Evening star., 1921-04-27

catch that killed off pair of incil
consecutive bingleS. the last OF who
the difference between defeat and V
That NcBride's Marauders today
are not roosting on the topmost perch
of the league ladder is due to no
fault of theirs but rather to the fact
that the Indians are indulginE in
late rallies themselves in habIt-fOrm-
ing doses. If the Tigers can put
the Bee on Speakers swatters thls
afternoon another day may see the
Griffs out in front.
Griffs Do Some CloutinE.
Whatever may he said of the man
ner in which the downfall of the
Yanks was brought about on Sunday
AMI Monday, no fingers can he pointed
at the modus operandi employed yes
terday Fourteen SAfetieS were com :
piled by the GrIffs in attaining thelr
earned. and although lot OF am
munition was wasted when the
pastime was yet younS-ten swats
in the first five rounds netting but d
single run-the practice they obtained
in hammering at the offerings OF
lack Quinn bore fruit N the sixth,
when they fell on Rip collins ana
also drove him TO cover
While the posies are being passed
around the sterling exhibition OF DON
work given by Jose Acosta cahnot pe
overlooked Entering the fray in the
fourth after ArbertuS Schacht had
been rak,d fore and aft for quar-
tet of taIlies. the half portion cas-
tilian limited Hugs murderouS maui . :.
ers to three solitary Singles Two VI
which were recorded as hits only be-
cause the official scorer has poor
eyesiCht or is generously inclined py
nature.
Which brings up consideration OF
something else. Both of the tainted
bingleS in question were drlNeS inIo
ShankS territory-right through the
athlete, in fact-and followed an
earlier two-base wild heave by HOW
ard 1t so happened that none OF
these miScueS proved factor IN the
scoring. but they might well nave
done so and the frequency with when
Hank has emulated a sieve since the
campaign got under way justifles the
guess that under different circum-
stances he might be given vacation
as his hitting. while fairly consistent,
has not been noted for It's productive
ness With victories being achieved
regularly. Mcbride will not consider
using either Eilerbe or Foss at third.
however, for what manager will break
up a combination that is winning.
Peck's Stop Prevents Tally.
Only a fancy stop by Peck of
crack through the box by Lewis pre-
vented the Nationals from scoring in
the opener with two down Rice
reached second on looper near the
left field line. Duffy's rap went
6cooped it UP in time to nail the bats
man. Nothing stopped the Yanks.
however, FewsterS double over third
base and a pair of sacrifices, one
mile-high fly by Ruth to Milan in deep
right giving them their initi0l tally
n Pinn then drilled a
hot one through Harris for two
bases. but was left when Scrapiron
sprinted to his left to grab Meusels
bounder.
Snappy work afield was required to
thwart the Nationals in the second. Har-
ris led off with a solid jolt to left. and
when he was caught off by Quinn gave
the entire infield chase before he was
waved out sliding back into first Con-
molly missed this one. Shanks whaled a
terrific liner that Ruth managed to in
tercept, and ORourke expired when Peck
again dashed over to second TO spear his
bounder with one fin.
Wally Schang, who had d tough time
breaking into the hit column this year,
going 10 bat twenty-five times before
he connected for his first safety against
Zachary in Washington Sunday, in
creased the ianks' run total by one in
their half through the simple expedient
of hammering one of Schachts benders
into the upper tier of the right-feld
stand for the circuit.
Nationals Get n Run.
A rosy opportunity to do lot of dam
age was given the go-by by the Griffmen
in the third. when four singles and a
sacrifice netted them their first run.
Charity started with a safety to center
and Schacht neatly sacrificed. Judge
bounced d single over Pipp's head that
scored Charity. Milan got d life on
hNx ND
Peck made a high dive back of second
10 check R!c"'s not drive. This loaded
the bases. witn one out. but Lewis best
was a pop fly 10 the pitchers box and
Harris died when his hot smash took a
tnank-ye mann hop to Peck.
Niian's weakness in fielding ground
balls was factor in the brace of
counters chaiked up by the Hugmen
in this session Fewster had famed.
when Peck hit the left field wall on
the fly, being held TO one base when
Lewis cleverly nabbed the ball on the
rebound. Ruth drilled d hot safety
down the right field line. II struck the
right field wall and bounced through
Nilan's legs, Peck scoring and Ruth
reaching third, from where he tailed
when Pipp lofted TO center. Rice got
OF a good throw, but he was too far
out 10 nip Ruth at the plate.
Quinn was raped for couple of
bingIes in the fourth without effect
Shanks singled sharply 10 left and
after O'Rourke had been called out
on strikes, Charity sent him to sec
ond with d safety to center. Hitting
for SchaCht, Brewer flied to Bodie
and Pipp stopped Judges liner.
Acostas first act on getting
Schachts job was 10 walk Bodie. Ping
was tagged stealing as Ward famed
however. and Jose ferried Schang
dr!bbler to Judge.
Quinn Is Driven Out.
Round five saw Quinn get the air
after Fewster had fumbIed Miian's
difficult offering and Rice had pumped
his third straight safety to center, d
total of nine swats off the moist bal
hurIer. Rip Collins succeeded hin
and. afer Lewis had sacrificed, got out
of the hole he fell heir to wher
Shanks rolled 20 Peck. Rajah's throw
forced Harris. and when Bucky gave
Fewster the shoulder, preventing hin
from throwing 10 double up Hank, the
latter was called out for interference
Howard's two-base wild heave OF
Peck's roller in this round came tt
naught when Ruth topped ball tc
Judge
Collins went the way of his predeces
sor in the sixth. when Rice put tht
finishing touches on his tenure with {
round-trip waliop into Babe Ruth.
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