Evening star., 1924-10-01

| The Nationals naturally are eIated
| over their triumph, but they wear their
| iaurels modestly, and feel that the Ma
| tlonal League pennant winners must be
| overcome before their cup of joy is filed
to overfiowing. Talk among the players
| on the train from Boston last night was
or nothing but the impending argument
| win the champions of the rival big
league. and the general tone of the men
| indicated that the club that earned for
Washington its first major circuit flag
| Is ready now mentally to jump into the
| fray.
The older members of the Nationals
are quite familiar with the system of
| play employed by the Giants Muddy
Ruel, unquestionably the best catcher of
the Johnsonian circuit Joe Judge, rated
| as one OF the leading first-sacllers of the
game; George Mogridge and Jez Zach
airy, southpaWs who have seen much
service, and Roger 'Peckinpaugh, short
stop, who played with the Yankees the
first year the Hugmen faced the Giants
| IN a world series. know much of Nc
Graws strategy.
Vets Dispense the Dope.
These well informed veterans dis
cussed with the members of the
squad newer in the service of the Ma
tionals the capability of the Giant
| pitchers, the strength of the McGraw-
men al bat and their individual hit
ting tendencies, the speed of the play
ers and their base running tactics and
| the general system of defense SO per-
fected by the little Napoleon of base
ball as to count heavily in bring
ing to the Giants their fourth sue
cesslve National League champion
ship, an accomplishment unprecedent-
| ed in modern major base ball.
The youngsters of the squad drank
| in eagerly the information coming
from the seasoned veterans who
know just how formidable is the
Glant machine and ought to be well
equipped mentally for the serious
work they were to begin in Clark
Griffith Stadium this afternoon. Of
course, Manager Harris has outlined
plans for the conflict and will fmpart
them to his charges prior to the
initial practice, but the knowledge
gained by the newer men on the team
| of the potentialities of the Giants
ought to have left them better pre-
pared to absorb the tactical lessons
the youngest pilot of the big leagues
will drill into them before the series
gets under way.
Marberry Attentive Pupil.
1t may fall to the lot of one of the
youngest members of the Nationals
pitching staff to serve in the great
conflict, and none in the group on the
train last night was a more attentive
listener than Fred Marberry. This
husky Texan, who, as much as any
other man of the club, was instru-
mental in bringing to the National
Capital its highest diamond honors, is
potentially a great hurler, and right
now is well enough versed in the art
to give splendid account of himself
in action.
There is no other member of the
Nationals hurting corps possessing
more stamina or blessed with more
courage than Marberry. He proved
this by going into half a hundred
games during the season. generally
when other National moundsmen fall
tered, and more often than not pulled
the game out of the fire. What he
learned from the talk of the veterans
last night and what he will CLEAN
from the conferences led by Manager
Harris during the pre-series drills
likely will make Fred a very valuable
asset to the club in the classic.
Marberry is an intelligent athlete,