Evening star., 1921-08-03


A massing of four hits in the sec
ond inning netted as many runs for
the Griffs and offset the steady, bat
tering tactics of the visitors. who
gradually pulled up to even terms.
but found a barrier in the person of
later innings that they were unable
to surmount.
Miller opened the profitable session
with a single to center. took second
on Harris jolt bunt, which caught
the right-hand side Of the visitors
ahead of Ehmke's toss of Shanks
bunt. With the corners crowded
Charity rammed a single to right
which produced two runs. and after
O'Rourke whitfield. Courtney helped
his own cause along with a safety
to center that produced another pair
of tallies.
This gave the Grifs a three-run
margin over the Jungaleers, who had
Tailed once in the first half of the
session on singles by Flagstead and
Jones and Woodals sacrifice fly.
Courtney Il Injured.
In the third Courteny, who started
on the mound for the locals. was the
victim of an accident which undoubt-
edly accounted for the fact that he
later was bombed off the hill. With
one out he had walked Bush. when
Shorten blistered a drive to the box
which struck Harry in his midsectfon
and felled him. He gamely retrieved
the ball and tossed out Shorten. then
collapsed. He recovered in a short
time and. after wild-pitching Bush to
third, made Heilmann pop to Char
rity.
The effects to Courtney Of the blow
he received were apparent in the
fourth. when Veach lifted a ball over
the right field wall and the pitcher
wabbled in his control. and in the fifth
he was withdrawn after Bush's dou-
BILE and singles by Heilmann and Veach
produced another run and left Tigers
on third and first. Acosta was in
serted here and yielded a hit to Flag
stead. which accounts for another
tally, although Milan's peg to Shanks
nipped Veach sliding into third. Jones
was purposely passed. and the rally
ended when Woodall rolled to
ORourke.
Acosta II Derricked.
With one out in the sixth. Blue
singled and was safe at second when
Acosta was late in ferrying Bush's
tap there. Both advanced notch
when Jose uncorked a wild pitch.
With the clouds starting to leak. and
fatal. Substitute Pilot Milan held up
proceedings at this juncture by yank-
ing the Cuban in favor of Zachary.
Shorten's bounder to Harris resulted
in the death of Blue at the plate, and
the menace ended when Rice got
under Heilmann's long drive.
Rice was left at the far corner,
which he reached in round three
through his Texas League double and
Miller's sacrifice. In the fourth
O'Rourke was stranded at the mid
way, which he pilfered after being
winged. and Milan was run down be-
tween third and home in the follow
ing frame following his single. an
out and a wild pitch, when Miller
raped to Jones. Zeb jockeyed long
enough to let Miller reach third.
Then Bing was victimized by the hid.
6en ball trick.
Milan and Rice Do 1t.
Unable to make any headway against
Ehmke In the sixth and seventh,
Milan concluded it was time to take
matters into his own hands in round
eight and poled a three-bagger, which
was converted into the winning tally
when Rice delivered in the pinch
with a single.
The Tigers came within a narrow
margin Of tying it up in the final
frame when Shorten got a single to
Harris over second and veach, with
two down, doubled to right. but Zach
was there in the pinch and made
Flagstead lift an easy fly to end 1t.