Evening star., 1921-08-25

Ine NatlOnalS Idllure 10 TAKE du.
vantage of an opportunity for dou-
BILE play. together with d streak Of
unsteadiness by Johnson. put the
Tigers in position to score in round 2.
and Picnich obliged them with an
other error, which let the tally in.
johnson passed Blue. Shanks grabbed
Flagstead's bunt, but, as second base
was uncovered. had to content him
self with eraSing the batsman. Wood
all whitfield for what would have been
. the third out. Johnson then walked
Cole and Young to NIL the bases, and
when Picinich cut loose with a wild
heave in an effort to nip Blue of third
the latter scored. Cole also crossed
the plate. but his run didn't count, as
sliding into the far corner before the
pitcher reached his goal.
Some sloppy Fielding.
More shoddy fielding by Macs men
in the third, during which four rep
rehensible acts were committed. al
though only one was registered, put
the Bengals in the way of three addi-
tiona1 tallies, the manufacture OF
which saw johnson fade from the
with a single over second and reached
third when Smith and Milan permitted
Cobb's high fly to right center to drop
untouched, although either could have
CdmpeQ unQer the Dall, IyfQS SeCtlnS
credit for a two-base hit.
Veach then raised a foolish little
fly directly over the head of Bush,
which DOME allowed to sift through
his fingers, loading the bases. He'll
mann here bounced a safety over
When johnson failed to locate the
plate for Blue. again crowding the
corners. he was lifted. Flagstead
popped to Harris. who muffed, but
escaped being charged with an error
by recovering and forcing Blue with
attempt to complete a double play
struck Heilmann in the back. the lat
ter being safe at third. while Veach,
of course, scored. On Woodalrs rap
the plate, and Cole lofted to Smith
to end it.
Score Three In Fourth.
An additional trio of runs was pick
ed up by the Jungaleers in round
singled. took second on Jones
death and Cobb walked Milan raced
far in to grab Veach's fly. Heilnlann
then whacked double down the left
crossing the platter moment later
on Blues single to left. the latter
taking second on Miller's Intellectual
peg to the plate. Flagstead sent
Blue to third on his single to center
and stole second. Woodall then lined
to Harris.
Successive singles by Jones, Cobb
and Veach netted the Tigers an earn
ed run in the fifth, and they got an
other in the sixth, with an unmerited
counter to boot. Blue banged sin
gle of >Acosta's glove. Flagstead
ing tagged at third on Judges relay
to Bush. Flaggie reached second
meanwhile and Tailed on WoodalPs
double against the left-feld fence.
The latter advanced when Harris
fumbled Coles roller and scored on
Young's sacrifice fly to Smith
Cobb Gets Fourth Hit.
Acostas glove, paved the way for
two Tiger tallies in the seventh, He'll
mann completing the Job by socking
one over the scoreboard for a circuit
of the bases. Four balls to Blue saw
the passing of Acosta. Schacht taking
took third on the death of Merrick,
a youngster inserted in place of Flag
stead al short, and scored when Schacht
uncorked wild pitch.
The Tigers failed to score for the
first time in round s, probably be-
cause they were exhausted from their
previous efforts in running the bases.
They had the chance, however, for
Cole got a single and Jones drew a
pass. 1t was a double play Young
biffed into that stopped them.
Griffs Finally Count.
The run Washington finally con-
trived to register in the eighth was
the result of a pass to Milan, double
to left center by Miller and Harris
3nf1eld out.
The Nationals had numerous other
opportunities to score. but their in
ability to get more than one hit to an
inning proved too great an ohsfa Gle