Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25
MATS DO WELL IN RACE.
CONSIDERING POOR LUCK

were the Nationals deprived OF two
men they thought would he Stslwar1S
of the mound corps
tn make matters worse. such Pitch
Trs az Al Cgowdsr. George Murray and
DAscAtuC Jones. who Manage Harris
had thought Wcul,t he effective under
IRE in the htC show after thsi. per.
furut9rceS during the 1925 season.
were utterly unable 10 pitch up Ia
promise. They did not long remain
with ;he club,
~ Neither Speaker nor Rice recovered
Er,n their trtiulag-seaSon injuries
quickly and their play was Srcatly
affectcd thereby during the sirSe two
uNuthS Il the championship cam
pNign. \ot until the Nationals went
ON their winning Splurge in mt,aSea>
san dbl thH n1n who had been sc>
uuiTed by ,he club in Midwinger swing
into q StrUpS offensive stride, Thea
Speakers hludSsonlnS tNh heSvily
and he also was a pyuuinens factor In
The Nationals defense. Euc az ~.
height ~ his rally Spta&s~ sustained
another injury and his NFectNenesS
OWN lied ,n almost nothing,
lntirld Always Troublesome.
The ,oheld was Troublesome fvc.
,he start, Buddy Myev failed 20 carry
cr NJ Sho:t>,cr and early in the SEA-
son Was Traded - ,be Ned Sox fcr
Topper E!sne> The veteran ESSnev
s,Na0 was S'prlantsi hv the r~cyuu
Rot, Reeves. Who, fay a pS3VeC With
neyhtnS hNt eol'vke ,SsSs hall e<aer5,
enc,' heh,p3 hlus. t3id wsN. ,',,e l,sdsN
~ first tASe. VAS St3v of the first
water wAl}e IN avtjNe, Asst ne VAS
Asw i3ls ofteo ny injuries 8u3 ~ ga
pahie substitute veUll ~ gcuna e,
HIM, tASSte ElueS& q, tAtNl base had
a ,s~r,,setilN NfF>Ne8E
(svwSN az. the St'2tss.n VAS nHt With
aut .,S httEht SposS (vr the club IL
Witnessed 49, s,VelNnoeent ~ ave.
NouNg tAtehrF~ ~ HORACE t.,SemSsee,
Irving uaa,ey an,e the ,esv,Aamyscd ls,>a,,
EUyke. lslSeotee and tlattsy>N as rrSsa>
ar starters We}e consistent Wlnneys.
~hsle Euske pse,et >ts~saS in ye}ses
rotes. Gagts0a t&.NNtNn, aa2thes.'
sHUghPaW, %l>N egaNet that he MAS
e3nseht,s ~ SharlnS the sv,l}vf r>\e AZ
r>,ptahlN With HtlsAe aat shc Veteran
Fgvd MaghyrtN
Nt~s,g,v the sNeNV Troubles shat ~
sy't tlvtu. s4tS Nationals pktNed t. a
t,strIv S,~el tt.c,'ssl f~y Sh,' Ny>te, TheV
kA~s hu> i've ~egte~ thtS>N 10 thS' tsrn
naug W sautaH N8UkcV~ avail the .tpn,
ney tsH Nthtvtet~ ftN r%,,g~ wvte,
t3ttitd to a ~tAN,t>,5t Whtk' thy
EtnWt>. White S,,<. tnAe.nS tot t>v~R
N,N Nvt~ dgul,}s1xi Thv \atsastttS
WrN n a}sj sA>s So 23ssst>s
hurlng thv(p wsnatpN snAstSe the
Nationals Nva&S aA,Ns Ga q N&r&aS III
- gVt~rl,S~- fssy, 1hArN ek ta4y wN~
dtNltatA Sssaew A9g Whr0 shvV t4AN N&tts
a k'aos N&VsNaA ri ~ ssttnvs dNgsux
then hast tear 81 thV Nest, eVt even
that DISASTER, NASvA ,N,~t thesN SS,<~ssl,t
pN1eT, d( ea p{vNeN} them fySaa
uShttNg tAvty WAY o(}t e{ tAS IepghS
a. the ShoW Position
After tAe eks~e at the yhstnplssusAip
talatSttAa, the tsAh essNt as tsaysSs ta
moW@ rkAN~a NN(t~t iehnsoN. Ghvaush
NVlNNtaVN twtuvavnt FAtS gvv>st
rHeher, wbA bad AaAvd ths Nationals
tn ,ttiN, tsaf, aSiss y A->asNoS "a ef.
tVs.t eop NashsoSksn 81 }he tNats HesA
sSkea gvr his WNeAhNt}k,Nal eesease
aud Il Mas granted htn O&elNar A.
Fhe etseA aaw II Ia tAtNsNaSS 90 re-
a}slttt&aA, tNh@g veterans shan helm
sen NAV lar aAl deal et scaiMs
taleaS ssaAA essa ACCUMULATED
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