The Washington times., 1925-07-27
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Game Tomorrow, Facing
Chicago White Sox
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER,
Sports Editor, The Times.

By LOUIS A. BOUCHER,
Sports Editor, The Times.
Bucky Harris and his gang of
fighting Griffs, champions of the
world, are home today after visit
ing every city in the American
League but Philadelphia. They
departed on the night of June 80,
returned for single game with
the Yankees on Sunday, July 5,
and then headed West. Closing
their tour of the frontier at Cleve-
land, they paid their final visit
of the season to New York and
today are getting a deserved vaca-
ton before stacking up against the
Chicago White Sox in a double
header tomorrow.
Walter johnson will probably
share with Tom Zachary the pitch.
ing duties in tomorrow's double bill.
Barney pitched against tho Mack
men on June 80, holding them to
two scratch bingles. and caught
cold on the way to Boston on the
night of July 1. The cold settled in
the remnants Of a loose tonsil and
he has not pitched a game this
month as result.
johnson reported to the club in
st. Louis and began light work. It
was thought that he might pitch
one Of the Cleveland games, but he
failed to get into satisfactory con-
dition and postponed his trial until
he would reach New York. Then,
having too much loafing time and
not enough opportunity to practice
he decided to make his start at
home against the White Sox, and
he will probably pitch the first
game tomorrow.
Roger Peckinpaugh, the main
cog i'm the Washington infieId,
returned to action in yesterdays
doubleheader in New York Gud
starred. Unless injured again he
should remain in the lineup for
the remainder of the season.
Peck splintered the bone on the
tip of his right thumb fielding
n grounder from Bobby LaMotte's
bat in the first inning of the first
game at st. Louis. The injury
prevented accurate throwing, and
he has been taking plenty Of time
IN letting ii heal.
During Peck's absence Everett
Scott, who had grown fat on the
Yankee bench before being sold to
the Griffs, worked himself into good
condition by playing regularly. The
best single play by Washington
infielder in the West was SCOTS
great running catch Of Larry Wood
all's short fly in centerfield in the
fifth inning of the final game in
Detroit. That could not have been
better by Peck himself, great
player as he is. To make matters
even better, Scott has been hitting
well above the 800 mark and get
ting his hits when they count most.
With Peck in the lineup and Wal
ter Johnson taking his turn on the
hill, the world champions are all
set to make another spectacular
climb past the Philadelphia
Athletics. They are quite conf
dent Of doing this successfully.
Running along i'm second place
at this stage Of the race is all
right" says Bucky Harris, $50
long as the leaders are not any
farther ahead than they are.
They are under a greater strain
to hold the lead than we are to
overcome IL. There are ten
for us to pass the AS and win
the pennant.
1--WE have shaken off that batting
slump which gave the AS their
chance to pass us. Barney is
back in form and our pitching
from now on will be what it was
in June when we overcame the
lead Of the Mackmen and finally
went ahead. And don't forget that
we'll be home in September.
81 am confident, and most Of the
we are a better team than the
AS. They can hit that ball, that's
true, but we can outsmart them
and outpitch them. We are con-
fident Of winning our second PEN
nant in a row."
The champions returned to Wash
ington minus Mule Shirley. The
youngster has been sent to the
Jersey City club where he will be
able to play every day. Bucky
Harris can recall him on twenty
four hours notice, showing the
strong rope attached to the young
collegian.
Shirley is going to develop into
a hard hitter" says Harris. HE
will have plenty of chances now 20
20 ahead. He could not get enough
work with us and welcomed his
transfer to Jersey City"
Today many Of the Griffmen are
on fishing trips down the river.
Others are simply loafing around
town. Tomorrow they'll all be on
4ba Ioh ar the Griffith Stadium