Evening star., 1928-04-19

II AAAE GAaAA HktTa tRHAARR ttN ~
ready miserable Athletics more
miserable bv har,iuc them an
i / ll-to-6 vsllop:ae in the QuaS-
or City series final yesterday,
The Nationals rested today. but tcmor-
row afternoon they arc Ia resume their
hatt1luS IN the American League cham
pionSaIp campaign. Again the Red Son.
wna have NNcn here once viii hc The
focS q the EsrTlS clan. being booked
tor erSe -eUcn}S ,ln Clark Grih'h
Stadium rAnlorrow. Saturday ana Sun
esy
The home <taud viii BE- brief as thH
Nationals arr 10 hustle 10 New YORK
Sunday njebt and on the following Gay
start = thVec-game struggle Nlth the
world champion Yankees thus far un-
defeated III the fiaG chase. Before
trckilg 70 Col Jake Ruppcrt'S bail yara.
however. the Nationals may be strength
ene6 av The return - The lineup OF
Manager Stanley Harris their regular
second Sacker and sam Rice, veteran
right gardener.
The pilot SAYS his foot which has
been sore eneueh 70 keep him out q
commission Eoy a week, Is IN fair shape
once more. while Rice. out Of The series
Tn Philadelphia, has about col rio a
his cold. Tnc set with The Red SoN
also nav be marked by the season debut
Of rrvine Hsdiey last wear leading
hurler of The Nationals, but idle this
wear following an attack o. appendicitis
suffered at the Tampa training camp
Milton CASTOR, who has twice faceo
the Red Sox This season 10 his ciSsc-
vantage. NAV draw the pitching as
SiS71uaent tomorrow. but Il Atllt has his
way he'll not huTl until the YanSs are
met. He confesSes he would rather
pitch against the New Workers than
the Boston bunch. claiming he has had
better luck against The Broadway slug
gers. He advances some sound reasons
for this, zoo.
Can't Figure Red Sox.
When he is pitching against the
yanks. be knows pretty much what 10
expect. Il Is 8 case Of sock right down
the Inc With The CarrlZ3n club Nit
gavs you never know what's coming
Consequently a pitcher never can con-
fine himself 70 any SCI system He cites
for concrete examples the game he lost
TO the Red Sox in the season inaugural
here ard one ne lost 70 them last season
an the first game OF a double header on
the Browns last swing around the cir
cult
That 1927 game was the most heart
breaking OF his career. For SIX innings
be had pitched no-ait ball In the
seventh the spell was broken. Then
the Sox started nicsing away al his
service. There was nc pTotTacted hit
ting bee. but they kept conlhing hit
here and there and getting run nov
and then. At last. in the ninth, the
game was tied: then Steve O'Neill. who
vas catching CASTOR. nuf1ed foul fiy
that Il caught would have ended the
inning. Given q second chance. tE1e
batter slapped a single that drove over
the winning run for the Red Sox.
II CASTOR is not called on IN the set
with The Ca~rlgan crew. The hurting
probably xiii Be done by Fred Marberry.
Horace Lssenbee and Eadlev. MsEoerTy
slrrsdv mas two victories 20 his credit,
both over the Red Sex. while Llsenbee,
sn his season debut last Monday. pitched
most irpresssvely against the Athletics.
Zach Slammed in Eighth.
Tom Zachary also pitched impress
ssvelv asainss the Athletics IN Pnila-
deInh.a YESTERDAY but only for seven
innings. Then he blew higher than
kite. ard before nc vas relieved BY Gar
land Byzzton tl1e AS we're Just tTifie'
eny os the T1n total smaSsed by the
Nationals. mainly with a savage attack
tn the second session In the first seven
frames the Mackisn mob c0moeo Zach
for eient saset3es. but got only one run.
and that was baked across by the
eDuthpaw singer In the eighth.
though. six O. the eight men facing him
drove the bal 10 safety the most tell
1nr rsow being = hon1e-Tun smash into
The left-6eld stand by Jimmy FoI1
when two AS we're On the runway,
Zacf went on 10 make the second
retirement of The round but when
Pitcher Jing johnson socked him for
. two~baggeF. BgsItou WAS hustled 10
si1e rescue. BraEton easily disposed Of
Max Bishop 70 end the rally and tn
round nine Dogleo over IN ORDER -
COBB. Iris Speaker and Joe Eauseg
Both SPEAKER and HauSer waved for
third strikes
The punishment handed Zach In the
eighth. noWeIer. vas not SO severe as
that handed the venerable John Pictts
Quinn 5y the Nationals In the second
inning Then after one was cut they
Slammed hisn for nee successive hits.
forcing MIN 70 retire in favor Of john
eon Before johnson could check the
onslaught tlle Nationals had score
Of seven for the inning
Quinn nrsf felt the force of the Ma
tomas attack Ia the opening inning
when Il Justly triple BY Goose Goa2in
eert joe Judge across with the initial
tally II the game but after Babe
CAM was thrown out ~ the second
.Tokan pic4s Vas deg25ed @ith oase Fif&.