The Washington times., 1925-06-08
OIL PECK.
PROVES
WORTH
Rearranged InfieId, Following
His injury, Becomes Sieve
for White sox
BY Louis A. BOUCHER,
sports Editor. me Times

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dousIy important value TO the
worlds champion Griffmen was
never demonstrated more fully
than before Sundays throng of
1900 perspiring fans who
watched the Chicago White Sox
romp away with a 4-to-2 triumph.
Peck injured his left deg in max
ing q miraculous diving stop Of
Sheely's grounder in the second
inning and was compelled to leave
the game. Bluege moved over to
the shortfieId and Mike McNally
decorated third base. It was the
unlucky Mike against whom the
Sox bombardment was directed
on no fewer than three different
occasions.
Peck injured himself in . COLI
mon with BucAy Harris when
both sought to seize pop fly in.
center field from Mostil's bat in.
Fridays game. It was the same
lee that suffered yesterday and
so today the veteran will be on
the bench. As tomorrow is an.
open date for the champions, he
win be able to resume action
against the Detroit Tigers on
Wednesday.
sheely reached first on the drive
that injured Peck and Hooper drew
q pass from Gregg Kamm poked
q fast hopper down the line be-
tween McNally and the bag for a
single, scoring Sheely.
Immediately the grandstand man
ayers began smoking up. Mikes
q new man here and he's yet to
earn his place in the SUM-. so he
suffered. Then 1t happened all
over again in the fourth.
Falk singled with one out and
Hooper drew another free ticket.
Once more this same Kanm per-
son belted one down between Mike
and. the bag, FaIk scoring. That
proved too much for the second
thinkers. It was q hot day and
they fairly boiled and bubbled.. One
bird behind the pest box suggested
boiling Nike In oil on the White /
Lot. Two or three blokes sconsider
I'd that mild punishment.
10 Mastered not q whit that
the grandstand managers could
mot say for certain that Ossie
Bluege would have stopped either
Of Kamm's drives. It was enough
that Mike didn't. How they roar.
cd and grouched and grumbled!
Yes, Il was 3 hot day.
with one down in the fifth
Johnny MostiI drove one down
that left field foul line for two
bases. Johnny being a speedy boy
on. his dogs. Davis drew a pass
and, with Collins gone on q NY to /
Goslin, Earl Sheely poled one down
between Nike McNaIly and the
bag, scoring MostiI.
II Mike had been bawIed out be-
fore, it had been praise. compared
with what was said of him then. II
ID truly tribute to the youth of
our land that delegation did not
at once proceed against him in
phalanx order, executing him right
out there on the diamond.
The champions had scored q run
IN the fourth on Faber's boot Of a
slow one by Bucky Harris. fol-
lowed by Goslin's hard single to
right, and so when it came around
for Mike McNally to hit in the
sixth, Bucky Harris erased his
name from the lineup to let Joe
Harris walk in his stead. Goslin
had doubled to score on Bluege's
double, but Ruel ended that frame
by hitting into a double play, leav-
ing the champinos still one run to
the bad. ~
Spencer Adams, the fIeet-fOoted
youngster from Oakland, appear.
ed at shortstop when the Sox
opened the seventh, Bluege go.
ing back TO his regular position
ON the hot corner. The visitors
must have sensed the change for
they got another tally in the
eighth on wallops to right field,
not down the third base line.
With one gone Sheely singled to
right. Falk followed suit, Shelly
beating Rice's peg to third and
Falk reaching second on 1t. Harris
ordered Zachary to pass Hooper,
filling the bases, and then called
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