The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-06

Spencer Pumpelly Signs Sab
bath Contract and Is Likely
to Face Pirates
By KIRK MILLER.

By KIRK MILLER.
Washngton's baseball hopefuls
are hesitating in Pittsburgh. today
where the team which they may
have to meet in the next world
series, the Pirates, will be encoun-
tered in an exhibition game at
Echenley Park.
Spencer Pumpelly, former Yale
and semi-pro star, is expected
to start against the National
Leaguers, at least that was Man.
ager Harris expectations before
the team left Washington last eve
ming for the Smoky City.
Pumpelly believes in the adage
The better the day the better
the Decd as he signed his con-
tract yesterday, and the fact that
it was done on the Sabbath may
be good omen Tor the Griffmen,
who need every ounce of pitching
strength they can muster. Wash
ington will have no more big
league ball, except by The Times
WRC radio, until July g., when
the club returns again to Griffith
Stadium.
Walter johnson did not leave
with the Griffmen on the Western
trip, remaining at home to nurse
Q case OF tonsilitis. He hopes 20
oveftake the club before it leaves
Chicago.
Hero yesterday. gone today-that
Is the song of the Griffmen. but in
end o. a perfect holiday by drag.
ging the forIorn Yankees in the
dust Of a to 2 defeat and thereby
lifted themselves half game in
the league leadership. while the
Athletics were idling.
And good old Tom Zachary, the
tired old man he was after the
game. adds another star to hts
crown In the form of the seventh
victory credited to him this season.
It was the fifth complete game he
has worked and he didn't let down
an instant until after the game
was pretty well on ice, If a seven
run shutout in the making can be
considered to be a welI-frapped
lead
Yes, Tom was moro heavily as
eauIted than were two Yankee
candidates, but what matters that
when games are decided on runs
rather than hits?
Those things happen in baseball
now and then, especially when the
enemy insists on erring and walk
ing three batters in a row, one Of
whom forces in run and one OF
whom was himself scored on a
sacrifice fly These free bases
looked all the worse in view OF the
fact that Zachary permitted but
one such liberty with his delivery.
Sad Sam Jones looked every inch
his cognomen by the time he was
yanked in the fifth land after Henry
Johnson got over his wild streak
he did some tall tanning and yield
ed but a single safety to the on
rushing champions. Had Miller
Higgins started Johnson in the Fui-
pit. the Sundays sermon might
have been differently reported to-
day.
Washington started right out
with the bit in its teeth. Nc
Nicely touched one up in the vi
cinity of right, stole and was de-
HVered safely home by Rice's
healthy blow to right. The lat
ter and GOslin were victims OF
q double play at the instance OF
Wanninger and Merkle.
The champions got a couple of
men on in the second and fourth
by means of Jones' philanthropy,
but these benefactions came to
naugbt. 1t was in the. fifth that
the Yankees went into a trance and
friendship ceased entirely.
All of the Griffmen got their Iaps
IL that inning, and this goes double
for Peck and Ruel. Roger singled
TO center and advanced when Ruel
walked. Zachary's sacrifice nudged
both. runners along az calculated,
and McEeely's single to left sent
Peck where he was going. Jones
was almost dumb as Harris easy
tap went past him, and both Ruel
and McNeely advanced. This left
matters up to Sammy Rice, who
right while Ruel and McNeely
counted and Stanley Harris rested
at third base Exit Jones. Enter
II. Johnson. The latter obligingly
walked Goslin, filling the bases and
encored Moon Harris, forcing over
lucky. Rice crossed home on a
wild pitch, and Goslin and Joe
Harris stepped up a station. A
walk was issued Bluege, 1t being
H Johnson's third straight gra-
tuity and Gosiln scored on Peck's
sacrifice fly to center. Ruel struck
out to end the inning. Zachary,
McNeely and Stanley did like wise
when they came up the next inning.
and johnson had erased some Of the
ignominy of those three straight
passes.
But one hit was registered off
johnson, that being Bluege
single i'm the seventh.
Meusel, Merkle. and Ward singled
and Bengough doubled in the sixth
FOR New York's two TALES and out
side Of that the visitors eleven
bfngles were totally wasted. They
punched two singles in the eighth,
and the others came one at a time
in the first, second, third, fourth
4 and ninth chapters. Babe Ruth got
but one single out OF five chances
AMI covered very little ground in the