Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1922, Page 14

14 SPORTS. = MORTON TO FACE BARNEY WITH 12th IN ROW GOAL Tribe Junks Eric’s Jinx—Griff Goes Scouting—He and Milan Agree Slump Is Due to Team’s Fail- ure to Hit, But They Don’t Know Why. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ORTIFIED by four full days of rest, W. Perry Johnson this after- noon will essay the task of putting the bee on that winning streak fians, now attained to the proportions of eleven consecu- esult of the 8-2 verdict they registered yesterday in up- Eric George Erickson. }m\c as his box opponent Guy Morton, elongated from a virulent attack of comebackitis after g around with the Tribe, a scintillating star 1 the next. Morton has had the benefit of having stifled the Red Sox Tuesday, but, like \labama blossom seems to thrive on work, and 2 to it that he and his two mound mates get it aplenty 1y for those hlwd\ and Spoke has them liking it. on the field THE JINX ame today players who Where other than at CLEVELAXD. e Jamieson, 5 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 8 0 4 01300 S ey -Ee e 411 4 8 0 & ¥ X T 2 © 3 2 3 8 2 0 " it R R 4 % X X, 2@ -3 8 12 27 15 0 AB. R. H.P0. A. E 5O F % 66 X 8 &% 4 0 E e & 1" 0O 4 @1 8 0 4 ; $11§4°9 loss beyond it 1 0 e einby. doing g0 1210 womewhere al- 2 ¢ X0 © . men who are 2 011 0 0 % ¢.e % O ,Munnt 100 00 o0 ! L g wondered at | Totals . 3 2 72010 1 *Batted for Picinich i tButted for Zachary in o 0030310108 01000001 02 obase hits—tamieson, Brower. Three- tablich- | b le. Home run—Jumieson. Sac vambsgnass, O'Nefll, Mclanis. Double lay —Peckinpaugh to Herris to Judge. Left Washiogton, 8. Bases hardly one at even ] BE B8 =3 1 their es S innings. Ifll & nnings. Hit by w"fla pltch— her—Erickson. Umpires— arty. Time of game—1 sacrifice and scored. after s purposely passed, while as retiring Uhle. Rice then {made a diving catch of Jamleson's low liner to leave Indians on third |and second. Speaker was stranded gt k umm following a walk in the final se.of those on fravie. m had made 2| n gnly one round, the fourth, were the Nationals able to get more than a single hit off Uhle, and then they ;! failed to get beyond the middle sack. |Peck opened with a riflle-like shot down the left field line and progressed on La Motte’s Texas leaguer back of With Picinich striving to La Motte strayed too far of {first and was nipped by O'Neill's peg Wamby. Pick then gave Gardner a chance to distinguish himself by knocking down his viclous whack, Peck being trapped between bases. Erie took a third strike. Nationals Get One More. Rice was snuffed in spectacular style by McInnis, and Sewell follow- {ing Sam's single in the fifth, and not another Griff reached the run- ways until the eighth, when tally No. 2 developed. Harris _was wounded and forced by Judge. Then, after Goslin lofted, Brower lined a double against the scoreboard that cashed Josephus, Turkey being left when Peck rolled to Sewell. not hurled | - With La Motte disposed of in the t skill, | ninth, Smith smacked a single to mart- | right, in subbing for Picinich, and was forced by Milan, batting for Zachary. Rice’s roller to Sewell ended it. ON THE SIDE LINES Preconeeived strategy accounts for the routing of Erickson yesterday, according to the Cleveland scribes. It was determined in advance to try hitting the first ball. They did—hard and often. WMilan Doean't Know Why. ke two thing. Why d _for any ing them well, and missing other dep: e v. We're not hit- s if to ex- spell over the things happened th inning the old ated to the junk ed for a down- but lots of and by the fi jinx had been rel pile and Olaf w rded him the support. Gardner vied n r fielding honors and atter enjoved a perfect afternoon it with the flail, but Cuckoo Jamieson | he cat's wh on attack, sup- a productive double in the llop over the garden ve efforts accounting f of the Tribal tallles. Griffx First to Score. n third and virtue of w 1 Goslin's single to whe aker snared Brower's ationals scored in the | 1in 4 most unexpected man- right, Melnnis does fairly well for a per- former assigned to the old men's Prek walked