Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

~ UCKY HARRIS rejuyenateC
- band having reached second
place in the American League
IL championship race with its
5-to-3 victory over the Ath
letics-a victory that increased
to six games its greatest winning
streak of the season--now is planning
to have a better hold on this posi-
ton when the elderly Cornelius Nc
Gillicuddy takes his Elephant herd
away from here Saturday night.
To remain ahead of the Athletics
and also of the White SoX, who man
aged to get an even break with the
Indians yesterday and thereby cling
TO the third berth in the struggle
while the Nationals were swapping
places with their guests, it will be
necessary for Harris henchmen to
take at least two of the last three
tits scheduled in the present series
And that's a big order for any club
especially for one that has been
licked in 9 of Is starts against the
Philadelphia pitcher publishers.
But Boss Bucky does not seem to
believe these Macks are as murderous
as their record against his club this
year might indicate. Nor do his
players hold them in awe as they did
earlier in the campaign. AT Phila-
delphia last week, even though the
Nationals apparently thought their
bats were meant TO be ornaments
rather than instruments Of attack,
they showed a willingness TO carry
the fight to the opposition and here
yesterday they performed from the
outset OF the engagement as though
they were the better and quite con-
fident of that.
HadIey to Face Macks.
And the Nationals pilot has a
bunch that this new spirit backing
the pitchers he has planned TO use
in the remainder of the series VIII
make the AS recall campaigns of the
recent past when they all but counted
themselves licked as soon as they
ran up against a team of base ball
ers wearing Washington uniforms.
For the last three games Of the set
Harris has picked Horace Lisenbee,
Walter Johnson and Irving Hadley
to send TO the firing line and that
may prove just the trio to bring
home the bacon, the pilot figures.
He was expecting to use his best
mound bet of the season, Lfsenbee.
in this afternoons encounter. but
has not yet decided whether he Will
shoot with the venerable Johnson or
the youthful Hadley in the third
match,
Harris has named Hadley instead
of AL Crowder as a starter against
the Mackmen probably because OF
the latter's repeated ineffective per-
formances against Comics hirelings
this year. And that. even though the
Washington manager often has stated
that a pitcher strong enough to beat
one first-class club ought to be
strong enough to beat another. But
Al will get a crack at the YankS soon
In eliminating Fred Marberry from
his tentative list of starters against
the AS, Harris indicates that he very
likely win employ the big Texan
mainly as a relief worker again this
season. For a time, it was thought
Fred would be a valuable addition to
the regular-turn hurting staff, but so
far il seems he is worth much more
as a rescuer. And he'll get plenty to
do in that line. for Harris generally
fights for a game with all the strength
at his command.
Marberry Checks AS.
Marberry was pressed into service
Yesterday when the Mackmen APP
peared to be getting the range OF
Hollis Thurston. The Nationals were
only a run ahead and there was
wearer of the White Elephant emblem
on first base when the relief specialist
took up the slabbing burden after two
were out in the eighth inning. He was
forced TO pitch only to four men to
the end of the fray.
Up to that eighth round Thurston
had done well, even though the AS
had nicked him for safeties in all the
innings but the second. Yet. in that
they registered their first tally Of the
day. Eight of the 10 hits off the Ari-
iona blond had nothing to do with
the making of alien runs, but one Of
the two others told heavily.
It was a drive over the right field
wall made by Mickey Cochrane in the
eighth inning when one OF his team
mates was on the runway. Jimmy
Dykes followed that round-tripper with
a sharp single and Manager Harris
thereupon decided the visitors should
be treated to some strange pitching.
Connie Mack went Harris one better,
using three pitchers in a vain effort