Evening star., 1923-07-20

Opposing clubs have slipped afield.
TOO. and their pitchers have not al
ways avoided wild streaks, yet in only
few instances have the Nationals
prohlted by these errors and free
trips to first. In the eighteen engage
ments against the Yankees and the
western clubs played since July l 1874
-Bushmen have been left on the bases
an average of IA a game.~The clubs
met have gotten many more men on
the paths, but their average of
stranded runners a game is no
greater.
The Nationals wasted more effort in
the series with the Yankees than in
any other played. A total of 81 hits
produced only 10 runs in a quartet of
battles and 81 of Bush's athletes
awaited the punch that was not
Forthcoming. A slight improvement
In timely hitting was shown in the
set of tilts with the White Sox and
ed against the Browns. Good use was
made of the hits CLEANED off the
Tyger pitchers, but in Detroit the
National fingers faltered.
Grifs Weak on Attack.
The Nationals attack record here
so far is nothing to boast of. In the
pair of games they have combed a
couple of Indian twirlers for mat
ter of IL hits and 3 runS while IA
potential scores have perished for
want of assistance. Faulty pitching
has handicapped the Nationals con-
siderably during this trip, but their
inconsistent batting probably has
had more to do in making the record
for the tour of such sad one-four
wins against fourteen losses.
The fourteenth defeat of the tour
was suffered yesterday, the Nation
ais succumbing to the Indians in a
3-to-2 clash. The tribe was outbatted,
but Bush's athletes made good use of
their wallops in only one inning
Spit-ball artists toed the slap for
both clubs, Allen Russell starting a
game for the third time this season
for the Nationals, opposing Stanley
Coveleskie, slabbing mainstay of the
Indians. Both/hurlers We're spotty in
their work, but Russell was especial
ly slow In getting his bearings. Five
OF the nine hits and four of the six
Masses charged against him We're
granted in the first three innings,
when the Tribe did all it's scoring.
A homer by Iris Speaker that inau-
gurated the Indians third inning
proved to be the decisive run of the
encounter. After the Tribes big chief
had slammed the ball over the right
field wall, Russell hel& the opposition
at bay. Several times he got into diff
f1culty, most of the Indian batters
taking the limit count before it was
necessary to meet the ball, but Rus
sell always managed 10 DlICn nlm-
self out of the mire, although not
until the eight inning. their last at
bat, did the Indians fail to get a run
ner on the paths
Covey Has One Bad Round.
Coveleskie had his troubles. too, but
was unharmed. except in one inning
In Ave frames the first> National to
got beyond the middle station. Coveys
one bad session was the fifth, when
three hits produced two runs for
the BuShmen before a man was re-
tired. After that the Indian spit-baller
appeared to become stronger as the
game progressed.
The Indians converted Jamieson's
stroll into a run in the first inning.
Summa famed. but Speaker doubled
to left to drive the tally across. In
the Tribes second frame. Wamby
singled and after Gardner had been
thrown out Brewer knocked one
base blow and Steve O'NeiIl walked
TO filled the bases. Wamby scored aft
er Leibold caught 0oveleSkie's loft
Then Jameson got pass, again jam
ming the sacks, Summa, however, was
an easy out.
After Speaker had hit for the cir
cunt to start the third, Sewall singled.
Gardner drew pass and ONeill was
hit. crowdfng the paths, but Coveles-
kie had third strike called against
him. The Indians did not threaten to
score again until the seventh, when
they had the bases loaded, with one
out, only to be obliterated by dou-
BILE play.
Leibold opened the game for the
Nationals with a single, but got no
farther than the middle sack, and in
the second inning the bases were
all occupied, two of them being filled
after one batter had been retired,
when Leibold made the third out with
a loft TO Jameson. The Bushmen
went out in order in the third. but
Charity started the fourth with a
one-base smash. He was trapped off
first, however. Ruers walk and Peck'S
single followed. These were wasted.
O'Neill forcing Ruel and Russell
going out on strikes
When Dushmen Scored.
Leibold scratched a single to Sc
we'll at the beginning of the fifth, and
scored as Bluege tr1pled ITO left CEN
ter. Goslin's single tailed Bluege.
Here Coveleskie frightened. Rice
forced Goslin, and Charity and Ruel
rolled easy grounders. Rfce singled
and nilfered second in the eighth. He
remained at the middle sack while
three Nationals We're erased. Har-
grave, batting for ONeill, began the
ninth with a clean hit to center:
Evans ran for him. and was cut down
at second when Russell bunted. The
fore the INDIAN spit-baller..