Evening star., 1923-07-03

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not suffer a reverse or two with
League pennant race IS gong to re-
at his best and bunch OF sellin,
emulating the erstwhile king OF the
That victory achieved yesterday
while the Athletics We're taxing s .ne
count in a brush with the Red SoH
increased the Yankees first-piace
advantage to exactly ten games over
Connie Mack's pennant aspiTants.
That's the most substantial lead any
big league ball club has had IN a
remnant race before July in many
And the Nationals have contributed
more than any other club to the sue
cess of the Yankees. These outnts
son. with DOME Bush's proteges get
ting the best of the argument on
four occasions only. However. Win
a little bracing, the Nationals can
improve their standing IN the leasu ur
materially, for they are but 1our our
games behind the runner-up Athiellcs
and a few more wins than losses
during the present long trip WouId
help considerably to liveu the nsnt
for second money in Ban Johnson S
circuit.
Three Huriers Hammered.
The Yanks have done much savage
hitting this season, but none more
murderous than that yesterday.
when their nineteen hits totaled
thirty bases. Three of our teasing
smiths of Gotham and got rough
treatment in lunches. Jez Zachary
looked good to Manager Bush durin
the warming-up session tand mucn
better to the Yanks during the hrst
inning That rortion OF the fray saw
zach nicked for Babe Ruth's ff-
teenth homer of the season. double
and brace of singles and quartet
of runs. Then Zach saw the showers.
Zach might have gotten by with
hut two tallies scored against him
but for errors tossed in by Goose
Goslin and Bucky Harris, In all
likelihood. though the fanks would
have gotten to him a bit later for
they had their batting lamps wen
polished Good Man Friday hurled
three and thirds innings after
Zach's retirement and was slammed
for a homer. a triple, double ana
even one-base knocks that netted
the Hugmen nine markers. Ihen
pitching burden. While he adorned
the mound no Yankees dented the
plate, but they fattened their batting
averages with five stout singles.
But 1t was not this brand of box
work that brought about the undoing
of the Nationals so much as the ex-
cellent slabbing of Sir Robert Shaw
key Bob and his red shirt were the
real bright spots of the fray. He
allowed the Nationals total of
eight safeties, but outside of the
first inning, in which he filled the
bases. and the fifth. in which he
granted the Bushmen their lone run,
never was in danger.
With Shawkey slabbng in such
splendid form and he and his mates
the Nationals really did not have a
chance from the start.
Griffs Checked mt Start.
The Nationals opened hostilities
as if they would make matters in
teresting for Sir Robert. hits by Rice
and Goslin and Gharrity's stroll fl
ling the bases with one down, but
Ruel famed and Evans lofted to
Ward Thereafter the Nationals
hit into an inning except in the fifth.
Then with Friday out of the way
RiCe's triple to loft and Goslin's dou-
BILE to the same sector netted d tally.
But that run did not count for much
against what the Yanks had done
before and did thereafter.
Zach got himself into trouble at
the outset by slamming the ball into
Wits ribs. Then GoSlin, after park
ing under Dugan's high one. muffed
Ruth. The Babe rose to the occasion
by soaking the second pitch to him
high into the right field bleachers
Pipp got single that went for
naught, as he was caught stealing,
and Meusel grounded out, but Ward
hit safely to center and got home as
Scott doubled to right.
Wits walk. Ruths triple to left
and Pipp's homer into the left field
stand produced three New York
tallies in the second inning, but with
faster fielding by Goslin only one
run would have been counted. There
were two out when Ruth crashed the
ball. Goose first misjudged the loft,
then lobbed the ball to Peck, when
a speedier throw undoubtedly would
have caught the Bambino at the far
corner for the final retirement Of the
inning.
Successive singles by Scott, Hof-
mann and Shawkey filled the sacks
In the third and Wits one-baser to
center scored the first two mentioned.
The big bust for Friday occurred In
the fifth session. Norman walked.
Witt was hit by a pitched ball, Fri
day uncorked a wild mitch and both
Yankees counted as Peck messed
Dugan's rap. Ruth doubled Dugan-
to third and Pipp sent the pair in
with single to center. Then the
fanks called it a day. so far as run
making was concerned