Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-08

season when another flag was cap
tured, has in the last 10 days hurried
= some base ball of the brand that made
him q star in rescue roles and thi:
may mean much to a club that has
been having plenty of trouble WITT
tts pitching staff in this campaign.
Marberry. in the first dozen times
he went TO the hill this year. either
as relief pitcher or starter. lacked the
bower he had in other seasons when
he was accustomed to breeze the bal
! by the opposition. In those early en-
fragments he not only was hit hard
but was wild. and when employed as
a. rescuer generally took almost as
much punishment as the man he re-
placed,
Firpo Himself Again.
If Marberry's recent performances
mean ANYTHING. however. he is h 'mself
again and apt to save many battle
for the Nationals during the re-
nainder of the flag race. He gave a
most impressive exhibition in New
York week before last. when he sub
dued the hard-hitting Yankees in a
grueling contest. Later he opened
FIRE against the Red Sox here. only to
have a poor first inning that proved
costly.
But he came back to the hill yester-
day at a time the Indians threatened
TO knock galley west the fine lead the
Nationals had amassed and stopped
them cold. Then after working
Through four good frames, he was
2 battered considerably, but still had
enough left TO weather the storm and
save the day for his club.
To Hollis Thurston goes the credit
FOR pitching the Nationals to their
h0-to-S triumph over the Tribe. But
tAfarberrv was the big noise of the
mound in the contest. He assumed
the pitching task when the Indians
were on a wild rampage. They had
: driven Thurston from the slab with
live-hit attack that Melted them
? runs and left men on second and third
bases with none out. Into the breach
stepped the big Texan and he bowled
over the next three batters in order
without permitting the runners to
stir from their bases.
( Pinch batters were rushed into the
fray by Manager Jack McCallister or
the Tribe on two occasions when hits
( would have been especially damaging
: kb the Nationals cause. One came up
.shn the fourth frame. in which Mar
berry first took the slab. Fred whitfield
dIip1. Another was sent up in the
-IeIghth when there was a runner on
Ikecond, and this second pinch batter
was struck out. McCallister ordered
afthird pinch batter into the battle
WHEN the Indians were splurg.ng in
the ninth. This one, too, famed.
Fred Courageous i'm Pinches.
.ws.4n was relief pitching Of the Mar
berry type of 1924 and 1926 that the
big fellow produced. He always was
able to cope with the situation. Even
! the Tribes uprising in the ninth that
might have unbalanced many stout
; hearted hurler failed to shake him.
He stuck to his guns gamely and beat
! off the attack just when it appeared
| he was 10 be overwhelmed.
The clash yesterday was a matter
/ of four innings Of sharp attacking,
! with the Nationals getting the jump
On the opposition and maintaining a
lead all the way TO break their three
game losing streak. Where the Ma
fionals employed only two pitchers.
the Indians used five. The left-hand-
ed Sherrod Smith, who started against
Bucky Harris bunch, was hammered
from the hin in@the second session be-
fore a batter was retired and was
charged with the, loss.
N Emil Levsen, who followed Smith
4oiled through good inning, then
gave way TO a pinch batter Joe
Ehaute, southpaw, third of the Tribe
Fingers to swing into action, was
driven out of the game in the fifth
frame. Benny Karr, Shaute's relief
was yanked in favor of a pinch bat
Ter in the eighth and Earl Collard
pitched the final round against the
Nationals.
Harris henchmen were outhit by
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aged to cluster 10 of their blows
In two innings with telling effect
Homers figured in the attack of both
clubs. Thurston socked one off Smith
6n the second, while Bill Hodapp, who
slammed sava gely throughout the en-
gagement. hit a round-tripper during
! the Tribal rally in the ninth. Each
of the clouts came when there were
two men on the runway.
Mats Attack Is Sudden.
The Nationals attack came with
startling suddenness in the SECOND
session. Smith, who had worked
smoothly in his first inning, wa!
reached for a Texas League single b!
Speaker at the outset of the mex
! round. Judge walked and a scratch
single by RueI filled the bases
Bluege's single tailed Spoke and Joe
and Reeves single counted Muddy
Then Thurston whacked his homer.
drive into the open-face stand bacl
of left center.
The Tribe hoped on Thurston il
The fourth for four markers. Nei
singled as a starter and Fonseca drew
p pass. Burns singled Neis home. 10,
EeWelis double registered FonSeca a
The plate, Brother Luke's scratch!
Dne-baser scored Burns and Summa'
two-bagger sent Joey home. Marberrl
took Thurston's place after the latte
had pitched two wide ones to HOdapp
All HOdapD could get off the neV
kurler was grounder to Judge, ant
bill was retired, while his mates helC
their bases. Wyatt batted for Levser
and famed. while Jameson rappet
a bounder to Bluege.
Five hits off Shaute got four NOR
markers for the Nationals in the fifth
Harris singled. only to be forced gu
by Goslin. but Speaker and Judge sin
gled and Ruel doubled. That was goo,
for three runs and brought Kari t
/ ahe hill. Bluege walloped the new
conner for q one-baser to tally Muddy
The Indians filed the bases wit
Ewo out in the eighth, but Fonsec
ENDED the danger by forcing out Neis
Ut was after Burns had slIied out i
khe ninth that the Tribe went on III
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