Evening star., 1923-08-30

during the next week. however, the
Nationals are likely to find the going
champions for the past two years and
we'll on their way to the third pen
nant. are scheduled to be played here
today. tomorrow and Saturday and
IN Washington Sunday. BeatinS the
IankS has not been the National Is
forte this year Then come four
games in three days with the seem
Ingly reJuVcnated Red SoX in Boston.
All told. quite job to be disposed
OF before the Bushmen return TO their
home lot for Il lengthy stay.
OF the pitchers. George Mogridge.
suuthpaw. and Allen Russell. right
hand spitballor, both veterans. were
the iron men" of the western tour.
The former was sent into five games
and pitched all the way in four. going
through twelve inning battle
against the White SoX and one of ten
innings against the Indians. Russell
STATED and finished one game and
took part in four others. The spit
haller led tn" Nationals staff for the
trip. being credited with four wins.
M"gridge was second with three wins
and two losses.
How the Others Fared.
The issue was up TO Jez Zachary
h" participated and he broke even,
his loss brin- d thirteen-inning affair
to the Tigers. Monroe Mitchell. re-
"Iuit. scored Il victory then lost ii
game. but Paul Zahniser. another
comparatively new member of Bush $
mound cor :, who started four times.
FINISHED but once. He took beating
then and was charged with another
defeat in a tilt in which he was
relieved
The pace they set told heavily on
lHt already crippled Nationals. how
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the league atire during the remainder
Of the campaign Amy success above
the ordinary enjoyed by them from
now on Will he startling indeed.
Their slab corps. none too strong.
was greatly weakened during the
tour when Walter Johnson. hurting
ace. twice injured his left leg and
finally had TO quit the club i'll De-
tloit. Unless JohnSon'S sore limb re-
spends to treatment quickly. little can
he expected of the pitching staff as at
present constituted.
The Nationals were give some good
pitching yesterday. though. when Oil
phant Haggard Marberry. youngster
from the Southern Association, toed
the slab for six innings against the
TNgcrS in the final game of the serie :
in Detroit. He held the Slugging
cobbmcn TO four singles. three of
them quite SCratchy. gave but on pass
and famed a batter.
htchcIt FHueS out
All of this clever hurting went for
caught. however. as the game was
lost before Marberry stepped to the
slab in the third session. Monroe
Mitchell. who started in the box for
tn" Nationals. was well pounded.
yielding ten hits, totalinS sixteen
bases. and a brace of walks. Tor nlne
runs. all the Tigers amaSSed. After
the first two men to face him in the
third had hit for a tai Y Mitchell
faded from the scene.
The Nationals could do little against
Sylvester johnson. right handler, after
the second inning until the nlnth.
when the Tygers' hurler palpably
loafed under a comfortable lead. Be
tween the Nationals scoring ses'
aionS. the second and ninth. Johnson
gave up four of the twelve Saletlts
he allowed. His control was excel
lent. so the Bushmen went passiess
and were beaten TO b.
The Tygers started with a rush.
Blue and Jones singled, Cobb sacrl
iced and Manush drove in a pair OF
runs with a one-b base nlow, herh1 I
inann's double scored Manush ana
after Hanty walked. Basslcr doubled
two tallieS across.
4 couple of runs were baGged by
the Nationals in the second frame.
With Rice out of the way. Judge and
ATanush caught Harris foul and
Evans two-bagGer let Ruel 20 home
IN their second turn at bat, the
Tigers again went on scoring
rampage. Jones strOllcd. Cobb singled
and both tailed as Manush tripled
down the right field foul line. Manush
crossed the plate after Leibold bag
ged Heilmann's long fly.
ITaney opened the Tigers third
frame with II triple and counted as
Bassler singled to center. Then Mar
berry relieved Mitchell on the slab
and put stop to the Tigers scoring.
When Johnson eaSed up in the ninth,
the Nationals did their last run get
Ting of the year in the west. Rice
licd to Cobb. but singles by Judge,
Iiucl and Harris filled the bases and
Evans one-b -baSer scored Judge. Char
rity. batting for Marberry, lofted to
cobb. Ruel counting after the catch.
Leibcld's triple to right let Evans and
charity reach the plate. but Peck
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