Evening star., 1926-04-15


With Walter and his Polish pitch
ing mate already having delivered,
the caliber of half of the quartet of
veterans on whom the mound burden
is expected to rest Is established. Joe
Bush and Dutch Ruether remain to
he assayed, but the test will not long
be delayed, for the ex-Brown is slated
to be sent against the Mackmen in
the third tilt of the set this afternoon,
and the loose jointed eft-hander is
scheduled to make his 1925 debut in
the closing engagement tomorrow.
Both appear to be ready for the
business at hand. but should either
falter. massive Marberry is on hand
to step into the breach. Harris as
serts Marberry is in splendid condi-
ton. all traces of the wing ailment
that bothered him last Autumn hav-
ing disappeared, and Fred himself is
rarin' to go. The tall Texan has
gotten inte the habit of expecting
toll in half a hundred or more con
tests every season. and If he is de-
prived much longer of the chance to
enact his favorite role of rescuer he
may demand the opportunity of
starting a game. privilege not ac-
corded him once last season.
Rotation Being Established.
If Harris finds ii expedient to go
through with his plan to use Bush
this afternoon and Ruether tomorrow
and both anywhere near approximate
the showing of their predecessors, the
order of rotation for the Big Four"
will be established and obtain until
something develops to make switch
advisable. In the meanwhile Alex
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rated only a notch below the first
stringers. would have nothing to do
hut sit around and add tone to the
bench. but owing to the extra toll
johnson was subjected to in that 15-
inning affair Tuesday, one of this
pair may he summoned for box work
in the opener of the four-game clash
against the Yankees next Saturday
to give Walter an extra day for re-
cuperatiOn.
Johnson asserted at the close of
that memorable shut-out effort that
he felt not the least fatigued and be-
lieved he could have Travelled an ad-
ditional three or four rounds at top
speed. but no chance on overeXertion
will he taken with him. and unless
Rucky is convinced the big fellow has
all his stuff he will have four full
days of rest prescribed for him.
Johnson s performance in the cur.
tain-raiser, notable though it was,
must be considered even more re-
markable in view of the fact that he
had excuse enough to stay home in.
stead of laboring at the ball park. 1t
develops that he had a stomach dis
order the night before that caused
him much loss of sleep and led to
Trainer Mike Martin applying heroic
relief measures. With the big moment
at hand, and knowing what was eX-
pected of him, Barney just refused to
be sick that's all.
Covey Deserved a Shut Out.
Coveleskie yesterday missed by only
narrow margin duplicating John
sons shut.out feat of the day before.
A wild heave In the sixth inning of
roller from the hat of Al Simmons
enabled that worthy to get half way
around the circuit and negotiate the
remainder of the distance when
Hauser followed with a. single.
Covey allowed only half dozen
safeties, with no two in any one round.
although he was in an uncomfortable
position on at least two other occa-
sions. One of them was in the initial
frame when Bill Lamar lammed a
vicious liner through the box to
center field and pilfered his way to the
keystone. aided by low. wide throw
from Ruel. Stan here frightened up
hy slipping a third strike over on
Fitz French and causing Simmons
to loft.
The other menacinG situation
cropped up in the seventh when Dykes
led off with soaring sock to the
limits along the left field line for
three bases. This issue was met when
Bluege pounced at Galloway's smart
smack and tagged Dykes at the pan,
double play following to clear the
sacks.
The satisfaction derived by the Ma
tionals from administering second
setback to their arch rivals for the
gonfalon was heightened by the fact
that the pitching victim was none
other than Bryan (Slim) Harriss. This
feet inches and 1S5 pounds OF
twirler from Texas, who has occa
stoned the Griffmen many anxious mo
ments in the past two seasons, started
out as If likely to prove as trouble
solnc as ever by turning them back
in1pressivelv in the first two frames.
Harriss slipped bit in the third
when Myer beat out bunt he dragged
down the first base line and Rue
looped a single to left, only to escape
when Covey missed all three of his at
tempts at sacrificial bunting ant
Rice's bewhiskered liner to Gallowa,
resulted in a dual killing. The alti
tudinous twirler was subjected to Z
neat spanking in the following frame
however.
Then, with Stan Harris and Goslir
hoth ont of the WaV Moon Harris