Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-23

t4lhoII. AUGUST 90 EedtPu
so roughly during their visit
here, the Nationals will be
~ glad to get out of Detroit to
night. Cleveland bound. How
ever, the shift might be a matter of out
of the frying pan into the fire for
the Washington athletes. The man
ner in which the Indians have been
mauling the league-leading Yankees
makes them no bargain for the Ma
tionals in the three game series due
to open at Dunn Field tomorrow.
The Nationals visit to Detroit,
though. has brought them a record.
After absorbing TO and Z to 3
trouncings from the Tigers yesterday,
the present loosng streak of the Har-
ris-led aggregation runs to seven
games. That's the greatest number
of reverses it has suffered in success
sion this season.
There seems to be no heart in the
Nationals these days and unless they
soon raise to two the number of vic
tories scored during this, their last
western invasion of the year, there'll
be very little left for them.
They are unable to help themselves,
even when they get fair pitching, and
except for Sundays engagement here
when Horace Lisenbee looked any
thing but a pitcher, the club has had
little to complain about concerning
the performances of its mOundSmen.
Zach Faces Tribe Tomorrow.
Manager Harris has announced
that he will send Lisenbee back to the
slab in the series with the Tribe, but
not until after Tom Zachary gets A
shot at Jack McCallister's outfit in
the opener of the set tomorrow. Liz
probably will draw the pitching as
signment on Thursday, leaving the
wind up game of the lot 10 Irving
Hadley.
Hadley gave a pretty good perform
ance yesterday against the Tigers in
the first game of the double header.
He yielded just eight hits and two
passes. five of the SafetieS and one of
the walks being spread over the Ben
gals last seven batting turns. But the
Nationals were unable to do any sub
stantial bingling for themselves. All
they got off Sam Gibson were five
clouts and three strolls. and but for an
error by Bob Fothergill they very
likely would have been treated to
second shutout in the series.
There was more hitting behind Wal
ter Johnson in the second game, 10
hits being made off Rip Collins. who
started on the hill for the home club,
and George Smith. Seven of the safe
ties. though, were cleaned off Collins
during the three rounds he was in the
box. Then Smith made the Harris.
men look foolish the remainder of the
way.
Three HOmers i'm Nightcap.
There were three homers in the
second setto, but only one was made
hVy n In ir6 inn ir1rp
Johnson lofted the ball over the score
board back of left field to put his
club in the lead. But in the fourth
frame Harry Heilmann and Marty
McManus, the same Tigers whose
homcrs were so damaging to the Ma
tionals' cause in the extrainning
battle last Saturday, drove the bali
over the left field barrier. McManus'
circuit drive came when F'othergill
was waiting for help at second, and
put the Tigers in front, there to re-
main.
Aside from this brace Of four-base
drives, the Tigers got just five safe
ties off Johnson, and as the hitting
went but four runs should have been
registered against him. Walters sup
port kicked in with three errors to
help the wild westerners. But he
could have hurled shut-out ball after
the home run pair had gotten in its
work and still would have gotten no.
where, so helpless were the Nationals
before Smith.
The Tigers started their scoring in
the first game right off the reel.
Warner opened fire with a triple to
center. He chung to third base when
Blue scratched a single off Hadley's
gloved hand, but romped home as
Cnh y-ir
A second Tiger tally was made in
round four. that Heilmann opened
with a single. Manush and Fothergill
were disposed of rather easily by
Hadley, but McManus got a double
with a drive to left that was just
out Of reach Of Goslin, who made
one-hand effort at a catch. That put
Heilmann across.
Griffs Tie 1t i'm Fifth.
The Nationals knotted the count
in the fifth, the only inning in which
they clustered hits. Bluege got a
single and, after Reeves fouled out,
Hadley hit for a base. Then Fother-
gill made a two-base muff Of Nc
Neely's liner, letting Bluege score.
Hadley got home as Rice was thrown
out.
Thereafter the Nationals were as
putty in Gibsons hands. but the Tigers
went on to two more hits and victory.
Heilmann began the sixth session with
q two-ba gger his third successive hit
of the fray. Harry took third as Man
ush grounded TO McNeely and reached