Evening star., 1925-04-17

best left-hand pitcher in the Natiol
cinnati Reds win their synthetic wo
He admittedly embodied plenty of
Dodgers, and when they asked wal
son, his reputation for being hard
National League clubs to pass him |
Since he Joined the Nationals
Ruether has impressed observers as a
mild-mannered and soft-spoken ath-
lete earnestly intent on delivering to
the utmost of his ability. He has
trained faithfully all Spring. and ap-
pears to be in exceptionally good con-
dttion. He has asserted right along
that his arm never felt better, and he
apparently is eager to prove that he
is worth the not inconsiderable salary
he insisted upon in the preseason
negotiations, and which was granted
him, with certain pertinent provisos.
Getting Line on Veterans.
With Ruether toiIing this afternoon
a line will have been obtained on all
three of the veteran pitchers acquired
during the off-season and relied upon
TO such a large extent TO bolster the
GriffS in their battle to repeat as
champions. Coveleskie and Gregg
made their bows yesterday, when the
Nationals staged a sensational last
Inning rally to score their second sue
cesslve victory over the Yanks, to 5,
and boost their percentage to .667.
Although failing to survive to the
nniSh, COVey made a far from dis
Couraging showing in his first appear
ance as Griff. He was sunk under
barrage of bingles in the sixth, but
hurled in manner highly satisfac-
tory to Harris prior thereto, and is
due to make his presence felt after he
gets warmed up to his task.
He couldn't go the route, but neither
could Waite Hoyt, one of the stars
of the Miller Huggins staff, while the
fanks' ace of aces, Urban Shocker,
was treated to a most humiliating
drubbing when summoned for rescue
work with only one days respite after
his winning effort in the opener. Vean
Gregg, on the other hand, emerged
with colors flying when asked to essay
similar service.
That the Griffmen never are beaten
until the final put-out is recorded
never was more strikingly demonstrat-
ed than yesterday. They entered the
ninth inning trailing by three tallies,
and, to those unacquainted with their
mettle, apparently hopelessly licked,
only to turn on the enemy and pile up
f1ve runs that meant victory with a
sustained attack seldom surpassed in
ferocity.
Griffs Crush Shocker.
Memo Leibold, unsuccessful earlier
IN the proceedings when injected to
hit for McNeely, launched the often
stve in a rather modest manner by
getting single. When Harris worked
"A pass out Of Hoyt it was figured
there was no hope for Waite pulling
himself together and Higgins wig
Wagged for Shocker. Base balls most
notable spitball manipulation strode
20 the box acclaimed as hero by the
5,OOO fans in attendance, but he was
a fallen idol in the course of only
few moments, for Rice greeted him
with double to center that cashed
Leibold and Harris, Goslin repeated
his home-run drive of the previous
inning, scoring Rice ahead, and Judge
duplicated the swat, Joe's drive also
carrying into the right field bleachers.
Having gained their objective, the
Griffs then subsided, although Nc
Nally did help his average with a
safety before the half inning ended,
and in the fag end of the frame Gregg
strutted his stuff. Kid Kelley,
summoned to the hill after a pinch
hitter ousted Allen Russell, who fol-
lowed Covey on the rubber, had given
n good account of himself, but when
Kid was nicked for a safety by Dugan,
the first Yank to face him in the ninth,
Harris decided to take no chances
with the 20-year-old recruit and called
for Gregg, exactly double that age.
The crafty veteran f1ddled around
and exasperated Combs into topping
a drive that Ruel pounced on and
fired to Judge, and then slipped a
third strike over on Meusel. Vean cut
things a bit too fine in trying to make
ol,
and walked him, then decided to get
the thing over with and famed Ward
on three pitched balls.
Yanks Rally in Third.
Passes to Combs and Meusel in the
opener and safeties by Scott and Hoyt
in the second availed the Yanks
nothing, but they registered the first
tally of the pastime with the aid Of
a bit of good luck in the third. Dugan
started this frame by crashing a single
past McNally and raced to third on
Combs shot to center. Covey then
whitfield Meusel on three pitched balls
and Pipp fouled to McNally, but
Wards little fly was too far for Rice
TO reach and Dugan scored, while
Combs took third. The latter then
died in an attempted double steal.
Coyey breezed through the fourth
and fifth stanZas, but was roughly
handled in the sixth and 6nal inning
for him, when errors by Peck and
Stan himself, combined with hits by
Dugan, Pipp, O'Neill and Ward-that
by the last mentioned a lusty triple
to left center-netted the Hugmen a
quartet of tallies.
The Griffs made several false starts
before they contrived to horn into the
run column. McNeely's Texas Lacquer
and a pass to Goslin netted nothing
in the first sand Peck's pass, followed
by Ruel's safety in the second, was
nullif1ed when McNally drilled into
a double play.
Another dual killing followed the
franking of Harris in the third, and
even a triple by Judge with one gone
in the fourth availed naught, Joe be-
ing run down when Peck rolled to
Ward, while three successive Safettes
in the sixth also were wasted. Then
infield blows by Rice and Judge, with
Goslin's real safety sandwtched in,
filled the bases with one gone, but
another double demise resulted when
Peck bounded weakly to the box.
! Nationals Start In Seventh.
II. was not until the seventh that
the Nationals accomplished anything
in a scoring way, and then they were
limited to lone marker. Ruel walked
for q. starter, reached third by a nifty
slide ahead of Wits throw after Nc.