Evening star., 1926-04-23

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Philadelphia base ball critics have
limited that those Is innings of hard
hurting in the Washington season in
auGural took too heavy toll of Bar
ney's arm. They intimate that he was
700 weak to attempt any real pitch
Ing when he tackled the Yankees last
Tuesday and was knocked off the slab
before the game was very old.
But Bucky Harris, field boss of the
Nationals, after that Yankee lombard
ment, asserted that Johnson's inef-
fectiveness was due solely to a too
prolonged idleness. Barney had not
pitched within a week and Bucky
opined the big fellow should be
worked every fourth day at least to
he good.
Now it is no so certain that the
trouble with Walters arm is due to
overwork at the outset of the cam
paign or to exposure to the chilling
wind that blew across Clark Griffith
Stadium when after six days of rest
he made his second slab start of the
year. Despite his ailing wing, Johnson
may start today and get away with
the game. However. Boss Bucky did
not expect TO make his pitching selec-
ton until Immediately before game
time.
Bush Seems to Be Ready.
Bush seems to be ready for serv-
ice whenever called upon. He went
through another long warm-up yes
1erday and declared he felt no i'll eff
fects from the blow on the knee he
received Sunday. There was NO notice
able break in his stride as he heaved
l,a INol Ta+ 20, orl. H,1
and hour, and he was quite active in
fielding and bunting drill.
The Nationals need to take one of
the two remaining games of the series
with the AS to maintain an advan-
1age over them for the seasons play
between these two hot contenders for
the pennant. If they continue to per-
form as sprightly as they did during
Yesterdays pastiming, they certainly
ought to leave this town still ahead
of Connie Macks bunch
After playing like rank bushers for
q couple of days, the Harrismen show
ed all the color of champions yester-
day. They hit harder than they had
in any previous game this season,
tlelded smartly. kept their heads up on
on the bases, except in one instance,
and were blessed with some neat
pitching by one of the veterans they
must lean upon this year.
Harriss Jinx Seems Ended.
1t seems as though there is no more
Slim HarriSs jinx for the Nationals.
That worthy who used to humble
Clark Grifiths hirelings with ease,
even when he was woefully weak
against all other clubs, vas beaten
off for the second time this season
by his once meek victims. Half of the
12 safeties accumulated by the Ma
tionals yesterday were CLEANED off
Slim before he left the hill after one
was out in the fourth frame
These bingles, with some headleSS
Athletic fielding, strongly reminiscent
of the playing of the Nationals at
home Tuesday and here Wednesday,
netted the champions five markers.
They bumped both of the left handlers
who followed Harriss on the slab,
chasing Rube Walberg to the showers
with three successive Swats before a
man was retired in the eighth.
Ruether got a needless single off
Stan Baumgartner in the ninth.
Ruether was nicked for nine hits
by the AS, but they never were able
TO cluster more than two in any
round. He also issued three passes
that did not help the Macks at all.
Al Simmons was the only member of
the opposition to hit Dutch more than
once. He paved the way to tally
by opening the AS fourth frame with
a double, then clouted a single in the
sixth.
RueI Makes Lone Error
After Muddy .Ruel uncorked a
heave past Joe Judge in the initial
frame to give Max Bishop an extra
base on a bunted single, the Nationals
tielded in fine form and in the fifth
session worked as clever a double
play as has been witnessed in a long
while.
Bishop was on first base as a result
of a pass drawn after one was out,
when Walter French lifted a high fly
between the pitchers box and the ini-
tiaI sack. Judge camped under the
sphere for a catch and French slowed
in his run toward first, while Bishop