Evening star., 1920-07-15

Nearly every club has at some time
in its history found itself practically
helpless against some one hurler
fuence Tom Hughes always exerted
/, over the Cleveland club, George
Dauss for years subjugated the Yam
KEGS practically every time he faced
them, Christy Mathewson always had
the toughest kind of a time getting
a verdict over Miner Brown. King
Cole of the Cubs could beat McGraw' S
team when unable to finish a game
against any other club and Harry
Coveleskie was known as the Giant
killer in his National League days.
Few hurlers in the annals of the game
, have exhibited more complete mastery
Nover any other team than has Will
1iamS against the Nationals. The
diminutive 1eft-hander always has
been the pet jinx of the Griffmen.
who. until yesterday. had defeated him
on only four occasions in the five sea-
sons he has been performing for Comis
key. while from the start of last season
they had dropped eight consecutive
games to him.
Williams Strong at Start.
Yesterday. when the White Sox OBJ
tanned a lead of four runs off Shaw in
the first three innings, it appeared the
same old story was to be retold. Will
Hams allowed only one hit to an inning
for the first four, and but one Griffman
got as far as second base. Then the
Nationals mixed an antidote for Will
Hams poison with their bats and gave
him as fine pasting as he has eXpe
rienced for many moons. Harry Court
ney's lfe-sized imitation of a real pitch
er in holding the Sox scoreless through
the last six innings completed the job.
The downfall of Williams was
brought about in as specta cular and
convincing manner as it is possible
to imagine. Rice found Judge and
Milan on the paths by means of
singles. after Courtney and Picinich
both had famed, when he came TO
bat in the fifth. Sam shot liner to
right. Jackson ran in in an effort TO
effect a shoestring catch, but the ball
landed in front of him and bounded
by to the fence. Rice completing the
circuit before Jackson could return IL
to the infeld.
This put the Griffs in the game, only
one run to the bad, and although they
were retired in order in the next two
innings they resumed their attack on
Williams in the eighth. a walk to
Milan. Rice's sacrifice and successive
three-baggers by Roth. Harris and
Roth's hit was fly that fell close to
the right field foul line and rolled out
beyond the box seats. Harris safety
was a wallop that carried over
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Shanks' crack went to the scoreboard
with neither Felsch nor Jackson aoie
to get near it. The slaughter endea
when Shannon popped to Shalk ana
Courtney rolled to Z. Collins.
Courtney's Work Gratifying.
Probably the most gratifying angle of
Yesterdays proceedings was the nurhns
exhibition given by Courtney. In at
taining his second victory of the cam
paign the tall lefthander displayed a lot
of real flinging ability and the Kind OF
courage to be expected OF a youngster
who enlisted in the French Foreign
Legion before his country entered the
war. In three innings he retired the
Sox in order Eddie Collins hit. which
went fof three bases only because IT took
a bad hop over Milan's head, and singles
by Risberg and Schalk were the only
clean blows recorded off him.
He was seriously threatened only once
and then through no fault Of his own.
This was in the fifth, when the Gleasons
loaded the bases with one out Court
new winged Jackson to start with. with
Felsch disposed of, Shannon laid back
for ]. Collins slow roller, it going for
hit as a result, and Risberg also was
credited with a bingle when Picinich
lost his balance and was tardy in throw