Evening star., 1922-05-12

1t is veteran combination that
Speaker, one of the most popular
leading this year McInnis, on first.
is the only 49, face in the line
up OF the Ind..tns. and Stuffy Is an
old-timer, as are also Wamby. Card
ner. Jameson, Wood, ONeill and
Spoke himself. Joe SeweI, at short
ing down regular job and, being
IN his third season as major
Lacquer, he's no longer any part of
rookie.
Using Veteran Pitchers.
Even the pitchers Spoke is de-
pending on are veterans. ffe took a
nock OF youngsters to the training
camp. but they have been Topped off
gradually and the Ntwo who remain,
Dave keefe. formerly of the Ath
ietics. and Jim Lindsey, a free lance,
both have had considerable expert
ence. Coveleskie, Bagby, Morton and
Sothoron, all long in service. are
Cleveland. with Uhle and Mails fig
urlnS only occasionally.
After getting off to a good start
at the expense of the White Sox
and Tigers, the Tribe slumped bit.
but now has recovered and is in third
place. four and one-half games back
OF the league-leading Yanks. Speak
ers men hope to profit from their
stay in the capital, but are not over
confident, even in facing the lowly
Nationals. for they know from pre-
Fious experience that they always
are hard pushed by Criffs team, and
for the opening tilt of the set must
face Olaf Erickson, who has proved
considerable of a jinx to them for
years.
Pat Charity Gums Cards.
Aside from the fact that the Ma
, tionals were almost helpless at bat
yesterday, getting four singles scat
tered over as many innings. they
would not have lost their eighth
game In nine days if their defense
had not crumbled completely in one
inning, for two of the three fingers
The unsteadiHess of Hubert
Schuchsmeister Pruett, the first of
them, coupled with an alien error
and horseshoe bingle by Judge, en-
abled the Griffs to compile three un-
merited tallies. but they meant little
because the usually dependable Pat
Charity had an off day. way off. and
Zachary's efforts were nullified. Phil
lips and Brillheart who followed him
on the slab. both were in fine form.
but their pitching could not undo the
damage wrought previously by Char
Titys mistakes Of head and hand, with
Bush also an accessory.
Zachary held the Browns at bay.
. despite single and double punched
. in the third. until round 5. Then he
yielded a run that was merited and
his mates made it possible for the
enemy to register four others. with
as atrocious an exhibition of work
, aheld as has been seen in many a
day. One away. McManus doubled
down the left field line and scored
; on Pruett's single to the same terri
tory. Tobin's double to left center
put Pruett on third, and both clung
to their stations while Harris was
tossing out Gerber. Then came the
woozy stuff. Sisters lunge resulted
in a little swing bunt that Charity
npped Sisler for the third out by
seven yards, but for some unaccount-
BILE reason changed his mind about
throwing to Judge, glanced toward
home and then fired wildly past Bush
at third. Pruett and Tobin scoring
and Sisler reaching second. The lat
ter went to third when Bush took
Jacobson's easy roller and tossed wide
TO Judge. jacobson then stole second
and when Gharrity's bad heave car
ried to center field sisler and Jacob
son both scored. SEVERED flied to
Rice to end the round and Zachary's
work for the day.
The Griffs got three Of these tallies
back in their half of the round when
Pruett developed a streak Of wildness
anu MS teammates pe8dn TO emulate
the Griffmen's fielding tactics. Char
rity walked for a starter and was
forced by Goebel. batting for Zach
ary. Bush also drew pass, and.
when Gerber fun mbled Harris bounder
the bases were filled. Goebel scored
while Ssler was tossing out Rice,
Bush and Harris moving up a notch
and both reaching the platter on
Judges Texas Lacquer to right When
ShankS drew pass Bayne relieved
Pruett and filled the bases by wound
ing Brewer, but Peck's best was a
soft roller to Gerber.
Up to this point Pruett had proved
highly effective. Bush reached third
after drawing walk In the opener,
Brewer got 30 .,econd on a pass and
Cbarrity's Siksle in the second and