The Washington times., 1922-07-21

romped away with an easy victory
Manager Milan has selected his.
eleventh leadoff man. 1t is none
other than Sam Rice. who reached
first once in five attempts on his
first days trial Peck changed places
with Buclry Harris, Joe Judge step.
ped into third place. left vacant by
Rice and Goose" Goslin is the new
cleanup guy.
Bobby LaMotte, who played second
base the other day during the alb
sence Of Bucky Harris. IL now at
third. DOME Bush's famous charlie
horse having come to life once more.
There are plenty OF signs that
Olaf Erickson has lost his one rag
baby In this mans league. Time
was when he could merely climb
the hill 10 have the Indians turn
ed about and retreat. Now they
fall upon him, shifting him hip and
thigh. That takes away Oiafs
lone victim.
The Griffs were leading, ! to o.
when the Indians hammered Olaf
viciously in the third inning. That
put them in front and never again
had walked, reached second on q
couple of outs and Tailed when Olaf
, singled to right. but that lead was
wiped out like writing on a slate be-
meath the damp sponge.
"Stuffy" McInnis, who enjoyed
himself by turning in a marvellous
, fielding and hitting exhibition. open
ed the third with a scratch single to
Peck. steve o'Neill punched a
single to left. Erickson. for the sec
ond time this season, fractured the
rule Of the infielders' union by camp
Ing under Uhle's bunted pop ny.
Cuckoo" Jameson walloped the
ball out beyond Goose" Goslin. The
latter played the drive poorly and It
went for two bases. scoring McInnis.
Goslin's wretched peg TO the infield
rolled to the Indians dugout and
over went ONeill. Jameson RAM
bled into third base, from which he
scored when Wamby lifted to Brewer.
1 Olaf disappeared from the seen
| cry In the fifth frame after one
| enemy had died. Jezebei Tocum-
! sch Zachary, after q weeks nursing
of his crealSfng elbow joint, sue
| ceeded him and remained for the
rest OF the afternoon.
"Stuffy" McInnis banged a clean
| single to center as q starter In that
| fifth, going up on O'Neill's bounce to
I Judge. George Uhle. who used to be
powerful hitter, belted a triple to
the wall between Goslin and Rice,
McInnis walking over the pan.
Then came Cuckoo" Jameson
with a thunderous slam out over the
right-field wall. Uhle walking over
ahead of him. The fans, remember
ing that Jameson was a popular lad
when with the Griffs a few years
/ trotted, around the sacks.
7 wamby singled to left. and that
was enough for Manager Milan. He
walked out into the diamond, spoke
a Byzantine sentence into Olaf's pink
ear and in came Jezebel Tecumseh
Zachary. The Indians had slaugh-
/ tered their one-time jinx.
Zachary was touched up for five
hits and two runs during the latter
half Of the sISirmish. A pass to
Gardner, a single by McInnis and
O'Neill's fly produced one In the
sixth. Singles by SeweIl and Gard
ner, an Intentional pass to O'Neill
and Uhle's bounce to Judge
brought over the other In the
eighth.
The Griffs showed over their sec
ond run in the eighth. Harris took
one in the backbone for a starter.
only to be forced by Judge. Goslin
skied to Speaker, but Turkey Brewer
ratified the boards in the right-field
fence with a healthy ytwo-bagger and
around went Judge. Peck merely
rolled to Sewell.
"Oil" Smith came up for Val Pici-
Mich in the ninth and delivered a
! clean single to right. Milan, up for
Zachary. forced the Ohio sheriff and
Rice rolled TO Sewell.
| Uhle pitched excellent ball all the
way, but he was given snappy sup.
port, more especially by "Stuffy"
! McInnis and Larry Gardner. The
veteran thirdsacker made a miracu.
lous stop OF Picinich's hot drive down
| the line In the fourth and ran Peck