Evening star., 1927-05-29

Inc SeCOllu game VI tcudN
VI double header. J TO =, afte
4 being thrashed, s to >, in th'
first, the Nationals made it I
fifty.fifty break with the Yankees il
four contests staged here in two days
and finished the week | up on the
clan of Miller HuGgns that they hau
been battling since Monday.
For n time it seemed the Nationals
would take the first game of the dual
sketch today. for they had 2-run
lead until the sixth inning. Then the
Yanks, with Babe Ruth and Bot
Meusel leading the attack. slammed
the ball savagely to drag the affair
out Of the fire. During the onslaught
the Bambino banged his twelfth
homer of the season and Sir Robert
also cracked four-baser. Three
were on the runway when Babe sock
ed his circuit drive.
The second encounter was stir
ring battle, in which the Nationals
rallied gallantly in the eighth inning
to gain a fair advantage, then fought
desperately to stave off a bitter New
York attack. Foremost among the
defenders of the Nationals cause was
Fred Malberry, who twice checked
the enemy when it seemed certain
they would crash through TO sec
ond success.
Shocker Outpitches ThurstOn.
Hollis Thurston. who pitched the
10 hits and passes. Two Of the
hits and as many passes were all the
Yanks got in the first five innings.
But in the next two Hollis was bump
ed for seven safeties that, mixed with
two more walks, were more than
enough to swamp Harris club. once
the Yankees got his range, Thurston
was all but helpless.
While Urban Shocker. who went
the route against Thurston, was
reached for eight base hits, he was
much more steady than his opponent.
AS many as two clouts were clustered
against the spit-baller but twice and
his control was of high order. Goose
Goslin and Joe Judge, with one hit
each, were the only strong arms OF
the National lineup to hit Shocker and
neither of them could do so when
there were two teammates on the run
way in the third round, the one big
chance they had to bother the hurler.
The Yankees outhit the Nationals
in the second set-to. getting 10 hits off
Fred Marberry TO made off
Wiley Moore, but Bucky Harris hurl-
err, usually employed as a relief man,
proved a better performer in a regular
role than Miller Higgins rescue
worker who stepped out of his char
acter. Fred was on the job in the
pinches, while Wiley could not stand
the strain in the one big inning he had
10 face.
Both Threaten Early.
- 4 4. 1, ~-,v-lx-
innings of the opening tilt of the
bill. but 1t was not until the third
session that the circuit was completed.
Ruth, who tripled with two gone in
the Yankees first turn, languished at
the far corner as Harris heaved out
Gehrig, and in the second inning
Bluege made q final out after Judge
and Rigney had singled in the Nation
ais half, while in the New York por-
ton, GrabowSki could not aid Dugan,
who had walked.
Thurston began the National third
by popping a single just above koe-
nig's upstretched hand. McNeely
sacrificed neatly, barely missing a hit
with his bunt. Then Harris double to
right center sent Hollis home. Spoke
strolled to first. but neither Goslin nor
Judge could do anything for the pair
on the runway. The Goose's best was
a pop to Lazzeri, while Judge hoisted
to Ruth.
Then everything was fairly quiet
until The fifth that Thurston started
for the Nationals with n drive over
Combs head. 1t was good for three
bases, and Hollis scampered home
after Combs got hold of McNeely's
long slam.
Thurston took the Yanks over the
jumps in order in their part of this
inning, but they turned the tables on
him in the sixth, when a three-hit at
tack with a base on balls tossed in
accounted for three markers that did
the Nationals no good. Combs was
out of the way when koenig raped a
single 10 left. Mark took second as
Ruth grounded out and raced to third
when Thurston cut loose wild pitch
that was a fourth ball TO walk Gehrig
Meusel's Double Productive.
With the stage thus set, Meusel
poled a two-bagger to left that drove
koenig home, Gehris to third and
laid Goslin low for a few minutes
The bounding ball had hit Goose amid.
ship, and after throwing to second he
flattened. Players of both sides gath
cred around him and told him what
fine day it was. Goslin finally
agreed with them and got back in the
game. Then Lazzeri shot two.bagGer
TO left and the Yankees were ahead
just To make certain of the game
the Yankees INDUCED in a five-run
splurge IN the seventh. homers by
Ruth and Meusel coloring the often
siVe. Grabowshi opened the round
with one ne-baser, and Shocker sacri-
feed. After Combs strolled TO the
initial station, koenig singled Grab.
oWSki home. Then the Bauhino
socked the sphere into the right field
bleachers 10 run his season total OF
round-trippcrs TO an even dozen.
That put him ahead of Gehri@, who
followed with boundder 10 the
pitcher. but Meusel ri1ed the ball into
the left field stand. and the Yanks
were six runs to the good. That ;d-
vantage they maintained TO the finish.
For three innings of the second
scrap Of the day no player of either
side passed second base. and but one
National and one Yankee got that
Ear. The Yanks, though, got to Mar.
berry for Il single in each of the
rounds, while McNeely's pass was all
the Nationals CLEANED off Moore.
Grifs First to Tally.
After two we're out i'll the fourth
however, Bucky Harris bunch chalk.
cl up a marker Goslin shot a one.
baser to center, and took third when
Judge knocked a single to right. The
pair tried To negotiate a dual theft
but Lazzeri would not let them. In
stead, Tony made q wild return of
Catcher Grabowski's throw and Cos
lin tailed. while Judge pulled up al
third. There Joe remained. for Ruel
sent soft roller 10 the second sacker
The Yanks could do nothing against
Marberry in the fourth and in the
fifth the Nationals wasted a couple
Of singles. Rigney began the round
with. a clean rap 80 left, but was
nabhad by Meusel's heave when he
tried TO make a double Of the blow