Evening star., 1921-08-07

Harris, Miller, Charity. Judge and Milan
all being compelled to DOW 10 HIS
prOwess. ,,.,., a.-
fensiye armor was a lazy foats: wnich
Invariably caught the Griffman on tneI
stride and resulted in an unusually iaIse
number of balls being hoisted TO waitins
fieIders when the batsmen connecteG
with II at all. Possessed of splendid
control, Uhle practically slow-oaheu e'e
Nationals to death.
Although their victory enabled the In
dians to recover some OF the srouno 'hey
lost earlier In the series. those VINO are
convinced that New York Is the ciup the
Nationals will have to beat to attain
pennant. point out that the local array
is none the worse of for their mOIhen
tary setback. Included in this numoe! -
Clark Griffith, who pays the salaries Oh
the Nationals y,
."This licking didn't hurt so much.
cffff asserted after the battle. That
gang in New York lost, too, and they II
get many more beatings before this race
ends I'VE are not through by any
means
lack Hammered in Opener.
Zachary was subjected to a fierce
bombardment right off the reel. five
ringing base hits netting the Tribe
three runs and. but for some snappy
defensive work back Of him, the
visitors run total would have been
even greater. Evans opened with
crack to center. Wamby's roller 10
Shanks would have resulted in a dou-
BILE play had Howard's peg to harris
been better. Speaker sent Wamoy 70
third with safety out Milan's way
and scored with him when WOOD
tripled to the jury box. the iatter
counting on Gardner's single TO iet!.
Milan here came & to Iaehs N se1:s seseu %i.n d,s,
tant poke and, after Burns single
had sent Gardner to third. Harris
snufred the rally with fine effort
on O'Neil's foul.
retrieve a couple of these tallies In
their half. when. with two out. MfileS
rammed a double over the far corner
following a single to center by Rice
Harris fell down in a pinch, missing
a slow ball for a third strike.
Round threatened to be reDe-
tition of the opener, Evans biting
to center with one gone and moving
to third on Wamby's sacrifice and
slow roller to O'Rourke, which Speak.
er beat out, but the session ended
without damage when Wood lined tt
Milan.
Grins MuM Big Chance.
A golden opportunity TO register or
the wohlesale plan was muffed by the
Nationals in the third inning. wher
they had the bases loaded with onl,
one out and garnered but single
tally Zachary led with a safety tt
center. Judge lofted to Wood. bu
Milan shot single to center and
heayed low to Sewell. the corner!
were crowded. Uhle made the local.
present of their solitary tally herr
by his inability to get the ball Owe
foE. Miller. Zach being forced to tn
counting station. Once more it wa
UP to Harris and again the scrapp!
second-sacker failed in the emergency
hts short fly to Wood resulting II
Milan being doubled up at the plat
when he attempted to score after tn
catch
Zachary settled and retired the In
dians in order in rounds and 4. bu
in the two succeeding frames smar
defensive work was required to saw
giles by Speaker and Wood. wit
0Rourke's wild heave on the latter
put Redmen on third and first. Juds
gathered in Gardnef's smash and ef
faced Speaker at the PLATTER with
snap peg to Charity. and Sewell loft
ed to Miller.
Harris Pulls Smart Play.
In the sixth. successive safeties b
Burns and O'Neill again found In
dians perched on third and first, thi
time with none out. Here Harri
clutched Uhle's rollers and. seeing tina
oNelll ndQ euSeu OIL SScOHQ, race
over. tagged him on the line. an
when Burns foolishly attempted I
score at this juncture effected a dua
killing by pegging to Charity.
A sensational running catch b
Milan of low liner from Gardner
hat saved Zachary from being score
on in the seventh. for Wood was o
first at the time through base o
balls Thereafter JezebeI was nc
threatened. yielding only lone single
to Burns and Warnby in the eight
and ninth. respectively.
With Zach set down on strikes I
the ffth. Judge singled to center an
reached the midway when Rice fo
lowed suit. after Wamby took Milan
ny in short right field. This was Mi
1er's opportunity. but it went glin
mering when Bings rap to Sewe
resulted in Rice being forced at sea
ond y
Hopes Again Revived.
Zachary's single in the seventh wa
unsupported. In the following fran
homes of the fans were revived whe,
with two gone. Harris ripped sing
past Burns and Shanks drew a frt
ticket, but Gharrity's best was 4
in front of the plate which O'Nei
camped under.
In desperate attempt to avert q
feat, Smith was nominated to hit Il
ORourke in the ninth, but he fe
victim to Uhle's pitching proves
succumbing on slow ball. The spe
tators perked up bit when Browe
appearing for Zachary. tOoped a lucI
Texas Lacquer to left for two base
but neither Judge nor Milan was alb
TO get the ball out of the fnfield.