Evening star., 1925-04-08

The Washington fans will see a team
better probably in several ways. It's
general condition is excellent, It's
pitching staff seems superior to that
it possessed in 1924, and it's spirit
is remarkable. The fans will see a
team really ready now to start the
1925 American League campaign that
is not scheduled to open until next
Tuesday.
In the box the fans will not see
Walter Johnson, who appeared in the
inaugural game Of the memorable
1924 series, but they will see ia
miliar figure. None other than
George Rochester Mogridge, veteran
southpaw, who seems destined to ex-
perience a splendid year on the SLAB
has been named by Manager Stanley
Harris as the Nationals starting
moundsman for their 1925 home debut.
Having scored a second consecu-
tive victory and their third in the
series over the Giants here yesterday,
in 5-to-4 10-inning encounter, the
Nationals were eager to triumph
again today that they might SHOW
before their home folk with chance
to get on even terms with the New
Workers in the set of Spring training
engagements.
Mcnamara to Work Today.
Manager Harris was expecting to
use a recruit hurler against the Ma
tfonal League champions this after
noon in the clubs last game or the
year in Dixie, his overnight starting
choice being Jim Mcnamara.
This stalwart young portsider, pur-
chased tentatively from Wichita OF
the Western League. has not toed the
slab for the Nationals since March 20,
when he held the Brooklyn Dodgers
TO two hits and no runs in three IN
nings' work at Clearwater, Fla. Jim
then was complaining Of sore
throwing arm, and Trainer Martin
decided it would be better to give
the slabman a thorough rest before
working him again.
Mcnamara would have to pitch
good ball today to equal the pitchlhs
done here yesterday by Stanley Cove
Ieskie, a veteran in big league service
and Harry Kelley, youngest member
of the National squad. The former
Indian spitballer toiled in the nrst
five innings of the eighth game with
the Giants and allowed but four
singles and no runs. Only once was
he seriously threatened by the Giants
and then he baffied them completely.
Kid Kelley Does Well.
Kelley worked in the last three
rounds of the overtime battle and
yielded only one hit, but that blow
served to test his mettle. 1t was a
Texas League double that Bill South
worth pushed back of third base to
start the tenth inning for the Giants.
Kelley famed George Kelly, New
Yorker with a slugging reputation,
then took good care of Ross Young
and Bill Terry. The performance OF
the recruit from Memphis was most
impressive.
Joe Martina, old in base ball, but
young in the major class, had rocky
two innings between the terms or
Coveleskie and Kelley on the hill.
Joe was reached for four wallops and
as many runs, one of the hits being
George Kelly's homer that cleared the
left field fence and another Heine
Groh's triple that drove in a brace of
tallies. Other Giant batsmen slammed
Joe's offerings to far corners of the
lot, but National flelders were for
tunate enough to intercept the ball.
The Nationals batted against two
Giant moundsmen, Jack Scott and
Kent Greenfield, both righthanders.
Scott went six innings, giving up
three bingles and a marker. Green
field was roughly treated in the
seventh, Wnen ne was Qulte Wiiu. Inc
Nationals then mixed two passes with
a hit batter and a trio of clouts for
three runs. He then went along
fairly well until the tenth, when the
big tally went across.
Grins First to Tally.
As has been the case in most of the
games of this series, the Nationals
were the first to score. Judges walk
and theft, Bluege's sacrifice and
Peck's single produced a run in the
second session. Kelley's homer in
the sixth made the game all even,
though, and IN the seventh the Giants
punched a single, double, triple and
sacrifice fly for three tallies.
The Nationals came right back at
the New Workers in the last half of
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