The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
Griffs Earn One Run and
Get Others as Result
OF Errors.
MAC USES 8 HURLERS
Zachary Is Knocked Out In
Seventh; Schacht Pound
ed in Ninth.
By JACK NYE.


circuit that the world champion
Cleveland Indians are cracking
were verified when Spoke" Speak
er and his men made their 1921
debut on Georgia avenue yesterday.
They cracked Mr.. Zachary and Mr..
Schacht for Is hits OF assorted
sizes and handed the Griffmen
their third consecutive defeat, score
= to ;
Stanley CoveleslGie, who was
serving his moist stuff from. the
Pitchers box, had. a much easier
time than the score would indi-
tate. He was nicked for seven hits.
but only one of the local runs was
earned. The others were a gen
erous gift through errors on the
part Of Wambsganns and George
Burns. In only one inning were
the Griffs allowed to get as many
as two hits by the spitball star.
sewen Is Cracking. Too.
An unusually large crowd turned
out to give the champs the once
over and ind out II they were ss
good as ever. The general opinion
prevails that they will be sbn TO
take care of themselves for the rest
Of the SUMMER.
Wearing scross their breasts In
large letters the world cham
pions" sign. the Indians looked very
much the part The youthful Joe
SeweIl at short. was the only new
face in the visiting lineup. and the
Alabama boy lived Up to all that has
been said about him. He not only
handled everything that came his
way around short. but led the bat
ters for the day with a double and
three singles in four times at bat
Despite the superior hitting Of
the tribe. IL was a battle until the
ninth. In that frame Al Schacht was
showed in to do the finishing with
the visitors one run TO the good. The
Bronx boys offerings just suited the
opposition and they socked him for
three runs. Jamiescn and Elmer
Smith. who were showed in to
counteract Schscht's right-handed
pitching. contributed doubles in this
inal frame. Spoke's system. OF
switching batters always has a DDS
concerting way Of bringing trouble.
Mention has not yet been made OF
Jim Shaw among the local pitchers
for the daT. All that J. Gruniing
had to do was to pitch to one batter
in the seventh, after Zachary had
retired by request. He made the
husky Burns hit into a dotble play.
which was fortunate. as Two men
were on the sacks. After that Jim
permitted Earl Smith to bat for@him
and fsded from the scene
AIaba~s Joe Starts Trouble.
Sewell started Zachary on the road
to ruin in the second frame when he
singled with one out and scampered
across the pan on Burns' two-baSe
blow TO far right center.
The second hostile run wa, mark
ed up in the fourth when Gardner
tripled TO center. the ball bounding
to deep left when Rice detected il
with his glove after a hard run.
sewell had another timely punch
IN his system and counted Larry
with single to right
For the first four rounds. Convey
allowed only one man to reach nrst.
rat charity was the lucky party,
plunking a hit against the hot sack
In the third. He was doubled up.
however. when Sewell took In
Zach's hopper. stepped on the bag
and pegged accurately TO first.
In the fifth the old breaks favored
the Griffs and they were presented
with a couple of runs in a At of
Cleveland generosity. Brewer, hrst
up, was given life on wamby's wild
throw TO FIRST, advancing a base on
MHler's single TO center. Shanks
laid one down and Burns aim was
poor when he tried to catch Turkey
at third. the ball sailing TO the pa
vilion fence. This allowed Brovsr
| TO dent the pan, while Miller halted
at third. Charity dropped a short
hy tnto~left, which Evans caught
on the run. Miller started for the
plate with the catch and made Il
easily because Evans tried TO check
himself so quickly that he dked
into the grass head FIRST. Zach
ended the fun by lining OUT TO
Sewell.
NONc NlincAs nllllnE gave lne
Tribe their third marker in the
sixth. Sewelrs double and Burns
single turning the trick.
Griffs Ears q Run.
In their half of the sixth the
Griffs had the unexpected pleasure
Of earning a run OF Coveleskie.
After Judge had singled and Har-
ris had sacrificed. Rice shot ons to
the fence In right center for three
sascks and Joe gsiloped home.
IT'S the start of the big innipg."
opined the fans. but they had the
wrong dope Sam was caught In q
chase on Brewers rap TO Wauhby
and touched out by Gardner. Who
doubled Bing at second by q peg
TO Wamby.
/ The one-at-a-time stun was cpn-
tinued by the champs In the Wv
enth when Evans doubled and
wamby drove him home with q
| single.
Zachary helped get himself ID .
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