Evening star., 1923-06-13

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Fielding steadily and at times in
a sensational manner. while main
taining an average above the 800
mark kamm has done his bit for the
Side. but has received little assistance
Edward Trowbridge Collins. one of
the real marvels of the game who.
at the age of thirty-six and in his
ball. is sporting batting percentage
OF $40 is the only slugger on the
job Mostil having an average OF .314
kamm being listed at 81. while Nc
and Sheely with .270. are the next
most productive willow wielders.
Pitchers Have Failed.
The principal deficiency of the Sox
however. has been the pitching. Ur-
ban Faber who. in the past few
years has made practice of leading
the hurlers of the league. is show
ing signs of wear and tear. having
won but four games and lost half a
dozen. Michael Angelo Cvengros.
lawn McGraw had to let go at the
waiver price in order to comply with
the player limit is the only hurler
on the roster with as good as a. So
80 split to his credit. having broken
even in half a dozen games.
The Sox right now are occupying
the cellar. but kid" Gleason. who
is fully, entitled to the n9 m9nieker, ha,,
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tenanoe and the fact that he has
great grandchildren old enough to
play on his club, is scrapper VINO
gang into climbing by the force of
his own pugnacious spirit. At any
rate the SoX may be expected 10
make it interesting for the Bushmen
during their stay here.
Won On Three Hits.
The Nationals again muffed
chance to attain the top of the second
division yesterday. when they fell be-
for the Browns for a second time in
the series of three games. The score.
3 to l, indicates the closeness of the
battle. but conveys no idea of the odd
tiles of the affray. Johnson yielded
only three scattered hits in the seven
rounds he worked. but each proved
good for a tally. Tobin got No. 1 of
them on the first ball pitched, his
lofty looper just clearing the clock
on the rightfield wall. No. ?. was
double to right center by Danforth
in the fifth, and was productive be-
cause Barney started the round by
wounding SEVERED No. 3. was triple
obtained by Gerber to open the sixth
and it blossomed into tally, after
Williams had been purposely passed
when McManus flied to Goslin in deep
left. Russell yielded only single to
Tobin in the last two frames.
The BuShmen were eHeCludllS Ddl-
fed by Danforth until twenty-six re-
tirements had been recorded, al
though they had several fat chances.
Evans and Harris got inf1eld bingles
in the second, only to be left by Ruel.
A pass to Evans was all that follow
ed Judges double in the fourth and
Ruel got no further than the torrid
corner after starting the fifth with
a two-bagger. The same fate befell
Goslin who opened the sixth with a
hard whack against the scoreboard
for two bases, Judge. Evans and Har-
ris all lofting with a pass to Bluege
sandwiched in.
Late RnIIy Is Halted.
Ruel initiated the seventh by beat
Ing out a bunt to Ezzel and Bush de-
cided this was the spot to bring up
the heavy artillery, but before Har
grave got a chance to bound to Nc
itial station by Danforth. 1t was
after Bluege and Evans had been
set down in the ultimate canto that
things began to happen. Harris set
the ball in motion with a crack to
left and raced to third when Ruel
rammed a double down by the right
field pavilion.
Charity was summoned TO bat for
Russell and coaxed a pass to fill the
run for Pat. With the count two
halls and one strike on Rice. a balk
was called on Danforth, Harris scor-
ing and his mates both advancing
peg Lee Fohl then thumbed Dan
forth out of the pastime and fingered
Herbert Schuchsmeister Pruett in.
and the latter ended the hopes of the
fans when he tore over to first and
clutched Schliebner's toss of Rice's
roller with one fin.