Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1921, Page 26

SPORTS. Yankees Drop Nationals And Right There Is Where I Made My Big Mistake. OH,EEORGE ! WHAT Do You THInK. ? THE “HATCHES ARE CoMimG- UP HERE U SYeLLA AYS THEY Can SPEMO 3 OR. 4 WEEKS WITH 35! HER Cousies MRTLE 15 CoMInG WiTH “THEM. POUND ERIC AND ACOSTA WHILE MAYS IS PUZZLE Ruth Gives Big Crowd Thrill With Near Homer and He Bunts T'wice—Zach Opposes Hugmen Toqay. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ITH Erickson and Acosta given a convincing illustration of the Yankees' power on attack, and Carl Mays displaying top-notch form, the Nationals were licked in hollow fashion, 10-3, in the inaugural of their “crooshial” series yesterday, and now are in fourth place, a fraction of a point under the St. Louis Browns, who easily dis- posed of the White Sox. This afternoon, when the Griffs tackle the Hugmen again on the local lot before shifting their activities to the Polo Grounds, there may be a different story to tell. Zachary is slated to oppose the pennant- aspiring New Yorkers, who picked up half a game on the idle Indians, and the Gothamites are weaker against good southpaw slabbing than the orthodox variety. In addition, Bob Shawkey, who was booked to do the flinging for the visitors, is not in the best of shape, having an ankle which is giving him considerable trouble. This being the case, the less formidable Waite Hoyt or Rip Collins can be expected to officiate on the mound. This will be cheering news to the Nationals, but will mean little or nothing, unless they dispay a snap- pier brand of ball than was in_ evi- dence yesterday, when their defense was as feeble as their .efforts to solve the delivery of Mays. The sub- marine slabbist limited the locals to half a dozen bingles, strung through the first eight rounds, possessed an eight-run margin. Erickson, who started for the Griffs, failed to last through ‘one session. and Acosta was pummeled heartily in the four sessions he lin- gered. Courtney, who tossed the last half of the route, alone exnibited any effectivencss and the game was gpne Jjug beyond red~mption then. Ruth Essays Bumts Now. Ruth's failure_to give the ball ‘a ride out of the ot proved almdst as. disappointing to the 10,000 or so spec- tators as the inability of the Na- tionals to take the measure of the Yankees, short-lived thrill in the fourth when he connected for a drive that came within a couple of yards of clearing the right field barrier. Once he walk- ed and on two other oceasions- he neatly tapped the ball in frent of the plate, one of them advancing a run- ner. while the other provided a third out. The Babe proved he is pro- ficient at laying 'em down, but gave} the bugs a big surprise by essaying these tactics. It was the first time a Washington crowd had seén the Babe bunt in years. Yanks Start With Rus Two real singles. a trio of a ques- tionable variety, and a reprehensible Griffithian defense, .including a couple of out-and-out errors. netted the Yan- kees a fistful of tallies in the very first inning. in the course of which George Erickson faded from the pic- ture before a man had been.retired. Elmer Miller led the uprising with a clean swat to center and streaked for third when Peck rapped a safety past Shanks. Ruth got nothing good to hit at and strolled on four pitched balls to fill the bases. Meusel was presented with a bingle and the Yanks with their first run when Milan and Rice permitted Meusel's high fly to drop safely between them, Miller scoring. Rice, who started in_ center, then shifted jobs with Milan just in time to muff Pipp’s line drive, on which Peck tallied. Ward then shot one through the box which Erickson made no ef- fort to grab, Ruth and Meusel chasing in. while Pipp reached the far cor- ner, from where he counted on M Nally's bingle to left off Acosta, who had fallen heir to Eric's job. Hofmann popped to Gharrity and Mays fouled to Judge, Ward being doubled up after considerable jockeying, Bush getting the assist as well as a putout, with Harris and Shanks also having a hand in the doings. Gift Runs for Nationmals. Both runs registered by the Nation- als in the domestic end of the opener were gifts. Bush got a life when Pipp muffed McNally's throw. He scored on a ripping double to right by Milan, who advanced a notch on Rice’'s dri ble to Mays and tallied while McNally was tossing out Bing Miller. Harris then rolled to Peck. Elmer Miller, with a single to cen- ter, again led the assault which net- ted the Hugmen a pair of runs in the second. He moved up on Peck's dupli- cation of this blow and both advanced when Ruth pulled the unexpected and bunted. It was a well placed tap on which the Bambino all but beat Ghar- rity’'s throw. Meusel accounted for the two runs with a double to rigrt center. He moved to third on Pipp's death and was left when Shanks clung to Ward's hot liner. Mays' single in the third was unsup- How Griffs Are Hitting l \ | | ° .....a::l.azsas..szz.