Evening star., 1927-04-13

charged against MIN Win seven SdIe-
ties, quartet of free tickets and
Sims old weakness in fielding in
Volved.
Dozen Sox Are Stranded.
AS a matter of fact, except for the
circumstance that no fewer than an
even dozen Sox were left stranded on
the runway, an indication of the afore-
mentioned absence of timeliness in the
Sox swatting, Harriss was entirely to
blame for his defeat, as nary run
accrued from the offerings of Fred
Wingfield, who festooned the slab for
pair of rounds, or Tony Weller and
MacFayden, who horned into the
pitching picture for an inning apiece,
while neither of the bobbles committed
by Paul Wanninger to offset his
splendid record Of offense figured in
the outcome.
AS an attacking force Wanninger
was in a class by himself, failing to
get the ball into safe territory on but
one of his five trips to the pan,
whereas none other contrived to bag
more than a brace of bingles, but it
so happened that the bases were COM
pletely depopulated every time he
Strode to the tee and as a result the
Pee Wee figured in the chief business
at hand only to the extent of pro-
viding others with the chance to
manufacture tally, and only Flag
stead and Regan accepted the issue.
Contest Rather COlorIess.
There was little to enthuse about in
the contest, regardless of what one s
Affiliations were. The weather man
was kindly, the usual band music
mildly inspiring and the presence of
officials high in the councils of the
Nation made the occasion notable 10
an extent, but deeds and doings that
thrill the blase diamond devotee were
conspicuous by their absence, not a
single noteworthy fielding feat being
staged.
An indication of what was in store
for Harriss and his cohorts came at
the outset of the encounter, when
Rice played to Sims well established
weakness on bunts and rolled one past
him for a single. Bucky Harris then
demonstrated a reason for his insist
ence on playing despite a fractured
index finger on his throwing hand by
cleverly placing a little tap squarely
between Haney and Wanninger. 1t
really was nothing more than a bunt,
but, as Wanninger had started over to
cover the midway, Bucky reached sec
ond before the ball could be retrieved,
while Rice galloped to third.
There they stayed while Speaker in.
effectually strove to get ball out of
the infield, but Goslin's retirement
scored Rice, and after Myer drew the
first of his four straight passes Har.
ris also tailed when Judge lined
clean shot to center.
RueI Hits Timely Single.
BY disposing of the Griffs in order
in the second inning it appeared Har-
riss had found himself, but that idea
was dissipated in the following frame,
when, with Speaker disposed of, Cos
lin beat out rap to Wanninger in
deep short that paved the way for
another couple of counters. Myer
again walked and with the Goose en-
gineered a double steal. Judge also
drew a pass, Bluege came through
with a productive long fly and Ruel
inserted a timely single.
Still another pair of markers ma
terialized in the fourth, which was
opened by Rice getting life when
Harriss got off q low throw to Todt
of Sammy's rap. Bucky Harris con-
tributed sacrifice that placed Rice in
position to score on Speakers line
single to left, the latter taking an ex-
ira base on the throw-in, and after
Goslin took a third strike and Myer
strolled once more, Iris scampered to
the pan when Judge looped a Texas
Lacquer that Shaner was able only
to trap despite desperate lunge.
This wound up the Nationals run
making activities for the day, for they