The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-21
BY Louis A. Dougher

by LOUIS As OOuS NCA
A doubieheader, with Curly .3g-
den and Walter johnson doing the
Ringing for the champions. opens
tia series today with the Detroit
Tigers. Ed Wells, the mountains
Gus southpaW, ana Art Johns Q;
LII stonsr are expected to be Ey
ACpbb's pitching selections.
johnson was to have started
yesterday against the Indians bur.
.tat the last minute Manager Harris
decided to send Morrill, against the
Indians, saving the veteran for
sttoday,s clash with the Tigers.
Barney = pitched five innings last
Friday and so should be thor
otghIy rested.
Bill MorreII looked like void.
heater yesterday, barring two
spots Those spots were fatal, es-
pecialIy the second one in the,
sixth inning when he was bumped
Tor three singles, double and
two triples. Mingled with that
oiouting were couple of free
tickets and q sacrifice, the In
dams showing seven runs over the
plate. 1Elae final count was to
giving tie phioans three. out Of
the five, gamfs played.
Iris Speaker sent his veteran
soufhpaw, Sherry Smith,, against
the champions and he was his
usual self. He was roughed q BIT
at the start but, once settling
clown to work, he was. entirely ef
: fectiye. In the. last six innings
he yielded only two hits and did
: not issue q pass.
MorrelI's first bad spot was
the second, the Indians scoring !
twice. George Burns came out Of
his f0ur-d day sluInbeF and doubled
20 left FOR an opener. Joe SeweII \
singled in the same direction
for some strange reason,
G0sIfn threw wildly across the
infieId. Burns counted and SeweII
reached second on that peg.
Summa laid down; q sacrifice but
the damage seemed to be ended
when Joe Harris slSittishsy backed
up for Luke Sewell's pop fly. 1t
WASH T. though, for Rube Lutzke
whacked safely to center and in
came Joe SewelI. Morrell tossed
out Smith and then for three
innings turned back the Indians
IN order.
The second and terribly fatal spot
was the sixth. MorreIl was beaten
then and there. Cuckoo Jameson
led off with a tWo-bagger to thes
right-f ED corner, Surgeons sacri-
flee showing him over to third.
Speakers single was too hot for
Joe Harris and Jameson was jns.I
Burns healthy single to left put
Speaker on third and both ofvtt1enn /
counted when Joe Sewell raped
q triple to the barrier in. left
center. Y,g
Summa bounced one at Bluega
and Joe .Sewell was CIR. down in
! his prime. Morrell seemed very
much flustered about tEen land,
filled the bases with passes to- Luke
SewelI and Lutzke. That brought 4
sherry Smith up who pummeled the
leather to the wall in right center,
driving over three runs in a row..
He moved in himself when Jamies
son, up for the second time, singled
to center. No one knows what
might have happened had not
Jameson died stealing. MorreIl GER
tainly could not have had any
reply.
Jimmy UchrinskO got his big
league christening in the seventh,
and he succeeded IN keeping the
Indians from hitting, The young
Bters calmness was admirable. 4
To be sure, he was well sup
ported, but his pitching was ef.
fectiye in itself. He walked
Speaker In the seventh and doe
Sewell in the eighth, but both
were wiped out on double plays
started by the Harris boys.
The champions did things only in
the second and third. After that
Sherry Smith took charge of the ex-
hibition and hung up sign on the
plate reading, Keep out. This
means YOUR