-g Kt {f EsBRnaEEREY T TP Y T T §33EEEEN - anspeiiefeatintendtt.ch connabalSEERERERRE 0 EER . ol ocorooronmowcesrBeuoniibec and yielded ' Meusel two only in the final frame. when he, 3bhy although he gave them a|smitht proof of phenomenal and perfect balance. : Equipment includes 7-R Continental Motor, Cord: Tires, Borg & Beck Clutch, Stromberg Carburetor. Delivery prices; Touring, $1610; Roadster, $1590. ,VSCR'IPP.S-BOOTH:SALE | I SWAMPED! NEW YORK E. Miller, ef. Peckinpaugh, Ruth, 1f.. 1z om ] cromcnnncemce> &l ucarccccne? 1|l cocodonsonsce® ul cocmmacenol Totals *Batted for Acosta In fourth. +Batted for Courtney in ninth. Ne 5320210 W s o 12000 0 ev0 0—10 0 1—3 . Ruth, Judge, Pipp. , Mays, Judge. Double plays— ity to Harris to Bush to Shanks o Lett on bases—New York. shington, 10. Bases on balls—Off Erick- ;o Mays. 3; off Courtney, 2. Hits—0) xom, 1 Erickson, 4 (3 runs scored, 2 on base, none out in Ist): off Acosta. 8 in 4 innings: off Courtney, 2in 3 innings. Hit by pitcher—R; y Struck_out—HRy. Mays, i by Courtuey, 1. Lasing plich: Umpires—Measrs. Hildebrand ‘ime of game—2 hours. Courtney’ (Hofmann). 2; by Acosta, 2 er—Erick and ported, but in the following frame a resumption of the Yankee assault net- ted them another brace of markers. Peck paved the way with his third consecutive single, a mean hopper to Shanks. Ruth connected solidly for a drive that seemed destined to clear the right-field wall, but fell a little short and netted him two bases. Peck easily scored from first on the rap, and after Meusel was retired on a foul bunt for the third strike and Pipp rolled to Harris, the Bambino counted when Ward beat out a bound- er to Bush In deep short. Courtney Goes to Box. Acosta having given way to a pinch hitter, Courtney was on tne mound in the fifth and he promptly blazed the trail for_ the Yankees' tenth tally by socking Hofmann on the ankle with a pitched ball. Mays’ sacrifice and Elmer Miller's death put him in position to count on_ Peck’s fourth consecutive single, a swat to Bush in deep short. Thereafter the Yanks were unabie to do much against Courtney, the only ad- ditional blow he yielded being a double in the ninth by Pipp, and he was promptly killed off by Shanks, who took Ward's hopper. With Mays Eiven good support the ationals failed tq get anywhere after e initial session until the final frame, when they registered a wholly unim- portant tally. Shanks was left on first after drawing a walk to start the second and Judge was anchored at the mid- way, which he reached on Rice’s bingle over second after drawing a pass, in the third. Shanks singled at the outset of the fourth and was forced by Brower, batting for Acosta, when Peck made a fine stop of Turkey's swat back of sec- ond. A double to left in the fifth was un- supported and an opening offered in the sixth, when Harris singled and Shanks walked, was nipped -when Mays inter: cepted " Gharrity’s rap and started dual killing, McNally and Pipp com. pleting it. Judge got a second safety to no purpose with two down in the seventh and Bing Miller reached the midway in_the eighth on Peck’s high throw and Harris’ death, only to be left when Shanks and Gharrity both popped. The tally they picked up in the ulti- mate round came after Earl Smith, bat- ting for Courtney, had rolled to Ward, singles by Bush and Milan and Judge's sacrifice fly accounting for it. _Ri tapped to Mays to end the affair. —_— SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte, 8: Greenville, 1. inta. 3-1; Charleston, 1-1. Colnmbus, 5: Svartansburg, 0. TODAY BASE BALL,Z25 AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK ‘Washington vs. New York Tickets on sale at Spalding’s, 613 14th 8t. N.W., from 830 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Tickets on_sale at Hecht Co.’s 517 Tth St M WRITING To THE HATCHES AND THE MALTBIES AND THE BINGLE'S . You REMEMBER THOSE TIRESOME PECPLE WE MET LAST WINTER. AND HERE'S A LETTER FRoM HARR(ET MALTBIE SAVING THEY ARE DELIG! AT THE PROSPECT OF SPEMDING Z OR WITH US AND THAT THEY WiLL START THURS DAY ! AsKk ‘€Em a T FIRST PLACE 1€ You DION' T WANTEM To Come tove tr! CAUGHT ON THE FLY Ruth failed to increase his string of homers, but he missed by only a nar- row margin in the fourth, when he belted one of Acosta’s offerings on a line to*within a few feet of the top of the right field wall. It was in rounding first on this blow, which neted 'him two bases, that heé ap- peared to turn his ankle, but the rea- son assigned by Manager Huggins for the Babe retiring an inning later was that he has a cold in his shoul- der. Many of the spectators also quit when the Babe did. Huggins says he fully expects Ruth to be back on the job today. Every member of McBride's infield quartet and Gharrity, too, participated in the two-ply death which halted the Yankees In the first inning. Milan and Rice looked foolish on Meusel's high fly in the first inning. Either could have taken it with ease, but they got their wires crossed and ‘the ball fell untouched between them. 