The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-27
Mac Uses Seventeen Players,
But Mats Drop Opener, 6 to 3
"Duster" Mails Starts, but Bagby Relieves
Him When He Loses Control.
Erickson's Jinx is Shattered.

CLEVELAND. o.. Aug. .s.--wal.
ter Mails has started his annual fall
drive, n drive that. u year ago. car.
ried the Indians through to the
championships OF tho American
League and world. The broad,
shouldered southpaw to-day started
his tirst game In ave weelh and
demonstrated that while lacking IN
control he owned u lot Of stun tina,
should make him az successful AS
year ago, Hut. owing 10 his
long absence from thb game, he
was wild, very Wild In fact no wild
he passed eight Washington bats.
men.
But, as long as he won his game
6 10 ), why worry about those
eight passes II Walter had had
proper control the game would not
have been at all Interesting. A Il
was, the Californian'a frequent gifts
served 10 keep the fans on the
ANXIOUS seat until the nnai out wa'
registered in tho ninth round.
iris Speaker. however, IN ono who
probably would have been better
satisfied 81 Walt had not walked 80
many. II there Is anything that
gets the Indian managers goa,
more emphaticaUy than an Indian
pitcher without control Cleveland
fans have not discovered Il and
when Walt passed one, allowed a
hit and was on his way to pass an
other Nat in the ninth. Spoke did
some wig-waEsIng from center
neld. wig meant that Mails was
through, a waS summoned Bagby
from the bull-pcn.
BaEhy Is Ftaishcr.
BaGby finished what Mails hSd
started-he passed Bush. That
hlled the bases. Milan then hit
into a double play and the game
was over and Cleveland was .
points ahead of New York.
While the Mats gathered eight
passes off the left-hander. they
made only six hits and whenever
they wINed DANGEROUS, Walter
reached down in his pocket. pulled
out double play ball and threw il
Up to the batsman Turned this
trick vice. one in the first inning
when Joe Scwell grabbed Milan's
line drive and averted lot OF
trouble and again in the eighth
when Wamby spcared liner off the
bat of one Mr.. FoSs. acting as q
ninch hitter for Earl Smith. Nc.
Bride used to have Smith batting
much higher in the batting order
II he was hitting like he did to.
day, We know why Mcbride sunk
him to seventh place
-, This seems to be great week
for chasing jinxes. Bob ShawkeS
got his Thursday and Olaf Erickson
Of the Mats took his punishment to.
day. Peculiarly, each was knock &c
from the box in the fifth inning
But. when Erickson retired, Cleve.
land had scored but three runs. He
left two men on the bases, how.
ever. and Mcbride he1ed the In
dams to take down two more runs
by picking Courtney as frst-rclief
hurler.
Courtney Starts Well.
Courtney looked great at the out
SCI He struck out Joe Wood. who
battcd for Elmer Smith, but, strange
as it may seem. he could not pitch
to the next two, each of whom was
a 1eft-hand batter. He hit Larry
Gardner in the elbow. That filled
the bases. He passed Scwcll. fore
ing in one run. and also walked
Burns, forcing in another.
When Courtney made his exit, Al.
Schacht stole some of Mails stuff
by pitching double-play ball.
Apparently one ball is all Mcbride
will let Schacht pitch each day. for
when the next inning arrived.
Acosta, the sawed off Cuban, was
On the mound. He proceeded to
stall the champions off until the
eighth when Joe Sewell slipped
one to the right-field wall, and