Evening star., 1922-05-01

No one expects the Nationals to
continue at anything approximatinG
the .S57 pace they have set in the
past seven days. Their squirt has car
rted them from last place to fourth.
however. and has borne out predic-
Ing in the grip of their slump-that
they were capable of winning as many
games in row as they had lost con-
secutively and that when they finally
got started they would climb to the
heels Of the leaders in short order.
5oyed at the expense of the Red Sox
and Athletics exactly balance the total
Of straight setbacks absorbed when
their recent visit to New York ended.
and they now have supplanted the
Indians as tenants of the first divi-
sion.
Further Climbing Expected.
It may be observed in passing that
further progress upward Is rea-
eonable expectation before the cur
rent week Is terminated. Battles
with the AS in Philadelphia today
four contests in Boston. Duffy has
only two pitchers worthy the name.
One of them. Quinn, the Nationals
polished on In a most artistic man
ner. when he essayed to toll here,
and an even more emphatic lacing
latter Is a fine workman against some
clubs, the Yankees, for instance.
whom he stopped yesterday. but he
hasn't been able to win a handful Of
games from the Nationals in hi1
entire American League career. And
while Milan's men are engaged at
the Hub the desperate Indians will
be on the warpath in Chicago. The
White Sox have a margin of only a
game and a half over the Griffs, so
ehfrd nlaco iS nnf O nnwarFanted
hope by the time another Sabbath
rolls around.
with Johnson given an additional
respite till Boston is reached and
yesterday Milan may be forced to call
on Erickson for slab duty this after
noon, and II he does the fans will
hope that Olafs arm still Is sore.
without wishing the Swede any hard
luck, either!
Bum Wrist IL What He Needs.
Eric had lame wrist when he was
last Thursday. and held them to two
hits in six innings. 1t was still
bothering him Saturday. when he
bianked~the AS for two rounds after
again being called on as rescuer. If
the Vikings wing ailment still is in
evidence this afternoon it will take
more than Rommel or Hasty to
prevent the Nationals from attaining
q 500 rating in the team table.
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary yester-
day obtained sweet revenge for the
knockout powder slipped him by the
Athletics last week. Summoned to
relieve Gleason in the fifth after the
Mackmen had hammered the Shreve-
port rookie for eight hits and four
runs, Zach pulled out of two-on-
and-noHe-ou hole and yielded just
ono base blow over the remainder of
the route. The fact that Gleason OFF,
cially was credited with the victory
because his mates had piled up
bunch Of runs for him in no way de-
tracts from the credit due the port
slider for his exhibition.
How 1t Was Done i'm Fourth.
1t happened that yesterdays big
inning was the fourth and that Ro-
1eine Naylor was the foeman on the
hill Rollie usually gives the Gr1ff-
men lots Of trouble and has some
thing of a reputation for hurting
prowess, but they are no. respecters of
persons, and with some assistance
from two of Mack's inflelders pro-
ceeded to prove it. Brewer and Peck
were on through a walk and an error
by Dykes, respectively. when Naylor
got Charity in the hole with strikes