Evening star., 1928-06-08

tomorrow nscht
through with the
cellar for good, in
SO far as this years
sorapping is con- R,eAv Harris.
cerneo
weather forecasts made prospect oi
game this afternoon none to bright
showers being predicted. However. one
more win here will have the club above
eighth place when 1t quits town emo
the athletes have an idea that IL the
s win isn't registered today IL will be to-
niorrow
! In fact. they are in better spirits now
than at any other time since the start
of the season With the exception OF
Sam Jones. pitcher. whose right ankle
WIS hurt at ST Louis last Saturday. all
hands are ready for heavy work and
esger 10 tackle it,
Harris. back in the lineup yesterday
! for the first time since MAY II, gave
no indication that the foot which was
sore for so long or the finger that was
smashed last month troubled him any
: Goose Goslin. even though he is not
yet able TO DO any throwing. can do
everything else in base ball way and
Sammy West has chased the Charley
Horse from his right leg.
winning StTeak EnNiSt0neu-
With the athletes in such fine trim
physically and mentally. a long awaited
epurt hy the Nationals should occasion
no great surprise. To a man the play
I ers believe their club is much better
than its achievements can show. Their
{ Esmeness cannot be questioned. nor can
4 any individual be accused of going
about his work in an indifferent man.
ner. The viii is there the battling
spirit is aroused. Now everything is
sQuarely up 10 the playing ability Of
S the men
Frequently there have been impress
kive individual performances that show
many OF the Nationals 10 be OF high
5 worth as ball players. Rarely. though
has there been the team play so sees-
sary 10 the making Of q first-elass ball
cub. Lately. however. there has been
general improvement in this respect
and with the experienced Harris back
at second base a more intelligent de-
Tense than has been put forth NAV be
ex3ecteo. He exercises a SteadyinR in
fuence on the entire inner Gordon.
Jack Hayes replaced by the raan-
seger. is 9 capable ball player and no
soruht viii develop into a really high
grade inf1elder before long Right now,
however. there lis no question as TO
which is the better man for the Ma
tsonals 10 have at second base Harris
r. better versed in the technique OF
sacnnd-basing. more skilled I'll execu-
ton and probably more aIert than
HAYES At present. Jack made a good
scb ef caring for the place, but Backy
xf1Duid make a better one of Il.
Back IN the game for the first time In
Ecarly three weeks, Harris had plenty
~ 10 40
achanceE came his way and he handled
al cleanly Most OF the plays that
Claimed his attention were OF the diff
cult variety and two were spectacular
His oTe-hsno stop OF Bib FaIk' S
Ecorchsng grounder back Of first and
the hurried retiring thNow following got
2 slf1e hand from t1a few faithful in
Con1iskey Park al the outset OF the
fourth inning and he helpsd close the
sEanae round By a long relay Of Red
Barnes heave 10 cut down a White
Eox runner at the plate Harris DEM
sosstrsted that the long lsy-of had not
affected his second basing ability in
the least.
HadIey Bumped on Hill.
Il appeared for a time that this White
Sex fourth inning would prove the un-
doing o3 the Nationals In it the home
club Jumped on Irving Hsdley for five
hits and as many runs. making the two
Tun lead the Washington outfit had
Rztherec OF Ted Lyons seem puny
Esdley had yielded three hits and a
pass IN the frEt three frames, then
lost all MS cunning and Was lombard
I'd from the hill Pred Marberry as
Rasncd the mound burden for the Ma
tiofais with the Deginning Of round five
ali hr Fiakf e. A..
curing the remainder Of the fray were
fur singles
The Nationals got II hits off Lyons
IN the eight innings he toiled Eight
Of them we're doubles. one was a triple
and tao singles And in every inning
ezcep' the third IN which they hit they
scored Two innings after the White
SoL mad forged ahead the Nationals
punched over enough runs 70 deadlock
f5e game. and in each Of the following
two sessions they dubbed the Chicago
star foF tally They got nothing of
George Connaily IN the ninth, but they
Cid not need anything
Sam Rice, Harris and Barnes manu-
featured run 10 the first inning Gam
ard Rec doubled with Harris lrsrrglua
sscT3facf between the hits. Joe Judge s
coaibie Bob Reeves sacrifice and CSx.e
BI8eae's infel6 erssure zufficed 10 pllt
pYff a Washington marker In tiae
fourth.
Then the White 6ox storm broke
Harris brilliant plsy got Fslk al the
slag' ~ the 9on9e ciUbs fourth batting
turn. b1f Willie Ksmm bounced =
calble Of the left field stand wall and
counted a. George Redfern singled J3llI
cssseil lined single 70 center and
L1Snt cl90iec one baser 10 left, scor-
ing Redfern v'ith he tying run
When Alex Aetzler vas hit on the
f9ot ~ pitched bali, the bases were
fslia6 aDc ClSSell registered a. the Dgsta
- Egc Clancy foTcec OUt Mttzlef The
fourth and ilfGh runs oi the rfainc
eYosssr @hen Car REYNOLDS Fent q drlpf
fs Tlani-ceu1er good for three bases
Reyhoiof, a speedy runner. tried Il
make d homer Of the hit, only " Df
Esagfo ~ the plate by Harris relay 81
HaTLes' throw Reynolds ran into EDDIE
Kenns snG spilled lhe littie catcher
bat EDDIE never jet the bail get from
flsS grasp
From then on the Nationals hae
everything tbeF Wsy Thfy kDo.tss
fl9e eOslni ~ the sixth Then with out
gone 0ogiin doubled and Judge walked
Reeves fOuled out. but BIuege taoigifd .
tfIple " left center and Ksnua doubled
o. The Jeff field conner
H. tila seventh tile elan Harris wen
sDfad when dOuDleS by Rice aud Isarns
14ettfo marker They got o tally fg
good measure in the eighth Tfgel
Fs1gef doubled and continued 10 tbirs
sc HAefefn threw the ball against hin
1n 40 attempted rundown Bob r0n1pes
home sftsT Metzief Dagged Biueges L3nl
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