Evening star., 1925-10-12


assure the Griffmen continuing thei
universe and thereby obviatc the nee
sixth combat tomorrow.
With Stan Coveleskie primed f
Gritfmen, to man. were confident
by Sundown, regardless OF who his
effort such as that he flashed i'll {
limited the CorsairS to hits and
because Peck wavcred aheld and his
loaded and none out. should assure
1t was Vic AldridSe who protited At
Covey'S expense that day, and it was
the same riGhthander who was eX-
pected to twirl for the BuCs this
afternoon. as Lee Meadows. who was
Johnson's victim in the opener six
days ago. is reported to be SUFFERING
with sore arm.
Walter Johnson. Stan Harris, Goose
Goslin and Joe Harris were outStand-
ing heroes of the tusSle at Clark Grif-
f1th's Stadium yesterday, which was
witnessed by 3S701 cash customers.
the greatest assemblage that ever
turned out for a sporting event il
the Nations Capital. and Emil Gde
of the Pirates was the goat.
Bucky Defensive Star.
Johnson blanked the Buccaneers
with only half dozen scattered bin
giles, and Boss Bucky put up a whale
of a game defensively with ! 8 chances
accepted, several being of the sensa-
tional variety. All Goose did was
drive a ball into the left field seats
with two mates on base TO set the
new individual record for world series
home runs ut five. and Moons contri-
button was a similar swat of even
heftier proportions.
Johnson's feat in banking the Bucs
took on added luster by reason of the
fact that from the third inning on he
worked under the handicap of pain
full injury. In rounding the initial
sack at the outset OF that frame, after
lining a safety to left, Walter sprung
ar old charleyhorse in his right leg,
hurt that caused him u vince with
every stride he took thereafter. Yet
he carried on in glorious fashion. but
one Pirate getting as far as third
base, and only three others attain
ing to the middle station. Yielding
only six safeties, Johnson thus gained
the distinction of allowing but one
run, IL hits and passes, and
tanning Il in the Is innings he has
pitched in the current SET and he
obtained a world series winning per-
centage of 500. including his single
victory and two defeats of the 1924
argument with the Giants.
Bluege Is Missed.
For the first time since the present
program got under way Peckinpaugh,
whose four errors are the only black
marks charged against the Nationals
Yesterday got through without a bob
BILE and the Nationals error column
was kept clean. but young Buddy
Myers work in couple of instances
in round 2 was so spotty that the
convalescing Oss Bluege hustled from
his seat in the grandstand to don a
uniform and be available in case his
services were needed.
This was the only frame in which
Barney was in any trouble, and if
Biuege had not been beaned last
Thursday in Pittsburgh the threat
never would have materialized. John
son did issue a walk in the opener to
Carey. who advanced when Stan Har-
ris made the first of a succession of
natty plays on Cuyler's roller, but the
big fellow then famed Barnhart i'm
pressively.
Young Myer put Traynor on. cred
ited with a hit, at the outset of the
second inning, when he merely knock
ed down a bounder that Bluege would
have gobbled with ease. Traynor was
forced by Wright, but Myer then
awkwardly tried TO trap Grantham's
high bounder with one hand when he
could better have used two fins. An
other hit was recorded and when
Gooch rolled to Peck. Pirates deco
rated third and second, a situation
that was relieved when Yde shunted
weakly to Bucky Harris. Thereafter
the Pirates were set down in order for
three rounds.
Barney's Leg Slows Him.
Johnson's bum leg enabled Carey to
convert his bunt to Judge In the sixth
into a safety, as Walter wisely refused
to risk his limb by sprinting to the
sack to take a throw Max then stole
as Cuyler famed. but was stranded
when Barnhart popped close to third
base on the foul line, where Ruel raced
TO take the ball rather than intrust it
to Myer.
Traynor got a single to center in
the seventh, the first real bingle off
Barney and promptly was effaced
in a dual demise when Stan Harris
leaped to clutch Wright's liner in
his gloved hand. and followed with
a toss to Judge. Grantham con
trtbuted hot crack to Judge, which
JoSephus succeeded only in knocking
down. but the Pirate was anchored to
the sack, as was Moore. who slapped
a single to center in the eighth,
while Barnhart. who was franked in
the ninth when he got his shoulder
in the way of a fourth ball, pro
vided half twin killing when Bucky
grabbed Traynor'S crack, tagged
Barnhart on the line and then fired
to Judge.
Little intimation of what was in
store for Yde had been given when
the blow-of came. His walks to
Bucky and Goose in the opener were
nullified when Joe Harris drilled into
a two-ply DEATH and he slipped a
strike over on Myer in round two
after Ruel had shunted a shot to
center.
GosIin Comes Through.
Johnson set off the fireworks in
the third when he raped a long
single down the left field line. 1t
was here that Barney sprung the
muscle in his leg and he was an
easy victim of Barnhart's peg when
he tried to stretch the blow. Moore
made a spectacular driving stop of
Rices roller close to second, but was
unable to attempt a peg, and when
Wright muffed Grantham's throw of
Stan Harris offering. Sammy was
safe at the midway.
This was the spot for Goslin and
he made the most of his opportunity
by betting a low liner to left that took
one bound and disappeared over the
railing in front of the temporary
seats for a home run that scored
his two mates ahead, and Joe Har-