Evening star., 1924-04-17

tommel pitched whale Of Il game
and deserved his victory, but he
would have had n much tougher time
getting the decision if Mctirew had
started the game for us Only one of
the runs registered off Slim was fair
" earned and he showed encouraging
poise in the box. ! am very well sat
1sfed with the showing the tall boy
again before long"
It was the intention Of Harris 10
start Paul Zahniser against the Ath-
ictics in the third tilt of the cam
paign today. with Byron Specie, the
underslung hurler from Omaha on
deck for use in case the Southern
League graduate falters, while it
was believed that the Mackian
moundsman would he either Bab
Hasty or Fred Heimach. the latter a
portSide chucker.
Knuckle Ball Works Nicely
Rommel had his knucIlIe ball nicely
oiled yesterday, with the usual result
when this is the case. hits off him
being as scarce as good secondhand
cars. Goslin alone Of the local brigade
succeeded in solving him with any
consistency He smote two burning
line singles and drew a pair Of walks
for perfect batting percentage but
without assistance from his mates
succeeded only in padding his average.
That it was unwiSe to send a south
paw against Comics collection of
r'ght-hand hitters became apparent
before the affray had proceeded many
minutes. Dykes, who was sitting in
for the ailiing Max Bishop oncned
tho festivities with clean smack 10
center. Hale and Strand lofted. but.
after HauSer had been winged. Mog-
ridge uncorked d wild heaye To ,.atc;,
him mapping off first, Dykes scoring
and Joe taking third. Simmons thea
distinguished himself by connecting
Tor a wallop that carried to the
hieachers in left center on the fly.
only last work by Gosliu ard Peek
holding the blow to a double. Hauser
tsllied on this blow and simmons
followed him over the plate when
Miller mauled a safety TO center.
Retired in order in round two by
McGrew. who fell heir tn M0gridge's
job, the MaGks nicked Slim for a
marker in the third. Hauser's Texas
League doubl" producing X after
Hale had singled and been forced by
strand.
GriffS Get Lone Tally.
After filing the bases to no purpose
IN the second on singles by GGslir
and s'rothro and a pass to Pcc-l. ONLY
70 have Fisher and Ruel fan and No
Grew roll to the box. the Nationals
Shatked up their only run against
IIommel IN the third, when Judge
doubled down the right-field line.
moved up on a passed ball ana tai
lied while Galloway was retiring
Harris.
The AS got this one back in the
fourth through the courtesy OF Peck
jnpaugh, who permitted Ronmel's
roller to sift through his paws after
Iruggy got gift double on a Texas
Lacquer to left.
Hauser and simmons again figured
In the scoring in the hfth. when Joe
unieashed a liner to the limits in
left center that he barely cort~.g-d
10 make three bases on, and counted
when Al lofted to GosIin
The Mackmen failed to accomplish
much AGAINST McGrew thereafter. but
IT mattered not Il greal deal for the
GriftS got nowhere at the task of
solving RommeI II did appear for
lime in the fifth that they might stage
an uprising. but after Harris doubled
10 right and GoSlin walked with two
Gown thelr guns were spiked when
summons got in the way OF Fishers
line drive.