Evening star., 1921-10-02

n OSTON, October 1.-McBride's
n Nationals injected a thrill
in the last few seconds of
the base ball season today. when
they hauled up right on the heels
of the Browns. ready to leap into
third place tomorrow. il the Tigers
can take a fall out of the Sisler
crew.
While the Washington entry was
smearing the Red Sox twice this
afternoon. the scoreboard showed
that Ty Cobb and the rest OF his
athletes were licking the St. Louis
outfit. That caused Walter Johnson
10 warm up, and the Nationals to
show plenty OF pep. and knock the
natives deep down into the second
division.
Zachary won the first game. to 2,
and Erickson emerged with the sec
ond. to l. The Browns were we're away
behind when the last ball was
clutched, and the Senators left for
home thinking they owned third
place. Fohl staged Il revolution, now
ever. and the extra-inning triumph
made the division of third-place
Il
How 1t Can he Done.
If the Senators beat the AS, which
they should. and the Tigers drop the
Browns which is fifty-htty propo-
sition, Washington will hurdle into
third place and have something to
brag about at the extreme END OF
rather dolorouS season.
sixty per cent OF 25 per cent of so
per cent of the total receipts of the
irst
sn't to be sneezed at. That's why
The ST. Louis athletes staged their
rally: why the Senators have depart
ed hence just as excited as they were
in the early spring days when 1t
looked as if they might stay out
around the roof.
The two games here today were
tame. fiaccid affairs Zachary had
lots of stuff in the first. while Pen
mock was slammed splendidly. said
the local flock. and Blonde Erickson
merely had to go through the motions
in the aftermath
The gate receipts didn't amount to
enough to buy Il new flag for Fenway
Park, and the visitors left with trans
portation and hotel bills and every
Thing coming out of previous profits.
That will be o. X. if fortune smiles
on the Washingtonians in the matter
of the Sunday wind-up.
lHto d Siuslcl VI
four hits in the second round of the
opener and the resulting three runs
settled that fray. Rice. Shanks.
D'Rourke and Judge produced the
base blows that did the trick. The
Senators added pair in the fourth
and the loners in the sixth and eighth.
showing that even numbers were
lucky over the week end.
All those runs made the two that
the inhabitants collected off zach IN
the fourth and fifth, respectively,
matter of gleeful recapltulation.
whatever that is. for the Washington
board of strategy.
No Time Lost In Final.
No time whatever was wasted in the
second encounter-fourth place was
certain and there was a chance for
third Harris drew a walk from
Karr. who started for the Sox. and
Milan. Rice and Shanks followed the
-Iip with one-shots Two runs re-
suited, enough to win the game.
The Senatorial bats swung so mer-
rjly that Karr departed after he had
been dented for five counters ana Ten
hits, and the invaders registered nve
off Lefty Thormahlen just Tor prac-
tice for tomorrow.
There wasn't any particular nero,
although Sam Rice shared a number
of clouts that would have gone Tor
extra base blows had anybody else
been covering the center patrol. he
robbed Pratt on three distinct oc-
casions. and generally doomed as the
best of the improving crop Oh out