Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ lucky HARRIS and his Ma
tionals yesterday completed
their job of tanning the White
Elephants in great style. WIN
Bob Burke, a 20-year-old le1t
hand pitcher, holding Connie Mack
herd at bay the greater part of the
,t,ute. Harris gang prodded the erst'
while proud pachyderms most unmercl'
fallly and made them like 1t. At the
conclusion of the tussle the Nationals
uere on the big end of 4-to-2 score
that meant ninth successive victory
for them, a sweep of the four-Same
series with the Athletics and seventh
successive defeat for their victims OF
the afternoon.
Before going into the fray, Burke
was the leading pitcher and the lead
ing batter of the American League
although he had appeared only III re-
lief roles. AS pitcher, he had won
one game and lost none. incidentally,
he. had achieved his victory by making
ONLY one pitch. AS batter, he had
been up once and made one hit.
Ellis batting average took terrible
drop Yesterday, for Bob got nothing
out of his three trips to the plate but
experience That did not bother him,
though, as there was plenty OF glory
for him in victory in his debut as
deserved his win. too. for outside OF
two of his eight innings on the slab
he was absolute master of the Mack
men.
Burke Pitches Steadily.
TIE AS tapped Bob frequently in
the early part of the fray. nicking him
for a safety in each of the first three
frames and clustering three blows IN
the fourth to get run and assume
'eaG for a brief time. Then they got
nothing more off him until the eighth
when two more hits helped toward
seconds score, but by that time his club
was in front and its cause could not be
hurt by a run or two for the AS.
There was nothing fashy about Bob's
pjtching, but his control was splendid
and never during his term did he show
the slightest sign of nervousness.
With the part of the Mack batting
order that had figured most in at
tack during tie contest coming up
in the ninth inning, Manager Harris
deemed it better to have a more eX-
perienced hurler on the hill, so Fred
Marberry instead of Burke worked in
the ninth inning. Marberry passed
Al Simmons. first batter up, but he
famed Sammy Hale and neither jim
my Dykes nor Cy Perkins could solve
the relief star.
The Nationals got satisfaction not
only out of the victory, but also from
the punishment they handed Fred
Walberg, who started in the box for
I the Macks. The left.hander had re-
pulsed them repeatedly since the start
of the season, but yesterday the Ma
tionals got sweet revenge.
Turn Tables on WaIberx.
They did not get as many hits as
the Athletics made, reaching the Rube
for only six. They made good use of
half of these blows, however, and the
Macks kicked in with three errors to
boost the value of the safeties. For
three innings, Walberg was com
pIete puzzle, but they banged him for
hits in each of the four remaining
sessions he was on the hill.
The Rube gave way to pinch.bat-
ter in tho eighth and that brought
Joe Pate. veteran southpaw, to the
firing line in the eighth. He was
reached for one hit that awaited the
Nationals nothing.
The Macks pecked at Burke's south.
paw stuff for three and two-thirds in
nings before they got results. With
one gone in the first frame, Lamar
whacked a one-baser to center, but
Cobb promptly drilled into a two.ply
erasure engineered by Judge and
Reeves. Hale beat out a mean bound
err to short in the second session and
swfped the middle station, only to be
shared in a dual killing when Reeves
made a great catch of Dykes low
loft to left. There was one out when
Boley singled in the third and he pill
fered second base as Walberg famed
b.: Bishop gave Bluege an easy
chance.
Nor did Burke have any trouble dis