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THE CHILOREMN ARE 50 EXCITED OVER Go1MG THEY CANT SLEEP.” : EVENING: STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C:; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3T, 19317 to Fourth Place: Giants Excel Pirates Against Strong Clubs SHE SAys THEY'RE Acc MAD AGouT CAMP LIFE, wrAaTWIL | | BY JOHN F teams of the National League. ball plus. as it is commonly rated, and against championship base ball. In the series against Philadelphia Pittsburgh’s percentage of wins to date is .833; against Chicago, .800; th, .667; St. Loslg;! .643; Bos- Cincin; ton, York, .263. Four games more are to be played against Philadelphia, one against Chi- cago, four against Cincinnati, eight against St. Louis, five against Boston, three against rooklyn and against New York. What Pirates Must Do. Even if the Giants should win from Pittsburgh the Pirates would have a chance to hold tne championship if they could accelerate their pace against Boston and Brooklyn and maintain it against all others. New York’s® percentages are inter- esting, too. The Giants have played championship base ball against three teams, exactly as the Pirates have Brooklyn, and New |home to do better, and just as much three and against the other three they have as poorly as Pittsburgh has played against New York. The percentage of the Giants against Pittsburgh . is .737; against Philadel- phia, 722, and Boston, .706. The next best'is against Chicago with .635, and then there is a sag. Only .579 has been chalked up against Cincinnati, (L — \\\\'fi\\\ a perfect batting record with four straight singles and a pass, did not look particularly impressive, as three of his bingles” were infleld affairs. Despite his -error on Miller in the eighth, Rajah proved hel could go and get 'em on a couple of "occasions, Brower and Bush both being robbed of safeties as a result.- McNally, who is subbing for Baker at third, has the reputation of being a weak hitter, but granting this he more than atones for it on defense, Mike was easily the fielding star yes- terday, Miller, Milan and Hazrris, the latter twice, having their attention directed to his prowess afield. in : Loads........ _-Black Powder Shells 'Boublé-harrel Hammer Single-barrel Hammer Guns at Gun Cases . Shoes, etc., at moderate prices. RIGHT THERE 1S WHERE | MADE My BIG MISTAKE ! | Tom Turner -, To Walford’s | THEN- Off to the “HUNT” This is the trail followed by 75% of experienced ' - - D. C. Hunters—for they have always tound just the new gun they require or the part to repair the old - one with. 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For the seventh club Pittsburgh has made a slightly better showing than the Giants, but in fewer games. New York has thres games to play against Pittsburgh, five against Bos- ton, three with St. Louis, six with Brooklyn, three with Cincinnati, two with Chicago and four with Philadel- Small Deposit Accepted the opener possible when he dropped: Gharrity's fine peg to catch Ward off, third. Umpire Evans waved Ward out, but reversed his decision when he got the office from Hildebrand that Hank had dropped the ball. — MACKS GET PLAYER. MONTGOMERY, Ala., August 31— Luther Pratt, third baseman for Uniontown, now playing a three-game series with Andalusia for the semi- professional championship of south Alabama, has been signed by Scout for the Philadelphia Americans. All Heavy Russian Cord 95¢c box; $3.65 hundred 75¢ box; $2.85 hundred —By WEBSTER. \DIT'TSBURGH’S LEAD DUE , TO BEATING WEAKLINGS ITTSBURGH has not played championship base ball against three and Brooklyn. Against two teams they have played championship Against one they have played exactly championship base ball It's percentages aganst clubs that tell the little story and it’s an in- teresting fact to part of the world, because Pittsburgh must go back played it. Against one team they have | played almost championship base ball | & played indifferently, but against none | Bost three fighting clubs Pittsburgh has | Chi SPORTS. B. FOSTER. rl al Those teams are New York, Boston some brilliant fielding. put-culs znd sever SISLER STARS AT BAT. George Sisler’s batting featured yes- terday’s American League slugfest in which White Sox, 11 to 5. made a triple and four singles in five times at bat. pitchers, while the Browns vanquished the The first sacker The losers used four Shocker, _although lammed for sixteen safetics, went 1l the way for the Browns. Johnson of the losers contributed He made four sists the seventh they have played almost better as possible. phia. It has eleven games cnmingl with the teams which it has beaten with the greatest ease to date, whiie Pittsburgh has ten games more to play against teams which have been easiest for the Pirates. The tough proposition which faces Pittsburgh is that it must play eight games against St. Louis, while the Giants play the Cards but three more times, for the Mound city team is playing better ball today than any other club in the National League, ex- cept the leaders. | What May Happen I | in Base Ball Today, GAMES TOMORROW. Warh. at New York. Phila. at Boston. GAMES TODAY. New York at Wash. | 8. Lruils at Chicago. Cleveland at Detroit. Results of Yesterday’s Games. New York, 10; Washington, 3 8t. Louis, “11; Chicago, 5. ; NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pt 8 47 .62 30 57 58 & 6 Cincinnati 57 69 Chicago . 49 75 395 Philadelphia 42 83 336 341 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Cincinnas Boston. Bow Phila. . ton | Bt. Lonls at Phila. 8t. 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