Evening star., 1927-05-13

er. veteran who takes care 0l
center field for the Nationals
~ will have his day tomorrow II
Cleveland. the city for which
he played such great base ball Tor Sc
many years.
Speaker day." as the first of the
four davs the Nationals are to spend
in the Forest City has been deslg-
mated, has not been planned as a day
of celebration by the Cleveland club
even though the Indians doubtless
will assist in making it a day long td
be remembered by Iris. 1t has been
planned by the thousands of friends
and admirers of the Gray Eagle In
and about Cleveland as a whole
hearted tribute to the player and the
man. Arrangements for the celebra-
ton of Speaker day" have been made
under the direction of William *.
Hopkins, city manager of Cleveland.
The program to be carried out prior
to tomorrow's engagement Will IN
clude a rousing welcome to the man
who for II years was a member OF
the Indians and managed them for
nearly 5 years, to be followed by the
presentation of gifts from the Elks,
Yelled Prophets and other fraternal
and civic organizations. There will be
throngs of friends to voice greetings
and extend glad hands and city Of
ficials to let Iris know that Cleveland
still claims him as its own, even
though he wears the uniform of a
club of another city.
Spoke Playing Great Game.
Everything will be done by the
celebrants of Speaker day" to make
Iris realize that their confidence in
him was not shaken by the revela-
tions of vengeful spirit last Winter,
that they believe him an honest and
loyal athlete and gentleman. 1t seems
fitting that on the eve of this cele-
bration, Speaker should be playing an
excellent game. He has been one of
the few Nationals to perform eff
ciently both in attack and defense
since the club started its first West
ern invasion of the season.
So far on this tour he has led his
club at bat and ffelded in sensational
manner. And to cap his efforts in
the game here yesterday he headed
q triple theft to register the Ma
tionals' last score of the battle. But
more than Speakers game efforts or
Joe Judges home-run hitting is
needed to win for the Nationals these
days. Judge got his second homer
of the campaign, a drive into the
lower right-field stand at Comiskey's s
new South Side plant, when there
were two mates on the runway to
stake his club to a three run lead
and Spoke's theft once more put
them three up on the White Sox, but
Fred Marberry could not get along
with this lead and for the third time
in three days the Nationals were
nosed out by a run, the final count
against them being to 4.
Marberry Unusually Wild.
Marberry yesterday was wild from
the start and although he walked
only three batters he was in trouble
almost continuously: He gave up
nine hits, just two more than Ted
Blankenship allowed, but the White
Sox punched their blows in four
frames and in each of them they
tailed whereas after yielding three
safeties and as many markers in the
opening inning Blankenship hurled a
most careful game.
Both sides dented the counting
block In the first inning.
Blankenship was warmly greeted,
Harris and Speaker singing after
hice grounded out. spoke 5 nit Sent
Bucky to third and both romped home
when Judge laced the ball into the
lower right-field stand for a circuit
trip.
The White Sox had to work longer
for a lone marker. MetZler walked
after four pitches only to be forced
out by Kamm. Hunnefield, though,
singled Willie to second from where
he counted when Falk bounced a
one baser off the right-field stand
barrier. Only sharp fielding by Rice
held Bib's wallop to a single.
A fourth National run was chalked
up in the third frame, triple theft
doing the work. Two were out when
Speaker singled to right and West
got a cheap hit with slow roller
past Blankenship. Ward then
fumbled Judges grounder and the
bases were crowded. After one pitch
to Rigney, the trio on the paths got
under way and Speaker slid home
safely as Ted threw wide of the plate
In their portion of the round, the
White Sox twice crossed the final
base. Metzler opened the inning with