Evening star., 1921-04-15

No club looks good when it's hurlers
are being pounded vigorously. as were
those of the capital corps in the cur
tain raiser. Yesterday the boot was on
the other hoof. Clyde Milan and
Duty Lewis leading an onslaught
which netted an even dozen bingles.
while Albertus Schacft. the Bronx
Bearcat demonstrated that the bene-
mt of the tinkering Bonesettsr Reese
did with his salary arm is actual
rather than existing merely in AIS
mind.
AIS Exhibition EncouraGinE.
The cagey right-hander displayed
nothing remarkable in the way of
stun. but had uniformly good control.
and by working carefully on each
batsman and employing a change of
pace that constantly caught the alien
stickwielders off their balance held
them safely in check at all stages.
The most encouraging feature about
AIS work was the fact that he trav-
grow more effective as the battle
1enSthened. He was strong at the
nnish, only six men facing him in the
last two rounds.
Other illustrations of the vast diff
ference in the appearance of a team
when it is accorded good slabwork
have been furnished in the two days
OF the infant season. There are the
Athletics. for instance. When Carl
Mays held them to three hits in the
moundsmen were Iarruped by the
Yankees. the Gotham scribes came
out with announcements to the ef-
feet that it looked as if the Mackmen
again were destined to finish in the
cellar, despite the optimistic reports
OF the prowess of his club. especially
its pitchers. The Yankees hammered
Perry and Hasty in the first game for
q total of seventeen safeties and
eleven runs Yesterday. with Rom
mel and his knuckle ball on the job,
the Gothamites were limited to eight
blows, while the AS collected dozen
on Hoyt and Quinn and copped. Civ
ing the aforementioned scribes an op-
portunity to revise their predictions
that Philadelphia is doomed to re-
pied for six consecutive seasons
Erick or Aeosta Today.
This afternoon, provided the sched-
pled contest is not drowned out, the
outcome will hinge on the relative
showing made by Erickson and Acosta, |
one of whom will start in the box for
the Nationals, and Joe Bush, who is |
ager Duffy. although Thormahlen and |
Myers are possib ilities. Fielding |
faults sometimes nul1ify good box
work, but as a rule a team takes its |
Cue from the OCCUPANT Oh the center |
OF the diamond, the'support accorded !
a hurler generally being on a par
with his performance.
This was the case yesterday, when
the Nationals turned in an errorless
exhibition behind Schacht. while the
sloppy fielding of the Sox. who the
day before performed spectacularly,
paralleled the weak work of their
fingers. Harris and O'Rourke both
were busy boys. especially the latter.
uniformly excellent style. although
the nimble Judge saved him from be-
Ing charged with errors on two occa-
sions, when he picked high heaves
out Of the air with one hand.
The box score shows Shanks cred
chance. but Hank kept Gharrity's
name out of the error column with
q spectacular stab of a wild peg
In the second inning. Leibold had
led with a double down the right
neld line and advanced to third on
McInnis' sacrifice, when Charity
tried to pick Memo off. Shanks was
In motion toward the bag when Pat
pegged. The ball was many feet in
side the mark, but. by halting and
rection. Howard managed to inter-
cept the ball with his gloved hand
while prone on the ground.
Ruel Ultimately Tallies.
It prevented a score for the time
being only, however. as Collins fol-
lowed with long fly to Lewis, who
got OF hard. accurate peg to the
plate, which arrived Just fraction
Of a second too late to erase the |
speedy Leibold.
The other tally obtained by the
Box followed a base on balls to Ruel
In the sixth. Russell famed, but
Witt and Foster both produced
gmashes too hot for Shanks to han
die and on Menosky's wicked crack
TO Harris Ruel crossed the plate.
Stan gave the ball a battle and sue
,eeded in ferrying it to O'Rourke for
! force-out, although not fast enough
70 effect a double play. which would
have prevented the tally.
Dual killings. helped Schacht on
.wo other occasions when he started
In inning by issuing a pass, and
he only other time he was threat
,ned was in the seventh, when Foster
obtained an unsupported triple.
Milan, who was exceedingly active