The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-17


Nevertheless, 1t took some luck to
keep the clawing Griffs off his throat
Shanks' powerful drive In the third
would have gone to the wall In lett
field save that Sewell jumped and
chung to II. Both runners would
have scored, leaving Coveleskie In y
bad place.
Bases Loaded Twice.
Again in the fifth the bases wore
loaded twice, yet but one run re,
suited. Rice was UP three tirN ~
when hits might have torn things
wide open. His best was ,...
sacrifice fly. 1t should be admitted
that Convey was pretty good when
he had to be.
On the other hand. the Griffs were
cursed with mediocre flinging. The
Indians were quick to take every ad-
vantage of MIR. Courtney's lack oil
control, waiting for him to get into
holes and then stepping into he
ball. Mr.. Courtney was knocked off
the slab in the fourth.
Al Schacht was little Improvement
upon the long southpaw and took a
good drubbing in the seventh. Young
Gaines pitched the final frame and
escaped harm largely because Bing
Miller doubled up a guy at first
with a fine throw.
Smith Gets Two Hits.
Earl Smith got two clean hits in as
many attempts. He wrenched his an.
kle on reaching the bag on his second
slam, and had to give way to Brewer
Mr., Courtney hit Wamby with q
pitched ball on his weak knee In the
first frame. and the injured player
Will be OUT for week. That's one wav
of getting rid Of opponents. 1t did
real good, though, for his successor
got two hits in four tries
Bucky Harris connected with four
singles, one q fine swat to the wall in
right center. He and Earl Smith and
Bing Miller were the only Griffs to
get more than one hit apiece. Sam
Rice was the only one to go hitless.
Take Lead In Opener.
The Griffs took the lead In the very
first frame. Harris burned hot one
through Gardner's legs for a base and
went up while Wamby was disposing
of Rice. Smith ripped off clean clout
TO right, bringing Harris across. Mil
Ter banged the wall in right center
with two-bagger. Shanks stopped
the bombardment with a fly 10
Speaker.
Mr.. Courtney promptly dug himself
a hole and fell into II. Harris and
Judge pulled him out. With ono out,
Courtney hit Wamby on his bum leg
and young Stephenson had to replace
the veteran. Speaker took a walk.
Wood shot a vicious drive toward
right field. Harris was after that
grounder like a landlord after the rent.
He grabbed 1t in his gloved hand and.
still off balance, got II to Judge in time
to head off the batter. Young Steph-
enson overran third and, before he
could scramble back, Judges peg to
Shanks had doubled him up.
Thwarted by that snappy double
play I'M the first, Mr.. Courtney dug
himself another nice excavation and
fell into 1t neatly. He passed Gard
ner to begin. Sewell sacrificed
cleverly, Burns hammered line
single to right center, scoring Gard
ner. Nunamaker poled the pill into
the right-field corner for three bases,
the heavy-footed Burns crossing the
plate and putting the champions
ahead. Coveleskie famed and Harris
took Evans little fly, ending the
excitement.
Daring Attempt In Third.
The Griffs made a daring attempt
to get somewhere In the third, bad
luck alone preventing. Rice walked
with one gone and raced to third on
Smiths second clear hit 70 ''-''-
Smith turned an ankle on hitting
the bag and Browsi repIaueu ,.....
Miller tanned. and Lrower landed
safely at second whine Stephenson
dropped Nunamaker's perfect peg.
Then came the tough luck. Shanks
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