The Washington herald., 1921-06-15
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Prominent among the stick WELD
ers Of the day was Bing Miller, late
of Little Rock. of whom you have
heTrd before.
The smiling outfelder was swing
ing a wicked piece of ash, as his
four hits might indicate. In the
fifth his single helped the Griffs
stage their first rally which brought
in four runs. In the ninth he was
up with Rice on third and one run
needed to tie. All he did was to get
tF-"e bases on a short ny- to left
center
Then came the eleventh. Thanks
to Mails the bases were full with
none out. Morton was In the. box,
having inherited this unpleasant
situation from "Duster.' Bins
cracked a single past Joe Sewell and
brought an end to the proceedings.
How the bases happened to be
filed in that memorable round is
quite a story. Bagby had given
way to a pinch hitter in the first
half of the inning. and the left
handler was Speakers choice to fin
riSh. II was a bum guess.
Harris was the first man to greet
the world series hero. and cracked
a single to center. Rice went up
with instructions to bunt, but de-
cided he would just as soon have
b;.S.. on balls. which Mails insisted
upon offering. The same thing hap
pened to Turkey Rrower.
Morton's Job Too Big.
At such a sudden display of wild
ness. Speaker signalled for Mails to
return to the dugout and called in
Guy Morton. who hasn't been very
active this season. With Miller at
the plate. Morton's assignment was
none too pleasant He managed to
get over one strike and a couple
of wide ones before Bing swung
and sent the fans home in a gra-
cious humor. 1t lacked FIVE minutes
of being three hours of play, but
that's a small matter when the
home team wins.
Cleveland had a slight advantage
in hitting. with l6 safe ones, in
Guiding four triples and three dou-
bles. but more of the l3 Washing
ton blows came at timely intervals.
Miller had the biggest day for
the locals, though Sam Rice was
close on his heels with three hits,
all of which were doubles. Charley
Jameson of the Indians. was also
slamming the ball. one of his four
hits being a triple and another a
double.
The famous Sarge" Bagby was
the starter for the opposition and
for three innings neither he nor
Jim Shaw were in trouble. In the
fourth. however. the enemy fell
upon shaw for six hits, four OF
which were triples.
Speaker priced things open with
Q three-saCker to right and Smith
walked. Gardner tripled also. fol-
lowing which Nunamaker singled,
Bagby and Jameson hit for three
bases and Wamby singled. That
was good for six runs.
Bagby bumped in Fifth.
began to slip and was battled out
after the Grifrs had scored four.
O'Rourke doubled to right and
Judge. batting for Shaw. walked.
Courtney ran for Judge. Smith and
Harris were retired on flies. hut
Rice sent a two-sacked to right.
counting ORourke. HrOwer bounced
one off the fence for two. bring
ing courtney ana klce across the
p..u. scoring himself when Miller
singled. Caldwell relieved Bagby
s"d Irtired Shanks on a fly to
Speaker.
--...s the fifth. ACosta did the
hurting for the Griffs until the tenth
and kept the champions puzzled. In
the seventh he struck out both
Wamby and Speaker. 1t was the
first time spoke" had famed the
breezes this year. Cuby was nick ed
for one run in the ninth, when Cald-
well sliced a single to left and
Jameson doubled. which was the
last marker Of the day for the Wis
itors.
Tied Up in Ninth.
Not until the ninth did the Grifrs
break out aEan. but ther rally was
good for the three runs needed to