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

velop a dependable fourth finger fr'
Myers, Faeth and Uhle have not mi
To date the Indians have more than
justified the expectations Of their sup
porters. Over a greater part OF the
campaign they have been perched r1ght
at the top of the heap and have yet 10
drop lower than second place, which
niche they occupy today as the result OF
the loss of three, straight games TO the
White Sox. now rapidly forging to the
front, as it was expected they "oulu
In Johnston. Wamby. Chapman ano
Gardner the Tribe has one OF the pest
balanced infields in either circuit. wnlie
Manager Speaker. in center neid. mas
been using Graney, Jameson ana Evans
in left and alternating WOOD ana oIni'n
in right. according to the Opposing
pitching. with great success. steve
O'Nelll, brother of the Nationals, snort.
stop and regarded as one Of the best
catchers in the game, still is oisplayins
his iron man qualities back OF the oat,
and has very capaofe unoersiuuy IA
Les Nunamaker, former 1ank ana
Brownie.
The second invasion of the Atlantic
seaboard about to be undertaken Ny
the clubs in the western section OF
the circuit should go a long way TO.
ward determining the true ca1iber OF
the indians and White Sox- The lat
ter have pulled up to within three ana
one-haf games of the pace-Settlns
Yanks. They will be feasting on the
lowly Athletics for the remainder OF
the week. while the HuEmen are 40
ing ditto with the Tigers. They fol-
Low the Indians here while the
Browns are sojourning in New York,
but the test will come a week from
Saturday, when Gleason will lead MS
minions onto the Polo Grounds. Inc
series should prove humd1nger, pro
yided the Yankees hospital list IS
reduced by that Tina
Grins Get 1t In the Neck.
The Nationals travelled along for
sixty-five games this season oe1ore
being compelled to suffer the humi1-
alton of a shut-out. but when that
fate finally befell them 1T was accom-
plished in such a thoroughly compre-
hensive and convincing manner tnat
those who saw the thing done coulo
be pa'rdoned for wondering how tney
managed to escape it for SO long. GarI
Mays, the underhand finger who last
winter was the storm center of a con-
troversy that for a time threatened
to wreck the league, welded the kali
somine brush. He held the fence
busting Griffmen, who this year nave
formed the habit of hitting for dou-
BILE figures in a majority of the bat
famed half a dozen of them.
All told only six of the Nationals
got on the paths, one OF whom al
tanned to third and another to second
Roth benefited by Meusefs miscue In
the second, the only alien error. and
was doubled up with Harris, and
Sharks was stranded after being
winged. In the fourth. with one
down. Rice crashed safety through
Pipp, to run his string of consecutive
hitting games up to twenty-one. an no
the year. Roth and Harris failed to
help him. Shanks got no farther than
the initial station after h1tung IN the
fifth Roth's single in the sixth sen,
Rice, who WAS the recipient OF Mays
third time, failed to come through
with mates on ahead OF him.
While Mays was playing hob with
the Nationals batting averages the
Yankees were making up for lost time
by raking the offerings OF tho OF
local noundsmen for sixteen safe swats.
Rebuffed three times in a row, Hugglns'
hirelings rose in their righteous
wrath and staged one big inning
that will linger long in the memory
of the 1911 cash customers on deck
1t was in the fifth. which they entered
with a lead of two runs garnered of
the delivery of George Erickson: Be
fore they finished they had chased
fourteen tallies over the rubber on
seven hits, three walks, hit bats
man, a wild pitch, sacrifice fly and
Ave errors.
This is not the first time fourteen
runs have been scored in one inning
club of 1891 did it in the first inning
of National League game with the
Baltimore team and then was nosed
out at the finish by count of 10 to
II. The all-time record is held by
tho old Chicago Colts. who scored
eighteen runs against Detroit in the
seventh inning of game played on
September s. 1881.
Sets q Modern Record.
The Yankees fourteen runs in a
single round is the best modern"
mark. however. and establishes rec
ord for the American eague. They
hatted just twice arounO, An error
the inning. Pipp doubled and Erick-
son purposely passed Ruth to fin
the bases. Meusers sacrifice fly to
Milan scored Wick. Pipp followed him
left. and Ruth also scored when Mi
lan's throw to the plate went astray.
Rodie counted when Roth muffed
Pratt's fly. The latter took third on
Ruers double to right, whereupon
Erickson gave way to Snyder. The
single to left that scored Pratt and
Ruel. Mays taking second on the
throw-in. Pewster was hit by a pitch
ed ball, Wick was walked and when
Pipp. also drew a pass Mays was
forced in with a run. Ruth singled to
right, scoring Fewster and Wick and
sending Snyder to the showers. Court
ney succeeded him. Meusels safety
to center cashed Pipp. and Ruth tai
he'd when Harris fumbled Bodies
grounder. Pratt's stiff swat to right
bounded past Roth and disappeared
in hole under the wall for homer.
Meusel and Bodie scoring ahead of
him Picinich tossed out Ruel, Mays
got a life on Rice's nun of his fly
and Fewster ended It by tanning.
The YankS rang up their final
marker in the seventh when a pass to