Evening star., 1925-06-18

who have not been swinging their w
expected to try them against Dave
Although he was yanked in the
ninth after he put two Brownies on
the runways with two gone, Zachary
pitched more like the successful hurl-
er he was in the 1924 pennant cam
paiGn and the world series than he
had at any previous time in his spotted
1925 season. Outside of the third in
ming. when the Browns got their lone
score, he yielded only five scattered
hits-all singles-and issued but one
pass and that to the fourth batter that
faced him in the ninth round.
1t was this pass, following single,
that caused Manager Harris to der
rick the veteran Southpaw and sub
stitute the big right-hander, Fred
Marberry. Fred promptly disposed of
the one batter who faced him to end
the fray.
Bush Gives Zach a Battle.
Opposing the National batsmen was
Bullet Joe Bush, who gave Zach a
great battle all the way. Bush had
hits made against him in only four
frames, a trio in the initial one Civ
ing the champions a scant lead, and
two bingles in the seventh adding a
marker. The only other innings in
which National blows were recorded
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made, and the fifth, in which two one
base wallopS went into the discard.
Like Zach, Bush issued but cne pass
and it did not figure in run-making.
The game was replete with brilliant
fielding, both teams contributing SEN
sational plays. Ossie Bluege had an
active time at third base for the Ma
tionals, while Bobby LaMotte, erst-
while Griffman, now Shortstopping for
Sthe Browns, and Harry Rice, right
fielder of the visiting club, kept them
selves in the spotlight with their
scintillating performances.
Griffs Tally i'm Opener.
Little time was lost by the Nationals
In collecting their first run. Earl
McNeely drove one of Bush's early
pitches toward LaMotte and hustled
to first base ahead of Bob's throw.
Bucky Harris slashed a single to
center that moved McNeely to the far
corner. After Harry Rice caught a
fly from the bat of Sam Rice, Earl
dashed home.
More scoring seemed likely in the
opening frame, when Goose Gaslin lined
a one-baser to right field, advancing
Harris to third. But Joe Judges best
was a pop to George Sisler, and Ossie
Bluege gave the pitcher an easy
Harry Rice's single had been dis
counted by a double play in the
Browns first batting turn and in their
second they Topped in one-two-three
order, but their third round was more
profitable. In it they got to Zach
for a trio of bingles that knotted the
score.
LaMotte began the frame with
drive through the box that rolled on
to center field for a single. Leo
Dixon tried to sacrifice, but succeeded
only in forcing out Bob with a bunt
to Judge, who whipped the ball to
Roger Peckinpaugh in great style
Bush, though, bounded a double off
Bluege's chest, the hard-hit ball elud-
Ing OsSle's hands and jumping from his
collar bone almost to the grandstand
just beyond the Browns dugout.
RObertson's Hit Productive.
That sent Dixon to third base and
he counted from there while Bush
pulled up at the far corner when
Gene Robertson got a hit on a slow
roeler that Judge failed to handle in
MS usually clever form. The Browns
got nothing more, however, as Harry
Rice grounded to Harris for the start
of two-ply killing.
A pass to Muddy RueI with one
gone meant nothing to the Nationals
In the second session and three of the
champs stepped down almost as fast
as they stepped up in the third. Each
side wasted a hit in the fourth, Marty
McManuS watching two Brownies
perish after he had scratched a single
toward third, while Bluege who had
slammed a solid one-baser to center
with one out, was erased in a double
play with Peck.
In the fifth the Browns had two on
the runways with but one out by
virtue of DiXon's wallop that became
single when Zachary failed to grab
the ball firmly and Peck's boot of
Bush.s rap. Robertson, though,
touched out Bush on the line. then
heaved to Judge to retire the side.
Two National singles went for
Sweeney in the same round Ruel
began the champions batting section
OF the frame by lacing hit down the
third base line. He felt peppery and
tried to pilfer second, only to be
nipped by Dixon's fling to LaMotte.
Following Zach's fan, McNeely rif1ed
one -baser to center. He, too, died
stealing, Dixon to McManus.
Seventh Proves Lucky"
Each team had a quiet sixth, but
things were different in the seventh.
Not so much so for the Browns, for
all they had to show for the round
was Babydoll Jacobson's single, and
he was quickly caught stealing The
Nationals, though, added to their
score with a couple of blows
Judge pried the lid off the frame
with slug, to center for a base
Bluese promptly sacrificed and Peck
followed with a line single to left
field that easily counted Judge Ruel
also sacrificed, but Zachary waved at
the air.
Neither side showed it's teeth in at
y tack in the eighth, but in the ninth
the Browns fiared up. They did it
after the first two men had been
retired. Then McManus nicked Zach
for single and Williams got on the
bases for the first time in two days
with a pass. Zach kicked about the
judgment of the umpire on the
pitches to Ken, but the kick, of
course, gained nothing except a delay
of the game that gave Fred Marberry
a little more time to warm up for re-
lief work. When Fritz finally was