Evening star., 1921-07-04

stay last month the McBridemen
have been floundering helplessly. In
three series-two of which were with
the Athletics-the club has managed ,
hren 10 eaE s,s2ss Gny %n Sur wsre seGfs aeheved
At Philadelphia. one in New York and
the other here. The Nationals now
must meet in order the Red Sox.
Browns. White Sox. Indians and
Tigers before returning here three
weeks from tomorrow. Truly a
formidable task.
Acostn Leaves Club.
The club has been getting little in
ton of some flashes by Mogridge and
Johnson, and now the staff has been
reduced. Acosta left Washington
yesterday for Havana, Cuba, where
his child is dangerously i'll The
Cuban twirler is not expected to
This means that the sunset sector
will be invaded with q tired corps
OF pitchers. for the club is expected
to go through six games during its
three-day stay in Boston.
During the past ten days there has
clouting that made the Nationals so
feared in the first two months OF the
campaign. The club was helped for
a time when Earl Smith replaced
Frank Brewer in right field, but soon
after Bing Miller. slugger extraor-
sociation, fell down badly in his
batting. This resulted in his with
drawal from the lineup and the
sending Of the veteran Clyde Milan to
left field.
Milan is hard worker and can be
depended upon to give the club every
thing he has in the way OF playing
ability, but he lacks the speed Of Mil
ler on the paths and the sureness OF
Miller in fielding. What does it profit
club II a player permits the oppos-
ing team 10 score as many runs as he
can drive in?
The only ray of hope for a fairly
successful road record lays in the
weakness of the western hurting
staffs. In recent games pitchers OF
that section have been freely pound
ed. and if the Nationals can return to
anything like their former batting
strength. they will make matters in
teresting for some of the opposing
aggregations. McBride's pitchers,,
however. must improve to a great ex-s
tent to keep the club in the first divi-
sion.
Macks Garner Eighteen Hits.
schacht and Erickson yesterday
good pitching. They continually
worked themselves into situations
that brought trouble and added to
their difficulties by developing occa-
sional wild streaks. Eighteen hits
for twenty-four bases were garnered
Schacht and nine by Erick. Gaines.
the recruit. hurled the final inning
and he was combed for safety.
Slim Harris. facing the Nationals
for the second time in the series. also
was hammered freely. but he general
ly managed to keep ,the blows scat
terd. Fourteen wallops were regis
tered of the lanky moundsman. yet
the damage was slight. AS in his vic
tory over the Mcbride men men last
week, Slim took advantage of his
comfortable lead and loafed when-
ever he felt SO inclined.
Two batting demons got in some
deadly work during the fray. Clyde
Milan led both teams at bat with FIVE
hits. one of them a double, in five
trips to the plate. His efforts were
responsible for three runs. Jimmy
Dykes also enjoyed himself. He crash
cd a triple and three singles in four
times at bat. getting three of the
! smashes Off Schacht. Jimmy was hit
twice by Erickson and protested
volubly on each occasion.
Mncks Get Enrly Lead.
The Macks got Off in front and
first on two errors and Dykes hit
They put two more over in the third.
when singles by Witt. Dykes and
Welch and Walkers sacrifice ny were
combined.
The issue was settled in the fourth.
when singles by Perkins. Witt and
Welch. double by {. Walker. triples
by Dykes and J. Walker an error. a
sacrifice hit and a sacrifice fly we're
mixed in. ten men going to bat.
Two more came the Macks' way in
the fifth on hits by Dugan and Nc
Cam, the latteC's steal and Wits
wo-bagger The visitors finished up
by getting a tall in the eighth on a
pass to Dugan. a single by McLann. u
wild pitch and Il. Harris sacrifice ny.
Singles by Judge and Milan followed
a pass to give the Nationals a run in
the third. Judges single, Milan's
double and Rice's hit produced a pair
in the sixth and the last one resulted
In the eighth from pass to Judge
and singles by Milan and Rice.