Evening star., 1923-05-25


The Red Sox are listing up to pre-
season dope with a vengeance. in
that they can scarcely be rated as a
major league aggregation. Perhaps.
. too. their playing is affected by
/ lack of announcement on the part
OF the Boston folk. The few bright
efforts put forth by Chances men
yesterday elected no applause from
the scant assemblage in the stands.
Boston evidently has had its fill of
the Harry Frazee regime in Ameri-
can League base ball here, nor are
those supposed to know the depths of
! Boston sentiment quite sure that a
change of club ownership as reported
yesterday will bring back to the Red
SoN any great amount of prestige in
the near future This is home"
town if ever there was a big city
idea of the Red SoX being controlled
by a Columbus. Ohio, syndicate is
not relished particularly.
Zachary In Fine Form.
In yesterdays fray the Chance out
/: ft played as If it did not care who
owned it They were up against a diff
tcult proposition. however, in Jeze-
: bel Tecumseh Zachary. who south
: paved them across for the Nationals
$ Zach gave most excellent exhibit
: ton of hurling-one likely to battle a
tainly one too dazzling for the oppo-
sition at hand.
Just thirty-one batters faced Zach,
and all they got were three hits for
five bases and walk, while one took
slam on the hand. George Burns.
Red SoN first Sacker, got on the path
; three times with a double. an error
and wounded fipper1 Joe Harris
!. twice saw the bases. singing in the
? trth and doubling in the seventh
PIPinIpl No.
stroll in the eighth. None of the
other Red Sox tagged first base. Zach
. mad about everything he lacked in
several engagements in the west and
WIN perfect support probably would
, have scored a shutout
Opposing Zachary at the start was
: Alex Ferguson. slender right handler
and Alec's pitching repertoire was about
as slender as his frGrne. He was bumped
for nine hits. three of them doubles. and
base on balls, during his stay on the
hill. and in the fifth inning gave way TO
Southpaw Frank O'DouL before a Ma
tional had been retired.
When he first toed the slab. O'Doul
= was as wild as the tabled Borneo citi-
zen. but as soon as he mastered control
easily checked the Nationals. All told
: ne granted two passes and three hits
me walks and one of the bingles being
. thrust into his initial inning
Behind Zachary. the Nationals PLAYED
n stellar game. their only slp-up being
charged to Sam Rice and his miscue was
turned into the lone Red SoX run At
bat, too, Bush's men were quite able.
registering thirteen hits for eighteen
bases Ossie Bluege was a big gun in
the Smelling of the Boston hurlers. firing
three singles over the infieId. scoring a
run and driving in two others
The Nationals did all the scoring in
the first and fifth innings. Bluege opened
the starting session with single over
third and after Stanley Harris had sac
rtfced. scored as Rice doubled to center.
Goslin's single passed second and sent
Sam home
Harris began the fifth inning with a
lusty double against the left field fence
fdce walked and GoSlin drove both men
home with two-baser to center. O'Doul
then relieved Ferguson on the hill Wade
sent In to run for Goose beat TO third
base ODouls throw of Judges bunt.
Evans forced Judge. Wade holding third.
Peck bunted and Wade was run down
on the line. A walk to Charity, how
ever, filled the bases and when Zachary
strolled Evans crossed the plate Bluege
shen singled Peck and Charity across
. tbe final mark.
The Red Sox did their scoring in the
fifth, when Burns, first up reached Sec
ond as Rice dropped lofty one to right.
Joe Harris single sent George in. There
after, the Red SoX practically were help
less