Evening star., 1920-05-17

. For more than half the distance it
appeared the Nationals would crafty
lthe large assemblage of fandom by
staging triumph to make it three
wins in a row, but as the battle pro-
@ressed Johnson seemed TO tire. while
WellmannS effectiveness gradually
increased. Starting as ii to make
short shrift ri the tail forkhander. the
''riffs ran out OF steam and slowed
down TO a whisper. not single local
light getting on the runways in the
final four frames.
johnson Gradually Fades.
n With Johnson ii was different
IS ory. Nicked in the second session
for a tally really chargeable to Frank
E.llerbe. Barney kept working hard.
and. while almost constantly i'm
Pcriled, was expected to improve as
he got warmed L" his task. Perhaps
it WAS trifie too early to call on him
after half Il game of toll against the
Tigers with one days intermlSSlon,
hut, however that may be. the Kan
san got no better fast. the seventh
round seeing the enemy draw up on
even terms, while in the eighth they
shook him down for the margin of
runs by which they won.
E,llerbe put the aliens in the way
, of chalk ing up one unearned counter.
and a brief nap indulsed in by Roth
cost another. Franks ofense was
committed in the second. when ne
fumbled Jacobson's bounder with Two
down. singles by Billings and Gerber
that followed. accounting for the tai
ly. Roth's snooze was taken in the
. fifth when he walked. watched Har-
YIIs pop to SiSler in attempting to sac
rifice and reached second when Aus
Tins bad throw gave Ellerbe a me
With shannon up. Roth Strol'ed lar
off base and Billings, resentinG the
reflection on his throwing ability,
promptly nipped him with peg 10
Gedeon. Moss followed with clean
crack to left. on which the local gar
dener could have registered with ease.
An unctuous opportunity TO put the
game on ice was overlooked in round
one, when the initial tally was recorded
cn Judges drag bunt toward first.
Milan's Texas Lacquer and Rice : smash
past Gedeon that sent Zeb TO third and
enabled Sam to reach second. Roths
sharp rap 10 Austin ended in Milan be-
ing effaced at the plate, and Harris ef-
fort TO squeeze Rice home resulted in a
tap that Weilman converted into sec
ond demiae at the platter.
Judges Bin Productive.
Shannon's walk. Picinch's sacrifice
and Judges biff to center accounted for
the Nationals second and final tally in
the following frame. when Rice left
.Insephus on third after Milan had riff
fled Il safety past Sisler. Aside from
the occasion Roth picked for s!umber
the Griffs had only one other opening
for a score. This was in the fourth.
when. with two away. Judge singled over
second, swiped his way to that station
and Milan walked As in the second in
ming Rice left the pair of them on with
Il roller that Siser took care of.
Johnson put the tieing run on the paths
in the seventh. when he walked Gerber
who was safe at second when Elerbes
iu-advised toss of Weilmanns tap
reached Harris too late. Austin's bunt
moved them up and Gedeon's safety to
right produced the run. Judge trapped
tiedeon by cutting off Roth's retur. and
Harris peg to Picinich frustrated Well
manns dash for the plate.
Registration of the winning counters
by the Browns followed the whiting of
Sisler in the eighth. After halting the
proceedings 10 get some dust out of his
rye Williams ripped double over Shan
ron'S head and reached the plate on
Jacobson's looper to left. Jake took
third on Billings poke 70 right, the lat
ter being killed OF al second BY Roth
when he tried 10 stretch IL. Gerber was
wounded by Johnson and jacobson
counted on a double steal, Harris re-
: turn 10 Picinich being low and wide
Zach X~. shocker Today.
Urban shock = i; Manager Burke's
overnight pitching selection for the
third tilt of the -, :oday. Elam Van
Glider being pointed for the .windup
tomorrow. This paid. with Weiiman
and Sothoron. are expected TO carry
the brunt of the mound work for the
Browns. Burke believes that four