Evening star., 1925-10-09
Covey Yielded Seven Hits.

was in doubt and where honors were
about evenly divided between the con-
testing chuckers.
Covey Yielded Seven Hits.
Corey yielded only seven blows. with
one more charged against his rival.
and issued put a solitary pass, where
Atdridge franked two and hit another
The edge obtained by the Freebooter
Finger was In the caliDer of support
given him. and a recording oI the
facts indicts Roger Peckinpaugh as
responsible for the Senatorial setback
Tor with only fair backing from the
veteran shortStopper Covey would
have gotten nothing worse than an
even break in the duration uf the
struggle, with what might have hap
pened III extra sessions strictly d mat
ter OF Conjecture
n ftllip Of added interest FOR the
buccaneers was lent by the fact
that all save one of the five tallies
registered We're due to home-run wal
lops. which the fans SO dote on. with
new names appearing III the summary
On Wednesday ii was Joe Harris and
Pie Traynor who electrified the crowd
with the circuit cloutS. while yester-
day Joe Judge successfully tried his
hand at the game. with Glenn Wright
and HaZen Cuyler as entrants from
the alien camp.
And this brings US right back 10 the
culpa bility OF Peck. Judges whack
was produced in round >, u long drive
, that sailed into the temporary box
seats in right field for a Washington
lead that was maintained until the
fourth inning, when Wright parked
one over the distant railing in left
Held. Thus Stale1nate was produced
until the eighth, when Ra .ah's faulty
fielding gave the hostiles an opening.
which proved fatal to the aspirations
Of the IIarrismen.
Peck Drops Ball.
Moore was first up III the Tag end
OF this frame, and sent u soft roller
toward short. Peck easily collared il,
but in drawing back for the throw
the ball skipped from his s4asp and
dropped over his shoulder at his heels
Moore galloped to second on the hit
and-run when Carey bounded to Stan
Harris. and then came Cuyler's cir
cult clout. cashinS Moore with an I'M
merited marker ahead of killi'S earn
ed run. 1t was d stiff line drive to
right that struck the ground and
bounded over the low railing in front
Of the temporary box se;its
On an open field the drive probably
would have been good tor two bases
At least, and Cuyi5a.' would have count
ed anyhow on Barnh2rt'S single To
center, which followed. hut with
Peck's slip deletcd only one run would
have come over. and that would mere
lE have left the count knotted at the
end Of the regulation period, for the
Griffmen eased run over in the final
frame.
Peck erred again when he jusgled
the easy roller oil Traynor. who fol-
lowed. and 1t appeared then the Bucks
might be about to enter the scoring
business on a wholesr.e .e sc@le but
flies by Wright and C-.nthan. which
Myer and Ruel got under ended it
Threatened i'm Sixth.
Aside from their. scoring rounds. the
Pirates threatened dangerously On but
one occasion. in the sixth. when Carey
beat out u bun, on which Cove.-
slipped in fielding. advanced Il notch
on Cuyler's sacrifice and moved to
third with Barnhart's death. There
he fingered for although Traynor at
this point drew the only pass Covey
issued. he was forced when Wright
whacked TO Peck.
Three splendid chances We're af-
forded the Nationals and sadly neg
lected by them. after Stan Harris was
Quelled in the third with Rice at the
midway by virtue Of his single and
Aldridge's balk
One of the choicest of these was in