Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1923, Page 30

LV SPARTS.” THE EVE Nationals Favorably Impress Home Folk : 153,000 Fans See Yesterday s Openers LOOK GOOD IN CAPTURING OPENER. FROM MACKS, 2.1 Zachary Pitches Himself Out of Numerous Holes in Battle Witnessed by 22,000 and With Judge and Goslin Supplies Winning PuncH. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. AVING gotten themselves in solid with the more than 22,000 home folk. including fans oi all degrees, headed by the President of the United States. who witnessed their 2-1 defeat of the Athletics at the opening of the Amcrican League season in Washington yesterday, the Nationals now will bend their energies toward proving they rate a ranking even higher than the top of the second division, the position they are holding. 1 It was a whale of a ga the crowd overflowing onto the field of ;| the Georgia avenue stadiun w after the chief executive had performed | the time-honored custom of tossing out the first ball, following a march | to the flagstafi by the players of both clubs, with an escort of marines ! and gobs, headed by a band, where Admiral R. E. Coontz unfurled Old | Glory as the assemblage stood with heads bared, to the strains of the national anthem o Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary goes the lion's share of the credit. for ihe North Carolinian not only southpau ed in such a fly manner as to werit a shut-out despite the nine hi marnered off his delivery. but he| supplicd the cntering wedge for the ning counter by slumming one of Slim Harris' shoots to deep left} field for three bases in the seventh | inning. an opening that Leon Goslin 100k wdvantage of with a productive single, after the s wielding activ ties of Rice and Judge had of unearned through with a line single to center th recistered ans, Judge was i ond when Bucky Harrls forced Goslin. riffs were set down in order in the cighth, but it mattered not, for Slim Harris drilled into a double play after Dykes opened that round with bis third bingle of the day, and in| the final frame. after Hale, batting lined a single to right. over toward intercepted Bing Mil- | T to end the fray. i ler’s stiff lin ON THE SIDE LINES Walter Johnson was expected to take the mound for the Nationals in the second setto of the series this afternoon. Bob Hasty was regarded as ‘llkel)‘ to be his pitching oppo- nent. Joe Judge and Jimmy Dykes were the batting leaders for the day, with three hits apiece, But for a wide throw by Dykes in | the seventh the contest might have! ended in a draw. Zach was on third | nd Ricc on first when Evans rolled | Galloway, who forced Sam at the ! dway Dykes' pivot throw to double up E ns drew Hauser's foot off the bag. Joey ultimately scored ! viat proved to be the deciding| counte Lachary pitched a typical—for him 1'm~ hirteen Mackmen were left the buses. Only the limited size of the park! held the crowd to approximately 000, Thou nds of fan xious to see the game, stayed away because they knew no seats would be avail- able . 1. It wax feared for a time Zachary had sufiered the fate that befell Mo- gridge in New York Tuesday. when he was struck by Slim Harris' liner | in the sixth. Zach retired his pitch- | ing opponent and after taking time out gamely resumed his task. i Zachary and Gharrity outguessed Perkins by tossing a pitch-out, with | the run-and-hit sign displayed in the | rd. and when Si failed to connect. y's throw flagged Matthews at! nd by a wide margin. judgment on_ the paths by ! :d the A.s from having the | »d on them in the fourth. e failed to get set on third when | ity lopped a texas leaguer that lloway captured on the run in| short left. Chick was in no position | to_throw and Judge could have scored with ease. George Gibson was coach- ing on third at the time. | Matthews displayed his well known speed of foot by racing far in for Gharrit hort fly in the sixth, Znchary got out of a deep hole in steilar style in the seventh, when he ‘anned Welch with the bases loaded. Rice was compelled to retire after heing