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Furthermore. the Speakerites. who
have been coming back to the rest of
the bunch rapidly. took a brace when
threatened with the loss of top posi-
tion yesterday and administered to
the Yankees a walloping similar. in
it's old fashioned aspects 20 that suf-
fered by the locals at the hands of
Cobb's men. indicating that the Tribe
may be about ready to discard its
losing ways and resume travelling at
a gait BETTING world champions.
Courtney or Acosta Today.
Courtney or Acosta will get the high
sign from Mcbride for mound duty in
the final of the set with the Tigers
this afternoon, and if the managers s
choice can show only fair decoction
of stuff he will stand a good chance
of helping the Griffs even the count
on the season with the Bengals
Had either johnson or Erickson ex-
hibited an average amount of effect
ivenesS yesterday the Nationals now
would be a notch closer to the PIN
Eacle. for Howard Ehmke. good as he
was over the major portion of the
route, was pummeled hard enough in
OF session to incur defeat in any or
dinary game.
The assault the Nationals launched
In round Z. when they produced five
bingles good for as many runs. was
tne one spot IN an AFTERNOON
otherwise disappointing to 10000 pa
trons who turned out to make the
benefit for the Washington Boys Club
an unqualified success.
But the pastime of yesterday was
not an ordinary affair. Walter john
son was bumped right on the beezer.
and Olaf Erickson. after a belated en-
trance, Jared little better. the result
being that the Tigers made amends
for a couple of comparatively lean
days by socking seventeen Safeties
for total of twenty-five bases. and
benefited further from three errors
and a bunch of free tickets.
Grins First to Tally.
A swat by Harris in the Introductory
session was wasted. he being forced by
Rice. who died stealing. but the Ma
tionals broke through the defense of the
enemy in the second to the extent of a
single counter. and. incidentally. muffed
fat and juicy opportunity to make 1t
plural Brewer had lined squarely into
the paws Of Bush; when Miller rasped a
safety to left Ehmke struck a vein Of
wildness and franked Shanks and Char
rity. to jam the points. ORourke then
hoisted one to deep left center, which
Neach got under after a sharp sprint.
but dropped. The clout was long enough
vas accordingly scored as a sacrifice
fly. Had there been two out instead of
one an additional pair of markers would
have accrued from Veach's tumble. but
as it was the bases still were loaded and
remained so. as johnson succumbed on
strikes and Judge lofted to Bush.
After proving tame as tabbies for two
rounds the Tigers started growing af-
ter Sargent had famed in the third.
when O'Rourke's error on a difficult
chance from the bat of Bassler paved
the way for a counter With Ehmke
disposed OF. Blue walked and Bush ac-
counted for the tally with safety to
center. Cobb then crashed safety of
Judges glove. Bush being trapped be-
tween second and third through Harris
alertness.
The jungle cats continued snarling.
although to no effect. in the fourth.
when Jones single. Standardized between
walks to Heilmann and Sargent, loaded
the sacks with one out. Here Miller's 8
catch of Bassler's fly and perfect peg to
Charity to double up Heilmann at the
plate helped johnson out of the hole.
Walter Gets a WnllopinE.
But there was no aiding Barney in
the fifth. The Bengals. maddened by
a taste of blood. barred their claws and
sank their fangs into johnson. who
retired. bruised and bleeding from the
effects of a pair of singles. three dou-
a trio Of passes and a sacrifice fly
yielded by Erickson. who succeeded
him. netted the Jungaleers half a
dozen runs for the round. Ehmke
started with a twobase blow and Blue
beat out bunt to Johnson. Lu was
forced by Bush. Then Cobb tripled to
the scoreboard on the fly. Veach sin
gled and doubles bounced off the
bludgeons of Heilmann and Jones. five
tallies being over and Jones on third
through muff Of relay by Shanks,
when Johnson departed. Erick
promptly passed both Sargent and
Eassler to fully people the hassocks,
and Ehmke. on his second appearance
of the session. emptied one of them
with a sacrifice fly to Rice Olaf
plugged the open spot by walking
Blue. Shanks then took Bush's foul
to end it.
The Tigers Tailed again in the sixth
on singles by Cobb and Jones and