Indians Bury Browns Under Avalanche of Runs, Winning 12 to 1

Sislermen Helpless Before Shaute; Giard, Bolen, Ballou Pounded

Contest Listless Succession of Plays After Second Inning—Locals' Only Run a Donation by Cleveland Hurler in Fourth.

By MARTIN J. HALEY.

The Browns' winning streak for the 1926 season still stands at one in a row. It was thought that they would not prove so consistent again after the manner in which they hammered their lower eight-cylinder machine up victory avenue Sunday, but they fell back into evil ways yesterday, and they fell back into the cellar. They didn't just simply lose yesterday, they were knocked sillier than a ring full of punch drunk, battle royal hop heads. The score was 12 to 1.

The game was over early as far as the outcome was concerned. Too bad they had to play out the full nine innings in order to be within the law, because after the second inning the affair was a listless succession of plays that didn't mean anything. The Browns couldn't do a thing with the left-handed offerings of Joe Shaute. They were lucky to escape a shutout. Their one run was a gift, Shaute donating it when he passed Melillo with the bases loaded in the fourth inning.

An Apparent Joke.

Cleveland was so far ahead of the Browns at that early stage of the game that the Browns were eight runs behind when McManus came in with that charitable run. Nine runs in the first two innings off Joe Giard, and Stewart Bolen made Shaute's donated run look the part of a practical joke, especially when the Indians picked on Win Ballou for three additional tallies in the seventh and eighth innings.

Fourteen hits for a total of twenty-five bases represent Cleveland's aggregate damage against the three throwers on duty for the Browns. Three of the fourteen hits were home runs by Joe Sewell, Homer Summa and Charley Jamieson. Two others were doubles by Jamieson and Burns. The homer by Sewell, the double by Burns and the homer by Summa came in rapid fire order off Bolen shortly after the former Tulsa southpaw relieved Giard in the second inning.

Giard already had been tagged for a pass, a safe bunt, a single and a double in the first and had given another pass and a single in the second when Sisler decided it was time to bring in Bolen. The latter, permitted to endure that second-inning barrage, ultimately went out for a pinch batter in the Browns' fourth and Ballou finished.

While the occupants of the Brownie mound—that is, the first two—were soundly spanked and deserved defeat, the Indians were aided to three of their runs by three of the five errors committed by the Browns. Each of the costly three boots was made by Shortstop LaMotte, who dropped a throw in the first inning, muffed a pop fly in left in the seventh and turned a grounder into a football in the eighth. Otherwise, the short fielder had a good day.

Browns Held to Six Hits.

Shaute was not burdened with such support, but even though he was, he probably would have won. The big left-hander was a good pitcher yesterday. At least, he was good enough to hold the Browns to six hits. The six were divided by three men, LaMotte, McManus and Melillo. The shortstop piled up three hits, a single, a double and a triple, which is proof positive that he tried hard to atone for his mistakes afield.

However, the other Brownies were not in sympathy with LaMotte's efforts to counteract his fielding offenses. They proved so unsympathetic that LaMotte was left stranded on third base in the fifth, despite the fact that he tripled with only one out. Bob became a left-on-base discard in this instance because Sisler tapped to Shaute and because Williams tapped to Burns.

LaMotte again was a runway waif in the eighth, although he opened that inning with the double. In this inning, however, the Indians' defense prevented Bob from completing the circuit, for Sisler's long liner was picked off the right field wall by Summa and after Williams popped out and McManus walked, Jamieson went deep for Jacobson's poke.

In only two other innings, aside from the two already mentioned, did the Browns reach second base. Jacobson was an exception in the second. Jake forced McManus, who had singled, then Jake stole the midway, only to be thrown out at the plate a moment later when he tried to score on Melillo's single to Left Fielder Jamieson.

With one gone in the fourth inning, McManus singled to center. Jacobson drew a life on Joe Sewell's error. Dixon walked, jamming the aisles and Melillo walked, forcing home McManus. At this point, Hargrave batted for Bolen and grounded into a snappy double play.

Never in the Hunt

* Batted for Bolen in fourth.

** Batted for Ballou in ninth.

Source: St. Louis Globe-Democrat April 27, 1926