socked in the ribe by one of lim Harris' fast balls in the seventh. | place in right field was taken a4 to av : infl vesterd trimmin an Harris, vietim delphia la was expected to retrieve this sethac himself in the second contest of the set this afternoon Zachary Proves Generous. Yielding nine hits and half a dozen | sses. Zach had to contend with one of the Mackmen on bas2 in | and on all save one to thrilli thrce-hi hingles of when i Mackmen due to infield hit balls 1 form ief from were audible for a couple bLlocks and the applause fo med the proportions of the bled host of ety Towing tumult. Four of the v the A.s were sc ¥ i which gave them their lone tally, ap_by Matthews that caromed o ch's glove to Harris too handled. while evers one ngion’s seven sa < several other ht hecanse of the siurdy de exhibited hy the visitors Wid Matthews Stars. Matthews. the erficlder of the 11 over the ga tial base hits, ¢ suffering from egistered by i of Wash- Al it for Wid vour roamed off pote particular ties. Perki sensatic Macknien. ien killing warrity in ac got no further than third { following his double in the opener. a walk to Weleh and Dykes' single proved fruitiess econd. while an infleld hit by Matthews 1o Perkins in the third availed noth- | ing Taking advan includin the Mac run of the wne gone. traight t when S. b v Dykes pastime alloway Ns and rris fumi W P as in past seasons, Fri dies' day,” when fair dmitted to the park as guests ub. Boy Scouts also will be free on Fridays after the se. Hoved to third | 4 Welch” rposely passed nd_Bryan H bt Matthews will will be of th | admitted -hools ii poppad the to Pe lited with romed off 7. Galloway scored Matthews. After neglec score in the fi d_stole and again in the fourth wl Tudge and Goslin put t1hird, the Griffmen tied it fifth and were prevented fron greater damage b; 1 <’ great | 8. Harris, 2b. pitching in the pinch. With two Ghamity.' c. away Rice singled over second, moved Pecxmvl;gh- s up on a walk to Evans and tailied on - a liner by Judge that struck the rightfleld fence on the fly and fell among_ the fleld spectators. being limited to two hases under the rules. Slim Harris walked Goslin, flling the bases. to bring up Stanley Harris. The strategy proved effec ive, as the Washington captain pop- | ped to Dykes. Jezebel There in Pinch. . The Mackmen were unable to take | advantage of Dykes' double in the Sixth and lost a grand opportunity to sally when they loaded the bases in the seventh. After Perkins had died Tticonda poked a scratch hit to Peck, and Hauser got an infleld bingle to conroy. Hauser was forced by Mil- lor. but Galloway drew a pass, ing the hassocks and putting it up to Welch. Frank looked over three bad alls, took a couple of & 3 then missed a hearty 1hird one. Zachary celebrated his pitchir by ramming a liner to left in the 1d_of this frame that was retrieved Miller just short of the crowd and it paved the way winning run. Rice a pitched hall. He was forced by Evans. and Judge's rap 1o Dykes resulted in ary being flagged at the plate, but Goslin came BASE BALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Philadelphia Tickets on Sale Spaldings 613-14th W. from AM. to 1:00 P.). Reserved sents for Snturday and Sunday on sale & WASHINGTON. by | Rice, . or on | Wade, rf. up in the | Evans m doing I Boxf(u. 0] Bliebunwavsne 1S sntumnanual BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. T ¥ B g 6 3 °,667'St. Louis w. 4 3 Hocoomuooni Zachary, P 1 5 4 5 Wafals oo oo 6 PHILADELPHIA. Matthews, cf. % u! cocoocenart » 5l mounsscosel M. eeconcocasl! R . i | | : Philadelphis, 1. ! , 38; Chicago, 0. Boston, b New York, 4. St. Louis, Detroit. NATIONAL LEAGUE. n! coomcoscael | ol cuooemmmm | ! vuowooonoo! o' coceccocso! 35 : *Batted for Hauser in minth i Philadelp 00010000 0—1 Washington..... 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x—2| W. L. Pot.| : Two-base hite—Perkins. Dykes, Judge. Three- | Sow York... 5 1900 Pittsburgh.. base hit—Zachary. Stolen base—Judge. Double 3 500 Boston.. 6 play—Zachary to Peckinpaugh to Judge. 