Evening star., 1925-10-04

In Sam Rice, Goose Goslin and Joe
Judge, Washington has a trio with a
potent punch. Rice for years has been
a hitter of the 800 class, and though
portside swinger, is equally good
against right and left hand mounds
men. Judge also has been In the 800
ranks for seasons and caa bang the
deliveries of both kinds of pitchers.
GosIin Batting Sensation.
Goslin has been one Of the batting
sensations of the league the past two
seasons. He is one Of the hardest
hitting left-handers in the game, al
though the records reveal that he
made but 1S home runs this year
considerably less than several other
sluggers totaled-ft must be remem-
bered that half Of the games in which
he played were in Clark Griffith Sta
dunn, in Washington, about the larg-
est playing field in the American
League and the one in which the fow-
est homers have been hit.
But the Goose made 30 triples this
year, to lead his league In that re-
spect. Most of his drives are clean.
He hits the ball on the nose and IT
carries a remarkable distance. And
the Goose is just as sood At nitting IN
whether he has all In his favor or the
pitcher has couple Of strikes aEainst
him. He drove Ill ruhs acroes the
plate during the season. Those fig.
ures indicate how timely. his hits were
Washington has a pair Of hard hit
ters also in Joe, Harris ana Bob
Veach, who may break into the out
field during the big series. Both
slammed we'll above 300 during the
league season. Harris, Il heheve, Is
one of the longest hitting TfehthAnders
l.uo toll no NcNonfv V13O4n hit
knocked in the run that took the series
from the Giants last year, did not slam
for high figures this year, but ne
slammed opportuAely.
InfleIders Can Hit.
Nor is the Washington infiead weak
in attack. Judge, Of course. Is by far
the strongest batter in the inner
works, but Roger Peckinpdueh ciout-
ed close to 800 throughout the cam
paign, and I consider him one of the
most dangerous batters 70 be founa
in a pinch. Peck is q real money
batter,
the fail last season, went afong 4t q
fast race most efSthe 1925 eampatgn.
and was a most helpful hittM, too:
I have been able to set more out OF
my trips to, tlas plate tHts year. bet
tering by ~ points my 1874 average
Of 1888.
washington has avaiIab1e for the
world series two oataeld comoina1ions ms
wear. One, composed Of Rice. Gosliff
ana McNeely, has 1925 batting aver
are of .32s. The other, In which Joe
Harris takes McNeely's place, has an
average Of 1888. And tho regular In
field quartet hit at . .297 pace over the
season. Apparently no weakness IN
attack In those two departments.
The American League Champions
have a couple Of pitchers with pretty
good averages with the sick. 700:
Walter johnson punished opposing
mm1ndsnaen for q marh Of .412 and
Dutch Ruether got q .336 rating.
Catcliers Afs SwstseFs.
And the Washington catcheFs can
pui1isf, the bail. Muddy Rael, Who
was behind the bat most Of the club 8
games this year. hit for .2f4. Hank
SEVERED, who came to US from the
Browns in trade negotiated In June,
is 1854 hitter. Little Benny Tate.
the campaign, has a 1875 average OF
.5Ss.
These. 1925 statistics certainly show
that Washington Ii not weahrwaa.
Looping club. It also has plenty OF
speed. Rice is oae Of the heetest men
in both leagues ON the base paths.
McNeely can go fast. So can Goshn,
Judge and Bluege. In Judge. the Club
has one Of the best h1ttefe IN the
league for q hit-and!run piay. ana
practically all Of the resulAfs srs eood
bunters.
Don't get the idea the Warrington
club has a puny onensive. It hiss z
real 'skick," as the Pirates Soon VIII
discover.