Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-07

Jezebel was parsimoniouS IN ailottins
bingles to the enemy in the opener
their total being a meager hSe, Whlch;
with a fine display OF control anu
good support. prevented the Huo entry
from advancing more than two avn
letes as far as third base. while the
Griffs thumped Jones right lustiiy IN
two rounds when the Hose de1ense
also was none too good
Biemiller, whose previous eHorts mad
been confined TO sporadic appearances
in relief capacities. started his first
Eame-and finished it-displaylng
veritable barrel of stuff running prin-
cipally to speed. but having so much
trouble controlling it that the de-
pendab1e Jose Acosta lowered in the
vicinity of the bull pen keeping his
wing tuned up for the emergency call
that on several occasions seemed i'm
minent.
Gri1D Have Three in Row.
Regjfration of three straight tri-
umphs at the expense of the Barrow
men must be regarded as quite an
achievement at this stage of the sea-
son, considering the recent faltering
pace of the Griffs and the fact tnat
the Crimson Hose in the past three
weeks have proved veritable thorns IN
the sides of the pennant contenders.
the Indians. White Sox and Yankees
all having been rudely handled on
their last visit to the Hub. Boston
has not proved very formldaole
against the Nationals this year. how
ever, despite the two-game advantage
they obtained at the outset of the
campaign, their record to date against
the locals being half dozen victories.
as against nine setbacks.
Griff presented a revised lineup.
Harris leading off in place of Joe
Judge. who is nursing a battered nm
ger, while Brewer held forth at the
initial station and did a good job of
Il. Being in a familiar position SEEM
ed to improve the confidence of the
Reading recruit, who not only handled
his fielding duties in CONNIE ndable
manner, but connected for a double
and two singles in five official times
at bat. drawing walks on three oc-
casions- Sam Rice showed a return
to his early season form at bat. col
lecting five safeties during the aft
ernoon and purloining a couple of
hassocks. while Ellerbe maintained
his recently improved fielding form
with a highly creditable exhibition at
charged against him
Nationals Bunch Hits.
The attack on Jones in the early
contest was confined to the second
and third innings. In the former
Brewer started things with a double
to the right-field wall. He slid into
third ahead Of Walters throw of Ell
after Menosky got under ONeilrs
fly.
Harris opened the third with a
single and was forced by Shanks.
Hank in turn being snuffed by Rice.
Sam. however, reached second when
Brady uncorked a wild heave. and
scored on a safety by Roth. Brewer
walked. Elierbe cashed Roth with
crack to left, and when Menosky let
the ball dribble through him Brewer
.h4 inc
'ond. from where O'Neilfs poke sent
Round three was the big inning for
the Griffmen in the closing contest
when a couple of passes issued by
Hoyt. together with four safeties
produced quartet of counters.
Picinich walked and reached third on
Biemiller's- sacrifice and Harris rap
through Brady. Shanks' safety scored
Val, Rice's Texas League double to
and Sam both rode home on Roths
vicious drive over second.
Singles by Rice. Brewer and Ellerbe
netted another run in the fifth. and
the final tally was accumulated in the
eighth, when Brewer again singled,
took an extra base on Hooper's fum-
bic, was moved along by Ellerbe's
sacrifice and scored on O'NeilIs line
single to center.
The frst of the nine free tickets Bic
mlllcT ISSuSu gave TIC .oOA uh
the FIRST inning. as Menosky followed
it with a triple. Mike later being
erased on the line after some tall
scramb1ing in which fistful of ath-
letes participated In the fifth the
Baltimorean handed out four passes
to force in a tally. but was not scored
on again until the final frame. when
another frank. triple by Hendryx
and McInnis' single accounted for two
runs.
Biemiller's unsteadiness got him
into more than one jam. however.
Aliens occupied all the available
sacks in the sixth when he made Witt
pop foul for the final out. and Ellerbe
saved him some embarrassment in the
seventh with a one-hand stab of
SCOTS hot smash with couple on the
paths waiting to tally.
Nationals Depart Tonight.
Shaw and Courtney were expected
to do mound DUTY for the Griffs in the
dual engagement under way at the
Georgia avenue stadium this after
noon. The capital encourage will
board An early evening train for st.
Louis for swing over the entire
circuit. lasting until October 3, when
with tho Mackmen.
the initial SACK. He will prove a
handy man to have around as under
study for the frequently injured
Judge.
The rival third-sackers. Ellerbe and
Witt, shared honors for the most
spectacular individual fielding bits