Evening star., 1922-08-02

Where failure to win games for
merly was traceable directly to lack
OF punch. it is only too apparent now that
weak f1inging Is to blame. Including
that brave start in which the iriHs
got twenty-one safetieS for eighteen
runs and their only victory of the set
in, Cleveland. they amassed sixty
bingles and thirty-SiX counters in the
five games with the Tribe. an average
of an even dozen hits and more than
seven runs to the game.
Indians on Warpath.
That's pretty stout attacking
gait. but pales into insisnificance
compared& with the Cleveland Of
fensive The Indians in the five
games collected no fewer than
seventy-four hits, twenty-one OF
them doubles. and fifty-six runs. an
even score more taHies than the
MilaneSe.
What makes the recent batting
rampage of the Tribe even more diff
ficult to account for is the fact that
their hitting against the lowly Mack
men, who preceded the Nationals to
Cleveland. was anaemic to an en-
treme, the Redskins losing three of
five games solely through their IN
ability to hit.
OF the entire series the licking
the worst They compiled fourteen
safeties off Bagby. but obtained only
three runs. while the Indians bettered
the slugSing mark set by the Nation
ais in the opener last Saturday. their
duplica ton of twenty-one hits net
ting them 4 total of thirty-siX bases,
the assortment off Francis. Zachary
and Erickson including one homer.
two triples, eight doubles and ten
singles.
Start Out All Right.
Four bffs off Basby netted the Ma
tionals two runs right at the outset.
Rice opened with a liner against the
right field wall for two bases, and.
after Harris popped in attempting to
sacrifice. scored on single to center
by Judge The latter took second on
Goslins safety to right and. follow
ing Brewers death. Tailed when
Shanks Shunted q hiHgle over the
midway. This put Gosiin on third and
Hank reached second on the throw-in.
but they were left when Peck rolled
to Gardener.
Gardner got an unsupported double
off Francis in the second. but in the
following frame seven Indian bingles.
including every known variety. netted
them as many runs. With ONenl dis
posed of. Bagby doubled past the ini
tial sack. moved up on Evans single
and scored with him on Wambys tri
pie down the left field line. \ muff
by Picinich of Speakers foul at this
jpncture proved costly. for Spoke fol-
lowed with crash off Francis glove
that registered Wamby. Wood walked,
and was forced by Sewell.
Gardener then clouted over Rice'S
head to the scoreboar in center for
a homer, Speaker and Sewell scoring
ahead of him. McInnis' safety to
right became a triple when Brewer
first fumbled, and, after getting the
was unable to throw 1t. Stuffy
counted on O'Neilrs single. Steve
then stole second, getting such tre-
mendous lead off Francis that Pict-
mich didn't even attempt a throw.
The round ended when Shanks inter-
cepted Bagby's terrific line drive.
Francis Driven to Cover.
More of the same thing was un-
covered in the fourth. when Francis
was pounded off the parapet, three
runs resulting. Evans burned bin
gle through Judge. and died steal
Wood walked. and the first two
named Tailed when Sewell lined a
double against the screen on the
first ball pitched. After tossing one
ball TO Gardner. Francis was lifted
in favor of Zachary. with the
squeeze sign displayed Gardner beat
ont perfect bunt to Shanks. scor-
ing Wood. Rice then got McInnis
and Harris took care of O'Nein.
After Zachary yielded binsle to
Evans and walked Wamby in the
fifth he was withdrawn in favor of
Erickson. but Olaf was little of an
Improvement. for Speaker promptly
doubled to right. cashing the pair of
them. Wood then hammered safety
through Peck before Sewell drilled
into double play.
Round six produced only a double
by Gardner. but the Tribe held high
carnival again in the seventh. when
q, pair of passes by Eric, singles by
Speaker and McInnis and doubles by
Jameson. Gardner and O'NeilI pro-
duced a handful of tallies.
After the first inning, the Nationals
failed TO connect effectively with
Bagby's lazy offerings, although they
threatened on three occasions, until
the ninth. when safeties by Goehel