5 5 500 Brookly : on ~ bases—Philadelphis 13; Washington, Bases on balls—Off Zachary, off B. Harris, | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. 3. Struck out—By Zachary, 3; by B. Harris, 3. | _ 5 % 5 Hit by pitcher—By B. Harris (Rice). Umpires Chicago at Pittsburgh. Chicago at Pittsburgh. —Mossrs. Evans. Holmes and Comnolly. Time | Cincinnati at St. L. Cincinnati at St. L. of game—2 hour: | Brooklyn at Phila. Brooklyn at Phiia. Boston at New York. 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The southern team is one of { tie strongest aggregations in college ranks. { "Maryland had a two-run lead on | the Tarheels after the first four in- nings yesterday. In the fifth, when Remsberg muffed Holland's drive to left, the invaders scored their first Mar: 2 to local fans. sician of the Washington club, George Mo fractured w from Joe Dugan’s bat in day's game with the Yankees, and he may be realy for service again within ten day a ansert merely of a severe contusion. HUMB NOT BROKEN; MOGRIDGE READY SOON! Here's a plece of good news for According to the phy- ridge's thumb was mot en struck by a liner t Tues- Although the X-ray pictures taken in New York were accom- panied by notation of bone three prominent Washington radiograph broken ‘s who have been con- ed 1 o concur in the diag- They are unable to discern cture in the negatives and that the Injury consists 'tally. They evened the count in the seventh, when Redfearn’s hit drove !in Johnson. Carroll's double in the c'ghth scored Gladstone with the de- | cidingtally. Nihisher of Maryland and Allen, rival moundsmen, each allowed seven hits. —_— SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Eastern hurler, MOUND DUEL IS DUE IN SCHOLASTIC FRAY If Capt. Roudabush, the diminutive is in form against £.| Central, one of the best games of the New Orleans ..... Birmingham i es—Martina and Dowie: Morriso tn | | [ scl Mount Pleasant stadium. to start at 3: holastic title series should result om thelr meeting today in the Play was Brinkman, Central's leading box- .19 18 4 man. wgs due to perform for Coach Nashville Batteries—Mitchell, and Lynn. Tate; Eiffert, Haley. Little ‘Rock Chattanooga ... ... Batteries—Robinsor Cunningham, Morris INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. | i wi | Syracuse ... 110 2 | Jersey City e 5 12 1 Batteries—Reinha: Trean, ‘Beck, Nemitz ields, Schnell, Morgan and 3 85! I8 12 0f and - Smith; | uffalo 1 61 Newark . i : s 7 % Batteries—Mohart 'and Stearns; Baldwin and | Devine, | | Toronto ...... s . A { Baltimore ... 111111 113 10 o Batteries—Glazer. Collins, Summers and Vincent: Groves and McAvoy. Rochester e B Reading 4 6 2 Carts and { cuarbe™ SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Greenville, 14; Charleston, 2. Spartanburg, i3; Columbia, 11. Augusta, 5; Charlotts, 0. KID MACKMAN REMINDS; OLD FANS OF JIM RYAN Wid Matthews, diminutive cem- | terfielder of the Athletics, made big bit with the parkful of fans who saw the Bushmen trinmph speed and spirit & great impression, bat what impressed them most was i THREE GAMES TODAY IN SANDLOT LEAGUES Sandlot league teams will | three games today, all of which will | get under way at 5:15 on the Ellipse. Interstate will clash with the G. P. 0. nine in the Government series; Bureau will meet Treasury in the Depart- mental circuit, and Liberty Loan will engage the Treasury in the Treasury | League. i General Accounting Office slugged figure in | Jol Bureau of Standards yesterday in the | Government circuit. Lindenspinner | in prospect. the seven-inning game, 10 to 2 the Hall jMa., journey to Front Roval to meet Ran- dolph Macon. Wade Rice | Goslin | Judge . i Evans . eckinpaug! Ruel 15_16 1| White today and a pitchers’ duel was Each team has won a game in the championship series. Georgetown Preps easily defeated | a Haller of knocked a home run. crashed three hits in four trips to_the plate. ! Waterworth, Georgetown hurler, al- Niebergall: { lowed only six hits, Devitt Preps vesterday in winners hile his team mate, Saul, ‘Western High will visit Leonard at Leonnrdtwirl!i s High tomorrow. School while Central GRIFFS’ STICKWORK. 