Evening star., 1920-06-19

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arguments around sport headquarte
While the good people of Cleve-
land were SURPRISED at Waters de-
feat it Is debatable whether they
were as much astonishd as were
Griff and his players. For four in
nings Johnson had the Indians eating
out of his hands. the two singles
made off his delivery being of the
scratchiest order, dinky little rollers
to the inffe,d that speedy runners
beat out.
Doc Johnston Starts 1t.
Walter had two strikes with two
balls on Johnston. when Doc slammed
a double into right center and crossed
the pan almost Immediately after
ward on Nunamakers sing.e in the
same direction. Not realizing that
Walter had let down, Caldwell sacri-
feed. Jameson discovered the dark
man in the woodpile, and slammed
clean single to right, sending Nuna-
maker home. Chapman singled to
right. putting Jameson on third.
Then along came Ruth-no. Speaker.
with a mighty rap against the screen
in right field and Jamie registered.
Smith rolled one toward first that
Judge. snatched and made a pretty
at the plate. With Spoke on third
and Smith on first. the double steal
Was started. Picinich made bad
peg tor second and Speaker crossed
the plate. Gardner followed with
fierce single along the right field
foul line, Smith scoring. Mandy then
closed the -cloudburst with a fly to
Milan.s. Four singles and two doubles
accounting for five runs.
This description practically covers
the game. as the stage lady wou.d
say. that's all there. is. There isn't
any more" as far as winning the
ball game is concerned.
Zachary went in in the sixth and
four more runs were scored by the
Indians. but that is merely a detail.
ners, getting run in the first inning
on Johnston's tumble of Judges
grounder, Milan's sacrifice and Rice's
clean single to right. In the fourth,
the second and final run came across
for the Nationals. Shannon's single.
the trick.
Walter Thinks He's Slipping.
Walter Johnson. seen Immediately
after the game. remarked:
The only way l can account for my
let-down is that my arm is coming
weak and ] can't go the route any
more l was going so well that l
thought l had an easy game ahead of
me. Sitting on the bench between the
fourth and fifth innings. must have
cooled my arm. l seemed to have
everything in the fifth as l had in the
previous four innings, but nothing /
served fooled anybody. My arm has
not been fully right all spring, and
from the way it went away from me
it is surely not there yet Fooling me
as well as Griff."
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Joe Judge burst open the wound or
his leg in the first inning and it bled
considerably, but nothing seriously
resulted. The first time up he hit a
roller that .Doc. Johnson 'momentar-
Ayf fumbled. Judge and johnson rush
ed for the bag and, Joe. forgetting his
Injury. slid into the base and won the
races, The game fellow. Imped around
fot minute. then resumed work and
scored. the Mats first run. A careful
dressing and twenty-fourg hours rest
will put him all right again.
= johnson made a remarkable catch
off Jameson in the first inning. The
latter batted a liner at Walter like
rife shot. Barney stuck out his gloyed
hand. The ball struck the glove and
to the astonishment of everybody, as
well as the big pitcher. remained
there. It certainly was highway rob-
berry against Jamie.
Although Howard Shanks' efforts
were nil at the bat. he made two re-
maFkably nervy catches off Wamby
and johnson in the second inning,
when he ran over to the grandstand
for their fouls and fell against the
railing afteZSeach catch
Business Manager Eynon received
money for nearly 5000 spectators at
the opener here. With a half holiday
on today a big crowd assuredly will
turn out.
Manager Griffith says he will use
either Erickson or Snyder today IF
the delegation comes down from
Akron, I'll have to pitch Snyder as
promised. Otherwise the Swede will
Eork" Coveleskie is carded to per-
form for the Tribe.
GrflYs in Detroit Tomorrow.
The Grifimen are due to board the
steamer tonight for Detroit, where
they open with the Tigers tomorrow.
Griff wouldn't say who he is going to
pitch in the opener, but it's dollars 10
pennies Jim Shaw will be the selec-
tiosl.
Iris Speaker certainly is floating
along on the crest of a wave of sue
cess just now. When he came to the
bat for the first time yesterday a
young but sturdy youth lugged over
q monstrous floral horseshoe, a pres
ent from friends among the electrical
engineers in session here. The specta-
tors yelled "hoodoo," but the con-
trary proved the case, as his work
for the afternoon showed a single. a
double and a home run. On his other
time up. Spoke was robbed of another
hit through hne catch by Zeb Milan.
J How Is this for getting a run with
cut hits? Doc Johnson walked in
the sixth frame, went all the way to
third on Zachray's wild pitch, and
then stole home while Jezebel was
winding up.
When Zachary went in yesterday,
Manager Speaker lost little time
Shifting his batting strength jamie
son and Smith were pulled out on ac-
count of being left-handed hitters,
and Evans and Joe Wood went in.
Spike certainly is fortified with re-
serves.