The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-02
MEN
MAY FACE
POISON
slim" Harriss Is Expected to
Oppose World Cham
pions Today
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
sports Editor. The Times


Stan Coveleskie or Dutch Ruether
battling Bryan Harris and the
Philadelphia Athletics should be
the days attraction at the Clark
Griffith Stadium, with the Ameri-
can League pennant floating in
the breeze in midfield. Not every
body in the Capital has seen that
pennant, the first ever to be
raised in Washington, but good
" crowd should be there today
for q peek. And tomorrow-well,
with warm day the rubber
fences will have to be placed in
position.
Coveleskie is admittedly not quite
up to the form he expects to show
later in the season, but he is fast
approaching it and, IL sent In
against the AS today, should do
well enough.
Ruether lost to the Yanks in his
and Manager Harris has all conf
dence in the big southpaw.
Bryan Harriss is Connie Mack's
most effective hurler when oppos-
ing the world champions. He de-
feated Walter Johnson at Shibe
Park In the first week Of the sea-
son and is quite likely to give the
champions plenty to worry about
today.
Vean Gregg blgs fair to be
came . running mate fer Fred
MarberTy as . rescue pitcher,
judging from his excellent ex.
hibiti0n against the hard-l1ftting
Maclxmen on Pcnnant Day. The
ed boy uncorixed plenty Of speed
mp with . sort Of half speed
thing that kept the MacI1nen
off balance most Of the time.
Therefore, the Griffs won, to
and everybody went home happy.
Gregg ambled in to the rescue
Of Tom Zachary In the sixth when
the visiting clan looked rather
mean to the home boys. A walk
and a couple Of bingles had driven
Galloway over the pan and Buclky
Harris decided Zach was deserving
Of a pewter medal or something,
but not a croix de guerre. In came
Gregg, all nine feet of him.
Bishop, lefthand hitter, slapped
one down to Judge and Dykes was
killed off at second. Hale bumped
one in the front yard and, just as
q seemed certain that Perkins
would die at third, he was safe
because Bluege juggled Ruel's peg.
Finding the bases jammed, old
man Gregg gave one Of his funny
grins and calmly and patiently pro-
ceeded to strike out WEIGH and
Simmons in succession. That was
pitching, don't mistake that.
In each OF the three following
frames Gregg allowed one hit. but
never did another tally come over
the pan. Gregg was merely toying
with the sluggers. It looks like a
good summer for the old boy at
that.
First Il was Urban ShOcI1er who
got his good and plenty. Then
came Alex Ferguson. Yesterday
AZ was Eddie ROmmel. The world
champions certainly are treating
their former cOnquerOrs roughly
this spring. II they can but slam
HArriss today all viii be lovely.
Judges double and a perfect
squeeze play engineered by Roger
Peckinpaugh gave the Gr1f1s their
first run off Rommel. Four slams
and a pass added two more in the
third and Connie had a flock Of
Fingers warming up down in left
field.
Zachary lost control in the fourth
and the AS tied IT up on two hits,
two walks and a hit batsman. Back
came Rommel for his needin's. He
0ot II in the fifth when four hits
and three walks counted five runs
for the titleholders and ended all
aennblance Of competition. There
after 1t was merely a pitching ex-
hibition by Vean Gregg.