Evening star., 1926-04-16

"By powerful clubs, l mean the AS
and the Yankees. hTe AS have re-
vealed what they can do when they
are in a hitting mood and have good
pitching. And don't think for a mo-
ment that the Yankees aren't going
to be tough customers. We are due
to play more than half the games we
have scheduled this season with these
two clubs within the first seven
weeks Of the race. That means plenty
of work for u.s."
1t seems that the date makers have
cut out a deal Of trouble for the
champions. or the 90 games listed
with the AS, who promise to be any
thing but soft pickin's, IA are to be
played before May 80. OF the o.
game season series with the Yanks
half is to be completed by June 2.
Most of these big battles are crowded
into the first three weeks of the sea-
son. the Nationals being listed to en-
counter within this period the A 8
nine times and the Yankees eight.
AS Bucky remarked. the Nationals
have plenty of work" ahead this
Spring.
'Tf Ruether is as good as I think he
is, we ought to have this first series
of the year tucked away before the
day is over" Bucky declared this
morning in discussing his pitching
choice for the final setto of the
round with the Mackmen. Dutch
showed me much in pitching way
at training camp and during the ex-
hibition games, and / am expecting
much of him this season. This last
game with the Macks will be a fine
place for him to test himself. Connie
has a bunch that can wallop the ball.
and if our veteran Southpaw can sub
due these AS he likely will be able to
stop about everything else in hard
hitting line this year. Right now
Dutch seems to me to be in much
better trim than he was at this time
last year, and you will recall how
good he was then. ! am of the opin-
ion he will have great season.
Having used his three pitching aces.
Cornelius McGillicuddy was expected
to depend upon the right-handed Sam
Gray or the left-handed Robert Moses
Grove this afternoon. Sam is re-
ported to be in great shape, but the
portsider has had the Philadelphia
trainers busy trying to get a slight
kink out of his salary wing. Lefty,
though, insists that his arm is not
ailing enough to keep him off the slab
here.
Miller Huggins' fence-bustin' Yam
KEGS are due here tomorrow to open a
four game series. 'Tis said the Yanks
are not the dormatS they were last
year. but a spirited collection of vet
erans who have taken a new lease on
life and smart youngsters r'aring to
go whenever they see pitcher wind
ing up. They may not be SO chestv
after facing Walter Johnson for rev
innings tomorrow. Bucky Harris has
said the old boy who did such nifty
bit of flinging Tuesday will return to
the slab for the first match with the
New Workers.
After fiOundering about at bat for
several weeks in training and making
no startling record with his hitting
in the first two championship games,
Goose Goslin, the Nationals most Wig
orous free swinger, went on clouting
rampage yesterday. He whacked the
sphere solidly in each of his four trips
to the plate and was credited with
three blows, his third effort. low
looper, being speared by Al Simmons
after hard run. The Goose lined a
single to right-center in the first frame
and in the third narrowly missed get
ting a home run, his drive that helped
chase Stan Baumgartner from the
mound hitting the barrier back OF
right field about foot below the top
and bounding back to the garden for