Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
ACK McCALLTSTER will lead

III AIN MCNAlSl<IEcl WIZ ASe'Nt
his Indians Of Cleveland into
Clark Griffith Stadium tomorrow
~ afternoon to start series OF
four games and during the stay
Of this band here the Nationals expect
to fatten their winning percentage
For in a dozen clashes with the In.
dams this season, BuCky Harris
bunch has triumphed 10 times. Inc
Tribe was licked the last seven times
It encountered the Nationals.
In this present Eastern trip. DIP 10
TODAY the Indians have not been so
wild on the warpath. They were able
to triumph only once III TOUR statts
against the lowly Red SoX. In Ne"
York. the Tribe went on rampage
and shocked the naughty league
leading Yankees by getting an even
break in four tits. but they followed
That fiare.up by dropping double
header to the Athletics. AT Philadei'
Mia Yesterday the Forest City war
1Iors came back at the AS. yer the
indians record for their tour SHOWS
only 4 wins in II games.
THE Indians are in sixth place ana
MT ca far ahead OF the Browns, but
~ the Browns do much more playing
~ tba kind they did in the double
header here Yesterday the gap between
them and the sixth-place club very
1ikeIv will be widened considerably
with the advantage in favor OF the
Tribe. In taking their 5-to-! anu
11.to.2 trouncings at the beginning ol
their second series Of the year In Clark
Griffith Stadium, the Howleymen per
formed just as would be expected OF q
club notified by its owner that IL VIII
he "scrapped" at the conclusion OF the
campaign.
Time Record i'm First Game.
The Mound City men without ac-
nomnlishing anything for themselves
managed to assist the Nationals TO
get through with the first game or the
twin bill in 1 hour and % minutes,
record contest in matter of duration
for the local aggregation this season;
Tn the second set-to the Browns nareo
up occasionally in the early stages
then apparently became resigned to
defeat and played accordingly.
Tom Zachary and Hollis Thurs
ton did the hurting for the Ma.
tionals. Zach allowed the club that
he belonged to up to last montn
only four hits. He hurt his foot
while running out punt IN .lie
fourth inning, but after receiving
was in the inning after the accident
that the Browns punched three OF
their four safeties to avert a SHUT
out.
pressiyely than he had in his sew
eral starts during the past five
weeks, but sharp support saved MIN
several times and after the secoho
inning he was we'll ahead. he yleloeo
nine safeties and six passes ana ire
ouently went to three-and-two counts
IN his nitching. Three times double
a plays got Thurston out of difnculty'
a runner being tagged at the plate
/. in one of them, yet he won.
! CASTOR Well Slammed.
? Both Of Howley's pitching choices
went the route. Elan van Glider
gave up nine hits and four passes
six of the hits and all Of the passes
/. coming In the first four ROUNDS wnen
thereafter Elan was strong. Seven
teen safeties ratified off National
. bats in the second engagement while
Milton CASTOR was on the hill. he
was hammered in the second session
Tor a lead and well laced in the last
four rounds he hurled.
In the opening game q single by
Harris and Speakers triple staked the
Nationals to a marker in the first in
ning. In the third, a pass to Rice and
hits by Harris and Speaker filled the
bases with one out. Judge walked,
forcing Rice over the plate, and Harris
counted after Bing Miller caught Cos.
Inns long drive. Doubles by Ruel and
Bluege and successive bunts by Reeves
and Zachary accounted for two Ma
tional tallies in the fourth.
Williams single with one gone In
the second inning was all the Browns
cleaned off Zach in the first -FOUR
Srames. After one was out in the
NTH, however, Melillo singled and
pulled up at the middle station when
, Schang hit a one-baser. Gerber lofted