Evening star., 1925-06-01

WucIt buCky 11dT1lS keeps MS y d.
And ALL of them were on the Wash
ington team. l know because l asked
one and he said, Sure, lady. Wha'
did va think we were on-th' TUNER
VILE TROLLEY" Now, what could
be more inconsistent than having 20
men on nine? Unless it is this habit
the fans have of calling the Wash
ington team 'gnats." l distinctly
heard several men using that term.
1t puzzles me yet. | thought j un-
derStood all about the 1nsectS-they
are the little oneS-and the midgetS,
they are the older boys. That is a very
clever way OF distinguishing them.
But calling those full grown men
gnats seems all wrong somehow, it is
so inconsistent, especially as they are
in a BIG league.
However, after the game got start
ed, it was really all very simple
not very different from the good old
home town ball game, where a mines
a NINE and not a TWENTY.
Experienced Thrills A-PIenty.
Yesterdays game was full of thrills
for both sides. The Athletics chats
another name they use for the Phila-
delphia teaml made one run in the
first inning.
Washington didn't score until the
second inning, when their No. (Mr.
Bluege) came in on No. SIS (Mr. Ruel's)
hit to left field.
Coveleskie was pitching for Wash
ington, and each time before he wound
himself up he would lean to one side
and have a confidential chat with his
glove and the ball. II seems TO be a
habit of his. He evidently spoke
words of wisdom, for he pitched good
ball. judging from the few men he
walked" as they call it when "A
pitcher throws the ball four times so
far from the plate that the batter
can't hit it.
Speaking of batters and batteries.
That's another inconsistency in base
ball. The men at the bat, / am told,
are not the battery. Oh. my. no. The
battery is the pitcher and the catcher.
And neither one of them bats so much
as an eyelash. Absurd, isn't it?
Mr.. Peck Gets FIRST Hit.
Gnats' No. Z CIr. Peck, made the
first hit for the home team in the sec
ond inning, after No. tMr. Goose"
Goslin) had been put out for stealing
second. and No 5, (NIr. J. Harris) had
a fly to right field. Right on
top of that. No. S tMr. RueD hit
one-baser TO left, and our No. (Mr.
Bluege), who had sneaked to second,
came home, scoring WashingtonS first
run.
In the third inning the AS (as the
Athletics are called didn't get any one
as far as first base, because every
time their men hit a ball either Mr..
Peck, Mr.. Ruel or Mr.. Bluege caught
it and put him out so quick there
wasn't any use in running.
Washington made another run in
the third, No. (Mr. "Bucky" Harris)
coming home on Mr.. Goslin'S fly and
giving us a 2-1 lead.
Another Nickname Discovered.
In the fourth, the Phillies. (still an
other name for Philadelphia), started
off with a three -bagger which their
No. (Mr. Simmons) knocked down
center field. No. >. tMr. Miller) next
came to the bat and made what one
man called a Sacrifice which looked
like a peace of a hit to me, but our Mr..
Rice caught it and threw it straight
for home plate. Our catcher wasn't
it so soon and did not catch
it quick enough to put out Simmons
before he crossed the home plate,
which was unfortunate, as it tied up
the score.
The fourth inning closed without
Washington making a hit.
In the fifth, Mr.. Harriss of the
Quakers, appeared in peasant blouse
effect of modiSh tan, most becoming
to his slim beauty. But in spite of
the new scenery he struck out (hit
the air three times) and was seen
shortly afterward quietly removing
the brown jacket.
Mr.. Harriss a Drinking Man.
Mr.. Harriss, who was pitching for
Philadelphia, has a most amusing
habit of Strolling over to the water
cooler at one end of the field after
each inning and imbibing liquid re-
freshment in a leisurely manner, as
though it were "all over now"
l suppose Mr.. Harriss feels that a
little time is coming to him, as he
doesn't waste any precious seconds in
the box getting all tied up in a knot
before he throws the ball like most
pitchers do. He just blows on his
hands as if they were cold, and let's
her go.
To get back to the game, outside of
the Mr.. Harriss' esthetic garment and
one spectacular double play in which
Mr.. Bucky Harris caught fly to the
right field and threw it to our Judge,
who put out the Quaker Bishop on
first, making three outs-nothinS
worth mentioning happened in the
fifth inning. Washington didn't score.
They Never Got the Ball.
Mr.. Simmons (No. ~ of Philadelphia
scored the only home run of the day
in the sixth inning, when he knocked
the ball into the left-field bleacher. He
just walked home, and they never did
get that ball. They didn't seem to care