Evening star., 1925-10-14

emerging VICTORIOUS or suffering not
but of some $1,000 that marks the
losers share to each individual memb
Johnson's burden was a weighty one.
Already victor in pair of engage
ments, the most recent registered on
sunday at the Capital, when he blank
ed the Buccaneers with but half a
dozen safeties. notwithstanding that
in the last six innings he was Grip
pied by painful leg injury, this 3S-
YEAR -old-Neteran of 10 seasons in 4
Washington uniform did not wait to
he asked, but volunteered to come
back with only two days rest in an
effort to retain the honor of which
Washington fandom is SO proud. and
prevent the loss to his eliminates of
close to $4,000.
Who Johnson's pitching opponent
Will be was to remain a matter of
conjecture until just before game
time, but II was regarded as almost
a certainty that Manager McKechnie
would intruSt the assignment to no
one but Vic Aldridge. like Johnson, a
twotime winner in this set. despite
but a single day for recuperation since
The fact that the former Cub had
his toll at Washington Monday.
htduOWS .ATIH sore.
Lee Meadows. who was compelled to
bow to Barney in the opening combat
4 week ago today, IS said to he re-
moved from consideration because of
trouble with his pitching wing. and
Mckechnie values Johnny Morrison's
services as a relief hurler too highly
10 name him as starter, although the
Pirate pilot was prepared to do this
yesterday and BuCky Harris adhered
to his original decision to send Dutch
Ruether against the Corsairs then
Aldridge's record to date in the cur
rent classic is an impressive one, he
having yielded in 8 innings only )
runs, on 16 hits, walked o, hit / with
pitched ball and struck out 9, but it
paleS by comparison with JohnSon's
figures over the same route Barney
having allowed but / run on II safe
ties. walked 8, pinked "a pair of bats
men and famed u. all of his strike
outs save ! having been registered
prior TO the time he was hurt in the
Sabbath set-to.
With Johnson it was largely ques-
Iion of how his case of charley
horse had responded to treatment. He
prepared to take the field with his
ailing leg tightly strapped to keep the
wrenched muscles i'll place. If he can
bear his weight to permit his mighty
right arm to function normally the
dean of American League pitchers
can be expected to offer additional ev-
idence of why he generally is regarded
as the greatest of them all, regard
less of the identity of his f1inging rival
Ferguson Pitches Well.
Although charged with defeat yes
terday at the hands of Ray Kremer,
over whom he obtained a 4-to-3 ver-
dict in that trapped opening combat
at Washington last Saturday. Alex
Ferguson hurled a highly creditable
brand of ball, and but for decision
on which Umpire George Moriarty ap-
parently erred the former Yankee and
Red SoX singer would have obtained
a 2-to-1 decision.
The Nationals We're in the van with
their two runs, due to GoSlin's homer
in the opener, and a double by Peck
in the second, which scored Bluege
from the initial sack after Oss had
forced Judge, who singled. when the
disputed decision was rendered. Fer
Suson had held the Pirates runless,
despite Moore's single in the first and
safetieS by Traynor and Smith in the
second, when he issued a pass to
Moore to open the third.
Carey's bounder was intercepted
close to the middle cushion when Peck
made a leaning stab to knock it down.
Grabbing the ball. Peck reached the
sack a stride ahead of Moore. who came
in standing up and crashed into him.
Instead of ruling that a forceout had
been effected, Moriarty called Moore
safe.
Moore Hits Homer.
This proved fatal, for Cuyler sac
rificed to advance his two mates,
Moore scored while Bluege was max
ing a fine play on Barnhart's hopper
to his left, and Traynor cashed Carey
with a safety to center.
A Stalemate thus was produced
which was broken when Moore looped
a high fly over the wire screen in front
of the scoreboard in left field in the
fifth inning, with Goslin hacked up
against the stands helplessly watching
It sail over his head.
Barnhart got a double with two
gone later In this round, only to be
left when Traynor lined to GoSlin, and
the only other occa sion on which the
Bucs threatened was in the seventh,
when Moore reached the midway or
PeCk'S low throw of his roller ana
Careys. sacrifice. Then Cuyler lofte,-
and Traynor forced Barnhart, after
the latter had walked.
Following round ,, kremer allow
ed only a single to Bluege in the
fourth ana pass to Goslin in the
sixth. with two away in each in
stance, until the eighth. Then Sew
crefd opened with Il safety to center
and turned the running job over to
McNeely, who promptly stole second
with Lcibold at bat in place Of Fergu-
son Memo popped to Moore and