Evening star., 1921-06-23

Inc ldEl ludl d Qudi VI
whacks materialized yesterday. while
only three fingers were needed. indi-
Gates the swatters are gaining. The
stretch run today should prove exciting.
Connie Mack being as hard pressed for
twirlers as McBride-and the boundary
limits of Shibe Park remain as short as
ever.
johnson Finishes strong.
Yesterdays affair was a hurting duel
between Keefe and Zachary, with Jeze-
bel having the better Of the argument
on earned runs. to 0. when he was
withdrawn in the ninth to let johnson
pop foul for him. Walter then went in
the box and stood the AS on their heads
for three frames. Incidentally, he aided
materially in the rally which produced
the winning counter.
Shanks opened the eleventh with
single to right. Charity sacrificed and
O'Rourke famed. Johnson then, on his
second appearance at bat. blistered a
safety past Keefe. and the deciding tally
was over when Judge shot double to
left Smith gave WEIGH chase. but he
captured Earrs drive in deep center.
Pat Charity. who Tuesday became
infected with the virus Of homerunltlS,
recently epidemic at Shbe Park to a
notable extent even in this year Of swat,
manifested additional symptoms yester-
day. 1t was in the second inning a1ter
Shankss had manufactured the first safe
ty Of the paStime that the germs acti-
waited Pat. Result was a low liner that
carried into the left-field bieachers and
made the Griffmen 2 up.
Macks Tame Early in Game.
Only a brace of singles and a pair
of walks fell to the lot of the Athlet-
les in the first four rounds. On two OF
these occasions double plays came to
the assistance of Zachary and another
time he picked a Mackman on first.
But in round 5 Shanks made the AS
a present of their first run, j. Walker
reaching second through his wild
heave and scoring on successive outs.
Galloway then kept pace with Char
L rity by polling his second homer IN as
many games into the bleachers. and
the AS were back in the ball game.
Three unsupported bingles. includ-
ing q rwind double" by Miller, which
Galloway failed to gauge. developed
following the second. but 1t was not
until the sixth that the Nationals tall
lied again to forge to the front A
circuit clout by Rice was the medium
and this blow was unusual in that
the ball was not popped. driven or
bounced into the bleachers. 1t was
a liner to- center out of reach of,
welch. which Sam made good for the
circuit by some tall sprinting..
This lead didn't last long. however,
Brewer and O'Rourke saw to that.
Turkey got both hands on Perkins
drive at the start of the second sec
tion of the seventh, but muffed, ST
reaching second. Brazilrs sacrifice put
him on third and he scored when
O'Rourke took Galloway's bounder and
threw high and wide. to Charity: The
official scorer ruled this a fielder's
choice, but any kind of q decent peg
would >have nailed Perkins by yards.
Athletics Go to Front.
Still another four-ply swat-this
one by Dykes-sent Philadelphia to
the front in the. eighth and led 10
was liner to right center which
bounded back to the .scoreboard. a
home run. under the ground rules.
Harris displayed his chagrin by get
ting the ball and throwing it from
deep center into the grandstand. For
was canned by Umpire Chill. Earl
Smith being sept to third and Shanks
shifted to second. Scratchy bingleS
by the Walker boys followed. but
three other Mackmen failed to get
the ball out of the infeld.
Faulty support behind Kecfe en-
abled the Nationals to tally in the
ninth and neceSSitated overtime.
Shanks got a life when Galloway fell
down on his grounder and Hank took
third on Gharrity's bingle: O'Rourke
sent an easy tap to the pitchers box
and Johnson. batting for Zachary,
popped to BRAZIL. but Judge came
through with a safe smash through
Dykes. which cashed Shanks with the
long fly.
Jn the fag end of this frame with
Johnson pitching. Smith gave Nc
Bride the jumps by muffing Gallo
ways little foul fly and later get
Judge dug out of the dirt.
: In the tenth, Rice, Brewer and
Miller could do nothing and weIch
died at third. which he reached via
a walk, wild pitch and a long fy,
The AS could do nothing with John
son in the eleventh