Evening star., 1923-08-07

100 long nave the Nationals Deen
prone t. depend upon players well up
in years. according to the base ball
standard, instead of employing young
er athletes. There may be some eX-
cuSe for such system when a club
has chance a one of the many posi-
ions in the pennant race. but as the
Nationals stand at present there APP
pears to be none.
There never was a base ball player
who improved while warming the
bench. nor Il club that hettered itself
by persisting in standing pat" on its
makeup. Experiments must he made
If the Nationals are to be any better
next year. and they may as well be
made now. Giving the youngsters
chance may prove worth while.
Bushmcn's Errors Costly.
The shift in the lineup certainly
was not responsible for the 5-to-2
loss 10 the Indians yesterday Ihat
was due absolutely 10 inefhcient
and inability to solve the slantS OF
one SherrOh Smith, veteran left
handed finger of the Tribe. The Na,
tionals were quite erratlc IN the hei9
not do to hand the battle TO the
II was one of those days that come
to every ball club. and perhaps IL
much poor playing out of their sys-
TENS. None of the five tallies reg
istered by the Tribe was earned
technically althousn tttod a. Tbers the siab for
the clan of Griffith. apparently had
nothing with which to bafie lle
smuggling Indians. and was Wen va
loped. while Allen Russell: rellel
hurler. was slow IN getting MS
How4ver. some alright pitching
would have been needed TO Keep tne
Nationals in the game when Inei Ieh
"a
They nicked this SouthpaW for ohly
four hits in the first eight lnhlnsS
and never threatened TO become Gan Gan,
gerous until the ninth. Wheh tnTS
for Ali their runs. This Hareup'
though. was nothing impressive.
The Indians did their scoring III
the first. second and seventh sessions.
in which the Nationals did all their
faulty fcldinG Jameson opened the
frav with a single off McSrldge. ou.
connolly rolled to Harris ana
donhIe plav was in sight. Harris
thongh elected to make the out at
first. Then Charity, attempting 10
get Jameson at second. heaNeu "
center field and the indian runner
reached third base; soeakeF sirted iirted
unon getting, so Jameson romped
home after the eaten
Mogrfdce Departs in the Second.
Goose Goslin started Mogridge to
his downfall in the second frame;
Stephenson sent a loft TO left and
Goose kindly permitteG the ball 70
drop through his hands. putting
Stephenson on second. Then came a
hunt single by Lutzke and regu-
lar base blow by Brewer, scoring
Stephenson but when O'Neill rap
ned into a double play it semed that
the rally was sCuelched. Mogridge,
however. yielded Smith single that
counted Lutzke and walked Jameson,
50 Russell was called to the mound.
The relief hurler, not ready. prompt
" passed Summa and Speaker, fore
ing in the third tally of the inning.
The Indians did nothing more until
the seventh when a pair Of errors by
Harris mixed with Summa's double
and Speakers single. produced a run.
All the Nationals did was look at
Smiths S1ants until the ninth. when
they punched three one-base knocks
and a two-bagger for couple of
tallieS.
With two out and the bases full
Manager Bush decided to bat for
Grier Friday. who had pitched the
last frame against the Tribe. The
pilot lofted to Speaker and every
body hustled out of the park.