The Washington herald., 1920-06-27
Zeb Mlan's Bludgeon GiOes
GryJs Victory Ouer Macks
by JACK NyE.

perience Scott Perry, the veteran
right-hander Of the Athletics, show
ed surprising lack of judgment out
on Georgia avenue yesterday.
He should have known that any
effort to cast aspersion. by innuen-
do or otherwise. on the punchins
power of Zeb Milan. a member in
good standing of the Honorable Or
der of the First Five Swatters, would
bo deeply resented.
II was in the ninth inning when
Perry found himself in an embar-
RAISING position. Eddie Charity
was perched on second and Joe
Judge strode to the bat. Two were
>plt and II was a question whether
10 take a chance with Joe or to pass
him in favor of Milan. Right ii front
, OF the 100 or more intimate friends
land acquaintances. Zeb was rudely
atffronted when Judge was inten-
tionally passed.
zeb Delivered Punch.
He Immediately relieved his In
jared feelings by smashing one to
tae fence in right center, bringing
Charity in with the run that gave
tne Griffs a 4 to 3 victory.
Mr.. McGillicuddy and his board OF
.
Immediately after the game and
unanimously decided that pMilan's
hitting prowess should be duly recog-
gized in the future. regardless OF
the consequences.
Scott Perry held his own in
battle with John Thomas Zachary,
and but for a blunder by Joe Dugan
En the ninth the game would prob
ably have gone into extra innings.
IT was Dugan's second bobble of
the afternoon that put Charity on
first. He deftly stole second in or
der to be in a position to score, not
aware of the fact that Milan had
rap in his system that would have
carried him in from first under
wraps.
Clubs Score Early.
Both teams scored three runs In
the first four frames, after which
the pitchers frightened up and
regular battle ensued. From the
fourth on Zachary yielded four hits,
while Perry yielded but three, in
Guiding the fatal one by Milan. In
the matter of control Perry was SUI
preme. his only pass being the one
TO Judge in the ninth, and that
proved to be his undoing.
The only casualty of the afternoon
was Galloway, who performed at
second in the daily shift of the
Mackmen. He was forced to retire
jim the third when spiked on the
hand by Sam Rice, who came in feet
first while stealing.
Cur hero. Milan, came near get
ting back on the hospital list when
he fell sprawIing while trying to
fanH ~ .,rf in
He injured his arm, but ganely
stuck it out in order to be able to
render the COUPE de grace.
Ride Umpire Gincen.
Umpire Bill Dineen had quite an
uncomfortable dGy Of it. after two
close decisions in the third lad gone
against the Nationals. He received
nothing but "hoos," however, the
irate fan who threw ball at him.
missing his mark. Bill was slightly
off. it sppesrCd. but as the Nationals
won, why not let bygones Jc by
cones
\ The Athletics were the first to
4EcOre putting over a run in the first
on Th Dmas' single. Griffin's saCri-
flee and Il rap 40 center by Walker.
2 The Nationals tied it with 4 run
H. the second. Roth opened the
round with L zap to left and Shanks
showed him i.ionS witt Il sacrifice
hunt. Shannon's timely hit over
'iriffin's head scored Bobby. Char
rIty connected en- the hit and run,
putting shannon on third, but Zach
arv couldn't get the ball out of the
infieId. JuGrse's double and Rice's
single 10 right gave the Nationals
another in the third.
Milan Takes Dive.
In the fourth the MaCllmen raped
out three hits and two runs. going
into the lead again by a margin
Of one. Dugan opened with a
double which Milan failed to reach.
but injured his arm when he dived
for it. Strunk famed and Perkins
walked. Welch brought Dugan
home with a single past third and
Perkins scored on a neat squeeze
play with Myatt at bat. Perry
drove a hit past Shanks but Thomas
raped right into Zachary's paws.
Taking advantage of an error by
Walker, the Nationals made 1t
three-alI in their half Of the fourth.
Shanks shot single to left and
Shannon followed with a hit in the
same direction. shannon made
third on the blow and proceeded
homeward when Tilly's throw to
second sped past the waiting Per-
kins, who guarded that station
after Galloway was injured. Tilly
redeemed himself somewhat by
making a sparkling catch of Zach
ary's fly to end the inning
From then until the ninth it was a
struggle. both twirlers doing eftec-
tive work. Zachary walked two in
the seventh and allowed two hits in
The eighth, but managed to escape
without damage.