Evening star., 1925-08-08


Stanley Coveleskie. who established
p season record for pitching consecu-
tive victories and has tried three
times to regain his winning stride
since he was knocked out of 1t, again
was victim Of the Nationals impo-
tent batting. Covey worked the first
five innings against the visitors and
gave them four hits for all their tai
lies. then gave way TO Nean Gregg,
who after three frames of toll was
succeeded b~ Allen Russell.
Get Only Four Hits.
hurled for the Cha mps would have
had 10 pitch super-base ball To even
hold the Browns TO srorelesS tie.
So effective was Giard against the
cha mps that they got only four sa fe-
ties. one in each Of the frts two
rounds and two in the last. Ossie
Ruege. with a two-ba gger and a sin
gle. and Buck Harris and Goose Cos
lin. each with single, were the only
members OF the 1924 world beaters TO
damage Giard's offerings.
Giard gave the Nationals several
chances to do something for them
selves. He franked six of them to
first base, but they stuhbornly refused
TO take advantage of his generosity.
Only twice could a National batsma n
have been considered victim OF ILL
luck. In the fourth round, Goslin
rifed q low liner directly to George
Sisler and Joe Judge did the same
thing in the ninth. Had either of
these wallops been foot to one side
or the other OF the Browns first
sacker, it probably would have been
a hit.
ieIA, n ~ -
ash into a double play by touching
the first base vacated by Goslin. who
had started the inning with q single.
The twoply killing was the final of
lot of FIVE made by the Browns.
eQualling the American League record
for the number OF these fielding feats
in single encounter. The other four
We're negotiated by the La Motte-M Nc
Manus.S .Sisler combina ton. Such plays
ended the second. third and fifth in
nings and made the first two retire
,ments in the seventh.
Hargrave's Homer Decides.l
The issue really was settled by a
National cast-off. William Mckinley
Hargrave. Bill. who never was given
much opportunity TO display his wares
here, has developed into a nifty swat
ter since getting into service regular
" following his transfer to the Browns.
He has made himself left-hand bat
ter. although he shifts to the other
side of the plate when facing port
side pitching. Just to show how
handy he now is with the fail Bill
opened the third frame yesterday with
sock over the right-f1eld fence for
a round trip of the has seS
That homer was the eighth of the
season for the eX-National and the
nourth to be propelled over the tall
right field barrier of Clark Griffith
Stadium this year. Bill now is in
class with Joe Judge. Ty Cobb and
Ivy Wingo. As it turned out. the
cIout by the man who was sent from
Washington after the season opened
was All that the Browns needed 10
win. Chickens will come home to
rooSt.
Bits homer was the first hit regis
tered off Coveleskie. Three more
We're garnered of his deliveries in the
fifth. Marty McManus started that
frame with single to left and romped
on To second base when Goslin let
the ball trickIe through his paws
Then Bill Jacobson socked the sphere
to the same territory scoring Nc
Manus. When turning second. Jake
noticed that GosIin WAS not showing
much speed in retrieving the ball, so
he busted third TO get into the sum
mary with the only triple of the
fray.
Tobin Drives Last Run Home
lake tsrried awhile AT the far cor.
,ner. Hargrave nearly tore ha nd of
Covey with vicious drive. but Buck
Harris scooped up the ball and tossed
out the ex-National. Gene Robertson
got the first of three successive pa sses
hs nded him. but Giard made the sec
ond Of his four whiffs of the day. Then
Johnny Tobin. who had replaced Harry
Rice in right field a fter the latter hurt
himself in the first inning. took two
strikes before poking a single to left
to tally Jacobson Bobby Lamotte
forced out Tobin. and the Browns
scoring was ended for the day
They threatened TO dent the plate,
though, while Gregg was hurting but
poor work on the base cost them A
scoring chance. Vean was bumped
for hit in each of his first two rounds
and in the eighth yielded two singles
a nd pass. The pas SIS went to | "a motto
at the outset of the frame. After Sis
Ter skied to Goslin. Villa ms singled
Rohhy TO second. When McManus
singled 10 left Lamotte attempted TO
score. hut Goslin's fine hesve to the
plate forced the Brownie to change
his mind In the mea nwhile Williams
had turned second. so Ruel whistIed
the ball 10 Harris for run down
With Lamette going back to third and
Ken plowing his way to that sack
Harris and Ruel closed in until they
had both runners perched on the far