Evening star., 1927-05-28
BY JOHN Il. KELLER.

n YEW YORK, May 2S.-Unless
nj the dental operation that cost
VI Sam Rice q number of his
4 lower teeth results in the Grad
ication of the aiment that
brought about the veterans batting
and fielding slump this year, 1t prob
ably will be up to Goose Goslin and
Iris Speaker to do all the hitting for
the Nationals garden delegation dur
ing the remainder of the champion
ship campaign. SO far none of the re-
serve players used at various times i'll
Rices place have been able to reveal
any great ability with the bludgeon.
despite the fine hitting records they
can show for their work in the minors.
In yesterdays double header, Mana
ger Stanley Harris tried the right
hand swinging Nick Cullop and the
portside-propelling Ollie Tucker in
right field. Against the Yankee pitch
ing they were just about as effective
as they have been since the outset of
the season in the role of pinch-hitters.
And as pinch-hitters they haven't
''pinched" much.
In the first game, that the Nationals
took, to 2, Cullop stepped to the
plate five times and only once got
the ball beyond the infleld. Twice
he whitfield, once when there were
teammates on second and third bases
awaiting succor. In his last time up.
the seventh inning, when the sacks
were crowded with two out, he lofted
to the outfield.
Tucker did get hit in four times
mp in the nightcaD that went against
his club, to o. singing at the start
OF the fourth frame only to be quick
ly nabbed off first base by a throw
from the pitcher. In his other three
efforts, he failed to even swing inn
pressively and was an easy victim.
May Try West and McNeeIy.
As result of the poor showing of
this pair at bat, Harris was thinking
of switching to Sam West and Earl Nc
Neely for today's double-header, even
though West still has a sore throat
and McNeely did not hit any too well
last time he played through game.
After Horace Lisenbee's pitching
subdued the Yanks yesterday Miller
Higgins trotted out Waite Hoyt to
show the Nationals that he still has
a great Highlander on his staff.
Lisenbee's win was his third of the
year over the New Workers and ran
his season record to five victories and
one defeat. The win also was the
fourth in a row for the Nationals over
the Yankees.
Then along came Hoyt and Bucky
Harris bunch suffered it's first shut
out in the 33 games it had played this
season.
Lisenbee in the first game gave up
but four hits and two passes. Two
of the blows went toward a tally in
the first frame and pass and a hit
accounted for another run in the
fourth.
Thereafter, the Yanks were checked
until the ninth when they again
punched hit with pass, but 1t got
them nothing.
Opposing Lisenbee at the start was
Herb Pennock, rated as the best south
paw in the circuit. Herb was spotty
in his work from the outset and be-
fore he gave way to Pipgras with two
gone in the fourth he had been
reached for nine hits, base on balls
and all the runs the Nationals got in
the game. One more hit was made off
Pipgras in four and one-third innings
and nothing was cleaned off the left
handed Joe Giard, who toiled in the
ninth.
Hoyt Hurls Brilliantly.
Hoyt pitched brilliant game in the
second part of the bill, granting but
three hits spread over as many
innings and two walks. Benny Tate.
who walked with one gone in the
fifth and advanced as Ossie Bluege
singled after the second out had been
made, was the only National to get
as far as the middle station during the
fray.
Irving Hadley opened fire against
the Yanks, but Irving had little with
which to battle them and he was not
so well supported. During his four
inning term, the opposition got six
hits, two passes and a trio of tallies.
Garland Braxton, who southpawed
through the remainder of the en-
gagement, was nicked for two safeties
and as many markers. One of the
hits off Braxton was drive into the
right field bleachers by Lou Gehrig.
Ruth and Gehrig collaborated to
stake the Yankees to lead in the
opening encounter of the day, al
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