The Washington herald., 1920-06-24
of Erickson Proues Puzzle;
GrU69men Beating Jungleers
By JACK NYE.

Detroit, June z3.-Detroit rams
SOW know why Clark Griffith is
known as the Old Fox, or the David
Harum of baseball 1t was demon
strated when the National Boss
Sent ole Erickson in to pitch
against Doc Ayres and made clean
sweep of the series, winning to-
days tilt by a score of 5>to 2.
a 1t was for Erickson. then a Tiger,
That Griffith traded Doc Ayres last
summer and today was the first
Time the two twirlers had started
as opposing pitchers. Manager Jen-
aings was banking on the side arm
Eelivery Of Ayres to take the final
game, as he had been demonstrat-
+ ing class of late, but the Nationals
6nally got to him and scored all
their runs before he was lifted in
the eighth in favor of a pinch hit
fer.
Though Erick had much the bet
Ter of the argument. he gave way
to Barney Johnson after the Tigers
Rad scored their two runs in the
sixth. One of these was a rap over
the left-field fence by Eddie Aim
smith. Barney breezed through the
last three frames in fine style, al
lowing only one hit.
.. Nationals Take Tiger Series.
.. The three wins against the Tig-
ers. give the Griffs an even break
tor their western trip with six
wins and as many defeats. They
will return home above the 500
mark, despite the injuries that
swamped them after they left and
from which they will not have full
~ recovered until Stanley Harris
gets back in the lineup.
:, Ayres pitched like a winner for
four innings, during which period
he failed to allow the Nationals
anything that resembled a hit. But
Red Shannon greeted him with
triple to begin the fifth and that
was the beginning of the end. Doc
began to wobble and two bases on
balls, batter hit and another bin
gle. gave the Griffs their first two
runs. Another came in the sixth
and Jack Calvo, batting for Erick-
son in the seventh. slammed out his
first hit of the year, a triple to
right, which started the boys on
the way to two more scores Okrie
pitched the final inning for the
Tigers.
brilliant fielding marked the play
ot both teams. especially the in
fields. Shannon an6 Shanks scin-
tIllated for the Nationals. cutting
on hits by clever wCIk, and Pinelli
performed il a stellar manner for
the enemy. The only error of the
game was Ta6e by the Tiger third
sacker. but his snappy w5rk before
that time more than, made Up for
the misplay
In Pitchers' Duel.
It was a pitchers duel through
out the fourth, with both Erick-
son and Ayres still unscored upon.
Ayres had the better of the ar
gumelt for that period, but in the
fifth he dropped his watermelon.
Shannon drove a triple to right CEN
ter and O'Neill walked. On Char
rity's tap to Pinelli, Shannon was
C9nght at the plate. but Erickson
shot n single to certer, bringing
ONeill home for the first run. Judge
walked and filled the bases. and
Ayres forced Charity when he
beaned Milan. Rice famed en- this
auspiciou5 occasion ard Roth skied
to Veach, leaving the men ON the
sacks stranded.
Shannon walked in the sixth and
went to third on O'Nei!Ts single
to center. sliding in on a close de-
c.sion. He scored when O'Neill was
run down when he tried to steal
second. Senior Calvo started the
fireworks in the seventh when the
last two tallies came in. Batting
for Erickson. he drove one to right
for three bases and scored on
Judges fly to Veach. After Milan
had skiCd out. Rice laid down a
Lunt and beat it out. going to sec
ond on Pinelli's low throw. He
scored on Rotf's double to left.
Erickson pitched shutout ball un-
Ill the sixth, allowing bat two in
field hits in the first five rounds.
iinsmith greeted him with a homer
over the fence in the sixth. how
ever. and he appeared to be shak-
ing He walled Ayres and Young
made 4 hit out of a hot ore to
Shanks. At this jurcture Charity
picked Ayres off second by a good
peg to O'Neill, relieving the situa-
tion somewhat. Young went to sec
nnd in the mixup and scored on
Shorteh's single. That was all the
Tiger scoring. for Johnson worked
The res of the game.
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