Evening star., 1924-09-01


ders. The Bucks have remaining
two of which were to be played ii
with the Red Sox and three with (
Two of the teams to be encoun-
tered-the Browns and the Indians
have outrlayed the Nationals de-
CiSively so far this year. Now the
Yankees have a bunch of dates with
the Red SoX, due to early season post
ponementS, and the Red SoX are not
calculated to offer serious opposition.
Then the Tigers have yet to play
about a dozen games with the White
Sox and the White SoX have not been
able to make as good a stand against
the Tigers as against the Nationals
and they have been very weak against
Bucky Harris crew.
Twenty Games on Road.
Twenty of the 25 games to come
will be played on the road. Ordinarily
team is supposed to be far stronger
on its own field, but performing on
foreign fields does not seem to worry
the Bucks much. OF 81 tilts away
from home so far this year. Harris
and his athletes have won 81.
:. But they will have to play at a
better rate than that both on the
rpad and at home from now on
Yankees, Tigers and even the
Browns still are very much in the
struggle for the flag and the Ma
t1onals really cannot afford to lose
anything.
!. And they are not likely to lose
much If they continue to display the
game fighting spirit they showed in
the little world series" in New York
last week. In every one of the four
Contests. the Bucks played as if their
entire base ball future was at stake
And it probably was. at that. Field
ing was of desperate character, the
team never was timid under fire, its
attack generally vigorous and there
never was any quarter asked or given
during the action.
Both teams seemed to realize that
the 1924 pennant possibly hinged upon
the outcome of the series, but the
Yanks. while they played hard base
ball, never never appeared to have the
poise or the heart to match the
Bucks.
: Three Players Chased.
AT times the whole hearted man
ner in which the Nationals hurled
themselves into action threatened to
result in bodily injury, and yesterday
they displayed such d vigorous spirit
that three members of the club were
banished from the field by that ar
bitter who long has been a thorn in
side of the club. Ducky Holmes.
=, Those feeling the iron hand of this
official, who on several occasions this
season seems not to have displayed
great Judgment in avoiding difficult
ties with players We're George Mog-
ridge, Manager Harris, and A
Schact, who were elected in order in
the eighth inning.
The chasing of these athletes not
only peeved the crowd of more than
$4,000 present that had paid to see d
ball game, not lengthy mix-up be-
tween umpire and players, but prob
ably helped pave the way to a Yam
kee run that forced the engagement
to go an extra inning.
The trouble began when Holmes
called fourth ball that walked Babe
Ruth when Mogridge figured the pitch
a third strike. The southpaw pro-
tested violently, too violently to sat
isfy Holmes. and was told to take to
the showers. Thereupon Manager
Harris rushed to Georges defense and
received the same order Schach,
started from the dugout as if to in
terview the umpire, but never had a
chance to get in word before he, too
was banished.
Ruth's Pass Dangerous.
Ruth's pass put two Yankees on
the paths with one out, making the
situation dangerous for Fred Mar
berry, who went to the slab with
little warming up Before he set
tied, Fred walked a couple of New
Workers and forced over the plate
the run that deadlocked the pro-
ceedings. That was bad enough at
the time. although the Nationals
soon remedied that particular bit of
trouble. but more. may come of the
run-in.
There is quite chance that Presi-
dent Ban Johnson, upon receipt of
Holmes report of the occurance, may
suspend Manager Harris and Pitcher
Mogridge. Schact, not having said
anything, probably will escape any
further punishment The loss OF
Harris for or 10 days would indeed
be a blow to the Bucks, for neither
Ralph Miller nor Tom Taylor. al
though earnest workers, is to be
compared with their chieftain toll
ing around the keystone sack.
And Mogridge's suspension, too.
would not be pleasing to take, for
it would prevent George from getting
his regular turn on the hill at least
once, and the club needs everything
1t can get from the veteran southpaw
Losing either or both of these men
for a time would not help the Bucks
one whit in the flag race.
Before getting out of the game,
Mogridge did some good hurting and
may have gone through on to a 2-to1-
triumph in regulation time. He was
In difficulty only twice before the
eighth. A pass and a single put a
pair of YankS on the bases with only
one down in the bird round. but George
promptly got his bearings and stop
ped the opposition cold. The Yanks
got their second and third hits of the
game in the seventh, but would not
have gotten their initial tally then
but for a tumble by Harris.
Tie Count In Eighth.
But in the eighth the world cham
pions got to George for a fourth raI
and a pass before he was fired. Mar
berry, sent in practically cold, could
not locate the plate soon enough to
prevent tying run, but was effective
in the ninth and tenth, even though
the Yanks got three swats In those
two rounds.
The Yankees, too, used two hurlers
Sad Sam Jones opened fire and was
batted harder than the four hits made
off him in seven sessions would indi-
cate. He gave way to pinch-hit-
ter and was succeeded by Bullet Joe
Bush. Joe hurled great eighth
inning, wabbled in the ninth when
the Bucks wasted two singles and
was knocked for loss in the tenth
when his pitching strategy went awry
and Sam Rice came through with a
most timely swat.
The Bucks got their first run In
the fourth frame that Leibold began
with a walk. Harris sent a short
single to center and Rice sacrificed.
Goslin then lofted to short center and