Evening star., 1921-04-20

Ed Rommen, Rollie Naylor and
Dave Keefe were the victims of the
onslaught. They are not the worst
twirlers in the world, by long shot,
and the prediction is here made that
many a mouundsman will receive
similar hearty hammering at the
hands of the vicious wood wielders
on the local roster ere the lengthen-
ing shadows of September forecast
the finish of the championship cam
paign.
Near-Future Outlook Bright.
As a result of the heavy firing in,
dulged in the Nationals remain tleo
with the St. Louis Browns Tor second
place in the standing of the clubs.
Just a notch behind the Yankees, ana
with their next four contests nSteo
with the teams against whom they
have obtained this advantage the
local encourage may be in position
when they clash in the first OF n'e
contests here next Sunday.
With Scott Perry. who is i'll. having
gone on to Philadelphia for medical
attention, and Bryan Harris, rignt
now the most formidable OF Mack
hurlers, being saved for the opening
at home with the Yankees tomorrow.
the prospect is that Bob Hasty or
Roy Moore, the only seasoned ieit-
handler on Comics pay roll, Will De
sent against the Grifmen in the nnal
of the series this afternoon. moore moore
hurled in sterling fashion for seven
frames after relieving Naylor last
Sunday, and if he can come back with
only two days rest, should give tne
Griffs lot of trouble, provided tney
get no better brand Of box work
than that shown by AL Schacnt yes
terday.
Al Has His Mates to Thank.
The Bronxman was decidedly un-
steady, something unusual TOT MN,
whacks at critical junctures. Her
rera" has his mates to thank 1or the
fact that he has record Oh two
straight victories unsuiiieo os d ue
feat ,t,or;+.-
five advice on the subject, it may be
assumed that Jezebel Tecumsen
Zachary or Eric George Erickson
will climb the hill against the AS
this afternoon, and that the nlnge5
not called on today will pc asslsneo
to bear the hurting burden IN the
season's inaugural at Boston tomor-
row.
seAaeht Easy at Outset.
schachts deficiencies were apparent
- the outset when he walked three
and was nicked for double by Du-
gan, being lucky to escape with oniy
one run charged against him. Eo
Rommen was hoped on and bombed
ofY the hill with two out In the open
er. however. passes to Lewis anu
YRourke, Rice's double and singles
by Harris. Shanks and Charity pe-
ing factors.
ond inning, nullified by a double play
Judpe started, a walk to witt anu
hineles by Dykes. C. Walker and Bra
xiIl netted the visitors another palr
Of tallies, which was onset oy RICE
aecond two-bagger and singles Dy
Milan and Harris of Rollie Mayor,
who proved even more unsteady anu
less effective than his predecessor IN
the following frame, when ne was
driven to cover before the round was
,arn1ated on free tickets to Milan.
Iewis Shanks and O'Rourke, doubles
hy Charity and Judge and a circuit
ciout by Rice.
DIVE Keefe Stops Slaughter.
pava Keefe was summoned and
,<ha raIIy ended when Schacht lned TO
Dykes on his second appearance OF
f6e inning Keefe gave a mucn-
improved exhibition, permitting oniy
three swats for the remainder OF the
distance. but one of them was a
homer by Judge in the fourth and
another a triple by Shanks in the
eighth that developed into tally
when Charity produced long fly.
Singles by Galloway and Dykes and
C,srence Walkers hefty triple gave
the AS a pair of runs in the fourth.
then AL settled down and was not
in danger again until the ninth, when
witt completed the circuit on his
safety, a pass, an infield death and
Dugan's sacrifice f1y-
Harris Tops Base Stealers.
Rice may have to look to his base
stealing laurels If Harris doesn't
break a leg. lose the inclination or
something Scrap Iron" annexed two
more thefts at the expense of Per-
kins yesterday to run his pilfering
total up to half dozen, an aver
age of one to game
The home runs credited to Rice