Evening star., 1924-04-16

IN acceptable style, but Stan is no
and has announced that no less than
and Marberry-will be held in reserN
Harris has gone even farther than
mat and tentatively planned for to-
morrow's finging, indicating not only
that he is far-sighted young man,
but considering the program outlined.
that he intends to do just what the
great m majortty OF capital fans hoped
give his youngsters chance.
As first relief for Mog-idge today
the elongated Walter McGrew has been
nominated. with Specie listed to fol-
low him should nece ssity arise. IN
less the As go on batting rampage
local hoxmen. Fred Marberry will
have the distinction of starting the
third tusslc of the series tomorrow
Record Crowd Sees Opener.
Exactly 25,5sl persons, 4 record
throng, paid for the privilege OF see
Ing the lid pried of the base ball
season in the Capital. with President
Coolidge and Secretary Wilbur of the
Navy participating in the ceremonies
70 add an official touch to the color
full Incidental festivities. which in
c!uded lively tunes furnished by the
Marine Band and Meyer Goldman, s
collection of musicians. This crowd
larger by some / 900 fans than any
which ever before attended a sport
ing spectacle in WaSNngton was as
highly touted club assembled by Con-
ME Mack was foiled as by the fact
that victory was achieved.
In limiting the smuggling array OF
FhiladelphianS to two real hits and
couple of scratch blows, Johnson
started his eighteenth, and wha. may
prove his last campaign in the Amer
Jean League oy registering the l03d
shutout OF his career and boosted his
record total of strike-outs to S,074 by
whiting eight Of the visitors.
Johnson's fellow workers collab
Grated with him in impressive fash
Jor. They displayed a tight defense
and although the safeties corraled
from the quartet OF pitchers who
faced them numbered only seven, but
one went to waste, Judge, Goslin
Rice and Ruel inserting biffs that
we're doubly valuable because they
were produced when needed.
Battle of Wits Still Due.
The anticipated battle of wits be-
tween the youngest and Oldest man
ayers in base ball, as represented by
the twenty-seven-yc -ycar-old Harris and
Cornelius McGillicuddy, who admits to
sixty-one summers, failed TO materialize
in the inaugural tilt for. with Johnson
moving down the opposition with ma
chine-like monotony, and his support
ers emitting productive bingies, Bucky
had little to do in a directorial way. but
IL may be different in the remaining
three battles of the series.
This afternoon, for instance, Mogridge
will be confronted with an array of
sluggers formidable enough to strike
fear into the soutest hearted of pitch
ers. Except for Hauser and Bishop,
every one of the regular array of the
AS is an orthodox swlnger, ana all
are calculated to play havoc with the
equannlity Of any southpaw slabbist,
not excluding Mogridge.
Hale, Strand, Simmons, Miller. Gallo
way and Perkins are right-handed
s:udgel wielders, and if they start pep
pcring Mogridge some manaserai,ii Al
be required in deciding whether George
can weather the gale and at Just what
time to lift him should dericking
seem advisable.
Aside from the fact that Johnson
fully lived up to all the nice things
that have been printed about his
splendid condition this spring. yes
tHrday's game indicated little so rar
as the relative merits of the Ma
tionals and Athletics are concerned.
Galloway Has on Day.
For one thing, a causal spectator
would have received the impression
that Mack has 4. hole in his infeld
at short large enough to drive a
truck through, while as a matter OF
fart Galloway is one of the most
competent shortstops in the game.
IT'S sloppy work on defense in the
opener will be speedily forgotten
customary style. and that's liable to
be today. Chick simply had an on
afternoon.
Max Bishop. the agile second
sacker. acquired from the the a%tf5r Hatflmooe re
cash. looked the part OF major
lea que tnfielder in his initial ap-
pearance in the big show. and if he
fulhlls expectations in hitting way
should keep Jimmy Dykes on the
bench frettinE for action indefinitely.
Neither Strand nor Simmons, the
other two minor league stars who
arc being counted on so heaviiy TO
give punch TO the Mackian machine.
were able to make any headway
against the masterful fiinging of
Johnson. but the verdict on their
true &lugging capabilities must be
reserved. Paul Strand, who shatter-
ed almost every established minor
league record for slugging as
member of the Salt Lake club of the
Pacific Coast League last season, ira
pressed as having hitting possibilf-
TICS by the manner in which he -four
tshed his biudgeon, even though he
- guarded spots, and proved he can get
over the ground by travelling almost
to the fence in right center to haul
Gown wallop from Goslin's weapon
In the nTtn.
How Can Simmons DO II.
lust what there is to Connie
Nacks new leftfelder, the Milwaukee
youth, who prefers Simmons as
name to Szmanski, his real cog
Icmen, remains to be seen. He has
stance at the plate which is all
wrong for a real hitter, according to
students of form. He not only
sticks his foot in the water bucket"
as the players refer to the practice
OF pulling away from the plate, but
seems to have the entire leg i'm
mersed.
Simmons always has batted that
way, according to those who have
followed his career. and has con-
sistently murdered all kinds of pitch
ing. Whether he can get away with
it under the big tent is something
the future alone can unfold. Com
petent critics have compared him
with Rogers Hornsby, champion bats
man OF the National League. and
some even speculated as to whether
he may cause Babe Ruth to extend
himself in the matter of compiling
circuit swats. Simmons, unlike Strand
and Bishop is a mere youngster, and
his career in the AmeEican League
will be watched with unusual inter
est because OF the supposedly fatal
Il