Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1921, Page 24

\\All Nationals Do Is to Fatten Batting Averages : La Motte Is Injured by .GET PLENTY OF HITS; | 5 OWN PITCHING PITIFUL, SP ORTS. BY DENMAN 17—From the ETROIT, which the v Nationals finally h D own in particu cause Zachary tc of wildness in the Saturday he saw 1 off al bases verse due to the fact that three oi h thirteen free tickets in addition to y terday he was chief mourner at the leged pitchers w were raked ior three bases by the Tiger own cannoneers shot h..lu through Sun fi total of twenty-three frame. today is pondering over the an otherwise well pitched from sixteen hits, . who won, THOMPSON. obscurity of the second division, to ave been relegated, George McBride railty of pitchers in general and his his team licked in a close battle be- game with a streak | day. although the Griffs obtained a he witnessed another re- is hurlers handed out no fewer than ielding as many safe swats, and yes- slaughter of another trio of his al- twenty bingles aggregating thirty- 17 to 11, despite the fact that his a pair of Bengal bull pen artists to the extent oi fifteen safeties for the grand sum of twenty-eight sacks. Do Lats of Hitting. In the last two nals have compiled thirty ties for | a total of fifty-one bases, one more than the total tance obtained by | the Jun om thirty-three | biows., yet hav t the verdict in cach insta t o much th with s tney it were | were ough the e to the 2 on the list d with the ~t Inning Proda; bh o« S0 )u.d oul and he Brower near the b Timi right for three when Middle 1o the plate. gled, (he sixth safety of dleton went out It was curtains for Middleton in the second whe resumed | their att ¥ artet of | counters ove With Shanks and | O'Rourke out,” Gharrity _got a single | and took third on Shaw's double. The pair of them walked home when Judge lined to left center for three bases and Lewis cashed Josephus wi double. Jiddleton faded from the picture here. Bert Cole, his successor, walked nd yielded a safety to Brower, whic -ored Lewis. Cobb got under Harris’ fly. Pick Up Another Tally. Another tally was picked up by the Griffmen in the third on one hit. Shanks Tit the scoreboard on the fly for two d ahead of Rourke's bunt and Gharrity's sacrifice fly to Shaw rapped into a double Imann. play. Two infield hits and a walk gave the P ngals a counter in the fag end of this frame. Heilmann started with a_smash that nearly took 2 hand off O'Rourke. Shorten walked and was forced by Blue, O’ Rourke re vering his liner in time for a peg to Harris, Heilmann taking third and counting when Jones singled. Bassler then pounded into a dual death. Round 4 saw the departure of Shaw fter_Cole had opened with a_double and Young had drawn a pass, Schacht being_summoned. His first act was to walk Bush, filling the bases. The Bronx- man then was pounded all over the lot, Cobb's single, & walk to Heilmann, a double by Shorten and Blue's three- bagger enabling the Jungaleers to tally half a dozen times. Schacht Driven Out. Schacht was driven to cover in the sixth under a fusillade of two singles, a | pair of doubles and a triple which netted | four runs to bring the Tigers' total to | fifteen. The three-bagger in qu on was manufactured by Cole and brought “ourtney znd Brottem into the game as e ended | n Lewis made fine backward run- | z catch of Young's long drive, but was promptly resumed at the expense - southpaw in the seventh. when ‘s single. Cobb's triple and Heil- | terrific liner to Rice produced The Nationals staged a four-run rally in the eighth, when a single by Court- mey, Judge's double and walks to Rice and Miller were followed by a triple by Harris which cleared the bases. Shanks ended it by popping to Blue. in the final inning none of three vis- tors, including Pinch Hitter Ellerbe, was able to get the ball out of the in- field. Boy Killed by by Foul Ball. heart by played How Gnfis Are Hlthng AB. 