Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

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scorer
Three OF the quartet OF scores
tainted. the lone Yankee slip aheld &C
& Co. had opportunities to make m
was missing. Fifteen Nationals str
OF the clubs Stacking attack in crist
The Yankees were almost as waste
full of scoring opportunities as their
opponents. They slugged to their
hearts content and in only Que round
did they fail to dent the runway. Yet
IA of them persisted there. Hewever.
they managed to get their flock of
runs before the Nationals launched an
attack in any way effective and We're
able to stagger to the finish with a
meager advantage.
Griffs Use -Four Hurlers.
Four hurlers were used by the Ma,
tionals, while the Yanks got through
the contest that dragged along for 2
hours and 40 minutes with just two.
Emilio Palmero. Bill Morrell, Fred
Asarberry and Curly Ogden shared the
slabbing burden for the Champs.
They were reached for Is safeties.
totaling 10 bases. and couple of
passes, while Palmero hit a Yank.
Between them, Herb Pennock and Sad
odItt jules gave up l. MUS, netting 10
bases and walked six men.
Palmero. who started for the home
talent, was battered for seven swats
in his three innings. but the trio of
tallies made off him in the third
round We're due mainly to his wild
heave after fielding a bunt. In the
next two innings Morrell had one
run scored against him because of a
tumble by Bucky Harris and another
resulting from a sharp Yankee on
Elaught.
Pennock breezed along smartly until
the fifth, when he was nicked for a
marker. Mark koenig's too strong
arm gave the Nationals a tally in the
sixth, but it was fine old.fa shioned
pounding that drove Pennock from
the hin before the seventh inning end.
ed. His successor, Jones. was none
too steady, but the National attack
while he was performing was moth
Ing TO boast about.
Yanks OF to Good Start.
The Yanks started brfskly. filling
the bases with three hits in the first
inning. but it was not until the third
round that they crashed into the run
column. koeniG began the trouble
with looper that fell just back of
Judge for a base knock. When
Gehrig hunted, Judge scooped up the
ball and threw it to Peck, but too late
to force out Mark. Then came cost
~ break.
THIRD base line that was good enough
for single. Palmero grabbed the
sphere and hurled it above Judges
head to deep right. letting two
Yankees cross the plate and the bat
ter reach the far corner. Paschal
chung to third while Carlyle was be-
ing retired, but he was singled home
by Lazzeri.
fourth Yankee tally was regis
tered in the fourth inning, the first
in which Morrell pitched, an error by
Bucky Harris being the main factor
in its making. Koenig was out of the
way when Gehrig doubled to right.
center. Paschal's infield erasure let
Gehrig go to third. When Carlyle
sent roller toward Boss Bucky it
seemed the inning was over but the
second sacker booted the sphere and
Gehrig dented the plate.
A run was well earned by the Hug
men in the fifth. Collins began the
round with pop to short left that
became a single when it fell among
Peck, Goslin and Rice After Pen.
mock and Combs sacrificed, Koenig
base.
Griffs Get Busy.
The Nationals hit Pennock in each
of the first four frames, punching a
couple of blows in the second, but
waited until the fifth to make the
grand tour. Two were out when
Bucky Harris dragged a bunt by Pen
mock fora single. Successive one base
knocks by Rice and Goslin tailed the
manager. Judges stroll filled the
sacks, but 'Bluege grounded to koenig,
forcing out Joe.
A pass to Peck and Koenig's miscue
, helped the Nationals to a second
marker. chalked up in the sixth. The
Rajahs stroll opened the inning, and
he took second as Dugan threw out
R,iel. Moon Harris batted for Nor
rell and showed a roller to Koenig
The Yankee shortStop first fumbled
the ball. then threw wildly past Geh-
rig and Peck tailed. while Moon
reached the middle station. Taylor,
though. watched a third strike go by,
and Boss Bucky grounded to La.ZZeri.
In the lucky seventh" the Nationals
kicked in with two runs. Rice start
ed the rally with a low fly to left that
bounded past Paschal for q two-bag-
ger. Goslin sacrificed, and Judge sent
sam to the counting DOCK with q
triple against the concrete sun parlor.
Manager Higgins here deemed it
better to replace Pennock with Jones.
Bluege, first to face the new pitcher,
fouled to Gehrig. but Myer batted for
Peck and singled to right. tallying
Judge. Ruel got hit with a high
bounder in front Of the plate, and
gave way to Stewart after reaching
first. Tate went up to bat for Mar
berry. and concluded the uprising
with n siZzler to Lazzeri.
n No Punch at Finish.
In the eighth. the Nationals filled
the bases without profit. Taylor sim
gled, but Boss Bucky hunted a foul
for a third strike. Rice strolled to
first. Goslin swung with vigor, only
to miss the mark. Judge drew a pass.
but Bluege put up a measly pop to
LaZzeri.
Myer walked at the outset of the
Nationals last batting turn. Ogden,
trying to sacrifice, hunted foul. then
Ruether was sent in to complete
Curly's time at bat. Dutch did so by
driving into a double play. Tate
raised some hope when he made a
single of slow roller toward third
base. but Taylor was erased by the
koenig-Gehrig combination.