Evening star., 1923-07-23

Manager Bush threaten to extermin
Bluege hurt his knee in the seventh
lnulnG oi Saturdays game after
ciouting double to left Going to-
ward second he increased his speed
Tor an intended slide into the sack,
then decided to keep on his feet and
VAS forced IL check himself abruptly
when ht reached the base as SeWell
got Jamicson'S retUrm OF the bail at
the same time. OSSIe hit tine base
with his right foot. throwing alt
his weight on his left leg. and down
he went.
The knee was swollen so much
Yesterday that Trainer Mike Martin
thought ii best To order the young
fntielder TO Washington. Bluege.s
loss will be felt keenly by the club,
Tor its intield was none too strong
with Ossie shifted from his regular
position and utility players taking
care of other stations.
Red HargraVe, OF course. can fill
in quite we'll at third base. but un-
less Capt. Harris gets back in har-
ness in Boston the Nationals Will be
weak at the middle sack. Bluege
had just about fully recovered from
batting and tie ding slump when
hurt and was playing remarkably
well.
As expected. Walter johnson reg
istered tn" 3.000th strikeout of his
big league career yesterday. when
the Nationals defeated the Indians.
to l. Steve o'Neiu. the veteran
catcher. WAS the victim. tanning for
the final out of the second inning.
Johnson struck out four others dur
ing the remainder of the fray to
make his grand total 3.004 lie was
in great form, particularly in the
sixth session when Lutzke opened
with d single that was followed by
BrUWer'S double. Johnson proceeded
to fan O'Neill again. also CoveleSkie.
and gave Jameson nothing very
good to hit.
Stanley Coveleskie. who was cred
tied with win over the Nationals
Thursday. attempted d come back, and
with better support probably would
have given Johnson more of a battle
As il was he did quite well. He gave
way to pinch batter in the eighth
and Slim Joe Edwards finished the
game" The victory gave the Nation
ais the series, three to two, and an
even break with the Indian in the
twelve games between the clubs this
season.
Aided by Tribal Errors.
A pair of Indian errors helped the
Nationals to a run in the first inning.
Leibold got a life when Sewell failed
To handle grounder cleanly and
Bush sacrificed. IutZke threw out
Goslin. but Brewer tossed wildly i'm
an effort to head off Leibold at the
far corner and the runner counted.
More lurid fielding by the Tribe
benefited the BusEmen in the third.
Evans began the session with clean
single I" center and Johnson sacri-
feed Leibold. too. hunted. but
ONeill fell after recovering the ball and
threw past Brower. permitting Evans
to get home.
The Tribe got back one of the tai
lies in it's portion of the third. With
two out Summa doubled down the
righttie1d line and Speaker strolled.
Sswell hit 10 right field for single,
SumnIa scoring.
The Nationals got their final tally
found one of crveleskic's pitches to
hia liking and knocked it over tho
right field fence for the circuit. II
was Rice'S accoud homer Of the
aer:cS.
johnson would hn>e registered the
%.nn0th strike Of his ma jor league
pitching q few seconds earlier than
he did had Ruel frozen TO 4, foul
tip. O'Nefll. with two strikes against
him took Il vicious swing and Just
nicked the ball, but Ruel dropped it.
uamby's double in the second in
ming was q fuky affair. He lifted
the ball to short left and both Cos
lin and Peck dashed for it. The lat
ter. apparently fearing d collision.
checked his pace and got only his
finger tips on the sphere.
Bush and Ruei were credited with
hits after bunting. In the third in
ming Lutzke and ONeill waited in
vain for Donie'S tap to roll foul,
while Ruel beat Lutzke's throw to
Brewer in the fourth.
The Tribes double play in the sew
nnth was negotiated easily. With
Ruel on first. Hargrave flied to right
Muddy. taking no notice OF Summa
who was set for catch. ran wildly
20 second and had no chance to re-
turn to the initial bag ahead of the
Indians throw.
DOME Bush did some snappy play
ing around second. In the fourth
inning he made good catch of
Lutzke's liner to his left and an
equally good one of Brower's to his
right.