Evening star., 1924-05-31

\ management supplanting one
that did little else than antagonize
the Boston public started the re-
riyal of interest in the game here
this spring, but at the outset the new
management was on trial. for after
seasons OF miserable teams the Red
SoX rooterS had become dubious. But
they have rallied To a winner. Just
what would Washington do, if"
The gigantic gathering of Red SoX
cohorts was stirred and stunned be-
fore the holiday program was COM
pleted. The Boston boosters below
ed themselves hoarSe during the first
game. when their favorites walloped
the Nationals. 9 to 4, and kept pace
with the Yankees. who had doWned
the Athletics. They beloved some
more in the second game after their
club had gone ahead. when they knew
the Mackmen had turned the tables
on the New Workers. But "a little
later their JOY was turned into gloom
when they saw their pitching ace
slammed hard enough TO give the
Nationals 10-to-5 triumph and
chance to gain complete control of
first place in the American League
Slip away.
Lots of Base Ball ON Tnp.
However, all of the fans got an
afternoon full of base ball. There was
some great ball punishing by Sam
at bat during teh two games, and
their own slugger, Ike Boone. who
banged in six runs in the opening
encounter, A homer netting four of
them, and they were treated by the
Red SoX to triple play, a fielding feat
the Nationals ought to be getting ac-
tustomed to these days.
This three-ply killing that bobbed
up in the sixth inning of the second
game was made possible for the Red
SoX mainly by some sluggish work of
Walter Johnson on the base paths.
Walter was at third and Rice a first
when Memo Leibold batted a swift
bounder to Wambsganss, who was
playing unusually near the initial
sack. Rice had darted from the base
with the smack and was an easy vic
tim of Wamby's on the line. Then
a short heave to Joe Harris killed off
Leibold. Johnson, in the meantime,
was sauntering toward the plate, and
Harris had plenty of time for his
throw to Val Picinich to complete the
three-way retirement.
That triple play. though. failed to
save the game for the Red SoX. al
though for a time it appeared that it
had. The Nationals were leading.
to ,, when it occurred. Johnson having
yielded pair of runs in the first
frame, while Oscar Fuhr had been
clouted for as many in the fourth
and had paved the way to two more
before giving way to Lester Howe in
the sixth.
Grifs Pound Howard Ehmke.
The tally that Johnson could have
made would have meant much in the
Red SoX sixth. when Walter was
heartily spanked and had to retire
in favor of Fred Marberry. The Sox
did a bit of extra hitting at Fred's
expense, and assumed a 5-to-4 advan-
tage 1t was their last flare-up,
though. while the Nationals went on
to lambaste Howard Ehmke. who
hurled the seventh and eighth rounds
and hammer Curtis Fullerton for
more markers in the ninth.
The first game was settled in the
fourth inning, when the Red SoX
staged one of their great seven-runs-
after-two-are-out rallies. Each club
had scored once before this big round,
in which Joe Martina was a victim
of hard knocks. The National hurler
filled the bases, when he gave up
tween, then proceeded to fan Fergu
son and Flagstead. but Wamby's
stroll forced a counter. home, Veach's
double knocked in two more, and Joe
Harris pass again loaded the sacks.
Boone quickly unloaded them with a
homer into the bleachers. Byron
Specie then was hustled to the hill,
but gave way to a pinch hitter when
the Nationals got fresh with AL Fer
guson in the eighth. The rally was
nipped by Jack Quinn, who finished
on the mound for the Red Sox, while
Paul Zahniser did the last hurling
for the Nationals.
The series was to be ended today
with Warren Ogden opposing Bill
Piercey on the slab. Tonight the Ma
tionals will entrain for Washington,
where they meet the Athletics tomor-