Evening star., 1924-05-06

Rice practically had to be carried
from the field.fi and at first it was
feared Harris available stock of out
FEEDERS would be reduced to three
for S%ne days. Fortunately, Sans
bruised left knee responded to treat
msnt and he was expected to play
today, but another injury to him or to
any other of the outfielders will just
about leave the Nationals fiat so far
as chance of getting anywhere in
the American League flag race is con-
cerned.
The Nationals started the league
3ielders, three veterans and three re-
cruits. OF the veterans, Sam Rice
was the only one in good physical
condition, for Goose Goslin was and
and Memo Leibold, not started as
regular this season, but who may be
forced to fill a permanent berth in
the gardens, was and still is over
weight Two of the recruits, George
Fisher and Carr Smith, have been sent
TO the minors, not being considered
good enough for fast company, while
the one retained, Lance Richbourg
sfil faVors the foot he smashed last
year. At times Richbourg forgets
H1at broken ankle, but not often.
East n Faulty Fielder.
True the trade of Fisher for Carl
East, was intended as an effort to
bolster the Nationals reserve, but
admittedly only in attack East was
known TO be faulty fielder and slow
nn his feet and at first it was not
ans ended to use him regularly in the
nut1eld. But it really was not a
constructive deal, for East is in his
fhirties, while Fisher is in his early
T1enties and apparently a bright
prospect
fault of the National authorities, of
course, but in the first place the deal
for him took from the club something
likely to be quite worth while in the
near future for something not calcu-
4Ht ed to be of use very long
AT present the Nationals certainly
dD not look very impressive in the
Duter defense, Goslin has lost most
Of what feetnesS of foot he had, Rice
probably will feel that big bruise on
neither Richbourg nor Leibold is
ready to give his best to the club
Even before Rice was hurt yesterday,
the trio in service performed poorly
GoSlln and Rice were guilty of some
Siovenly fielding and the former also
fooled in other departments Of the
game.
However. they were not the only
offenders. The usually dependable
Roger Peckinpaugh had a most trou-
While he was charged with only two
nrrorS by the official scorer, there
were other plays that may well have
been booked as miscues by Peck
His throws were weak and through
out the fray he was mono too certain
In getting the ball
Griff's Pitchers Show Nothing.
But at that, superhuman fielding
would have been needed to overcome
the deficiencies of the pitching pro-
duced by the trio of National hurlers
used. Jez Zachary went the first
three frames with nothing on the
ball and no control Allen Russell
not ready for work, and Fred Wing
field in the last two rounds had moth
fng the Red Sox could not solve.
The Red Sox pitchers, too, were
liberal with hits, but Howard Ehmke,
who relieved AL Ferguson, starting
hurler, with three on and one out in
the sixth, was tighter with passes.
than his predecessor and very effect
i've in pinches. The Nationals col
1ected ten safeties to thirteen for
for seven granted and had two bat
ters hit while one Red Sox man took
a slam in the ribs, yet got little out
of it
Zach pitched himself to his own
downfall by yielding a trio of swats
and a run in the second session and
three passes and a hit for two tallies
in the third. Then Russell practically
put the game beyond reach with his
Ineffective hurling that gave up three
runs. Wingfield work mattered lit
tle. The Nationals soaked Ferguson
for a pair of markers in the fourth
and threatened to knock him for a
goal in the sixth, but the willy Lee
Eohl rushed Ehmke into the breach
and checked the onslaught That hit
less National run in the ninth was
directly due to an error by young
Dudley Lee.