Evening star., 1925-09-10

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II lead, hold really greater adj
for the American League It'll
the clubs would seem TO indicate. \
games the Mackmen are scheduled
double headers. Should the Nation;
break even at home, the AS. even
sagements, still would be iull gan
In the National League the P
games, are in much more tavorab
pace settlers. McKechnie's club has
paign, while the second-place Clan
schedule Should the Giants win a
to grab the flag, would have to take
playing at faster clip than that owe
Manager Harris naturally is anX'
ious TO have the Nationals in as com
fortable a position as are the Pirates
as soon as possible, and that 9-to-I
reverse in Philadelphia yesterday was
most unpleasant to him.
Victory in the final game of the
series in the Quaker City would have
eft with the Champs all they gained
In their dual success on Labor day,
and their early squirt yesterday
seemed to assure success. But me-
diocre pitching Offset the accomplish
rnents of the first four innings and
soon put the game out of reach of
the Harrismen.
Peck and Simmons Star.
Roger Peckinpaugh and Al Simmons
were the bright stars of the fray.
Peck, with homers off Rube Walberg
in the third and fourth innings. gave
the Nationals a healthy lead. No one
was on base when he socked the ball
into the lower left field stand for his
first round-tripper, but when he got
his second with a drive into the upper
left field stand Goose Goslin and
Ossie Bluege were perched on the
third and first sacks, respectively.
All told, Peck drove in six of the
seven runs his club made, for in the
sixth inning he hit a long fly to Sim
mons to get Hank SEVERED home from
the third cushion, and in the seventh,
while he was being thrown out after
grounding to Sammy Hale. Goslin
raced from third to the plate.
But Jez Zachary, who had been un-
steady since he ascended the mound
10 start the f1inging for the Nationals,
was reached for markers in the fourth
and fifth frames, and. after two runs
had crossed in the sixth, retired, leav-
ing the bases filed, with two AS
out. Allen Russell was hurried to the
slab, and Simmons, first to face the
relief hurIer, settled the issue by slam
ming q three-bagger to right field.
walberg Fails to Last.
Walberg was unable to finish what
he started for the Athletics. The Ma
tionals got to him for five safeties in
the sixth and with two tallies in, two
nut and three on bases, he departed
from the scene. In came Stanwood
Baumgartner and all Sam Rice could
do was ground TO Red Holt TO retire
the side.
Russell was nicked for another
Mack marker in the seventh, his own
wild throw contributing to its max
ing. Lefty Groves, who started hurl-
ing for the AS in the seventh, also
was reached for a run and he got out
of the game after putting the first
two Nationals on base in the eighth.
Ed Rommel stopped the Champs
from then on. Win Ballou was the
third National pitcher to break into
the lineup. He hurled a scoreIess
eighth inning.
After Peck's two four-base clouts
had accounted for four runs, the AS
punched three hits for two scores in
the fourth. Bing Miller beat out
g. slow roller TO Peck and went to
third when Simmons singled smartly
10 center. Hale sent high bounder
70 Joe Judge, who heaved to the plate
10 head off Miller, but the ball got to
Hank SEVERED too late. Cy Perkins
one-baser to right filled the sacks
and Simmons counted when Frank
WEIGH. batting for Chick Galloway,
grounded to Judge.
As Get Another in Fifth.
Holt popped to Peck and WaIberg
famed to stop scoring them. but in
the next frame a pass to Bill Lamar
was converted into run, when Miller
singled his teammate to third base
from where he crossed as Ossie Bluege
tossed out Simmons
In the sixth, the Nationals adya nced
their lead to three runs with a flock
Of hits that ought to have produced
more than the pair of markers regis
tered. SEVERED started the round with
a single to center and went to the far
corner when Bluege rammed one
baser over Red Smiths head. Hank
ran home after hnmons caught
Peck's hoist and Judge watched a
third strike whizz past
Zach, however, scratched a single
by Walberg and Earl McNeely rified
long hit to center. Earrs blow
scored Bluege, but Zach stopped at
second base, forcing the hitter, who
had gone yards past first, to return
with q single to deep left, but it only
filled the bases. Baumgartner then
relieved Walberg and easily took
care of Rice.
Sew Up Game In Round 6.
In their half Of the sixth, how
ever. the Macks sewed up the game
for themselves. Perkins opened with
single to left center and Mickey
Cochrane was sent in to run for Cy
Smith famed, but Jimmy Foxx, bat
ting for Holt, beat out a slow roller
TO Bluege. Bill Keesey. a newcomer
TO the Macks, batted for Baumgart-
ner and singled to right Rice's
throw home had Cochrane beaten,
but SEVERED stepped in front of the
counting block to take the ball and
Mickey slid in safely behind the
catcher.
Jimmy Dykes singled Foxx home
snd Keesey to third base and, after
Lamar fouled to SEVERED, Miller's
stroll filed the stations and put Zach
out of action. What Simmons did to
Relief Pitcher Russell was plenty.
Zach side got a needless tally in
the seventh. A pass, a single and an
iufield retirement accounted for the
Nationals, while Cochrane's two-bag
ger and a wild heave past Judge by
Russell, who had fielded Smiths bunt-
g dsingIe handed the AS theirs