Evening star., 1924-08-28

The Harrismen are not whit de-
pressed by that S-to-6, thinning
defeat at the hands of the Browns
vest erday. albeit they would have
relished victory that would have
sent the club to the top of the
home stay record of II wins in -
starts has heartened them consider
ably. The performance put them
again in the very thickest of the
championship race and enabled them
to pick up a full game on the Yanks.
who were two games ahead of the
Bucks when both clubs returned
from the West early this month.
The Bucks did not sink yesterday
without a struggle. 1t was one OF
those games that have marked the
clubs recent history. contest in
which the Bucks never held the
upper hand but managed to mix IN
few explosive rallies to keep the
opposition worried. When couple
of seemingly poor Empirical de-
cisions in the fifth inning knocked
loose the underpinning of Mogrldge.
starting hurler, and practically
Staked the Browns to tour-run
lead, all the Weak-hearted fans and
some not 80 weak hearted figured 1t
curtains for the home folk.
Many others joined the crepe
hangers in the seventh when Allan
Russell lost control and virtually
handed the Browns another pair OF
tallies. In the meantime the Bucks
had nicked Elam Nangilder for a
couple of runs, but Elan was getting
along fairly well at that. With two
gone in the eighth, though, he
topped, and was driven from the
game. the chief driving agency being
triple by pinch hitter Bill Har-
grave that showed three Nationals
across the plate.
That blow left the Bucks a run to
the bad. but this deficiency was made
up by Earl McNeely, who walloped
Relief Hurler Urban Shocker for the
hit that tailed Hargrave with the ty-
ing marker. That brought DiXiesDa-
Wis to the mound Immediately, and he
stopped the Bucks completely, while
Fred Marberry, who had gone to the
hill after Joe Martina had toiled
through the eighth round. fell before
the enemy in the eleventh, when some
strategy involving an intentional pass
went awry.
The Browns grabbed quartet of
tallies in the fifth. Williams opened
the round with a blow to left and
took second when McManus lofted to
Goslin's territory. the fly becoming a
hit when Goose misjudged it. He got
to the ball. but failed to hold it, Then
came the questionable decisions that
started the Browns on their way.
Holmes in His Usual Form.
Jacobson flied to Rice and Williams
set sail for third base after the catch.
Sam heaved to Bluege and the latter
Apparently tagged the runner off the
sack but Billy Evans said no. While
the players were wrangling with the
ump McManuS dashed for second. He
made it only in the eyes of Ducky
Holmes. according to Harris, and so
it seemed. McManus appeared to slide
into the ball held by Bucky, who was
standing well away from second base.
. Mogridge then lost his grip and
passed Gerber, filling the hassocks.
Little Rego, who gets about hit a
month, slammed a single that counted
Williams and McManuS and sent Ger
ber to third. Rego took second on
the throw-in and scored with Gerber
when Vangilder singled to center.
The Bucks lost little time in getting
back couple of these tallies.
Bluege's single, Ruel's retirement and
Pinch Hitter Tates one-base blow
accounted for a marker in the fifth,
and singles by Rice, Leibold and
Bluege manufactured a run in the
sixth.
: But Russell lost control in the
seventh, and two more Brown tall
lies splashed across the plate. After
Gerber and Vangilder singled, Tobin
and Robertson were passed, Robert
sons walk forcing in Gerber. Then
Vangilder counted after Rice caught
Sisters fly.
Bucks Rally in Eighth.
: The Bucks staged their big fire.
works display in the eighth. Leibold
and Judge were easy outs, but
Bluege and Ruel singled and Peck
walked, cramming the sacks. Har-
grave was sent to the plate in place
of Martina, and Red polled the ball
to left-field corner for three bases.
Shocker relieved Vangilder, and
Urban's second pitch was knocked to
center field for two bases by Nc
Neely, scoring Hargrave with the
tying run.
Davis then took up the St. Louis
pitching burden, and from then on
the Bucks were fairly quiet at bat.
Marberry, too, baffled the Browns for
awhile. They got to him in the elev-
enth, though. Davis walked to start
the session, only to be forced out by
Robertson, after Tobin flied to Nc
Eeely. But Sisler singled Robertson
tb third, and Williams was purposely