Evening star., 1925-05-07

The world champions are to tackle
Eddie Collins new White SoX tomor
row and are scheduled to remain in
Chicago for four contests. Then they
are to move to St. Louis for a four
game series with George Sisters solid
Soclling Browns. Cleveland then will
be visited for four tits with Iris
Speakers wild Indians, who seem to
be wilder than ever this year, while
the round will be concluded with a
quartet of contests in Detroit with the
Tigers, led by the rejuvenated Ty
Cobb. Such a trip is a big job even
for world champions.
Nationals in Good Form.
However, the Nationals are fortu-
nate in that they are starting the
tour with all in splendid condition
physically ard full of confidence in
themselves. They have no one-head
of them. thanks to their 10-to-S win
over the Red SoX here yesterday that
kept them In first position, on even
terms with the victorious Athletics.
In every way they are much better
prepared for the swing than they were
at this time last year, when called
upon to withstand the invasion of the
Western contingent here.
The Nationals getaway game was
a wierd affair. Ineffective Boston
pitching enabled the Nationals to pile
up a seemingly commanding lead.
Walter Johnson. on the hill for the
locals, attempted to take advantage
of the Nationals start, with the re
suit that the Red SoX by consistent
pounding of the ball SO reduced the
big Kansan's nine-run start that to-
ward the end of the engagement he
really was in danger of defeat.
Johnson plainly saved his pitching
arm after the first inning, although
he did bear down" heavily in one late
frame when the SoX had great op-
portunity to overhaul the world cham
pions.
Ruffing Stops GrifYs.
Lee Fohl, who bosses the Red Sox,
trotted out four moundsmen, but only
one of them proved himself We'd
nesday pitcher. That was Fred Ruff
fing. who held the Nationals to three
hits in five innings.
He followed Howard Emhke, who
left the hill with one gone in the first
frame after walking everything in
sight, and the venerable John Pious
Quinn, who was yanked in the third
round after the Nationals had made
FIVE successive hits with no one being
retired.
Joe Lucey, who some years ago
played base ball at Catholic Univer-
sity, stabbed for the Red SoX in only
one inning, the eighth, so little could
be learned of his pitching ability.
The Red Sox staked themselves TO
a run right off the bat, Ira Flag
stead's screeching triple over Memo
Leibolds head scoring Bill Wambs-
ganns, who had been socked on the
arm by one of Walters shoots. But
the Nationals countered with seven
r,,Ds IN thar ba fling half of the initial
inning.
Leibold walked and Bucky Harris
singled. So did Sam Rice, tallying
Leibold, but Harris was too ambitious
and became an out at third base.
Ehrnke then proceeded to pass Goslin,
Judge, Bluege and Peck, and Foil
passed Howard to the showers and
Quinn to the mound.
Muddy Ruel Immediately slapped
John for a single. and after Johnson
vas retired, Leibold, up for the second
time in the frame, hit safely to chase
the sixth and seventh markers home.
Quinn Well Pounded.
In the third iIning Quinn was
greeted with singles by Bluege, Peck,
Ruel, Johnson and Leibold that netted
three runs and Ruffing was rushed
into the breach by Fohl.
but not the Red Sox. They pummel-
ed Walter for three blows in the fifth
that, mixed with two walks and three
errors, yielded five runs, and, in tie
ninth, after Ike Boone singled, Phil
Todt lifted the ball over the high right
field barrier for round trip.
Then Johnson frightened and the
crowd went home happy.
-s-------------