Evening star., 1923-09-14
BLUEGE, FACE CUT,
IS OUT OF LINEUP
Regular Third-Sacker Hurt
as BuShmen TrounCe
Tigers, 7 to 3.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

Joey EVANS, the Nationals
only utility player, probably is
- due for another inheid trick
of several days duration. He went
to third base yesterday in the Sec
ond game of the series with the
Tigers when the election of, Capt
Bucky Harris by Umpire Ortnsby
necessitated lineup shift that's ent
Third Baseman Ossie Bluege TO sec.
ond Harris was to return to his
accustomed position this afternoon,
but Bluege, during the temporary
occupancy of the middle station job,
had a bad-bounding ball hit him in
the face and infict severe injury
that may require some time to heal.
The accident occurred in the fourth
inning. Bobby Jones drove hopper
almost directly toward second base
and Biuege made game effort TO
cut off a hit But the ball slammed
against his mouth. causing cut on
the upper lip that had TO be stitched.
So short are the Nationals of sub
stitutes that Manager, Bush had to
assume the second DaSe TASK IOE the
remainder of the fray.
Harris Bumps Umpire.
Harris departure from the engage
ment took place shortly after play
began. The Tigers had the bases
filled, with two out, in the first inning.
when Topper .Rlgney shot grounder
back of the middle hassock. Harris
grabbed the ball and dashed toward
second for a force play on Manush
that would have retired the side. but
failed to make IL ahead of the runner.
When Red Ormsby called the Tiger
safe Harris protested to the extent
of giving the umpire a body bump
and was Immediately expelled from
the fray.
Johnson and Johnson We're mound
opponents at the outset OF the en-
gagement that was won by the Ma
tionals, to 8. and neither went the
route. Walter of the Nationals was
Withdrawn after seven innings CT
work, mainly TO give him a well-earn-
ed rest, while Sylvester of the Tigers
was severely damaged in five innings
and gave way to a pinch batter in
the visitors sixthsturn at the plate.
Allen Russell, spit -baller, followed
Walter Johnson on the slab. Hermann
Pillette succeeded Sylvester Johnson,
but Hermann was not in any kind of
his one inning of toil-Ihe sixth.
Arthur lsen pitched the last pair of
frames the Nationals batted and es-
capped unscathed.
All told. the Tigers got thirteen hits
for fifteen bases, and all of them We're
CLEANED from the offerings of Walter
, Johnson. The veteran so separa ted
the blows, however. that the Tigers
profited little. The Nationals accumu-
lated but a dozen safeties. All but
three were poled while Sylvester
Johnson was toiling and were so clus-
tered that all of the five runs made
off that moundsman were of the earn
ed variety.
Both teams broke into the scoring
column in the first inning With Blue
out, the Tigers filled the bases on
singles by Jones and Cobb and a pass
to Manush. Walter johnson famed
Heilmann, but Rlgney scored Jones
with the hit that led to Harris expuI-
sion.
Griffs Earn Five Runs.
| There were two out in the Nation
ais portion when Goslin and Rice
singled. Judge sent them home with
a triple and scored himself as RueI
lined one-base blow to center. Two
more Bushian runs were amassed be-
fore the Tigers counted again. With
Gostinr out of the way in the third
frame, Rice singled, took third as
Judge made a similar"hi and home as
Ruel was thrown out, Walter John
sons triple into the new left-center
stand and .Leibo1d's single accounted
for a. fourth inning tally.
Heilmann's three -baser and Ruevs
mum OF throw to the plate by Lei
bold. who had caught Rienev;s loft
Tor the second out of the inning, help
ed the Tigers to a marker in the
fourth. This was more than Offset by
the Bushmen in. the sixth. when Pill
cite pitched. Then singles by walter
Johnson. Leibold and Goslin. mixed
with errors by Heilmann, Cobb and
Jones, produced a pair of points.
The last scoring of the fray was
done by the Tigers in the seventh,
Heilmann's single. Haneys saorfflce
Veach, batting for PfTiatte. resia-
tered a lone run.