The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

Rice's and the Washington club j
gamesters.
Rice's feat called for. supreme
heart for few seconds. the will
lingness to take chance on the
red or the black. A huge crowd
saw Rice's great play and under
stood it. Zachary showed his
courage before pitifully small
crowd and lacked the suddenness
of Rice's feat. He had to pitch
alright ball for seven innings
under conditions known only to
the players and the umpires
Zachary proved he, had the neces-
BAry stuff, though, and is all the
better for it today.
On Labor day the Mackmen
protested Zachary's use of tape
on his pitching hand, though he
had been wearing it for several ]
years. He pitches a spinner off
the back of one Of his fingers
and to protect the finger from
becoming a raw sore he has been
wearing small bit of tape.
The Philadelphia Club complained
% Umpire Connolly, who informed
Connie Mack that no ruling had
ever been made on just such a
situation. He wrote that night to
President Johnson, explaining the
circumstances and asking for a
ruling.
When the Griffmen arrived in
Detroit and Zachary attempted to
pitch with the tape on his finger
Ty Cobb complained and succeeded
In having Zachary remove it at
the order of Umpire Dineen. Up
to that time however, nothing had
been heard from Ban johnson.
zachary was so upset that he
failed to last the first frame, giving
way to Martina.
On the arrival of the Griffmen
here Bucky Harris received word
from Ban Johnson that Zachary
would not be permitted to use the
tape on his finger because it was
an aid to pitching and. If he were
allowed such aid other pitchers
would try other aids and the
whole intent of the pitching regu-
lations would fail.
Zachery listened to Well.intention
ed, but foolish friends, who talked
of how he would be unable to pitch
baseball any more. Ban Johnson
was bawled out for running Zach
ary's career and seeking to pre-.
vent Washington victory in this
great pennant race. The big pitch
er said nothing but it was with
such a background that he entered
the box to oppose the Indians
great veteran spitballer, Stan Cove
leskie.
"Get in there, Zach. and show
them you don't need tape to fOOI
'em," was the cheering remark
OF BucEy Harris as Zachary was
warming up. And that is exact
" what Zachary did, fooled the
Indians without the use of tape.
He has a sore finger today from
he intends taking his turn OH
his finger falls off.
Every time the bigN forkhander
pitched his spinner, it caused pain
In his finger. For years he had
been accustomed to using a small
piece of protecting tape and over
night he had been ordered to de-
sist. His friends feared he would
be so bothered by the new order as
to lose his control and be lost to
the team.
Through those seven innings
Zachary gave a brilliant pitching
exhibition. Four hits were collect
ed off his delivery and one Indian,
Frank Ellerbe, drew a pass. Noe
q run came over, though, and only
one foe had reached second base
until the fighting Griffs had
slaughtered Coveleskie and the nec-
essity for such pitching no longer
existed. Then, but not till then.
Zachary eased up and finished the
last two innings under. wraps.
Sam Rice on Sunday showed the
quick desperation among the fight.
ing Griffs. Yesterday Jezebel
Tecumseh Zachary showed the
quiet, bulldog courage that carried
him along through seven innings
Of brilliancy against the worst kind
of a handicap, change in his
pitching style AS Rice was
victorious so was Zachary and to-
day the Grifts are more certain
than ever that they will win the
championship.
The Griffs really defeated
COveIesISie in the first inning
when BuckY Harris, who had
doubled with one out. scored on
GOsIin's infield out. but they
staged one Of their typical
eighth.inniDg explOsiOrs and set
tied the result beyond all argu-
ment by crashing five more runs
across the plate. 3
After Harris had counted in the
first frame Coveleskie showed
mastery pitching fighting Zachary
tooth and nail. Five hits came off
his stuff from the first to the
eighth inning. but that eighth was
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