Evening star., 1922-07-19

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Judged by their recent accomp'
lishments. the Indians scarcely will
be recognizable as the same outht
that was vauquished in three of four
games her" early in May or that
dropped a trio of contests to the Ma
tionalS in Cleveland last month. AT
that time reports of dissension in the
camp OF the Tribe were rife. Ine
veterans, of which the club is largely
composed. were unable TO get into
their stride and it looked as If the
American League pennant winners
and world champions OF l92o were
headed for the obScurlty OF the sec
ond division. there to await acQul-
sition of the young blood necessary
to again make them contenders.
Heat Has Helped Tribe.
With the arrival of real summer
weather however the Indians are
travelling at top speed. The warm
sun has oiled the creaklng joints OF
their ancient limbs ana spoke mas
succeeded in injecting fire and dash
into the gang that is CARRYING IL
along at a dizzy pace. The Redsklns
vet may crack under the strain OF
the hot pace and gracefully sette
somewhere in the vicinity or SlNth
place but the net result of their re-
habilitation is that they have won
their last nine games. thereby eStap-
fishing seasons record for conSecu-
tive victories and fans or the fitth
city are all hoped up over the pros
pect that the Spokemen VIII yet mn
1sh in the money-third, second or
lust mebbe, first.
The Indians have it doped that IL
their rivals encounter as much. IN
the way of accidents or sickness IN
the latter part of the campaign as
thew suffered in the early part or tne
season they will have good cnahce
to overhaul even the leaders: In any
event the quality of ball piaEeu D!
the Indians on their current road trip
cannot be minimized. They have dis
played pitching. batting. heldlng' psse
running and general team work OF
caliber that cannot be denied.
Uncover Relief Hurler.
One of the greatest handicaps the
Indians had to contend with iasl sea
son was their lack OF good reliel
nircher. one with the ability to rescue
q falrering mate and check a rally
by the opposition. This dehciency
seems to have been supplied in the
uerson of Jim Lindsey, who now mas
the distinction of being ofnciai
emergency
sew earned the job by his work last
week, when he was impressed INTO
seryice three times in hNe days anu
came through in hne style on eacn
or>.a sion. \ week ago sunday Llhu-
SOW held the YankS to one run In
six sessions in his thirteen-inning win
at New York. The Red SoX failed TO
score off him in four rounds the ioi-
lowing Thursday, another game that
was credited as Lindsey WIN, anu
IL
Friday. The only run charged against
Lindsey since he has assumed his new
role was due to muffled fly by Luke
Sewell.
The spirit now prevailing i'll the
ranks of the tribe is we'll illustrated
nv the insistence on the part of Nor
ton and Coveleskie that they be per
mitted to do extra slab duty. Both
recently have worked with but two
days rest and that they are deliver
ing in handsome style and setting
a worthy example for their mates
is shown by the fact that in the three
game Philadelphia series just ended
the Mackmen got total OF only
twelve hits, an average OF but TOUR
to a game Coveleskie has asked for
permisSion to start two of the games
against the Nationals. so the chances
are that he will wind up the set next
Saturday in addition to hurting the
opener today.
Brillheart May Pitch.
1t is expected that Brillheart or
Francis will be pitted against the
Polish spitball manipulation when the
opening battle of the series with the
Tribe gets under way this afternoon
1t would be quite feather in the
cap of either youngster to put an
end to the record squirt of the Tribe.
Incidentally il is the Indians who are
next above the Nationals in the stand
ing of the clubs. leading them by ap-
proximately one game. IT Milans
men are to regain fifth place during
the present sojourn of the Redskins
IL will be necessary for them to
take three games of thes current
series. and as Spoke and his gang
are figuring on running their string
of consecutive victories to thirteen
by making a clean sweep here the
battles should be we'll worth whnA
If the recent breaks in weather
continue the Nationals will be hard
pressed for adequate pitching with
doubleheaders piling UP for later in
the season. They already have half
a dozen twin bills in prospect, one in
Cleveland, three in Philadelphia and
two here with the ST. Louis Browns.
The Indians also are in for a fairly
having seven games scheduled in FIVE
days next week. Tuesday the first
doubleheader of the season will be
staged at Dunn Field with the Ath-
1etics. and the following Saturday
the game with the Nationals post
poned on account o. the death of
President Dunn will be disposed of.
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