118 £} hnson LR R rmrrpereeInavesooR® coomporrolBanBRER occoorcoonerrnas! sos0ce00000000momon 0000000000m0mmRERmS Hit were wild, passing eight men between | his manner of snaring fiy balls. The Miwaukee graduate cups hi hands and receives a ball close to hix body at about the region of his solar plexus tead of having hix b mont play- ews® atyle recalled to hem. 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(AT DETROIT.) / Ken Williams, premier 19: Amer! can League home run hitter and Bal. Ruth's Keenest rival, contributed to the St. Louis team's vietory over Detroit by poling out hls third circuit clout of the season. He Is one ahead of the Babe. The outstanding feature at th Grounds was the tremendous ov accorded Christy Mathewson, dent of the B on Bravi s “Big Six"” came his greatest playing triumph vhich he left nearly three yvears = His charges were beaten by the worl champion Giants. to 3. Southpaw Art Nehf allowed only one hit, but : combination of erra and a brought three tall Red Sox Rally in Ninth. Although the Yankees tied the game in the first half of the ninti With a two-run rally, the Boston Red §iox retaliated with a hit barrage and walked off with a 5-to-4 victory an: shunted the New Yorkers to second place in the league standing Stanley Coveleskie's sterling pitch- ing carried his team mates to @ 3-to-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox {and the Cleveland Indians again re- sumed the leadership in the league race. Pittsburgh scored ive victory over bs, 7 to After six straight came to life and fell delphia pitchers, trimming Quakers, 14 to 4. The St Cardinals defeated Cincinnati —_— TRIBE, 3; CHISOX, 0. (AT CHICAGO. AB.H.0.A. _Chicago. AB. 1°1 0 Elshlf. Falk.If. Johnson.ss. Collins.2b.. Hooper.f. ' o > weoocenuu? rassmasanch 2 8 onprnanronBo 00021 0030000 Runs—Williams, McManus, Severeid, Gerber. Haney, Oobb. Veach. Error—Gerber, Two. reid, Gerber (2), Haney. Home Stolen bases—Veach, Heil- mann. Sacrifices—Robertson, Shocker. Double play—Haney to Pratt, Left on bashs—St. Louis, Detroit, 9. Bases on balls—Off | Bhooker, '3; off Collins, 4. Struck out—By Shocker, 8. Hits—Off Collins, 5 in 61-8 in- nings; off Prancis, 3 in 233 innings, Hit by | pitcher—By Collins (McManus, Foster), Losing | pitcher—Francis. ~Umpires—Msasrs. Ormsby. | Dineen and Hildebrand. Time of game—2 Tours and 19 minutes. - Sob|onitrrenusk [ L 51 sunnaseanl its second the Chicago e ¢ AT BOSTON.) -, Boston Liebold. cf. Collins, Harris.1f. Menosky? . Burns.Ib. losses Brooklyr on the | eoc0ossnusmtneno ornnummosmal Sehireeutr PSRN cwomwoscssc® Cleve'd Jami'sn,If. Wamby.2b. Speaker.cf. Guisto, 1b.. ©000000RNoNRNNIN ~ > omoRBooRLR LB LOA coveroconnnosons! 1 Totals.. 35 11°25 14 35 run scored. inning. th inning. Batted for Mays in ninth inming. fBan for Harris in ninth inning. 1000010024 20011000 15 itt, Ruth, Meusel. Haines, Leibold. Herrls, Menosky, Shanks. ' Errors— L Scott. ' Two-base hits—Shanks. Pici- nich, Harris. ‘Sacrifices—Burns. Ruth. Double plays—Fewster to Burns, Ward to Pipp, Few- ster to Shanks to Burns. Left on buses—New York, 9; Boston, 10. Bases on balls—Off Hoyt. off Ehmke, 4. Struck out—By Hoyt, 3: by Ehmke, 4; by 0'Doul, 1. Hits— . 8 in b innings: of Mays. 2 in 3 i :off Bush. 2 in 13 inning; off Ehm) « innings: off O'Doul, none in 3 romwoHOn ! 00000 mmmmmm ooonmnERENL®0 Totals.. 30 62712 Totals *Batted for Faber in eighth inning. Clevelend. 2000010003 Chicago 00000000 00 Runs—Jamieson. Wamby, Guisto. Two-bass bits—Wamby, Johnson. ~ Sacrifice — Spaaker Dowble plays—Lutzke to Wamby to Guisto Lett on bases—Cleveland. 4: Chicago. 8. Bases on balls—Off Faber. 3: off Coveleskie. 1 Btruck out—By Coveleskis. 2; by Faber. 2 Hit—Off Fuver. € in § innings: of T. Blani- ning. | pitcher—By 'Mi enchip, none in 1 inning. Umpires—Messrs. Winning _ pitcher—0'Doul. _ Los itoh Moriarty and Rowland. Losing pitcher—Faber. Nallin. Time of game—I hour and 45 minutes. e 'mpires—Messrs. 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