Evening star., 1926-03-25

the Nationals SHCOulltClCu Gu thC lug
series. He went hitless against the t
sons club yesterday and was ragge
doing SO.
In three of the 10 games he has
been in during the training campaign
the Goose has drawn blanks in the
hitting column and he has not made
more than one bingle in any of the
seven other contests. All told, he has
been at bat 38 times for a total of
safeties.
But two of the Goose's wallops have
been for extra bases. They were
doubles. He has circled the paths five
times and driven home only two runs.
One of the Nationals runs was sent
to the plate by the lone sacrifice so far
credited to GoSlin. Not such an i'm
posing record.
The most disconcerting feature in
Goslins batting has been the weak
ness of his drives. Although he has
been swinging with old-time vigor he
has been timing his swings poorly. He
has hit the ball fairly on 32 occasions
in his 10 games. but only IA times has
he driven it beyond the infeld.
Has Famed Six Times.
On six occasions the Goose has been
a Strike-out victim There's nothing
unusual about that, however. Even
when he is getting plenty OF clean,
long swats he frequently fans. He
has worked the pitchers for FIVE passes
so far, one Tor about each nine times
he has stepped to the plate. That s
about the average he maintains
throughout the playing season.
AS stated before, the Goose is not
worrying particularly about his slump,
nor is Manager Bucky Harris.
You know" Bucky says, ''the
Goose never has been any starting
training season hitter, but he usually
is ready when the bell rings for the
start of the flag race. And / expect
to see him ready this year. But /
would like him to get his timing
right before we begin our barnstorm-
ing next week. We are apt TO need
his hitting in those battles with the
Giants"
Roger Peekinpaugh. veteran short
stop, who has been grooming himself
carefully for his important job, ap-
parently has gotten rid of the ailments
that affected his leg and back muscles.
He started at his favorite place in
the game with the Dodgers yesterday
and with through seven innings before
giving way TO his young understudy,
Buddy Myer. Perhaps the warm
weather of this week. the first the Ma
tionals really have experienced here
this year, has taken all the kinks out
of the venerable shortffelder.
At any rate. Roger stuck to his
guns for a longer time than he had
previously in this conditioning cam
paign and left the pastime Seemingly
as fresh as the proverbial daisy. Peck
had little to do afield. His only chance
came in the seventh inning. when he
took Il throw from Bucky Harris for a
force play. But at bat he was q busy
bird, with two hits in three trials.
Both were sharp singles to left field.
He was Shifty on the paths, too, and in
the fourth frame scampered home with
his clubs first tally.
Joe Harris Delivers.
The new batting order. with Joe Har-
ris in the cleanup position, was used
for the first time. In so far as Joe was
concerned, il worked Splendidly. He
walked the first two times he stepped
to the plate, knocked a triple over
the center fielder's head the third time
he was up, and singled the fourth time
for a rating of 1000 for the afternoon.
After singing Joe gave way to
Johnny Tobin on the paths and the
latter finished the fray in right field.
One of the most pleasing features
of the contest was the pitching done
by Curley Ogden. This young fellow,
thought to have relieved salary
wing ailment by a term in the South
ern Association last year, had been
an in-and-outer on the mound at this
training camp until yesterday. But
against the Dodgers, he went through
three of the best looking innings one
could desire.
The raven-locked young fellow from
Swarthmore didn't yield a single
safety and had he been accorded per-
feet support only one Dodger would
have gotten on base while he was
hurting. Curley retired the opposition
in one.to.three order in each OF the
first two rounds, only one ball being
knocked beyond the infield in that
time.
He disposed of Corgan in the third
inning before walking Mickey O'Neill.
Mickey pilfered second after Dazzy
Vance was whitfield and Whitley Witt
sent an easy roller to Bucky Harris.
Bucky kicked the ball and all hands
were safe, but Maranville did not
prove troublesome. Ogden worked
was in good enough condition to con-
tinue pitching for several more in
ningS in the same manner.
Ruether UnSteady IN DeDut.
Dutch Ruether, in his debut. was
somewhat unsteady and was nicked
for FIVE safeties, two of them doubles,
in addition to granting three passes.
Two of the blows and a walk were
clustered in the fourth inning, his first
on the hill, but a fine throw to the
plate by Goslin prevented Dodger
score. O'Neill opened the Dodger fifth
with a two-bagger, and with two gone
Maranville strolled. Then Wheat dou-
bled O'Neill home. Cox began the
sixth with a triple, but Dutch put
on some pressure and the Dodger
languished at the far corner.
Fred Marberry toiled through the
last three frames. Two were on as
result of two singles and two were out
in the seventh when Jacobson got to
Fred for a single that drove brace OF
runs to the plate, tying the score.
Marberry was powerful against the
lower end of the batting order in the
eighth, but a double play was needed
to get him out of trouble in the ninth
when he was found for pair Of one.
basers.
Dazzy Vance and Douglas Nc
Weeney pitched three innings each
against the Nationals, while Sterling
Stryker hurled the last two for the
Dodgers. Two of the Nationals total
of nine hits We're CLEANED off Vance,