Evening star., 1926-05-26

game advantage IN me series.
There was nothing brilliant alb,
was a case Of the As being worse I
attributed solely 10 pitching weak
costly to the clrn of late.
Eight pitcher were used by the
rival clubs in t+e initial clash Of the
dual bill. STAR >,ovelesliie started for
The Champs a. i with decent support
would have Jared better. He was
replaced by pinch batter in the
fourth. wher the Griffs evened a
healthy court the AS had ma sSed
in the first frame. leaving the re
md Fred Marberry.
Mack Southpaws Slammed.
Marberrv was allied TO he hill he
cause the recruit. Morrell. proved so
generous that the Macks threa ened
To nake too serious a dent in the
commanding lead the Nationals had
made off the ieftha nders. Bob Grove.
Fred heimach and Rube Walberg.
before the fifth inning ended. Sam
Cray. riEhthander. then held the Ma
tionals At hay for three inning. hut
Stan Baumcartner. southpaw. was
bumped in the ninth.
In the next encountor The Nationals
drove Ed Rommel from the hin be
fore the second session was com
pleted and gave Gray. again sent TO
The slab by Mack. some rough treat
nent in the same round. Alex Fergu
son. though. was duck soup for the
AS in their second batting turn. a. nd
when they got through with il the
count was sail. Despite the terrific
rounding he had taken. Ferguson
rame back for more in the third and
the A S tucked away the game. Curly
ogden was on the hill for the cha mps
he remainder of the route and he
and Gray staged fine duel
That fifth frame spree Of the Ma.
iionals in the first game was p rare
affair. Ten members of the Nationals
stepped up to the plate. nf them
twice during the inning. Eucky Har-
rs started ii with q loft TO French
in right and. after 6 runs hail
cwossed. with men still on the pat hs.
he made the second out by tanning.
Eefore Muddy Ruel forced out Roger
Peckinpaugh for the final retiremen nj .
5 more runs had been registered.
Nine hits for Il bases were made
Gnslin and judge getting safeties
Zach. Three errors were tossed in by
the AS for good measure.
As Start Well.
Rucky Harris failure to grab firmly
a throw from Peck opened the way
tha first inning Of the initial engage
nAnt. Bishop was on second and
Cochrane on first. due to singles.
when Lamar rolled to the Raiah. The
shortstop collared the sphere and
heaNed il to Boss EuckN. hut the lat
ter, with an easy double play in
sight, dropped it and all hands we're
safe.
After Hauser's stroll forced Bishop
home. Simmons drive tn Blueee 70
suited in Cochranes demise at the
rlate. Dykes. though. slapped one
haser along the third base line TO
tally Lamar and Hauser and send
Simmons TO the far corner. As French
forced out Dykes. Simmons scored.
Some weird Mack fielding and
ninch single by Hank SEVERED in the
fourth frame helped the Champs pull
up to even Terms with the opposition.
Eucky Harris opened the inning with
single TO center and was showed
forward station hy Goslins inf1eld
retirement When Joe Harris ground
ed to Dykes, the latter's throw 4"
Cpchrane trapped BuckN off the
plate but Grove, rlinGlins in the At
'cnlpted rundown. heaved the ball to
left field and before it could he re
trieved both The Harris boys scored.
Then the Champs proceeded to All
The sacks. Judge walked. pulled M
at second when Blueae scratched
single past Dykes and after Peck
lofted to Lamar swiped third. When
Fuel drew 2 pass SEVERED was called
in from the warm-ur pen to hat for
rovey. Grove quickly got two
strike count gainst Hank. but the
latter managed to poke the hall he.
tween Hauser and Bishop to send
Judge and Bluege home.
Griffs Run Wild.
The Macks took tho lead once more
in their fourth hattinc turn 2 the ex
rerse Of Morrell Two hits did the
business. Bishop leading off with
single to center. The retirements Of
? couple Of teammates advanced Max
to third. then Hauser pushed homer
over the right.field barrier.
Then the Nationals pu, on their
biz inning and nothing that hap
rened thereafter ma:tered. even
though the AS did have a couple Of
scoring splurges, In the last Of which
Sammy Hale socked the ball out OF
the ward while Jimmy Fox was
rerched on first base.
All WAS Qul6l III llS 'pcAAHG 'rttitp
of the second game of the day. hut
In the next both clubs wore grooves
+, the runways. Goslin started the
Nationals orgy with single to right
and stopped at third when Judge
slammed a two.bagger to French's s ter
ritory. Hale fooled In attempting
10 take care of Blueges grounder and
the Goose scored, while Judge got to
the far corner. Myers single past
Galloway Tailed Judge. and after
SEVERED was declared out for loftins
an infield fly Ferguson singled 10 cen
ter. counting Rluege and moving
Myer to third base.
Mack yanked Rommei and called
uron Gray for the second time In
the afternoon. Tobin. batting in pla ce
cf McNeely. greeted the relief hurler
with a triple to right that put Myer
and Ferguson across the final base.
Buck Harris famed, but Rice's single
to center scored Tobin. Goslin also
got single. his second hit of the
inning, but it only put Rice at third,
and Judge rolled to Hauser.
Bluege's Error Hurts.