Evening star., 1921-06-25

winning two-thirds, OF their
striking distance of the league lead
so far as improving their position il
the familiar scenes of their own lot
while the 9-to-5 drubbing inflicted
makes their total of games lost, to
of that maintained in the capital.
end all chance of ovcrhauling the
ing on apace makes a slump to four
The trouble with the Grirmen is a
decided falling OF on offense. 1t Is
true that in three OF their last SIX
battles they have hit into double hg-
ures, but the enemy also has been
active with tho fail. and in trio OF
these Tits the Nationals collected
only four, six and light bingles. 1t Is
not 30 much the reduced quantity OF
their swatS as their lack of effective
ness which hurts. however.
Not Hitting Timely.
Tho right men are not getting the
blows or rathsr s, not "a. tSs Mere ae. de.
pended upon to proddce haye not'been
coming through.
Harria Rice, Brewer. Miller and
Charity all have skidded badly IN
has made only four hits in his last
half-dozen games. three OF them In
that dfteen-inning affair in Philadel-
phia, which was lost. He and Rice
both went hitless yesterday. rs, they
'tS Sam mo has u Just e one binelee to his
credit In his last twenty times at bat
Brewer went for five games without
getting Q safety before last Tuesday
causing Mcbride to replace him with
Smith yesterday. Miller has collected
just two swats in the last half.dozen
contests and Ghngitys tat average is
shrinking rapidly.
coming from the right sources oE at the
right time was shown in the farewell
battle with the Mackmep, when eleven
whacks were obtained, but only two of
them fell to athletes higher than sixth
place in the batting .order-in other
words. there was no punch where the
punch Is supposed to be.
shanks Sets the Pace.
Yesterday Shanks got half Of the
teams six kafeties. Harris. Rice, Miller
and Charity accomplishing nothing at
all The boys may all get into the stride
again at ono time, in which case the
the leaders, but if they continue to plod
along at their present rate Of speed the
second division will be yawning for
In their present slump they offered
little opposition % to the Yankees ;Sd yestsr. sts .
a
dozen hits. while his mates more than
doubled that total off Courtney. Many
of their blows were scratchy affairs. and
they got all the breaks, but the Grihs
were too weak with the hail to deserve
TO win. regardless Of luck.
Ruth really was responsible for New
York's first run in the opening round,
although his efforts at bat resulted In
fly Charity caught In. 'front.' OF the platter
Fewster started the round with double
yaft nd
sacrifice. Courtney. in his anxiety to
dispose Of Ruth. put q little something
extra on a hook and q wild pitch re-
suited. Fewster scoring. Then It was was
through a binsle to rtshA where he was
Fewster also was a factor In the
compilation OF . Gothamite tally in
the second. his single following a
walk and Nays Texas league bingis,
the two markers registered by the
Hugmen In the third Harry started
this frame by tanning Ruth. Baker
singled TO right and was forced by
Meusel. Pipp then doubled down the
right-held line. Smith got the ball in
who overran third The result was a
high heave into the box seats. Meusel
and Pfpp both scoring.
Yanlks Keep ON Scoring.
New Yorks scoring streak remained
unbroken in tho fourth. and again
Fewster figured. With two away he
walked and stole second. Judge tax
ing GharritY's throw and scrambling
around lookipg for the 4anks. who was
walked and Ruth doubled over first.
scoring Fewster. Baker rolled to
Harris
Earl Smith got As far rs the hot
corner in the second. when his Texas
Lacquer Was followed by Shanks' reg
pened for them till the NTH. Then.
with Shanks on second through his
safety and Gharrity's death. ORourke
drove one of Nays hooks into the
lower tier OF the grandstand Tor the
circuit and two runs.
Meusels rap which took q lucky
hop over O'Rourke's head. Pipp's
sacrifice and Wards clean single gave
the Yanks their customary run in the
nth. but in the following frame they
failed to score, Fewster whiting at
tho outset and Peck being doubled up,
when Ruth raped sharply to Harris.
But they got under way again in the
seventh when all manner Of little
taps bounced of somebody's anatomy
In unsuarded spots.
Baker led with his third single and
meuSeI uupllCdtSos OInJ ~ 10 1OICSu
by Pipp. Wards crash caromed of
Shanks' leg to center field for two
bases. Baker scoring. Schang then
bounced one over the tips Of
O'Rourke's glove, cashing Pipp and
Ward, but being killed off trying to
make second on Miller's peg to Har-
ris. Mays beat out 'bunt to Judge.
Courtney falling to cover first. Fews-
ter left him there.
Harris Gets to Second.
Harris got as far as second In the
sixth, following his walk, and Shanks
languished at third on his blow to
center in the seventh, which Fewster
misjudged, but another Washington
tally accrued in the eighth from
Judges double over the initial sack,
Harris death and Rice's long fly.
Smith famed.
Shaw got courtneys job in the
eighth and set the Yanks down in
order, including Ruth. who rolled to
Judge. Shanks got first on Wards
error in the ninth, but stayed right on