Evening star., 1924-09-22

representative in the last few days
Manager Stanley Harris not so
club would achieve its goal-that o
flag in organized base ball history
on even terms with the New Iorke
lleve they will not be stopped i'll the
confident, but feel they arc good CT
game from now on. And that is d
chance the American League penna
by next Saturday. when the Nation
III Philadelphia.
Rain almost cheated the Nationals
Of an opportunity yesterday to in
crease to two full games their lead
over the three time flag winning Goth
amites At o'clock, when the contest
with the Browns Was scheduled to start
rain was pouring in torrents in st
Louis. At $40 it still was raining hard
About that time the figures reveal
ing the third consecutive defeat of
the Yankees by the Tigers in Detroit
were posted. and the Bucks knew
they were a game and a half ahead
of their rivals. but they We're more
than anxious to tackle the Browns
With chance Of increasing their ad
vantage to two games.
At o'clock the heavy rain had
lowed for - minutes. Then the pre-
cipitation stopped entirely, and thanks
to the big canvas intield cover used at
SpOrtSmdn'S Park the clubs were able
70 take the field at go. and the
Nationals were rewarded with a 6-to-
victory. well earned in the seven
innings completed before darkness
came on.
Detroit Now All But Out.
The Bucks. by their success. all but
reduced TO two the field of clubs with
a mathematical chance at the cham
rionship Though the Tigers won
yesterday, they still are six games
behind the leaders and have but hte
more to play so one more win for the
Bucks in their seven remaining en-
gagementS. or one more defeat for
the Tigers would mean that Detroit
viii have to wait until next year to
renew its pennant fight
The series that was TO open in chi
cago TODAY means much to the Bucks
While they have taken the measure
OF the White SoX rather easily IN
past games this year, Evers aggre-
CATION is not to he desplsed and II
must be remembered that while the
Bucks are battling here the Yankees
viii be facing an Indian team IN
Cleveland that has not been DONG at
all well for some time
Manager Harris was not certain
this morning as to what pltcher
would face the White SoX this after
noon in the opening game OF the
series of three. However. there was
a chance that Walter Johnson, who
worked only an inning in that tasco
at Sportsman'S Park in st. Louis last
Saturday, would get the call. The
weather probably was too warm TOR
the veteran then, but 1t Is much
cooler here and more to his liking.
Zach and McNeeIy Star.
Two Bucks contributed much to the
success of the club in the last game
at St Louis. They were Jezebel Te-
cumseh Zachary and George Earl
McNeely The former, although sut-
fering with sore pitching arm. did
a nifty lot of southpaw tinglng
through the seven innings, while Nc
Neely, virtually d recruit, starred on
the base paths and atield. Goose
GoSlin also helped considerably with
a home run Clout, his third of the
series.
Zachary allowed the Browns but
SIX hits in the seven frames and kept
them away from the plate in all but
=
ed four of their blows. At that he
might have had Il shutout had I'm
pire Brick Owens ruled in favor of
the Nationals on play at third
base in the fourth inning. 1t appears
that Peck had tagged Robertson for
the third out of the frame after TAX
, ing a throw from Harris, but owens
said no. and four runs followed.
That block of tallieS bettered by
but Goslin's homer in the next frame
cvened matters, and McNeely by d
daring bit OF base running that in
volved travelling from first to third
on an infield out put his club ahead
In the sixth. McNeely again starred
in the seventh when he dashed from
left center to right center for re-
markable catch of Pinch Batter Hank
Severeid's long fly. The clout ap-
peared good for at least two bases
when it left the bat, and likely would
have scored Walter Gerber, who was
on first, but instead McNeely grab
bed it for the last out of the day.
Griffs Rout Jinxman Davis.
The Bucks were called upon to face
their arch enemy, Dixie Davis, but he
was not so puZZling as on former oc-
CdsionS. They slammed him safely in
each of the seven innings, accumulat-
ing "A dozen hits all told. Every man
in the National lineup except Peck
broke into the hit column, Judge
leading the lot with a double and d.
brace of singles.
In addition to their free hittines u e
Bucks put a lot of smart base 0a ii
into their last game of the year
with the Browns, playing like real
champions before the appreciatiVe
St. Louis fans.
The first scoring came in the third
inning that McNeely opened with a
triple to left-center. Harris famed.
hut Rice walked and Goslin flied to
jacobson so deep that after the catch
McNeely scored and Rice took sec
ond Judges single to center tailed
Rice.
Two were out when run was put
across in the fourth. Peck grounded
to Gerber, but Ruel bunted toward
third and got to first base ahead of
Robertson's throw. After Zachary
famed, McNeeIy strolled. Harris
then lifted Texas League single to
right to get Ruel home.
Browns Take Lead in Fourth.