Evening star., 1925-10-12
Bucky's Play E'lashy.

All told, Bucky had 13 chances
more than were offered any Other
man in the game. with the execution
or George Grantham. Pirate first
baseman. who also had 13. Most of
the plays that came his way were
of an extremely difficult variety, bur
Bucky never faltered. He flashed
along the runway between first and
second bases and raced over the OUT
lying territory in right and center
neids to scoop up or drag down
everything the Pirates raped his
way.
The two double plays he started
We're highly important and skill
fully executed, coming as they did
when the National League cham
pions threatened TO make a deal
OF trouble for the crippled johnson.
The same set of batters that had
treated johnson roughly in the second
inning was due to face the veteran
pitcher in the seventh, and when
Pie Traynor opened the latter round
with a slaShine single to center dan
ger loomed.
Glen Wright, next up, lined smart
~ toward right field but Buck
leaped high, speared the ball with
his gloved hand and his toss reached
Joe Judge. while Traynor. who had
left first base with the smack was
yards off that station. Grantham
followed with a single. but Bucky
ended the inning by scampering
back to short center TO pull down
Gooch's loper.
Double Plays Brilliant.
But that double play initiated 10y
Bucky in the ninth really was the
better of the two in which he figured
The faltering Johnson walked Barn
hart TO start the frame, but the
latter scooped it in cleverly The
second sacker came up to tag Barn
hart as the latter was speeding
toward the middle station. Buckv
jammed the ball against the Pirate
runner so vigorously that the middle
finger of his throwing hand badly
lacerated only 10 days before the series
started. was hurt severely. His throw
to Judge was wild. but not too wild TO
keep Judge from grabbnS the sphere
and touching Traynor before the lat
ter could reach first.
Bucky followed that play with q
great stop and throw that ended the
fray. He went to his left to get in
front of WriEht's burning grounder.
but failed to stop the ball cIeanlv.
However, he retrieved it quickly and
heared accurately to the waiting Judge
to flag the flying Pittsburgher. It was
a hne finish for a fine day for Bucky.
Bucky had chances in all innings eX-
cept the fifth and sixth. He took
Cuyler's grounder that had passed
Judge and threw out the batter in the
first frame, caught Peck's toss for a
nghtnlng force play on Traynor and
later threw out Yde In the second
round heaved to Judge to get CrvIer
IN the third inning and in the fourth
threW out Wright. In the eighth the
-. 4 IL.
Bucky went to short right for Bigbee's
loft and raced to the outffeld again for
Carey's looper.
RE 1raynOr did a nifty bit of field
ing in the second inning when Peck
sent bounder back of Yde The
Pirate third -sacker rushed across the
diamond, picked up the ball deftly
and r1fied it to Grantham TO get the
Rajah by yards.
Buddy Myers showed plenty OF
speed in the eighth when he smashed
to Grantham and got to first before
the Pirate initial sack guardian or
Babe Adams could reach that point.
1t certainly appeared that Buckv
Harris was safe at home in the sew.
enth when he and Judge, who was
on first base, attempted a dual theft.
Bucky seemingly was across the
plate when Gooch caught Grantham's
high relay of Morrison's heave But
Umpire Moriarty couldn't see it that
way.
Wright, Barnhart and Carey stag
Gered under Goslin's high twister to
short left center in the seventh in
ming and the ball fell for IA single
Wright made two or three attempts
to get under the sphere. but was