Evening star., 1926-04-25

There seems little likelihood that
Boss Bucl<y will make any change
in the near future in the National
lineup that has been performing
since the start of the season AL
though Roger Peckinpaugh, the old :
timer the pilot still insists is only
waiting for warm weather 10 as
sumo his regular job at ShortstOp
appears to be in fine fettle. Buddy
Myer is apt to continue in that po-
sition.
Red Sox Are Fighting Hard.
These Red Sox are not likely TO
be the marks for rival clubs they
were last season. if statistics of the
early games amount to anything.
Fohrs men have been putting up a
brisk battle since the start of the
season. The club has a number of
strong hitters. two or three good
pitchers that any other club in the
American League would he glad
to own and probably is somewhat
stronger atield that it was in 1925.
The Nationals certainly are not
SoX. The Champs rather expect
plenty of action when the Bostonians
are encountered.
Ban Johnson evidently is deter
mined to do away with the use of
resin by pitchers in the American
League The president at last has
learned that the powder is being en-
ployed by his hurlers this season
despite a league rule prohibiting its
use, and he plans to punish severely
all caught with the forbidden dust.
In a letter to Manager Harris, the
league president directs attention to
the refusal of the circuit to sanction
the rule adopted by the National
League and states that no resin must
be carried to the playing bench of
an American League club or by any
American League player during a
game. Any players detected vio-
lating the rule shall be suspended
for 10 days, Johnson declared.
Philly Fans Riding" Bucky.
A couple of Philadelphia base ball
writer's by continually accusing
Bucky Harris of being high hat
ter" in the course of their scribbling
have succeeded in making the Ma
tional manager target of the vindic-
tivenesS of many of the AS fans.
When Bucky came to bat for the first
time he was booed by thousands and
thereafter he was heckled at every
opportunity during the engagement.
Galloway made a sparkling stop
and throw to erase Bucky Harris in
the opening round. Chick crossed in
front of second base to scoop up the
ball and, although off balance, made a
perfect heave to Hauser.
A catch of Hale's foul fly by Goslin
drew a round Of applause from the
fans in the first inning. The Goose
tore madly across the sward to, bag
the sphere near the left field stand
barrier.
Dust clouds raised by the wind
helped and hindered the Nationals in
the third. One hid Rice's bounder
from Bishop and got single for Sam.
Another obscured Bushs throw to
Myer to get Bishop off second, and
cost the pitcher an error.
A long argument between the AS
and Umpire Dinneen followed the
arbiters> ruling that held Hausers s
drive down the right field line to a
double in the third. The AS claimed
National players in the warm.up pen
interfered with the ball and that the
hit should be called a triple, but
Dinneen insisted it had rolled into an
exit runway before being touched by
any one.
Galloway kept a hit from Bluege in
the sixth with a sensational shoetop
catch of liner.
Nyer did well as the pivot man III 8
double play the Nationals negotiated
in the fifth. He took the throwsfrcm