Evening star., 1925-05-29

hurlers showed to good advantage
sinners were hung upon the world
be that the world champions are be
two days than the leaders are to
time. but if results are to be favorab
ing probably will have to be far bette
Boss Bucky had planned to use
three lefthanders in the engagements
with the Red SoX. George Mogridge
was to face them this afternoon. He
has started against the Boston bunch
twice this season. but had to be
Withdrawn from the fray ,on each
occasion. Tomorrow morning, JeZ
Zachary. who in recent appearances
showed a lamentable lack of control,
will be given an opportunity to re-
deem himself. while in the afternoon
holiday performance Dutch Ruether
Will toe the slab. Dutch easily
month.
Griffs Dull i'm Twin Bill.
The world champions did little to
rave about in the dual bill at Phil
delphia. Their pitchers We're hitting
the bats of the opposition or frank
ing AS to first. while. in the first en-
counter the Nationals had no oppor-
tunity to slam Southpaw Rube Wal
berg slants after the opening round
and failed to take advantage of Bryan
Harriss' tendency to wobble in the
second tilt.
JeZ Zachary's wildness and some
sound swats gave the Athletics a fly
Ing start i'll the first inning of the
initial match and thereafter the
league leaders We're busy collecting
hits and runs off Allen Russell and
Harry Kelly.
In the second affair Walter John
son endeavored to emulate Harriss in
coming back to the battle after being
repulsed the day before. The vet
eran got his'n" in four rounds and
his successor, Nean Gregg. was
roughed in the next three Curly
ogden got an inning of exercise after
the damage was done.
Mats Weak After Start.
In the initial encounter the Ma
t1onals got away in splendid style but
the AS were still better in their break
from the barrier. Rices double. Buck
Harris single. Goslin's two-bagger
after Joe Harris famed, and Judges
sacrifice fly netted a brace of tallieS
in the first frame, but Zach's generosi,
ty took the punch out of the lead. He
walked Dykes and Lamor, and they
scored when Simmons doubled. Then
Miller lifted the ball into the upper
left field stand, and the AS were on
their way, two tallies to the good
A II the Nationals could get off Wal
berg in the next eight innings were
two passes and six hits, one of the
latter being Peck's homer in the
fourth. Russell and Kelley, however,
were well bumped by the Mackmen
Doubles by Bishop and Lamar with
Dykes single sandwiched between,
gave the league leaders a pair of
markers in the second session, Rus
sells starting round on the hill, and
Bishop tapped the sphere over the
right field wall in the fourth inning
Kelley assumed the pitching burden
for the Nationals in the seventh and
got out of that round unscathed. but in
the eighth he was nicked for four rnus
A pass to Dykes. successive singles
by Lamar, Simmons and Miller and
Poole's tWo-bagger did the work.
D0ings in the Nightcap.
Toth teams waited until the second
.nning to begin scoring in the final
match of the day. Goslin opened the
Nationals half with stroll. and after
Judge rolled to Poole. Bluege also
walked. A double theft was followed
by Pecks sacrifice fly that sent Goslin
home.
The AS went the world champions
one better, getting a couple of runs
after Poole and Galloway had fouled
out. Cochrane worked Johnson for
n pass, then Harriss. surprising him
self as we'll as every one else, lifted
a homer into the upper left field
stand.
The Mackmen continued pecking
away at Johnson and scored in each
of the next two innings he remained
on the slab. Lamar's double and
Simmons single made the run in
round 3. while Galloway's single
that Geslin booted for an extra base
and Bishops two-bagger produced
the marker in round 4.
Then Gregg was called TO the pitch
ing box and the Athletics fattened
their batting averages and run total
to face him hit safely, Simmons
single, followed by Rices kick: Mil
1ers ene-base blow and Pooles
triple accounting for two tallies
while Cochrane's two bagger drove
Poole home with the third score of
the frame.
Leaders Get Another Pair.
After the ScoreleSS sixth. one of
the only two innings in the game in
which but three Athletics faced
NdIlOIldi the league IedOeTS
set about making a brace of tallies
after two were out. Galloway walk
ed, Cochrane singled, and both scored
on Harriss' single to right that
would have been double for the
average runner. Ogden held the
MackS at bay in the eighth.
Following their second-inning splurge
the Nationals could get nothing off
Harriss until the eighth. Double
plays baked them several times, espe-
cially in the fourth, when Goslin s
triple and passes to Judge and Bluege
loaded the sacks with one gone.
Peck's best was a bounder to Harriss
that started two-ply killing.
1t was different in the eighth.
Ieibold, pinch batting for Gregg.
scratched a single by Bishop and
made second when the middle station
guardian chucked wildly after retriev-
ing the ball. Memo took third follow
ing Simmons catch of Rice's deep fly
and counted as Buck Harris doubled
Joe Harris single sent Buck home.
Goslin flied to Miller, but Joe COM
pleted the circuit when Judge bounded
one of the longest singles on record
off the center field wall.
Tate and Pinch-hitter Ruether
singled in the ninth with one gone,
but neither Rice nor Buck Harris
could help them.
MAYS READY TO PITCH.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, May % LP.-