Evening star., 1924-09-01
BR0|L|NC SUN FAILS
TO HALT BIG CROWD
All Seats But Uncovered
BIeachers Filled Half Hour
Before Game.

Terrific heat that threatened to shoot
thermometer had no effect on the
thousands of base ball mad Washing
tonians this morning. They would have
braved the fires of unmentionable
places. probably. to see their pennant
ward soaring Nationals tackle the Ath-
leticS in the first game of today'S
double bill. for as early as o'clock
the frenZied fans came jamming
through the gates of Clark Griffith
Stadium and at 10 o'clock. a half-hour
before game time. all of the stands
except the open left fed bleacherS
We're filled. There We're more than
10000 in the field boxes, grandstandS
and pavilionS
The intense heat caused both mana
gers. Connie Mack of the visiting team.
and Rucky Harris OF the locals to fOregO
any extensive pre-Came practice. but
the Nationals stepped onto the field for
a brief drill shortly after 10 and the
cheering that greeted their appearance
WAS deafening. The Athletics. too. were
given a hand. hut unless he came from
the Quaker City there probably was
not a fan among those present who
did not nope the Macks would need
sympathetic cheers at the conclusion OF
hoStilitieS.
Crowd. Cheers Wildly.
During the Bucks driI Washing
ton rooters never passed up an op-
portunity to applaud generously
every snappy bit Of fielding turned
in. When Bucky Harris ran we'll
back of second base and scooped up
sizzler. batted by Joe Martina, and
without balancing threw deity to Joe
Judge. he was cheered to the echo. and
was was Goose Goslin. who made several
spectacular catches afield
But the crowd became wildly en-
thusiastic when Cioslin took his place
at the plate in a short batting prac-
tice.
1t remembered his two homerS that
played such an important part in the
recent Yankee series that sent the
Nationals to the top of the heap.
They implored Goose to sock it over
the wall. He did not oblge them at
the time. but the wild fans shouted
to him it is "Ok with us to save those
long wallops until the game"
Fans of various neighborhoods in
Washington must have arranged to
attend this game in groups while the
Bucks were winning their way to the
front, in the upper stand back of first
base was a large BloomingdaIe dele
cation, led by Harry bowling, Pike
Albaugh, one of the wildest-eyed
rooters of the National Capital, and
Fred Lawton.
In the lower right hand side of the
stand was a great crowd of navy
yard rooters, for years WaShingtons
most loyal fans. They were equipped
with kiaXonS and COW bells to aug
ment their vocal efforts at applause. A
representative body of knickerbocke er
Club and Georgetown Athletic AS
sociation brought all of the enthu-
siasm of the West end of the city
into the park. They We're perched
high in the opper stand behind
third base and made the place a
veritable bedlam.
Members of the Board of Trade,
Chamber of Commerce, Merchants
and Manufacturers Association and
various other civic organizations
were at hand III large numbers. and
there was great crowd of Uncle
Sans officials and dignitaries at
hand to see the pride of the Nationals
to continue it's charge to the front.
The battery announcement that in
dicated actual hostilities were i'm
pending were greeted vociferously.
For the Nationals Zezebel Tecumseh
Zachary. redthatched southpaw,
went to the hill. Connie Mack S
pitching selection also was a left
handler, Stanwood Baumgartner doing
the heaving. Muddy Ruel, ga1nest lit
tie catcher in the American League,
was behind the bat for the Bucks
while Cy Perkins assumed a similar
duty for the Macks
Only two umpires were assigned to
the game and neither was Howard
Holmes who is persona non grata
here. The venerable Tommy Con-
molly went behind the plate to take
care of balls and strikes and George
Hildebrand toiled around the bases.