Evening star., 1928-04-17

ING arm. but his batting eyt
Il certainly is not dim these DAYS
The husky Goose, for some
~esrS REGARDED as the" punch Of the
Nationals. is making himself the olg-
gest factor In his clubs attack right on
tAe reel this season, instead o. waiting
until the Car,pslsa is well under way,
as he was prone to do in seasons past.
Heretofore looked upon as SLOW
starter at bat, Csoslin has set new
standard for himself this Spring ny
banging the ball Scu3oiy since the celi
rsrs II four of the SIN games tsle
Nationals have played he has SlIsseo
v7eil enough 70 set 8 rating q SOS foE
the route. This Is based on the ( SaAe-
ties he has made IN lS times a. cats
Eut more important IS the tscV tnat
+f.e CSoose'S punch hiss been timely. he
Nsx been RESPONSIBLE for Senc3nS across
+ne counting block S of the 50 runs
credited 10 his club IN the SIN engage
--e1ts ard he has supplied most OF the
r,ys-~rN IN three cf the four victories
thus ga- scored by the Nationals
Drives in Two ct Philly.
= VS. the Goose who drove over two
If TIE raIlies Yesterday when the HsrTls
r7ar stacked ur against the Athletics
frv the first time this season and bat
tieS their wav 70 S-to-4 victory
he boosted the Nationals run total 70
fv-n when 81 the outset ot the fourtn
frame he lofted one Of WaloeTg's pitches
over the riehtfeld fence for his second
home run Of the campaign, sno ~
r41s.nd eight il vas the Gooses hot liner
ft.st went through joe Haussr's HANDS
f1r : single 20 send in the tally break
trr a deadlock existing since the nftn
sr-ine This second hit also put Ccs-
~ On later 10 score the decisive marker
cs -fe sraw
fefthsrsers as well as -ighthsnders
have haen fine targets for GoSlin 70
csse Flo has banged the offerings ot
Jack Russell and Charley RuThne. huTl.
erS Of orthodox persuasion, and those OF
r=srolS wriltsp Merle Setflernire and
w-s1berr. who fling the bail from the
port SIDE. They al look alike 10 the
Cscoss these days.
Czos1ir-s free hitting seems 20 have
hsd sn excellent effect upon others n
frs. washington lineup The club fol-
lowssS sn l1-hit offensive at home on
Sunday with one ot 10 hits here yester-
cav and onlv three OF the safeties made
ol MraIesTc IN the opener OF the series
wfth ffs Athletics wrre wasted. IT does
seem that the Nationals are discover
s1r what the wood is for after putting
T. ~ 70 good Use al al during their
Er-ing exhibitions.
Mats weakened Defensively.
TIRE cub needs 70 pick Up IN attack.
fco. for at present Il is none too strong
cefr-sivelv. oEe 20 the absence ot reg
Ulsgs Eucky Harris enforced with
c-swzl from the lineup because Of an
sling foot left the infselo quite shaky
sn6 now the Nationals very Likely viii
fzve 20 70 through the set with .
rzalresh1ft oufhel6 After arriving here
Yesterday sam Rice discovered he was
soe ssck 70 take his regular place n
right field. 50 Gcsltn had 70 be shifted
1rrgn his berth tr left 70 the right side
cs the garden. and George Sister, sub
EtirEIte first sscke-. sect 70 the place
vacated by the Goose.
As sfe As had southpsw working
or the kiil Esbe Camel drew the CEN
Ger field assignment az the outset but
when the home crowd brought their
ep1nt TOO close 70 that Of the Nationals
FER ccrf5-t. Manager Harris strength
ene6 his cutter defense He took ElSier
caGt ct TIE game moved Gosltn back To
jeff Aeld, shifted Camel 20 right and
rut Sam West IN center for the last
Eatt % the ninth round
The last mentioned combination vas
70 take the field here again this after
ysoan shoGld Connie Mack start right
where i- the outhelc. regardless Of the
styzs e pitching employed By the lead
eg cs he white elephants, as long as
Flee is on the Elrk List. Trainer Mike
Martin declares Sam iE fast little
bilious. p1t Sam beiieveE himself 20 Be
gaueh more III sn6 IL se doubtful IL tire
veteran VIII see any ssTs1ee during the
series here.
Iisenbee Performs Well.
Horace Laae-bee made his first start
- ire championship 6eason n the box
against IRE As and werat through his
1ane innings In good form. The Mack
x1er mixed him for eight Eaferieg, four
of then doubles, and he psssed three
hztteEs s1 addition 20 hitting ore Yet
properly supported LIZ would have yfeid-
- 5st cne r1n. The first three hits Of.
him Eere sy'o-bsggers and II tao Of
TIE 1sft 9oaY frames the AS had a
brace eg n1el on the r73nxag. cslee with
ere o1S and again with fwo ogt, b1t
I4tsn3ee vas TOO stgons for them.
Had the Nationals been defeated, Bob
Fseyes. endsSyoging 70 Al the injured
EsFgas shoes st second base, would
have psen DUBBED the gost He vas
guilty q tao u1lsplays 81 psncnsa, the
FIRST q tire errors paving the way n
fwo r1ns foy tse foe that dsa1lockec TIE
zane stA ane EeIs 70 6Kses LEEnbsf
also made 4 wild chuck a. a critical
moment, bs2t got away with H.
The Ataletlcs slipped tgace seeld
6aat neither o. the eFgcfE MgaFee 10 the
Washington scoring. That vas the re-
ts13t 81 sct4rd seeking Of Wslbeygs de-
1tverieE. Grant Oils started fhe Ma
tomas or tns5y scoring Ssy by cracking
9 cosnas after ore wsS ogt Ia tlae flFs'
frame Joe Judges ssngls 70 center
tailed Oils sn1 joe continued 10 third
base yfaer Trle Speaker len fae bali e.,
b. Judge tysse - cunt when Gositn
Kent b94ncer tnroaFh Wslneygs han1f
= Max Eaet.o2 e. second, only 10 be r1la
Gogu.
Mzskmen Tally Twice.
Csf1iae bomsg ia TIE fourth VA
Fsn number tao Tor Waehangtan bsY
fes Haeknaen aired by Ree~es' lgYie
kssYs ~ tie Gfth tailed fVaee Wal
berg 6anRsse e. starter and Eaehog
ssAkss Ccbp tgled ~ 11ck q pitch
seSt Eefat eloa yolleF ~ Oasae Eb4ssi
anst&ss Bl3sgs f.Eed tssE BAL q
Reeves ~ tcECs es9t ElsfsD and II
plenty Of ttnss for Eob 10 make a eosI
be plsy relay 70 Judge Eeb. though
hurled - x3ce ~ tne fYEt Esek g
Nslbsgg WEae rae pulled Up 1T thru
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