The Washington times., 1925-09-19

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their final appearance of the sea,
son in the CapitaH tomorrow. Mon
day the worlds champions will
have a day Of rest before tangling
up with the Cleveland Indians In
three. game series. The pesky
st. Louis Browns will follow the
Indians into town for three games,
completing next weeks program.
Bueky Harris, seeing the end of
the campaign almost at hand. has
asked to have all new players
available report here at once. He
intends giving his veterans op-
portunities to rest before entering
the world series against the Pitts
hurgh Pirates. In the opening
clash with the White Sox, for
| instance, he took himself out ip
the seventh inning and the fans
Stuffy Stewart, pride of the Birm-
| ingham Barons, Stuffy's one field
ing bit was an easy bounce from
| Sheely's bat. He went to bat
once, striking out against Con-
Ially. Running for Bobby Veach,
he scored run in the sixth inning
bombardment.
Buddy Myer is working steadily
to fit himself for action. The little
New Orleans shortstop is eligible
for the world series and may be
called upon il anything happens to
Roger Peckinpaugh. Trainer Mar
tin is watching him closely and
promises to have him ready to
play ball against the Pirates. 1t
is possible that Myer will get into
the lineup next week, If only for
a few innings.
L
doe Judge and Joe Harris are
alternating ut first base, the
former dropping out when left
handlers start against the cham
pi0ns and returning to face the
orthodox hlIrIers. Thus JOsephus
is being rested for the big series
ahead. @
Hurry.up calls have gone out to
New Orleans and Nashville for
Harry Kelly and Joe Thomas. young
pitchers belonging to the champions.
They will be here next week and
Kelly may start a game or two
before the season ends. Both will
be available, anyway, for relief
duty, joining Lyle, Smith. Ballou
and Marberry in the bullpen.
The champions have yet to cinch
their grasp upon the 1925npennant,
but Buckv Harris 'is already look.
ing forward to the series against
the Pirates. He plans to have his
regular pitchers thoroughly rested,
giving them just enough work to
keep in shape. The batsmen will
keep their eyes trained on the ball
with daily drills and every man
in the squad will engage in fielding
practice. When Washington enters
the series at Pittsburgh, the players
will be primed for their best and
no alibis will be heard if their best
doesn't bring another world title.
The White Sox proved no match
for the Griffs in the opening game
of this last series and were beaten,
10 to 5. Alex Ferguson held them
to five scattered hits, in seven
innings and was leading 10 to 0,
when he lost control in the eighth.
Two doubles, two singles, a base
on balls and a sacrifice fly gave the
Sox four runs in that frame and
in the ninth, after one was out and
one run over the pan, Fred Mar
berry appeared on the hill and STOP
ped the foolishness.
| Dick Kerr. midget sOuthpaW
star of the 1919 world series. made
his third start of the season. He
showed little or nothing and was
sheIIed from the peak in the sixth
| inning.
| Sergeant Connally Jared little bet
| ter and Howard Thurston hurled
the final frame. holding the cham1
pions hitless.
Sam Rice and Hank SEVERED each
exploded four safeties. Rice's quar-
tet were singles. but Hank poked
one twobagger to left center in the
big sixth inning. Goose Gosl1n col
| lected three singles for himself.
Kerr was fortunate to last as long
as he did. He yielded ten hits in
the first five innings. hit Goslin in
the jaw with a pitched ball and
passed batsmen. vet only three
markers were against him when the
sixth came along. Then he got 1t
good and plenty. Singles by Rice.
Goslin and Joe Harris brought dis
missal for Kerr and Connally to the
| hill. The reScuer Immediately
forced two runs over with passes
and then SEVERED inserted a two-'l
Dagger that hurt. Three singles and
Mostil's wild heave gave the cham
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