Evening star., 1926-04-17

Hose and now rank with the Griffin
III the league with better than an
to date.
Thus far the YankS have not dis
appointed the experts who began hint
Ing of pennant for them when they
snapped out of the lethargy that
Rripped them during the early days
OF Spring training at st. Petersburg
and strated walloping the Brooklyn
Dodgers all over Dixie.
Joe Dugan, whose trick knee has
shown no sign of slipping out of
gear again. is the only veteran of the
New York inf1eld as it now is con-
Stituted. The other three positions are
occupied by performers barely of vot
ing age. Mark koenig, the American
Association graduate. who is holding
forth at shortstop and leading off in
the batting order is but 80 years old,
as is Lou Gehrig, the former Colum
bia University star. who fell heir 70
Nally Iipp's job at the initial sack
last Summer, while Tony Ii Zerri, the
Pacific Coast phenom now cavorting
at the midway, is one year their Junior.
Recruits Developing Teamwork.
' Koenig and LiZerri are said to be
aoPAhlH uSfciODlllS lnS teamwork eS-
sentlal around the middle station and
the latter has shown signs of prov
ing that the slugging reputation he
gained on the slope was fairly earned.
OF this trio, which comprises all the
Yankees have to show in the way of
Young blood among the regulars,
Gehrig is by far the most formidable
hatsman, and according to critics who
have been following the team he
should give G.. Herman Ruth and Bob
Meusel battle for long distance hit
ting honors. Gehrig still lacks con
siderable polish in defensive way,
but he is learning fast and in the
meanwhile can atone for any fielding
deficiencies with his bat. Until evi
dence to the contrary is produced the
Hugmen must be regarded as potential
champions.
Unless Manager Harris sees fit to
change his mind the Yankees this
afternoon will face a former club
mate in Joe Bush. who went from
New York to st. Louis, where the
Griffs obtained him, after having pre-
viously seen service in both Philadel
phia and Boston. Bush f1ivvered
Thursday in his first start as a Ma
tional and now is the only member
of Washington's big four yet to make
good on the mound, for Walter
Ruether displayed gratifying form |
against the Mackmen yesterday, de- |
spite the fact that Fred Marberry had |
to be summoned to his rescue in the |
ninth inning.
Dutch Weakens Near Finish.
Aside from the fifth inning when
Iamar's triple and a single by F'itz
French, who was a bearcat with the
bat yesterday, produced a tally, the
lanky southpaw hurled Shut-out ball
in the first seven rounds. In the
eighth he was reached for another
pair of tallies, but simmons triple
alone of the four hits he yielded then
was untainted, the other three being
infield scratches.
Ruether appeared to weaken in the
final frame when real hits by Pinch
Hitter WambsganSS and French gave
Marberry a chance to enact his Ia
Norite role, but the Dutchman was
loose in his movements, sported
wide hook and plenty of speed, and
with this game under his belt should
be fit to go the route next time.
OF the 19 players Cornelius McGil-
liruddy called on yesterday in an ef-
fort to get an even break with the
Nationals no less than five were
pitchers. Sam Gray started and was
yanked in the third when things be-
gan to get too hot for him. Fred
Hein1aCh SuCceeQeO MIN anu 1dueu III
the next round because of wildness,
and Robert Moses Grove was the
victim of a savage attack that sent
MIN to the showers in the following
frame Rube Walberg was next on
the list and gave way to pinch hitter
after working two innings, while Ed
Rommel, who ran second to Johnson
In the 15-inning opening day clash,
finished up.
Judge Factor in Scoring.
Judge and Bluege provided the
singles, which, with Myers death, ac-
counted for the first Griffithian run,
In the second inning, while Rice's
double and singles by Goslin and Joe
Harris developed in the third inning
when run No. , was registered. The
other pair of markers materialiZed in
the fifth on Il pass to Goslin and
safeties by Joe Harris and Judge.
The Griffs threatened to score again
in the eighth when, with Myer on
third as result of his single and
another by Ruether. a double play
developed TO balll them, it being made
possible by Ricefi, who previously had
pounded out three hits for a total
Of six bases. 1t appeared for a time
that the Nationals might need some
thing additional in the way of runs
when the AS fiared up in the ninth
hut after hectic session in which
Msrt1erry pitched himself to more re-
no5Fu and Bucky Harris talked him.
self. btst of. the pastime, the uprising
was, ,jqiiei3ed.