to open the reund | home. He had & hand, or, rather, a reached di%n|bat, in all of the Redskins' rallies and ta L Pl and started two of them. everybody, including himself, by ram- oty ming a sinzle to right. Olaf Was| With his share of hits for this foreed by Rice. year—three—already recorded, Erick- Set down in order for two innings. | son started on his 1923 quota when the Indians combed FErickson for|he poked to an unguarded spot in three hits and as man runs, with|the second. It gave the Griffs their some assistance from Goslin. McInnis | first run. beat out a wicked bounder to Peck and moved up on O'Neill's line single to left. Uhle's attempt to bunt re- sulted pop to Erickson, but i cked a_double over Gos- ing Mclnni Goalin made a mice running catch of Jamieson's short fly close to the foul line in the opener and con- tributed a safety in the same round, but offset this with a miserable heave in the third that cost two runs. Jamieson cred from| Milan shook up his batting order ht, despite | once more, sending Rice up first, using Harris second and placing La Motte at the far corner in place of Bush, whose legs have caved on him again. There are two or three ath- letes on the roster who haven't been tried in the lead-off position. They'll have to await their turn. a double play that Sewell in the ing frame wit- the unlimbering of a savage that sent Eric to the clubhouse three runs resulting. Me- 1id shot to cen- il's demise and ple to left center by then picked out one Not all of the rather meager as- semblage stood up in the “lucky sev. Tires vs. Price | If you are looking for cheap | tires, we don’t have them; if it's the best for less, see prices below. It's quality you want after all. lowed with a hearty swat > got the gate, being re Zachary. Speaker then . following Wood's hins, Spoke died recovering and firing at third, I to Bob. Yhe Indians Carry Om. Zachary paved the way for an- other Tribal tally In the sixth, when ~he franked Gardner with one gone. Larry sprinted to third on Melnnis third straight hit, this one to right . canter, and counted on O'Nefll's fly to Brower. - Speakers single In the seventh was + unsupported, but the visitors counted again in the eighth when Sewell beat out a rap to Peck, reached second on ty, took third_on M BASE BALL J%%Ar 8»-!5 P.M. AMERICAN LEAGUE LADIES AND BOY SCOUTE DAY WASHINGTON VS. CLEVELAND 1 sale Spaldivg's, 613 14th St. N.W., 0 AM. to 1:00 P. Cord and Fabric’ Standard Mfg. Gumntee FOR WINDSHIELDS OR_BODIES, Installed While You Wait. Taranto & Wasman 1017 NEW YORK AVE. N.W. ANY STRAW HAT $1.95 The final rush to complete clear- ance. We even incjude the GEN- UINE PANAMAS FREDERICK’S HAT STORES 8§35 7th St. and 734 9th St. OQutside of being a real ball hawk, a 300 hitter and a sharpshooter with his wing, all Charles Rabbit Jamieson can do on a diamond is run. He demonsirated the whyfor of his mid ner in round 3, as depicted herewith, bution to the Cleveland cause con: net increment of four runs. Yep, he REASONS WHY BABE RUTH HAS SLUMPED WITH BAT have start- ed a questionnaire to find out why Friends of Babe Ru he isn't batting the ball succes: fully. reason: One ix &reat deal of base bal A mecond tha up by the pitchern an easy. & ball pla; critic of other ball players. A fourth that he han reached th fatal stage in hix carcer when hi ®irth is too large. and see over it. There appear to he various at he has not played a 1. he hax been sized A third that it Ix far better to be than an nuthor or a He cannot bat , on Wamby's fly to right, despite a perf once wore local livery. IRGETOW G terday's tilts. e in winning, 12 to 0. by Carl Mays and timely hi Second Sacker Ward, ly put the Tyger jinx to flight Yankees won, 5 to 1. They ing to_Cobb’s men. Kid Gleason's halted for the moment ward scramble the took a ten-inning struggle, 3 to Vangilder hurled the Brown victory over the Mackmen, 4 to 0, a the positions of the league lea did not change. McGraw's Glants tobk the seco game of the Cincinnat Red Sox, w Cardinals, with homer by Hornsby—his sixth—and a tenth-inning sing Del Gainer, with the sacks choked, defeated the Braves, 