Evening star., 1927-09-22
MATS TAKE SECOND
FROM BROWNS, 1C7
Gain Game Hold on Third
Place - Braxton Fans d
With II Straight Pitches.
BY JOHN Il. KELLER.


Before rushing home to get their
radios in order for the big battle in
Chicago a few hundred faithful base
ball fans tarried at Clark Griffith Sta
dunn long enough this afternoon to
watch the Nationals beat the Browns
for the second time in succession.
The score was 10 to Z.
The victory gave the Harrismen a
better hold on third place. The Ma
tionals' closest contenders, the Tigers,
took a licking from the Yankees, so
Clark Griffith's hirelings now are a
full game ahead of George Moriarty's
men.
Rallying gallantly in the fourth
inning, Bucky Harris bunch put over
six runs to wrest the lead from the
Browns. who had scored a halfdozen
times in the first three rounds, and
remained ahead to the finish.
Sad Sam Jones was the victim of
the National attack, that included 12
safeties, one of which was a home
run smash into the left field open
stand by Walter Johnson-his second
round-tripper of the season. Jones
also walked two batters and hit one,
and, to make matters worse for him,
his support kicked in with three
errors.
johnson Yields Nine Hits.
johnson started on the hill for the
Nationals, but he was yanked in the
fourth frame. Before leaving he was
nicked for nine hits that netted the
opposition six runs. Bob Burk had to
pitch to one batter only to finish the
fourth inning. and got credit for the
victory, although by far the best
ha =.
cred by Garland Braxton.
The slender Tarheel yielded four
sWats, three of them in one session.
when the Browns got their last run.
ana two passes. He famed five bat
terS, retiring the side with nine sue
cess1ve strikes in the sixth and fol-
lowing with three perfect pitches to
put out the first visitor up in the
seventh.
George Sisler was a busy man at
bat. The Browns third-place sIugper
got a double and three singles in his
nrst four trips to the plate. burt
grounded to Manager Harris the last
time he batted.
Browns Start the Scoring.
Neither side got anywhere in the
HfSt inning. the only hint of attack
singled after two were out and swiped
second, only to watch Williams whiff.
III was different in the second in
ming, though, for the Browns dented
the counting block. Bennett was out
OF the way when a tumble by Harris
gave Dixon a life. Adams whipped
a one-baser to center, and when Cos
lin let the ball get by, Dixon reached
tnlrd, while the batter went to the
middle station. Dixon tailed after
CAMEL collared Gerber's high one.
A tumble by ORourke and a pass
from Jones let two Nationals get on
the runway during the latter part of
the round, but one was out before
the error occurred, and two were gone
When the pass came, then Gillis skied
to Harry Rice.
There was scoring by both sides in
the third round. After O'Rourke fam
ned at the outset of the Browns half.
f1arTy Rice singled and pulled I'D at
the lar corner when SiSIer doubled.
Wnlams skidded single past Judge
to put. both runners, over.
The Nationals scoring was done by
Johnson, who started the inning with
home-rIn drive. into the open stand
back OF left, field. Following Sam
Rice's retirement, Harris doubled and
t..
Goslin popped to the. visiting third
sacker. ...,
Visitors Get Three in Fourth.
In the fourth the Browns collected
three runs. bombarding Johnson for
four successive safeties after one was
out. Doubles were raped by Gerber
and Jones between singles from the
bats of Adams and O'Rourke. Burke
relieved Johnson and stopped the rally
quickly.
The Harrismen in their part of
the session, however, came to life
and forged ahead after the first bat.
ter up was tagged. Tate doubled and
counted when Bluege singled. Gerber
took ellis grounder and heaved to
Adams well enough to have erased
Bluege, but the secondsacker dropped
the ball. Speaker batted for Burke
and when Adams, after grabbing the
pinch-hitter's grounder pegged poorly
when trying for a force out at second
the bases were crowded.
A Texas Lacquer to right by Sam
Rice Tailed Bluege and a similar hit
to left by Harris scored Gillis and Nc
Nicely. who ran for Spoke. Camel
socked single that registered Rice
with the tying run and moved Harris
nett bagged Goslin's high one.
Three More Marked Up.
Two more National markers were
chalked up after two were out in the
fifth. BraXton double to move Gillis
from first to third and both runners
raced home when Sam Rice looped a
single to left.
An error by Sisler helped In the
making of a run by the home club In
the sixth. GOslin, who had forced
out Camel. took third when Sisler
failed to hold Melillo's throw that beat
Judge to first base. The Goose tailed
as Tate forced out Judge.
In the seventh, the final base was
crossed when Harry Rice's double and
Sisters single produced run for the
Browns.
Deli nE Inn PInHr