The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
Macs MenLose to Tribe, 81,
Afte Eleven Wins in Row
Champions Bunch Hits On Zachary In First
Inning For All Of Their Rms-Uhle
Holds Mats Safe In Pinches.
Ny lack HYE

end came when the slipping In
dians turned with their backs to
the wall and took the final game
or the series, score to L Seven
teen Thousand fans. speaking words
of encouragement untn the end de-
parted from the srene with heads
bowed down by sorrow-
Never mind" said one who re-
hected the common mind, he was
a fine fellow while he lasted And
ne won't be forgotten soon"
The death blow was received in
the first inning when the champions
fen upon Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary
for five hits and three runs The
streak was a goner then though
the Griffs refused to believe it
They battled grimly to the finish
but their hopes were shattered
when George Uhle. pitching in great
form. turned them back with a
single run
Zachary HIT Freely.
The usually effective Zachary
was far from at his best He
Iis1dsd q total Of thirteen hits and
Il WAS only the best kind OF sup
port that prevented the Indians
from adding to their ultimate total
Bucky Harris and Milan came to
JUfB rescue when things looked
bad. but as long as the Griffs
couldn't fath0m Uhle successfully
there as no relief for the situation.
Washington gathered nine hits OF
Uh1e. Including doubles by Miller
and Brewer, and frequently infested
the bases, to which fact the ten left
to perish on the sacks was sufficient
proof
On two notable occasions the
stage was all set to start some
thing In Ghe first inning, with men
on second and third, Harris struck
ouf ON a high one for the third out
In the third after Uhle had forced
IN the winning run with a walk,
Harris was again up with the sacks
crammed The best he could do
was to lift an easy fly to Wood in
right field who doubled Milan at
the plate when he tried to score.
4 hit at either of these junctures
would have put the Griffs we'll upon
their way for their twelfth victory.
The failure to make it twelve
wins in a row was a sore disap-
pointment to the team, but they
have much more reason to be proud
law of percentages il was. only a
question of time, and a small time
az that, until they were DEBATED.
The next thing to do is to go out
and start a new string of victories.
The boys will endeavor to do that
this afternoon in the opening game
with the Browns.
Rap Zachary mt the start.
There was no hesitancy about the
champions as they faced Zachary
in the first inning. Evans opened
with a single, but was forced on
Wamby's rap to Shanks. Speaker
singled Wamby to third and Wood
cut loose a triple to left, scoring his
mates Gardner singled to left and
Wood registered. Milan came to the
rescue here by making a great catch
of Sewell's long drive to right and
should have doubled Gardner off
first had not Harris relayed the
ball wildly to Judge. Burns's single
put Sewell on third. but Harris took
in O'Neil's pop fly for the final out.
After that the Indians failed to
dent the pan, though they nj,
Zachary freely. Two of them were
cut down at the plate, once by
Judge and another time by Harris.
In the fifth Speaker singled, with
one out, and Wood beat out a hrr
TO O'Rourke. whose wild peg to
second allowed Speaker to ambie
20 third Gardner raped a grounder
at Joe, and that spry youth shot 1t
right back to Charity in time to
catch Speaker coming home.
Harris Engineers Fine Play.
Harris engineered a beautiful
play in the sixth. which resulted in
a double out. when the Champions
were again in a threatening mood.
There was none out, and Burns
was occupying third, with OMEN.
on first as the result of successive
singles. Uhle sent a grounder near
second, which Harris deftly trapped.
With Burns refusing to bulge off
third, O'Neill was caught between
that base and second. Bucky spec
across the infield and planted the
ball on the chubby catcher. During
the excitement Burns lost his head
and decided to come home. He ar
rived. however, Just after Bucky-s
peg had reached Charity, and was
roughly blotted out. That was a
play for the book, and came at a
most opportune time.
Milan pulled of another running
catch of Gardner's low liner in :he
seventh. which was inst as well, as
Wood was on first and might have
Tailed on an extra base hit.
1t looked for awhile as IL the
Griffs might retaliate in theis half
Of the first, when Rice singled with
two out. and Miller sent him to
third with a double to left. Harris
struck out in the pinch.
Grins' Lone Run n Gift.
The lone marker for the locals was
hung up in the third. when they had
another big opportunity. Zachary,
first up. singled and Judge skied to
Wood. Milan also singled, sending
the silent pitcher to second. When
Rice tapped to Uhle the stage was
set for a force play at second. but
the pitcher made a low peg and the
bases were .crammed. This unnerved
Uhle to such an extent that he
walked Miller, forcing in Zachary.
The sacks were still filled to over
flowing when Harris lifted to Wood
and Milan, who made a dash for the
plat with the catch, succumbed to
the former pitchers accurate arm.
After that Uhle had the number OF
the Griffs all the way. Judge and
Rice singled In the fifth. but there
was no subsequent punch to bring
thep In. In the seventh with two
out Harris raped a safe one to right
and shanks walked Charity could