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T 7 3 Scott, captain of the | Reisand u"»‘fn"”" =t Eeite {and more. The being sct | o When Everett Scott, eis and - ; o ifeld whose|2nd more. The pace eing set | ; : Red Sox, takes the fleld against the| At Rochester— SPEAKER SENDS SO0 S |NEW PARK FOR YANKEES N‘\":fl"::'r"":”::;_' = ’:(fi' ‘l‘m_“‘;;” by the marauds . Doiished game of " base ba ; t St. Louis today he will{ Rochesto: g 5 | 3 e Z marveled at by it own lea & nough to or sccond have participated in 700 consecutive | (Theivd s wi s TO COLLEGE TWIRLER TO BE BUILT AT ONCE jawar trom them quicker by & secona | They have won i of the seven games = ) American League games. He has al-| ,Barmes. Tipple, David and Smith; Rlake,| CLEVELAND, Ohio, Man- W YORK. May 17.—The New |than any team in base ball this vear. (i M40 Gl iland is flustered. The Athleties simply won't stay out ready played successively 122 games more than have been credited to any other player. Scott started his record Junme 20, 1916, and has not been out of the Red Sox opening line-up at shortstop since. If world series contests were included, his string would be eleven games longer. In 699 league games to date Scott Fas been at bat 2433 times for an average of led the major with 6. He 4,748 e jeague shortstops several vears a grand fielding average of . 116 times in has erred only chances Fred Luderus of the Phlladrlphm Nationals, who in 1919 completed 5 consecutive games, held the previous modern record for continuous play, and George Pinckney of the Brookiyn American _ Association team, who played without a break in 577 games over a period from 1885 to 1590, held the longest known previous record of organized base ball. What May F Happen in Base Ball Today| AMERICAN LEAGUE. L. Pot New York Cleveland Roston Washington t. T Chicago ... Philadelphia GAMES TODAY. Wash. at Detroit. Bogton at §t. Loais. N. Y. at Cleveland. Phi t Chicago. Results of Yesterday’s Games. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at 8t. Louis. Boaton &t Detroit. Detroit, 17; Washington, 11. New 'York, 6; Cleveland, Boston. Louis, 5. Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Results of Yesterdays Games. Phitadelphia. 3: Pittsby New York. 70 ¢ o, xh. go. 1 Louis, 4; Brookirn, 3 Phore F. 6764 SUNDRIES Howard A. French & Co. Indian Motor Cycles and Sport Goods 424 9th St. N.'W, Used Motoreyelen Repairing $250 Newport Racket: all weights $4.00 Rackets $1.98 \P()R T MART SPE CIAL" . weighix Tennis Hats. -.....98¢c Tennis Shoes $1.50 up White Duck Pants, all sizes $3.00 Championship Tennis Balls ______ 50c 1410 N. v. An Win Lose. ! 4 suult. the former driving in five nd Pratt three n_ Fuber recorded his fourth ative victory when he relieved Kerr in the sixth inning and { o . rally, for the White Iy \on. 5 to 4. Ferkins hit 4 homer for the Macks |CARDS THRASH DODGERS )| Doak's Western clubs found the going 7 in the National League race sterday, the Cards being the only {outfit in the quartet to take a fall out {0f their castern brethren. They took THE EVENING MAYS VANQUISHES TRIBE Yanks Win When Ruth Triples in Ninth—Red and White Sox Score Victories. and | | 1 Yankees, White Sox drubbing to| Browns were | the s faced the first ince last b Lall pite by him fatally injured Ray Chapman. The Yanks made \l‘ three straight from the world cham- pions with a 6 tc triumph. Meusel M: ored two runners ring. Ruth tripled ninth were helped by wns' pitehers ryx and Pratt the The Red wildness of the Pitching Baffling After First Inning—Giants, Phils and Braves Triumph. r third straight from the Dodgers, (5 bumped the Reds, Bill slanked the Pirates The Donovan® T s bunched four o eight hits off Bill Doak in the inning and scored three runs is managed to win achieved in Mitchell was pounde tailies The Reds counted four time fi ats got busy i z and with thr 1 triple. made 7 to 4 victory. s got a homer, ns' it over the right feld- field wall that scored Wrightstone, ho had singled, in the second inning. started the Phil on the way to their 3 to 0 win over the Pirates. The clout was made off Hamiltc Jim Vaughn was no puzzle to the They reached him for twelve seven innings and beat the ubs, 7 to 1. McQuillan easily checked the clan of Evers. for a brace of in the their in five See INTERNVATIONAL LEAGU Conkwright and Hoss Maddox. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. 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