Evening star., 1923-08-13

With pitchers of both clubs wob-
bling and the fielders performing in
:nything but brilliant manner. the
Sabbath affray was a lurid affair. al
heit highly thrilling one. AS an ex-
hibition of the gamenesS of the Ma
tionals 1t could not be excelled. They
spotted the White SoX half dozen
runs; then, in stirring seventh-in-
ming rally, knocked the opposition
cold.
Pitchers Find Going Rough.
These are dog days" for most
pitchers, evidently. Few who have
started games here recently have
been able to finish and even those act
ing as relief hurlers have had more
than their share of trouble. This
weak hurting bothered both clubs
yesterday.
The Mats opened play with Paul
Iahnlser or the slab. but that right
handed finger was none too steady
and yielded some solid smacks for
three White SoX runs. When the Ma
t;onals had chance to offset some of
these tallies in their portion of the
NTH frame Manager Bush judiciously
substituted Red Hargrave as batter
for Zahniser.
Monroe Mitchell started the sixth
inning, but left hurriedly. with one
out. run across and runners occu-
pying second and third bases Allen
den. but was withdrawn in favor of
Plnch- hitter Leibold in the seventh
Russell is credited with the victory,
however for Walter Johnson who
pitched the last pair of innings. did
= his work after the Nationals got out
In front.
CvengrOs Yanked In Seventh.
kid Gleason's slabmen made the
afternoon unpleasant for him Michael
Louis CNenSros, southpaw. opened fire
against the Mats and for five innings
held them safe. Mike, though, COM
pialned of a soreness in his neck and
TINS seemed to affect his control from
tne start. He was compelled to pitch
himself out to practically all of the
early batters, and in the sixth broke
paoly. When Cvengros' control left
him In the seventh he gave way to
Iharlles Robertson and the latter
took a net drubbing
The Sox did their first scoring in
the fourth inning. With Hooper out
Of the way. Mostil tripIed and. when
collins slammed a grounder, Harris
erected to try for Mostil at the plate
out the throw was too short. Sheely
skied to Goslin, but Falk tripled Col
iins home and scored as Elsh doubled
In the sixth. the Nationals got
three errors and the White Sox as
many tallies out of their systems.
With Mitchell hurting, Peck's tumble
gave Falk a life. Bib darted for sec
ond as Mitchell tossed to Judge and
made third when Joe heaved the ball
to the outfield. Elsh walked and stole
and Mcclellan singled Falk home
RusSel came to the mound and was
hit by Schalk for one-baser to left
that tailed Elsh, while Mcclellan
also counted when Goslin booted the
ball.
Nationals Get Busy.
Then the Mats got busy. Evans
opened the sixth with a walk, was
doubled to third by Peck and scored
On Goslin's out Peck. who had ad-
vanced on the retirement, tailed
when Rice was thrown out. In the
seventh Judge strolled, Harris sin
gled and Bluege got a three-and-one
count before Cvengros yielded to
Robertson.
The newcomer promptly passed
BlueEe to fill the sacks. Leibold
batting for Russell. hit a single that
scored Judge and Harris Robertson
manhandled Evans bunt and the
bases again We're crowded. Peck's
out to Falk meant nothing, but Cos
Inns did. Bluege tallying after the
catch. Rice singled Leibold in with
the tying run and Ruers rap put
Evans across. Rice also counting
when Falk kicked the ball about in
left.
a run for good measure was added
in the eighth, Harris single. John
sons out and Evans tNpo-bagger
producing it.