Evening star., 1926-09-07


The Nationals made brave stand
81 home this year. especially against
the Eastern clubs. OF the 32 games
D. played with this lot % were won
by the Harrismen. The Red Sox. If
course, were the softest for RuckN
Harris and company. Ten games
were played with them and nine came
the way of the Nationals. The only
defeat came in the first tilt in the
from the Hub
ID. Although the Red SoX were lead
ing l to o. yesterday when rain ended
the second scheduled game Of the day
before the third il,.rinR was com
pleted. the Nationals probably would
have run their home victories over
the Bostonians to 10. for they were
getting the better pitching.
The Athletics also took good
druhhing here. They dropped three
Of the series of four games that opened
the Washington season in April and
Of the total of II games they played
here won but four. The league-lead-
ing Yankees. TOO. took more punish
,nnent than they gave on the local
lot They we're trounced in six of | I
enga gements played to decision in
Washington.
- The Western bunch did much bet
: ter than the Eastern outfits in the
National Capital. The Tigers and the
Indians both won their series here.
But nine games were played with the
Cobbmen, rain preventing any clashes
when thev visited here for the la st
p time. Thev took six of the nine. The
Indians PLAYED just 10 games here.
rain stopping them. too The Ma
+tiorals won hut three from them.
But the White Sox and Browns
were soundlv thrashed. The former
went into the scheduled II engage
nents and took only four of them.
,Eain held the schedule with the Mound
City men to 10 games. Seven Of them
were captured by the Nationals.
Only two games here this season
failed to go 10 a decision. During
their first visit in May the Tigers
- after winning a couple Of times. were
PLAYED to a tie. In July the Nationals
and Yankees went six innings TO an
even score. rain ending hostilities.
Won 1S From Red Sox.
In the series with the Red Sox that
WAS completed Yesterday the Nationals
made their hest showing of the year.
Thy took Is of the 21 tilts played
with this club, winning the last 10.
Eut they had to battle desperately
most of the time to score their vic
tories. at that. and they certainly had
10 put up coOd fight TO get the lone
Lahor day game PLAYED out.
II was the good pitching Of Alvin
Crowder more than anything else that
brought the final home success. The
General allowed the Rex Soy but TWO
safeties and four passes. Neither of
the hits figured in the making of the
single tally registered by the t'ohl-
mon. One of the hits came in the
first inning after one man was re-
tired and the other in the third in
ming with one gone. Topper RfGneN
and Slim Har~iss. tho latter the Red
Sov hurlor did tho hingling.
Two of the four passes that Crow
der issued we've punched in the eighth
frame but the General might have es-
c?ped unscathed then had he been bet
ter supported by his catcher. Benny
Tate Fred Harey drew walk after
one was out 81 RoSenthal ha'ted for
CASTOR and Tate let a pitch go
through. puttinc Harev on second.
Frnd promptly differed third and raced
home ae rratchn hating for Harriss.
forced cut RoSenthal.
The Nationals got eight hits off Slim
Harriss during the seven innings he
.l0Cr1Sn 1tC san. vice lnHN tluS'
tered a pair Of Safeties in an inning
nd each tirre they scored. Two We're
out in the second when Boss Bucky
lifted a Texas leacuor to center that
was good for two bases. Tate fol
lowed with a single To score his chief.
Ono was out in the seventh whom
rrowder singled. Earl Mc\eely took
one of Harriss' pitches on the left hin
then Rice singled TO center, driving
Crowder home,
Welzcr Stopped Scoring.
Tony Weller came in to pitch the
eighth. and ONLY two Nationals got on
base Bucky Harris drew a pass A.
tire outset OF the frame. but was
forced out by Tate.
Rain ended tho second Gane when
the Nationals had man on first with
two out and a strike against Buddy
Nyer in the third inning. But the
Champs had hit Fred Heimach for
three safeties. while the Red SoX had
slammed George Murray for only two
The Fohlmen had showed q run across
IN tho second session with one hit and
some mediocre fielding by Muddy Ruel
and Boss BuCkN