Evening star., 1920-06-26

and at bat. proved too much OF a
cheerfully absorbed a AZ licking IL
secutive defeat.
An idea of Shaws effectiveness may
be CLEANED from the fact that ne per
mitted only four hits all told and 1ah-
ned eight of the visiting brethren:
majority of the strikeouts being IN
mum of good in offsetting his unln-
territorial generosity in the matter OF
passes. In the first six innings only
one enemy hit was recorded. II was
registered in the third oy ms sap
rival, Naylor, and in conjunction with
a free ticket and wild pitch led to the
Athletics first run. Not another enc
bingle was recorded until the seventh.
when Naylor again turned the trlck'
but failed to get beyond first. In the
eighth two blows were punched of
Shaw. and they netted the Athietlcs
second counter, but only because
Roth's faulty handling of boundlns
ball allowed it to go for two bases.
Sandwiched between these SafeueS,
compiled by Dugan and Perkins, was
a strikeout for Strunk, and following
them Shaw victimized Pinch Hitter
Burrus and Galloway TO retire the side
via the whiff route.
shaw Starts Tanning En-.
Shaw inaugurated his whiting tao
tics in the second inning at the eX-
pense of Griffin, with a runner wait
ing on second to be cashed, and had
further recourse to this mode OF de-
fense in the fourth, when he mega
tived a pair of passes, which loomed
ominous as the result of a double
steal, with a brace of whlffS. The
biggest hole Shaw found himself in
developed in the fifth, when one of his
numerous passes was followed by
miScueS on the part of Shannon and
Roth to fill the bases with one out.
At this juncture Shaw caused Dugan
to pop foul and assisted in the retire
ment of Strunk by DETECTING Amos
healthy wallop and giving O'Nein
chance to distinguish himself with
neat stop and throw in front of sec
ond base.
This was fine effort. but it was
considerably overshadowed by that of
Clarence Walker, who robbed Joe
Judge of an extra base blow on his
first appearance a bat with back
ward running, one-hand catch of a
real line drive. Walker was given
occasion to appreciate Judges feel
ings over this high-handed bit of
road work when Milan galloped back
Tilly's tremendous whack in the sew
enth. Zeb's feat saved Shaw a lot of
embarrassment, as Naylor was on the
runwayS at tn time.
Macks = dive ON Bases.
Mack's henchk. - showed unwontes
activity on the base lines. annexing
half a dozen sacks by the theft
method. Their efforts along this line
paved the way for their initial tally
in the third. when with one down
Naylor got the first hit off Shaw and
stole second took third on a wild
pitch and Tailed on a double steal
with Myatt. after the latter had
walked. This run offset the marker
chalked up by the locals in the sec
ond. when Roth reached first as a re-
suit of Perkins mufing third strike,
was sacrificed to second by Shanks
and Tailed on ONeilfs single.
The Griffmen assumed the lead
again in their half of the third, when
Shaw opened with a triple to right
center and scored on Judges single.
The latter died stealing. but Milan
was safe on swinging bunt, took
third on Rices safety and counted
after Myatt shared Roth's line drive.
Naylor helped the Nationals garner
their fourth run in the sixth by max
ing high toss to second of Shan
mons rap after Shanks had drilled
a single through the box. Shanks
went to third while O'Neill was fore
ing Shannon. and scored on an at
tempted double steal on which ONeill
finally was erased on the paths.
Zachary or Snyder Today.
Zachary or Snyder will start
against the Athletics in the second
game of the set this afternoon. John
son is carded to oppose them in the
Sabbath battle tomorrow.
Women patrons took advantage of
ladies' day in generous numbers, but
the Boy Scouts were not much in evi-
dence.
instruments and real voices helped
entertain the crowd prior to the game
and between innings.
The fresh, green and recently man
icured lawn at Georgia avenue was
refreshing to the eyes of the Ma
tionals after nearly three weeks of
paStiming the Sun-parched fields
in the western end of the circuit.
Shanks demonstrated to the salts
faction of the bugs that he has fully
regained the use of his naturally
strong throwing arm that bothered
him most of the spring. Howard is
comporting himself much like a real
third baseman.
ONeill put up fine fielding game
at short. His wing now is stronger
than At any time since he reported
to the GriffS.
Judge made several fancy stops of
poor heaves to save his mates being
charged with errors.
A snappy double play initiated by
Thomas ended a Washington rally
after Rice and Roth had hit safely in
the eighth.
Shaw tossed away run by not con-
tinuing to the plate on Milan's high
bounder to Griffin in the fifth. He
turned back to third and was killed
off.
Griff has regular Rooseveltian luck.
1t had rained nearly every afternoon
for three weeks prior to the return
of the Nationals.
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