Evening star., 1924-03-16


The trio of sluggers that gave the
Brooklyn pitchers miserable time
at Clearwater yesterday was very
much in evidence today. But Sam
Rice, Goose Goslin and Joe Judge did
not provide the winning punch. They
started their team on it's way to vic
tory. Then Red Hargrave and Fred
Wingfeld. the pitcher who had per-
mitted the Braves to draw up to even
terms with the Nationals. got in a
lot of mean work in the sixth frame
to clinch the argument.
The Griffs were three runs to the
good when Wingfield ascended tae
mound in the sixth inning, Fred Mar
berry, starting hurler. having yielded
but two tallieS during his term OF
nered four markers off Fred Lucas,
right-hander, in the first three ses-
sions and another off Joe Batchelder,
southpaw, in the fifth.
In his initial round Wingfield was
soundly walloped by the opposition
and kindly mixed in a pass with a
brace of singles and two doubles for
; three scores that knotted the tally.
Griffs Come Right Back.
But the Nationals came right back
In their batting portion of the frame
at the expense of Batchelder. A wild
throw by Jack Kelleher gave Rajah
Peckinpaugh a life and Red Har-
graves triple to right center sent
the National shortstop home Red
could not count when Wingfield beat
out tapped ball to Kelleher, but got
across after Casey Stengel, one Of
the heroes of the last world series.
caught Carr Smiths loft Harris
double to center put Wingfeld on
tnlrd and successive walks to Rice
and Goslin counted the pitcher.
Thereafter the Nationals practically
went along under wraps.
All told. Bucky Harris crew gave
the Braves hurlers good larruping.
Four clouts. one double and another
a triple. mingled with a base on balls.
were good for quartet of tallies off
Lucas in the first four frames. Batch
elder gave up four free transporta-
ttons and a triple, double and two
rounds. and even Tim Mcnamara, a
real good right-hand veteran, was
banged for two doubles, as many
singles and a pair of tallies in the
seventh and eighth of the Nationals
The work of Harris hurlers was
much better. Marberry was in trouble
in only one of his innings, the second
Then he was nicked for three of the
four blows he granted, and they pro-
duced pair of counters. Wingfield
was quite unsteady at the outset, but
after his first frame he went along
well, although a neat double play
helped him to some extent in the
eighth.
Goslin Gets Three Bin&Ies.
Goslin was the big noise among
the Nationals batters this afternoon,
garnering a double and two singles
in three legal turns at the plate. But
he did not do all the work. After the
Braves had smacked in two tallies in
the second session with successive
singles by Tierney and McInnis, a
fielder's choice on Stengel and O'Neirs
two-bagger. the Nationals got busy.
Goslin opened the second with a pass
Judge singled and Goose ambled home
as Kelleher manhandled Prothro's tap
Peck'S one-baSer sent Joe across the
plate.
Harris got to base when Bancroft
fumbled in the third frame and
counted on Rice's three-base slam to
right Goslin. not to be outdone by
his fellow slugger. sent Sam in with
a double to center. There was moth
ing more done until the fifth. when
walk to Rice, Goslin's single and
a fielder's choice on Judge produced
a marker. Then came the hectic
sixth. in which both clubs chased
three runs home.
But the Nationals were able to get
moro in the seventh off Mcnamara,
doubles by Peck and Wingfield and
Smiths single netting a pair of tall
lies. The Braves, who had been help
less after once tying the score,
jammed the bases in the eighth to
no avail, but did stick in a final run
with Phillips two-bagger and a sin
gle by Sperber. followed by a force
out in the ninth.