Evening star., 1921-06-02

First Baseman Earl Sheely. Third
stop Ernie Johnson were lifted from
the Salt Lake Club of the Pacific
Coast League. The VETERAN Harry
Hooper is performing in right neld
Johnny Mostil, recruited from Nils
waukee. is in center and Bib Faik.-
product of Southwestern College.
Georgetown. Tex. Is pafroning the
pasture in left Then there is Ever
is Handicapped in advancing by the
fact that Schalk is hanging around
doing ALL the work, and raft OF
young pitchers.
FaIk . Coming Star.
OF the newcomers Mostil. Multi
ran and johnson have been up before
and failed 10 make the grade: Proo-
ably the most promising athlete Of
sox @ last - season, but did not get q
chance to show hts worth. Hardly
out of his teens, Falk has been per-
forming prodiEious feats both at bat
and afield for the Sox: He does his
does it effectively and with two or
three years of polishing should de-
velop into q star.
Courtney. Shaw and Schacht are
available for service this afternoon.
choice to start. Gleason's choice of
. finger is problematical. It is un-
likely Faber will appear before to-
morrow. but Kerr may have to be
contended with E
GrifEs Have Edge ON Yanks.
The Nationals now have an edge on
the Yankees for the seaSon-seven
games won, against dve defeats-as
. result of taking three out OF four
= s<vh AZ
yesterday with johnson returned VIC
tor over Mays by the score Of 8 to 2.
due to a sensational ninth-inning
rally. Walter had the better Of the
submarine finger during the first
seven rounds. but weakened q bit In
the eighth. when some solid smacks
and poor support enabled the enemy
to tally i've times and apparently
wrap the pastime in moth balls. But
the same thing happened to Nays In
the final frame, and it cost him
game that seemed already in.
by counting twice in the opener. One
out, Rice forced Harris. who had,sin-
gled. and, with a fine exhibition of
sprinting. Tailed on Browers crash
past Mitchell. Turkey Mowed up
after rounding Arst but when Schang
took the futile relay to the plate and
completed the circuit. Harris triple.
q drive which took false hop past
Hawks to deep center, and Brewers
infield death produced another tally
in the third. -
sloppy Support for walter.
The Yanks nicked Walter for but
one single until the nth, when Meu-
sells double and 4 safety by Schang
gave them their first counter. They
were helpless then until the eighth.
>s-
ter and took an extra base on Rice's
tumble Mitchell beat out q bunt to
johnson. and Roth. batting for Nc
Nally, was credited with single.
good for one run. when Shanks let
his roller bound past him.
two count, then walked him. flling the
bases. Pipp cleared them with a drive
30 left that got through Miller for three
bases, and Wally Tailed on MeusePs
death, O'Rouke fumbling the ball just
long enough to lose any chance for
peg to the plate. A walk to Schang.
Mays sacrifice and Fewsters double
gave the Yanks another marker in the
following frame. Hank, Bing and
Blackie looked, wellEnot so good de-
fensively in this frame
That Last-Minute Efnish.
Entering the ninth four runs to the
bad the Nationals took advantage Of
slip by Shortstop Mitchell and ham
mered their way to victory in a sensa-
tional manner. O'Rourke walked after
Charity had been disposed Of and
scored on a triple to right by Milan.
who batted for johnson. Zeb delegated
his running to La Motto. Judge lofted
and the end seemed at hand when Har-
ris rolled to Mitchell. but the latters
low throw got away from Pipp. La
Motto counting. and then the slugging
started. Rice whacked a safety to left
which went for three bases when the
ball hoped past Ruth. Sam tailed on
SBfower's single over second and Miller
delivered the punch that sent Turkey
home with the winning marker, a dou-
BILE to right center.