Evening star., 1925-07-29

trailing a game and a hall back o.
MaCk'S maulers were upset by the T
AS to quantity in bingles the Griff-
men did well enough, recording a total
of 20 safeties in the course of the
long afternoon, but the quality of
their bat music was something else
again, half of their swats having alb
solutely Ia bearing on the outcome.
This was in direct contrast to the
timeliness af the Chisox clouts. The
aliens gathered fewer bingles by two
than the Nationals but only four
of them failed to figure. in the run
scoring. Their blows were evolved
when they would do the most dam
age.
1t was a sorry figure the Nationals
cut on their first appearance at home
after a three-week tour of the coun-
try. A splendid turnout of close to
5000 was on hand to welcome the
boys and see for themselves how
team that had been crippled could
travel after having its full strength
restored but only about half that
number still was present some six
hours later when darkness cut the
sad spectacle short of it's regulation
length.
Schalk's Feat Tires johnson.
schalk paved the way for pair of
SoX counters in the third inning of
the initial combat by his feat of foul
ing off ball after ball that Johnson
delivered. This was not calculated to
improve the effectiveness of a veteran
making his first appearance after a
month of inactivity, due to illness.
The toll of extra toll in the heat be-
came apparent after Lyons sacrificed,
when wide delivery struck Mostil
on the head and felled him. Barney
contrived to whiff Davis, but he failed
TO locate the pan for Collins, and the
sacks were jammed. Johnson worked
hard on SheeIy. but with the count
worked to three and two. he failed to
fool the SoX firSt-Sacker, whose sharp
single to left scored Schalk and Mostil.
Falll then drilled into a force play.
Goslin was doubled up stealing as
Bluege famed after the Goose singled
in round two, but the GriffS got one
of those Chicago tallieS back in the
following frame when McNeely walked
after Peck and Johnson each had
sIashed a single to left, and Stan
Harris sent a long fly to Mostil.
Rice was unable to keep things going.
Poor team work between Goslin and
McNeely served to present the Hose
with a run in the fifth. With Mostil
famed, Davis raised little fly TO
left center that both Goose and Earl
got under, but neither froZe onto,
cheap double being the result. Collins
real double to the bleachers in left
center. which followed, proved how
costly such a slip can be, for it not
only scored Davis, but put the
visitors in a position which only
fine bit of work by GoSlin prevented
additional scoring. 1t was after Falk
walked, following Sheely's death, that
Hooper connected for a single to left.
Goose grabbed the bounding bah while
on the run and with a perfect peg to
Ruel tagged Collins sliding into the
platter.
Griffmen Knot the Count.
Facing a 2-run deficit the champs
proceeded to knot the count in their
half of the fifth, with some assistance
from the enemy. Peck and Ruel both
got bingles and Johnson showed them
up with a sacrifice. Roger tailed while
Davis was tossing out McNeely and
Muddy checked in when Collins fun
bled Stan Harris hot smash. RiCe's
safety and a pass to Goslln gave Judge
a fine chance to clean up the bases,
but Joe's best at this point was a
roller to Collins.
A timely single by Pinch Hitter
Spencer Harris, inserted to bat for
Mostil in the sixth, produced a run
for the Sox and started Johnson for
the exit gate. Kamm had opened the
session with a safety, stolen second as
Schalk whitfield and taken third on
Lyons death, when Spence came
through. Barney fingered long enough
to pass Davis and then gave way to
Marberry, who ended the threat by
getting rid of Collins on a fly to
Goslin.
Fred held the aliens at bay for the
next two frames, then was withdrawn
for pinch hitter who didn't. Russell
was on the slab when the ninth opened
and left after two hits and a pass
loaded the bases with one out. Ogden
then essayed to do the slabbing, but
with such poor effect that the Hose
collected half a dozen tallies. Curley
yielded only one hit, but this was
home run by Spencer Harris with the
bases loaded. ogden having walked
two Of the first three men to face him.
He issued two more passes after that
circuit clout and might have been
handing 'em out till nightfall if Stan
Harris hadn't pulled a snappy play to
catch Davis snoozing off second base.
An alien error and safeties by Cos
lin. Judge and Bluege netted the Mats
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