Evening star., 1924-06-22

In1rQ IN 1Our starts against the NJ
The Macks get but five blows
homers-one by Joe Hauser. and
shutout. Hauser's clout followed
inning, while Simmons got his clrcu
Paul Strand got one-base blow in
the second session and Harry Riconda
got another in the eighth. That was
all in the way of slams off the Big
Train.
Walter walked a pair of batters.
but. outside of the rounds in which
the four-base knocks were made he
never was in danger of being scored
against He also famed four Mack
men. Bishop. Riconda. Hauser and
Pinch batter Sammy Hale being his
victims.
While johnson stopped the Ath-
letiCs, the Nationals made merry with
four hurlers trotted to the hill by
Connie Mack. Sam Gray, right
hand recruit from Fort Worth. failed
to last OUT the first inning. He was
so free with passes that he forced in
two runs before giving way to South
paw Royal Meeker Meeker, charged
with the loss OF the game, was we'll
bumped in the second inning, 50 Dinty
Burns, an orthodox finger. was sent
to the hill. He was the victim of Ma
tional hits and Mackian errors, but
stuck to his task six sessions. Stan
wood Baumgartner, left-hander, toiled
In the last frame and took a ham
mering.
Grihs Get Thirteen Hits.
Summed up. the Nationals clouted
safely thirteen times for fourteen
bases. Stanley Harris two-bagger be-
ing the only extra base hit of the lot
They also were the recipients of ei ght
bases on balls and had their cause
n ~ y F,I u
the Harrismen performed well. Their
two misplays were made by Mule
Shirley, and neither aided the Macks.
Both clubs put 4. pair of runners
ming. the Nationals profiting by
Gray's wtldness, while the Macks did
some sound Slamming. Rice began
the fray with a swat to center good
for base. but a moment later was
shared attempting to pilfer second.
Matthews also singled and was more
successful than Rice in stealing his
way to the middle sack. Harris was
franked to first; then Goslin, with
q three-and-on count. lifted to Welch
for the second out
Gray then lost all semblance of
control and passed Ruel, Bluege and
Peck in succession. forcing home
Matthews and Harris. That finished
Gray for the day. Meeker went to
\ perched on the pads, and ended the
inning when he took Shirley's roller
and threw to Perkins for q force play
on Ruel.
Hauser's Homer Ties 1t Up.
Hauser's homer over the right field
wall dead-locked the game in the
Mack's first turn a I bat. Bishop had
started the frame with sharp sin
gle to right. but when Riconda
famed and Welch lofted to Matthews
it seemed that johnson would escape
unscratched. Hauser, however, slam
med the second ball pitched him, and
il cleared the barrier by many feet.
The Nationals came right back at
the White Elephants in the second
inning, however, the last that Meek
cr pitched. Johnson INITIATED the
and Rice strolled. Matthews forced
out Rice, but Harris bumped a dou
BILE off the wall of the left field
bleechers. tallying Johnson and Mat
theWS. When Simmons threw to the
plate, trying to head off Matty, Har-
ris took third. from where he counted
after Welch made a circus catch of
Goslin's liner. Ruel walked, but died
stealing.
Burns, who went to the box for the
Athletics at the start of the third,
got away with that round, but was
nicked for a marker in the. next.
Rice singled and went to third, when
Matthews poled a one -baser past Gal
loWay. harris popped To BlSnop IN
short right field and Rice made home
safely after the catch. Matthews,
though, had run off first base, when
Harris raped the ball and became an
easy double-play victim as Perkins
relayed to Hauser the throw from
Bishop.
Freak Homer for Simmons.
A freak homer in the fourth frame
gave the Macks their third run. Sim
mons. first up. soaked the ball over
Matthews head to the center-field
wall. and it rebounded behind the
scoreboard. Matthews retrieved the
sphere quick enough to have held the
swat to a triple, but as it had gone
out of sight of the umpires, the hit
had to be ruled home run;
In the seventh the Nationals tailed
after the first two batters were re,
tired. Harris walked, took third
when Goslin singled to right, and
scored as Ruel poled a drive into left
field Goose and Muddy attempted a
double steal and the formers demise
TWO hits paved the way to as many
National markers in the eighth
Burns last inning on the hill. Bluege
hit and so did Peck Shirley Dunted
then grabbed it and threw wildly
past Hauser, enabling Bluege ano
Peck to romp home. while Shirley got
to second. Johnson sacrihced, pr'
Rice 1OuIeu 10 I1duSSi eliA ~'hS'
grounded to the same Mackman.
Raumgartner did the Mackian hurl-
ing in the ninth and was slammed lol
A couple of runs after Harris ano
Goslin were retired. Ruel singled and
Bluege did likewise. but Strand rum
bIed Ossie's rap and there We're Ma
tionals on second and third Peck
scored them both with single 10 left
then watched Shirley foul to Rlconda
we,ch made n spectacular catch of
Goslin's liner in the second, backlng
against the wall and leaping TO get
the ball with one hand. Harris easily
scored from third after the grab,
however.
When Perkins lifted to- right center
in the second inning Matthews had to
do some tall sprinting to make
catch. Had the ball gotten away from
Wild trouble may have resulted, Tor
Strand followed Cy's effort with
single.
After Hale battcd for Perkins in
the seventh Bruggy went behind the
plate for the Athletics. His first act
was a wild throw of Snirley's bunt
that let Bluege and Peck score.
All of the Nationals except Shirley
broke into the batting column. Rice,
Matthews, Ruel, Bluege and Peck
got two blows each.
johnson raised his big league career
strike-out total to 3,l45e Wnen ne