Evening star., 1924-08-29

fHt. despite Il III these ObStaCleS s
thrown into the Bucks path. they
stuck to their task eanely. They
had old grim determination on their
side and the Yanks must have known
II from the outset OF hoStilitieS, for
thev never played with that air of
Self-assurance that has so often
characterized the work of the three
time American League champions,
While every member of the Ma
tionaSl was on his toes all the way,
two especially disting guished them
selves. Goose Cos in and Sam Rice
were the shining lights of the clan
of Griffith. Goslfn performing mighty
deeds with his bat while Rice was
powerful defenSively AS well as
strong with the fail.
Goslin in six trips to the plate
made a homer. triple. double and
single. walked once and got on base
in another instance by virtue OF a
fielder's choice. He drove In six
runs and twice flung himself across
the plate.
Rice. in addition to contributing g
couple of spectacular catches, re-
trieved Yankee hits in his direction
so quickly that they were held to
short-diStance blows and socked the
apple for a brace of doubles and trio
of singles in six efforts
Zachary Retires Early.
Fortune was with the Yankees at
the beginning and they soon chased
to the showers Jez Zachary. whose
southpaw pitching was of an lndIt-
.ferent variety. Zach plainly was
"bearin' down" on the ball while on
the hill, but the enemy was "bearln'
down" a bit harder Yet, every time
the Yanks Staked themselves to a
10 Nationals
right out and offset it. If a single
Wah needed to tie the count the
Buks got il. When homer was
necessary, that was Forthcoming.
During more than half the pastm-
ings all the efforts of the Hugmen were
matched. Then the mighty Bambino,
who had f1ared up brightly in the fourth
frame with four-base drive at
Zachary's expense, again got in his
wicked work. The seventh inning saw
another homer bound from Ruth's bat,
Allen Russell being the slugger'S victim.
Ard on this occasion there was a
runner on base awaiting a scoring blow.
But did that two-run kankee lead
phase the Bucks? Not one whit. They
Immediately went about staging their
most magnificent rally of the year, and
before the eighth inning was ended
eight Washington runs were registered.
series was on right side the Bucks
ledger.
The Fightin'est Finish.
1t was the fightin'est finish one would
care to see and a fitting climax to d
hectic struggle. Right off the reel Joe
Dugan at third base made snappy
stop and throw of Earl McNeely's hot
frounder for the first retirement of the
day. and from then to the healthy
swing that Babe Ruth took at one of
Fred Marberry'S pitches and missed the
ball mile for a third strike and the
last out of the afternoon, the battle went
7ipping along.
First blood Of the fray was drawn
by the Yankees. who turned in tall
ly in the second inning. Meusel. first
up in the round. sent an easy ground
er to Roger Peckinpaugh. but Wally
Pipp slammed the ball between Cos
lin and McNeely and reached third
base before it could be returned to
the intield. Schang then lined to Cos
lin near the left field stand and Wally
counted after the catch, but he beat
the throw home only by whisker.
The Bucks lost little time in match
ing this tally, getting a man around
in the third frame. McNeely'S Whit
started the inning inauspiciously. but
Manager Bucky Harris looped a sin
gle over Deacon ScottS head and
took third when Rice Socked one
baser to right field. Goslin bounced
a single off Pipp's gloved hand and
Harris scored. Sam and Goose,
though. were stranded, for Judge lined
to Ruth and Bluege rolled out.
Ruth and Meusel Perform.
Ruth and Meusel conducted a joint
stand busting" exhibition in the
fourth to give the Tanks the lead
gain. Babe began the inning with
a solid swat into the right field stand
for dog trot of the circuit and Meu-
sci followed with d similar blow into
the left field stand. Pipp lifted to
Goslin, but after Wally Schang and
Aaron Ward combed Zachary for sin
giles Harris figured another hurler
would appear better on the hill. SO
Russell was called in.
Scott, first to face Russell, sent a
fly to Rice. Schang, who had taken
third base on Wards single, broke
for home after the catch. but Sam $
peg TO Ruel was SO fast and accurate