching selections for
the bargain show with the Tigers this
are heightened by the fact that
neither will have to contend with
Howard Ehnlke who has developed
into one of the Nationals most trou-
blesome foemen. Ehmke registered
two victories against the Grifs in
repeated against them yesterday, 6
to 4. McBrids's charges We're able
to solve his delivery with considera-
Die success a. 20 quantity, but in
only on inning cid they bunch
bingir 10 any purpose. and then they
needle an error 20 assist them in
conlpi.;nS three runs.
Ehmke's task was made compare
lively easy by the ineffectiveness of
Schacht. Al ran true to his prac-
out by proving soft picking. The
Bengals punched a pair of blows off
him in four of the six rounds he
fingered and had amassed a quartet
OF tallies when he gave away to
cruit. who undoubtedly is TIE SMALL
est player in the majors weighing
not more than 139 pounds, got off
to bad start in his initial appear
ance and was located for two runs
Detroit's victory. Only one OF them
properly can be charged against him,
however. and it is possible the TiPers
would not have scored at all if
rap that netted Heilmann two bases
had not taken a bad bound over
Milan's head
Judge Gets -Four Hits.
Ind
Ehmke failed to puzzle. the first
sackeT getting n pair of singles a
double and a triple. Judges single,
Milan's walk and Rice's sacrifice
placed Griffs on third and second in
the opener, only to be left when Roth
Shanks reached the far corner after
starting the second with a bingle and
he, too, was stranded. The first run
was registered in the third when
Judge opened with triple to right
and Tailed while Bush was retiring
Milan.
Schacht got along fairly well until
the fourth. when Veach's three-bag-
ger and Heilmann's single evened the
count and they assumed the lead in
the following frame in a like man
ner, Jones supplying the triple and
Stanage the bachelor hit. Two Tigers
had been retired in the sixth when
Flagstead walked and scored on
Jones' double, the latter reaching
the plate on Stanage's two-ply blow.
Schacht tossed out Ehmke and then
retired.
Acosta Gives Pass at Outset.
Acosta walked Young, the first man
to face him when he shouldered the
hurting burden in the seventh Bush
popped trying to bunt and Shorten
singled Young to second. Milan made
a fine running catch of Veach's drive
Fl, hut foil aI
vent Heilmann's safety from bound
ing over his head to the fence for
two bases. Young Tailed on the crack
and Shorten also scored when Shanks'
relay of Zeb's throw struck Chic ir
the back, Heilmann reaching third
He was left when Acosta famed
Flagstead-
The Griffs were victims of couple
of tough breaks that hurt their
chances in the flag end of the game
went to third on perfect bunt that
gave Rice a hit. Sam appeared tc
have hooked in safely in a dash tc
second, Young lifting his leg off the
bag on his second stab, but UmI
Chill ruled otherwise Then Roth and
Harris both died aerially, Bob on q
puny pop and Stanley on drive tt
deep left
With Shanks disposed of in the
seventh when Ehmke intercepted his
liner, GnarrlCy CEdChto ONt SIN AZ
and Mcbride whaled the ball like a
shot through the box Ehmke de-
fiected it just enough to enable Gums
to get his hands on it, and double
play resulted
Grins Have Big Inning.
The Griffs staged their one big
inning in the eighth, which Acosts
opened by walking. Judge inserted
another of his bingles and when Busf
muffed Ehmke's toss of Milan
roller the bases were loaded Ric'
cashed a pair of them with double
to center and after Roth had lifted
Harris long fly permitted Milan t.
tally. SksSks was unable to carry on
The Grifrs got the tying runs OF
the paths in the ninth. but Ehmk
proved TOO much for Milan In TN
pinch Mcbride beat out deep raj
to Bust sad after Pinch hitter John
sons drive was corralled by Veach vi
against the fence, the captain chase'
to third on Judges double down IN
foul line in right. Almost any kin'
of hit would have knotted tn
count, but Milan's best was an cas-