Evening star., 1924-07-17

While they have been called upon
for considerable work lately, most
of the National hurlers are with
standing the strain well and should
give the visiting SluggerS good
tussle. Manager Bucky Harris ex-
pected to try both right and left
hand fiinging against the weSterners
this afternoon, having assigned the
Slabbing jobs to Paul ZahniSer and
Jez Zachary.
In St. Louis last month Zahnny
turned in a great game against the
Browns. He held them to seven hits,
four of them being registered in the
last two innings, when the opposition
averted d shutout. Zach, even
though an injured fielding fiipper has
not fully healed, seems to be In
splendid form. He certainly south
paved the Indians to defeat in i'm
preSSive manner last Saturday.
Marberry HurlS Tomorrow.
In tomorrow's single encounter
Fred Marberry probably will toe the
slab for the Nationals. Fred. too,
worked against the Browns while on
the road last month, acting as relief
hurler after d couple of pitching
mates had dropped by the wayside
The big Texas youngster had to put
everything he had on the ball, for 1t
happened the Browns We're in saw
age hitting mood that day, but he
came through with colors flying.
Although Manager Harris, suspend
ed after Sundays game because of
his verbal tilt with Umpire Ducky
Holmes. has been reinStated and was
to resume his regular position at sec
Ond base this afternoon, the Nation
ais were not to take the field with
the same lineup that carried them
to the head of the league. Tom ray
lor, recent acquisition from Memphis.
who has revealed some punch at the
plate in his few trials, was to be kept
at third base. where he went when
OSsie Bluege had to be shifted to the
middle station as his managers un-
GerStudy.
Taylor has socked the ball for a
mark bettering 800 since becoming a
National and has flashed deal OF
speed on the bases. He has yet to
he has had but once chance at the
hot corner and that a pop fly. But
Tom appears to be an agile athlete
and ought to be able to move fast
snoug9 siolsIf 10 TO sIbT 1bfrd baseman soIn account
Bluege, though, may be sent back TO
his regular job soon. Manager Har-
ris figures a brief lay-off is good FOR
some PLAYERS and that the rest may
help 0ssie recover his batting eye.
The strain of the double headers
lately has not hurt Bluege's fielding,
however.
Harris Case Soon Adjusted.
Perhaps the rest OF tlTee VA >. uue
to the suspension and the schedule;
benefited Manager Harris. He mao
been working hard and could well
afford to idle for period-some-
thing he would not have done unless
forced to. Little time was required
to bring about Harris reinstate ment
once President Clark Griffith of the
Nationals got in telephone communi-
cation with President JohnSon's chi
cago office.
johnson was reported to be in
hospital undergoing treatment for a
slight infection at the time, but MS
secretary relayed Gritfith's message
that Harris was not responsible TOT
the trouble that followed Sunday $
game with the Indians, and that the
manager had not used language cal
culated to warrant such drastic pun
ishment as an indefinite SUSPENSION
Word soon came from Chicago that
the Nationals pilot would L. eligible
to play today.
Whether Iris Speaker, chief of the
Indians, voluntarily interceded IN
Harris behalf, as has been reported
is not known to Griffith. The local
president, though, said that spoke,
Who was at bat Sunday when Bucky
and Holmes exchanged words at the