Evening star., 1921-08-24

Three runs. compiled one at time
was the extent of the damage done to
the Jungaleers' burly southpaw yes
terday- Zachary, on the other hand
was located for seven SafetieS and
half dozen tallies in six frames
while Courtney yielded as many runs
on seven bingles in two innings. Bad
as McBride's two left-handers proved
to be, they were made to look worse
by the sieve-like support accorded
them. Harris. Miller. Sianks and
Charity each was charged with an
error and there were other sloppy hits
not registered. which nevertheless
helped the Tigers in the compilation
of ITALICS.
some Nifty Fielding.
Harris and Smith both pulled fine
plays that made dual killings pos
sible but Stan offset his with a wild
heave; Charity and Shanks each was
guilty of the same offense. and Miller
contributed tumble. In addition
Bing looked bad on couple of oc-
casions in going after long drives.
Hank let two swatS sift through him
and muffed a throw that would nave
broken up double steal. Altogether.
the boys looked pretty punk and the
average spectator could be pardoned
for wondering how that gang could
be in third place. The Tigers eXhlblt-
ed brand of base pail just the re-
verse. and fully merited their iop-
sided victory.
Zachary paved th> way for the first
tally of the combat when he opened
the third inning with side swipe to
left. He took second on Smiths swat
to center. moved along another peg
on Harris swinging bunt and tailed
on Judges long fly to Heilmann.
Earl was left on the far corner when
Miller rolled to young.
Tigers Go to Front.
The Tigers responded in their half
with trio of swats which. with a
walk and some strong-arm work by
Harris and Charity. put them two
runs to the good With one gone.
Bassler walked. and scored on Oh-
hams double to right-center- Harris
relay bounded over Gharrity's dome.
Oldham racing for third. and when
Pat heaved the ball over Shanks head
the pitcher reached the counting
block Young followed with a safety
to center and. after Jones died. Tailed
on Cobb's double to left. Ty worried
Zachary into baking him to the far
corner. whereupon Charity and
Shanks collaborated in picking him
off the bag.
Charity made additional amends in
the fourth for his misplay when. un-
aided. he reduced by one the lead of
the Tigers through the medium of
parking the horsehide out of the lot,
1t was tremendous clout that landed
on the far side of the street beyond
the left-field fence.
A double Heilmann bounced off
Shanks' ShinS in the fourth aNailei
nothing, but it required a neat bit OF
work by Smith to prevent the BengalS
from adding to their run total in the
following frame. Bassler again drew
a walk to start with. He was sacri-
feed to second by Oldham. and. after
on a safety to right by Jones. Smith
took the ball on the run. and with a
perfect peg to Charity erased Bass
Ter sliding into the dish.
Grins Get on Even Terms.
Round saw the Nationals pull up
on even terms with the Jungaleers.
With Judge Bet down, Miller rammed
double over third and tailed on
Milan's healthy clout to the score
board for two bases Gharrity's punch
to Jones resulted in Milan being run
enough to permit his mates to reach
third and second. where they were
left when La Motto rolled to Young
Zachary was subjected to fine
lacing in the flag end of this round
when four safeties put the Tigers
disposed of, Veach singled to center
and took second when Heilmann
again raped safety through Shanks
Eeach was forced at third on Blues
tap to Zachary. but Flagstead con-
nected for a clout to deep left. which
registered Heilmann and Blue when
it carried over the tips of Miller's
fingers for two bases. After being
wild pitched to third Flagstead Tailed
on Bassler's ace to center. The
slaughter ended with the retirement
of Oldham.
Then Zachary was withdrawn, as he
should have been long before. but
Courtney Jared little better in the sew
enth, when singles by Jones and Cobb
and Eeachs double against the
scoreboard netted an additional pair
of markers. The bombardment was
continued in the eighth. which pro-
dueed four more Tiger tallies on a
conglomeration of as many hits. a
pair of walks. a double steal and er-
rors by Miller and Shanks.
Batting for Zachary in the seventh
Bush singled and Smith was hit by
pitched ball, but the threat ended
when Harris drilled into double
play, and in the last two frames a
long single by Shanks was all that
materialized off Oldham.