Evening star., 1921-05-08

This lanky product of the Pacific
coast. not content with having ldceu al
pair of tiritlithian hurlerS tor a guar
fet of bingleS good for - many runs
on Friday. took up right where ne
left off the dav before. and with even
more damaging effect to the aspira-
tions oil Waiter Johnson.
What MIR. Meusel Did.
Taking a leaf out oi iidln pooh ne
Whdled a ball over the S-oEepo -'rd
with pal on the runway anedu oi
him in the third Inn.ng for the only
tallies obtained off barney till the
eighth Then. after the BdIAblno hau
eXceIled all his previous eHorts with
a slam which c.e-red the tAtchS, on
of the barriCadr i'll center helu-hiS ;
eighth circuit CIout OF the season ana
the mighticst POKE ever perpetraieu
In a Washington bail park-Meusei
contributed Il healthy double WhI II
paved the way for the tying taliS
when Ward Ioliowed suit. INA al .e.
the Nationals again forged to the
front in their half he contributed the
bone-cruShInS heartbrcaker IN thc
final frame TO dash the hopes or the
capital phalanX-a whistlInS triple 10
the jury box that caShed par OF ms
mates.
OF the half dozen runs chalked up by
the visitors MeuSel either drove in or
scored himself all but the one Ruth
personally escorted to the counting
station through his history .
wallop.
Griffs Obtain Early Lead.
After emerging from a tight place
in the opener. when blngies py feck
and Meusel and pass to Ruth load
ed the bases with two out Johnson
Travelled along in fine style Tor SIX
rounds, MeusefS marathon jolt in the
third being the only development to
disturb his cquanimlty, and not much
Importance was attached TO TINS at
the time, owing to cluster OF tallles
already acquired by the home brigade
off John Picus Quinn. The veteran
spitballist. after being kicked for
fruitless safeties by Judge and Rice
in the opener. got the gate In round
against the right field wall following
SKourke ssReSsssse and S'IIf Picinich. waite Hoyt
then was summoned and yielded
sacrifice fly to Judge to bring the
Nationals run total for the inning up
to three.
In the following frame gift dou-
BILE to Rice from Peck and Ruth who
pulled the after you act on his
Texas Lacquer. Brewers single and a
long fly by Harris gave the Grins
another tally and a two-run lead.
This margin apparently was safe
one with Johnson and Hoyt both set
tied down to an effective. machine
like method of hurting, but in the
seventh. the contest began to take
on a different aspect. Walter was
helped over a rough spot here. after
Hoyt and Roth had hit safely. when
Brewer shared drive from Peck and
doubled up Hoyt with a fine peg to
O'Rourke at second.
Things Happen in the Eighth.
. But n the eighth things began to
happen. Ruth's homer was the first
contribution. Then. after Pipp died.
Meusel doubled to left and scored.
following walk to Baker. when
Ward rammed tow-bagger to right.
WaIloping Wally Schang was pur-
posely walked at this juncture. filling
the bases and the wisdom of the
strategy was made apparent when
Hoyt raped to Johnson, who started
a dual killing with toss to Picinich.
Wal completing it by ferrying to
Judge. and leaving the count khotted.
Much gloating was in order in the
fag end of this frame when the Ma
tionals Were presented with run
that again gave them the ascendancy.
After Shanks had forced Harris. who
was winged, O'Rourke came through
with his third safety of the after
noon. stiff drive to right. Hank
pulled up at second. but when Meu-
sells throw went through Peck. Baker
and Hoyt, lined up in Indian fashion
at third, Shanks drilled on to the
plate with the supposedly decisive
tally.
That Guy Meusel Again.
1t seemed the Yanks were done for
in the ninth when, with Roth on
first through the medium of a swing
ing bunt, ORourke chased back into
left and made brilliant stab OF
Peck's short fly and the mighty Ruth
succeeded merely in lofting to Harris.
But tere the Goddess of Fortune bu:-
ted in. With the tickle dame smiling
upon him. Pipp raised little ny
which neither Harris, Rice nor Brow
er quite reached, Roth trekking to
third Meusel didn't need any luck.
A big bat was all he required and
with it he socked the ball a mile over
Milan's dome. reaching the far cor
ner before il could be relayed in.
And it mattered not that Baker
left him on third, for although Judge
raised some hopes by singing sin
gle to center. Carl Mays was impress
ed into service and Josephus was
forced by Milan. who in turn was
forced by Rice. while Brewer was ef-