Evening star., 1924-10-08

There was little of strategy or much
to call for fast thinking in this ball
game. The Nationals simply hit our
pitchers freely and drove in the runs.
The conditions this time seemed re-
versed. Washington had the driving
power. while we had to play fast in the
fed to hold them back
II George Mogridge suffered from the
sore arm that had been talked of freely,
l would hate to see him against US when
his arm was good. Except for an oc-
casional spell of wildness, the Wash
ington left-hander pitched a very skill
full game. He seemed to have every
thing. The six hits We got were so well
scattered that we never had real
chance of piling up bunch of runs in
one inning. That. of course. was our
hope, Goslin had practically broken
up the game with that home run in the
third inning. By getting the jump on US
like that. our style Of attack was natu-
rally changed Instead of playing for
single runs We had to work for real
rally. That makes a big difference.
Praises Moeridge's Work.
When the game started Mogridge was
so w-obbly that it looked as if we were
to have an easy time Of it. In the sec
ond he was little steadier. After that
he Strengthened out and pitched real
ball game.
Some days ago spoke of the pos
sibility of some hitter with a big
punch breaking up all the plans at
some unexpected moment. men,
toned Goslin. and yesterday Goslin
did il. That his eye was on the
ball and couldn't be shaken off was
shown by his hitting Barnes for three
successive wallops, and then hitting
Wayland Dean for another. Four
hits in row. one a home run. is
extraordinary in world series,
especially when the batter has never
played in one before This boy Cos
lin is a natural hitter, though. and
is likely to hit anybody, anytime.
When he hits the ball II is usually
a real hit, too. There was nothing
f1uky about the home run. He caught
the ball sQuarely, and 1t went on d
line into the right field stand. 1t
would have been a game breaker in
any grounds. Our misfortune WAS
that the Nationals had two runners
on at the time. Those three runs
were the jolt that hit US even though
we did manage to get four.
Hit Brings Confidence.
The Washington players seemed to
have more confidence at the bat after
Goslin had started it. McNeeley got
three hits and SO did Bluege. The
loss of Peckinpaugh. is bound to be
a serious one to Washington. 1t is
a pity for them to have their veteran
out. It made no difference yesterday,
but it will in the long run.
Virgil Barnes made it little
harder for US by not having his
usual control. When pitcher is
unsteady he often is forced to groove
the ball to keep from walking a
batter. In that way he is exposed
to danger. Marberry had that dif-
ficulty in the game Monday. In fast,
he was not SO steady yesterday.
Hack Wilson again showed me his
gamenesss when, with two on and
Marberry called in to pitch against
him the boy hit the ball for two
bases. We might have had a chance
in this inning had not Harris made
that perfect throw to the plate and
got Meusel.
1t seems likely that we will get
Walter Johnson next. Having beaten
him once, our players are not a bit
disturbed over the prospect.
(Copyright, 1924, by the Christy Wal i,
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