The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
COVELESEIE BEATS
YOUNG BRILLHEART
IN PITCHING BATTLE
Kid Southpaw's First De.
feat of Season-Erick
Today.
By RAY HFLGEsFN.


With the youth of Washington
eagerly watching and mentally and
verbally pulling for Its heroes, the
Nationals were forced to take the
short end of 4-to-1 score in their
benefit for the Boys Club of WASH
sington with the Cleveland Indians
yesterday. One Of the largest week.
day crowds of the season saw the
Griffs try in vain to stop the Tribe 5
wild jaunt through the Eastern end
of the johnson circuit. The victory
gave the Indians an American League
seasons record of ten wins in q
row
As a result of their defeat the Ma
tionals dropped a notch lower in the
mtre of sixth place. while the Tribe
Strengthened its hold on fifth posi-
ton This morning the Griffs are two
full games In the rear of the Indians
and their only hope of blasting Cleve-
land from its present resting place
Is to win the three remaining games
Of the present series. which, on the
face of it. is no job for children.
Trie Beats Brillheart.
]. Benson Brillheart. almost as
young as some of the kids of the
Boys Club. started for the Nationals
and was charged with his first de-
feat of the season. The youthful
wfonghander. usually as unconcerned
as veteran. appeared nervous from
the outset. Possibly the crowd both
cred him. At any rate he was un-
steady from the start and was lifted
in the seventh in favor of a pinch
hitter
When he could get his deceivers
over he was effective enough, allow
ing but seven safeties during his
seven innings of toll But he was
wfld. issuing six passes. and for the
frst time since he became a men,
Der of the Nationals seemed nervous
in the pinches.
At that Manager Milan picked a
tough spot in which to drop the
kid. Speaker sent Coveleskie to the
mound. and with the big Pole in
great form 1t required almost air
tight pitching il the Nationals were
to stop the Tribes winning streak.
Coveleskie got away to a bad
start this season. but in the last
three weeks seems to have found
himself. And when he's right there
are a number of pitchers easier to
beat.
A wild throw by Peckinpaugh in
an attempt to complete a double
play had much to do with the scor-
ing of the Tribes first two runs in
the second inning.
Goslin's Catch ScintilIates.
Gardner opened with a single to
left center. Goslin then made a
fine running catch of McInnis' drive
to short left center. The Sally
Lacquer was forced to come in fast
He barely grasped the pill at his
knees falling into a tumbling act
Immediately afterward.
O,NeilI singled to short left, but
Gardner could only get to second.
BriHheart then walked Coveleskie,
filing the bases. Evans rolled to
Bucky Harris. who scooped the ball
to Peck. forcing the Pole. Peck
hurriedly lined the ball to first try
ing to complete the double killing.
but his peg was wild. coming to
rest in the dugout. and Gardner
and O'Neill scored. Evans stole sec
ond. but wamby struck out, ending
the inning.
Cleveland got another run in the
fifth. Brillheart's pass to wamby
being partly responsible for it.
Speaker sacrificed. Brillheart to
Judge. and after wamby had stolen
third. the first time on the local lot
this season. he scored when Wood
lined to Rice in center.
Grins Score In sixth.
The Nationals first and only en-
try into the run column came in
the sixth. After Sewell had
smothered Rice's pop fly. Judge
singled to right and went to sec
ond as wamby was tossing out
Brewer. Goslin then >obliged by
Aunching a single to center. scor-
ing Judge. Harris, however, still
in the throes of a batting slump,
lifted to Speaker in deep right
center.
That was all for the. Nationals.
but the Indians still had az one-run
punch left in their system. After
wamby had been disposed of in the
seventh Speaker doubled against
the right field wall. Wood rolled
to Peck. who tossed Speaker out
at third. Wood stole and scored
as iSewell singled to. center; Sewell
went to third when Gardner dropped
a Texas Lacquer over Harris head.
but both were stranded when
Bllcky tossed out McInnis.
Milan derricked Brillheart for a
pinch hitter in the Griffs' seventh.
but nothing came of it. With
Charity disposed of, Earl Smith
tried for the kid but could only
lift to Evans in short left
Ray Francis pitched the eighth
and ninth for the Griffs. He held
the Tribe safe during the last two
frames, but II was too late with the
punchless Griffmen quite as punch
less as ever.
Erick Erickson may get a chance
to stop the Tribe this afternoon in
the second game of the series.
ETick has always had some sort of
a charm over the Indians. and
Milan may rely on this to break
SPEAKERS string.
Who Erick will draw for an op-
ponent is problematical, but Mails
viii probably get the assignment.
Members of the Boys Club gave
a series of interesting exhibitions
before the game. Most of them
were physical exercises which had
been taught them by those in charge
of the club.
y The most interesting, probably.
was the battle royal. A number of