Evening star., 1921-06-11

OoOk IN the farewell combat VIII
$3.50 break in the series.
Not the least of them was a terrih,
clout into the bleacher seats by He'll
mann with a runner on base ahead o
him, which was recorded merely as 9
put-out because he was not entitled tc
the floor when he spoke his piece. This
1aux pas is charged against Cobb.
Three Other Gems.
But there were three other gems Of a
IKE nature, in which the usually lert
Judge. Harris, Milan and Charity were
culprits, and these did more to initiate
AGAINST the cause Of the home town
nychasing given by one Robert Veach at
two critical junctures.
Evidence for the indictment of Judge
vas produced by himself in the eighth
inning scnd gave Detroit its winning
margin The battle was deadlocked at
three-au when the round opened with
Courtne~ walking Heilmann. The pass
was not Intentional. but probably was
numbering AItfielder has done to our
boxmen in lh& last few days. Heilmann
was forced ~ Blue and the latter
streaked to third on Jones' single down
the rightfield line.
F1asstead. a right-hand batsman. was
announced to hit for Bassler. whereupon
Mcbride yanked Southpaw Courtney
and called oR Acosta- Cobb then coun-
tered by Withdrawing Flagstead before
he had taken swing. substituting
Shorten. a hitter Of portside persuasion.
Judge Goes Into q Trance.
This strategy attended to. Shorten
proceeded to bounce soft chance to
Judge. Blue dashed for the plate when
the ball was hit and kept on to what
seemed must be his certain death. but
Judge, instead Of tossing to the plate to
obtain an easy verdict. stood as if in a
trance and by the time he came out of
1t and pegged to Charity it was too
late, Blue being across the dish with
the run that broke the tie. Dauss then
plunked double to center. which ac-
counted for two more talies.
After the third inning, when Veach
robbed Shanks of an extra base blow
were unable to get more than one hit
to round of Dauss. and. naturally.
no runs. Veach again proved the
villain in the seventh when he raced
back close to the limits in left center
and speared Harris mighty bid for
homer with a pal on the runway ahead
of him. Jones' Young and Blue con-
nived to null Gharrity's safety with a
double play in the sixth and the same
trio made amends for an error by
none of the Nationals reached the
initial station
Two Opportunities Frittered.
But at least two opportunities for
runmaking were frittered away. One
was in the fourth 1Yhen Charity stood
at the plate and Watched swinging
bunt from his bat settle on fair terri
tory. The costiiness of this omission
on the part of the usually dependable
Pat was apparent when Courtney fol-
lowed with a double over Cobb's head.
The other messed up chance was in
the fifth when Harris was hit by a
pitched ball for a starter and reached
the Tar corner on Rice's third straight
hit. Brewer bounced to Blue, whose
throw to Jones trapped Harris of the
enough to permit Rice to reach third
and Brewer second. That was good
headwork. but what followed wasn't
Seeing his opportunity Harris slid
safely back into third pursued by
Jones whose tagging OF him was
the bag. Rice. who also was there,
was retired when Jones tagged him,
too. Under the impression that he
was out. Harris wandered Off the base.
and didn't notice this. Milan.~ coach
ing at third. shouted to Harris to re-
turn to the bag and made the mistake
of assisting him baseward with a
shove. Whereupon Umpire Evans
waved Harris out for interference
for a coacher touching a runner. 4
Cobb's dental slip.
Manager Cobb's failure to have his !
prior to the start of the game de-
record length and the Tigers Of two |
runs in the opening round With |
Bush on first through a pass and two |
out. Heilmann poled the ball on a line |
to the top tier Of seats of the bleach
ers. few yards from the center field |
end This was an even lustier swat I
than Heilmann's homer of last Tues
day and is the second time the feat
ever has been accomplish he'd. After
Heilmann had logged around the
zeb Milan emerged from the dugout
and called Umpire Evans attention to
the fact that it was Veach who should /
have batted. Scrutiny of the list Cobb
had written supported Capt. Milan's
contention and, under the rules, He'll.
out Of turn, his homer and the two
runs being automatically expunSed
from the official record.
A safety by Rice in the initial ses-l
sion was unsupported. but in the sec
ond the Griffs had as much luck of a
good brand as that of the Tigers the
round before was bad. which netted
them the same number of tallies that
the Cobbs were euchered out of. Mil |,
Ter walked for a starter and pulled up
20 right center, Jones momentarily
fumbled Gharritys roller, then heaved
to Bassler. but the ball struck Miller
in the back and bounded to the stand.
Miller and Shanks both scoring before
1t could be recovered. Bassler then
nipped Charity OF second with q peg
to Young.
Another tally accrued to the Griff-
men in the second and only q great
running catch by Veach prevented
them from scoring at least two more.
With Judge away Harris walked and
reached third when Rice singled and
was forced by Brewer. Miller's skip
ping safety past Jones scored him.
Then it was that veach chased across
the lot and grabbed Shanks' drive
near the foul line.
Courtney was hauled out Of q bad
hole in the second. when singles byl
Blue and Jones and the winging Of
Bassler loaded the bases with one out.
The assistance was rendered tyl;
Harris and Judge. who col
laborated in . dual killing which
Dauss bounoed into. The top Of the