5 to 4. The Pirates won from the Phill in twelve innings, while the Dodgers, on a hitting spree, tamed the Cu 11 to 7. —_— enth” and those who did were urged by the others to forget it. At this corresponding stage of the season last year it was the Natio who were on a spurt. They had eleven straight games, now boasted by the Tribe. and, cidentally, it Was the Indians ‘w stopped them, Uhle getting a 3-1 ver- dict over Zachary. Turn-about fair play. Acrobatic homors were split three ways yesterday, Gardner. McInnis and turn In the fourth Larry pounced like a hawk on Picinich’s bewhisker- Sewell all qual verein. ing for the ed offering with one fin backhand ed, and in the fifth Stuffy and Joe put R d d on their skit, Goslin being the orig- e uce inal victim, with Rice dying at second as_the party of the second part. HURRY There are only 10 days left during which SAVE !1! o s o ~—dollars on the high- est types of Men's Cloth- ing—our— Dissolution Sale —has brought forth UN- HEARD-OF PRICES, and you will marvel at the qualities that are priced even lower than the cost of making. MEN’S S-U-I-T-S —the newest, models— the finest materials—all sizes for regulars, longs, shorts and stouts. 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LOUIS STAFF HASN’T WON SINCE JULY 7 Spitballist’s Record Now Reduced to 14 Victories and 10 Defeats—Bill Doak Loses Three No- Hit Games by Failure to Cover First. BY JO! B. FOSTER. N EW YORK, July 21—Shocker is the big Ben of the St. Louis Brow - pitching chimes. If he goes blooey the chances of the Brown will fade like a flapper complexion i crowded hard, and is beginning to show it n a rainstorm. He has ber He pitched a win g gam July 7 against Boston, with a 1-to-0 total in his favor. He hasn't pitci one since, and that is too long between sarsaparillas, New York licked him July 11 and July 14. Philadelphia toasted hin July 19, and the pitcher who succeeded against him then was a <and lotter. Shocker began the vear winning at the rate of two to one and better, and appeared to be the probable best twirler, curver or whatever it may be, in the American League. Opposing clubs’ have kept whittling away at him until they have reduced his ratio. Y His victorles number fourteen, his defeats ten. He has got to do better than that if St. Louis is to win lhl Denmant to sar moining abour any | | STATISTICS OF MAJORS individual atlckpln that he “h«hvs to earn for himself. He needs help. AMERICAN LEAGUE. This Bill Doak, who is a pitcher in St. Louls, but for another club, is W. L. Pct. Win Lose another Individual attracting atten- | 5t. Louis . <61 ST 580 588 673 tion because he is attached for the | New York . .51 40 560 565 554 moment to Missouri. Two years ago | Chicago £ 46 42 523 528 517 in Philadelphia if Doak had covered Detroit 146 a6 511 816 Ls0s first base on a puny hit to the i Clvnllnd -S4 44 506 511 500 field he could easily have had a no- | Wa: 40 45 471 4T 485 hit game to his credit. Pl u-d-lyhm . 3 48 422 4290 417 Didn't Learn Hix Lesson. Boston - - 3 8L 420 427 416 GAMES ToDAY. Cleveland at Was] Detroit at New York, Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Phila, RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Cleveland, 8; Washington, 2. Bt. Louis, 4; Philadeiphia, 0. New York, 5; Detroit, 1, Boston, 3; Chicago, 2 (10 innings GAMES TOMORROW. Cleveland at Wash, Detroit st New York No-hit games are the ne plus of the tossorial ambition. Transiated, that means that a pitcher would rather have a no-hit game than any- thing in base ball, except a raise in salary. It would have been thought that “the lesson which confronted Doak on that day would have been & nightmare to him for the remainder of his life. Not s0. "In the first series of 1922 between New o¥rk and St. Louis Doak gaped at Bancroft's bunt’ and lost a no-hit game. Philadelphia visited St. Lopis on its present trip and on an easy bounder to Fournier Walker would have been out if Doak had covered first. Bill stood still and fame shook him again, because that was the only hit of the game. HUGHES WILL UMPIRE. 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