Evening star., 1926-04-10


The Nationals steamed into town
early this morning from Norfolk.
plimel for these engagements. They
muffed a chance at Norfolk yesterday
tc clinch their nine-game Spring
series with the New Workers, being
beaten, 4 to ,. But this is another
day. and tomorrow will be too.
To the average fan the Washington
ball club due to perform this after
noon will seem no different from that
which won the second successive
pennant for the National Capital last
year. The same crowd that played
through most Of the season was
slated TO start proceedings today. Joe
Judge, Boss Bucky Harris, Roger
Peckinpaugh and Ossie Bluege We're
to he in the intield: Goose Goslin, Sam
Rice and Joe Harris in the outfield
Muddy Ruel behind the bat and Wal
ter Johnson on the hill.
Lineup Looks Familiar.
That lineup looks familiar. 1t was
good last year. There are several
Guesses in it this year. But Manager
Harris is certain that he has avail
able some fine second guesses to re-
place any first ones that miss.
According 10 Bucky, this is to be a
good guessing year in the American
League, anyway. All but two of the
Nationals seven rivals in the circuit
are guessing that they have Il great
chance at the pen1ant that has come
10 Washington the past two years
Bucky, though, believes he has a bet
ter chance to outguess the others be-
cause his available material has come
through severe tests in recent seasons
better than that any other club now
has to offer
Bucky likes his veterans and is
banking upon them to fight off the
opposition as they did in 1924 and
1925 He figures that the club that
was good enough to win last year.
especially, ought to be just as strong
again. and he makes due allowance
for deterioration through age, too. If
the Nationals rivals are more power
full than they We're in 1925, Bucky will
have to be shown.
Bucky's gauge of his clubs strength
seems to have been borne out in the
present series with the Giants. The
Nationals certainly looked in fine fet-
tie in scoring their four victories in
the seven games played before today,
and in the three losses they never
looked weak
The encounter at Norfolk yesterday
was nip-and-tuck struggle. worthy
of clubs in midseasOn form. Alec
Ferguson of the Nationals and Kent
greenfield Of the Giants Waged a
warm pitching battle during the first
five innings, with honors about even.
Then Harry Kelley and Tim McNa-
mara took up the argument, and the
former was distinctly outpointed by
his New York opponent.
ing his stay on the hill. Two of them,
with Il sacrifice sandWiched between,
netted the Giants a tally in the
fourth frame. Kelley was slapped for
five hits, one q homer over the right
field fence by frankie t'risch.
This E'risch, who got four safeties
in four times at bat, was involved
in the making of three of the Giant
markers. With two down in the third
he crashed n one-baSer to center to
get Frank Snyder home from the
midway station. There was one out
in the sixth when he slammed his
homer. and in the seventh, after hits
by Jimmy Farrell and Snyder and
Freddy Lindstrom's sacrifice manu-
factured a score that shattered a tie,
he maced o single. to center to push
Snyder across the plate.
Griff's Scoring Spectacular.
The Nationals scoring was of a
spectacular variety. The Champs
knotted the count for the first time
in the fourth when sam Rice sent
the ball bounding into the right-field
stand for a ground-rule two-bagger
at the outset of the round. Bucky
Harris sacrificed, and while Green
field was winding up for a pitch to
GpSliu Rice stole home
Moon Harris combed Mcnamara
for a single at the start of the
seventh. and Judges one-baser sent
the runner to third. Moon counted
with the run that tied the score
again. as Judge and BlueSe were
erased by lightning double play.
Catcher Benny Tate and Shortstop
Buddy Myer. youngsters, were used
throughout the game by the Nation
ais. AIyer got two of his clubs
seven bing1es and played a generally
good game afield. He was charged
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