Evening star., 1927-06-19
BY JOHN II. KELLER.

a clark Cflffitn STADIUM ana
a made a good bid for no-hit-
game fame, not yielding a
safety until after two were out in the
seventh inning. During the remain
der of the fray the Tigers got to him
for four blows back of three passes
but Bucky Harris bunch had done
enough damage to the left-handed
hurting of Earl Whitehill to come out
of the contest on the long end of
6-to-4 count.
This second consecutive victory over
George Aloriarty's men left the Ma
tionals, but one and a half games back
of the thirdplace Athletics and only
three games behind the second posi-
ton. now occupied by the White SoX.
Tomorrow they will carry the fight
for the third berth to the camp of the
Macks, where they are to stage a five
game series.
Crowder swept through the first six
frames yesterday in easy manner, al.
lowing but three Tigers to reach first
base. Harry Heilmann was frankcd
TO that station IN the second round.
there to remain. and John Bassler
drew a pass at the beginning of the
sixth session. only to be forced out by
Charley Gehringer for the final retire
ment.
Al Powerful Until Seventh.
Through these innings AIS control
was of high order and he had so much
on the ball that the Tigers made but
four drives beyond the infield. The
first two men up in the seventh were
cared for by the Nationals inner cor
don, then the Bengals became trouble
some.
Two successive passes and hit let
them break into the scoring column
before the seventh frame was finished
They punched two safeties in the
eighth for another run and in the
ninth pass to Heilmann was fol-
lowed by Jack Tavener's home run
slam to the deep angle back of right
center field.
Crowder more than any other Tigers.
Harry got three of the five free
tickets to first base Al gave out, the
others going to Lu Blue and Bassler.
In addition to his circuit clout,
Tavener sn1ote two-bagger.
The remainder of the Tigers
safety total consisted of Pinchbatter
John Neun's double and Gehringer's
single. Red Wingo and Marty Nc
Manus, besides Neun. were employed
as p1nchbatters by Manager Moriarty.
Crowder whitfield Red, while Marty
popped to Ossie Bleuge to end the
game. ~
CrIffs Get Nine Hits.
whiAe Crowder was holding the
Tigers at bay the Nationals gave
Whitehill a rough time. They got TO
him for nine hits, three times bunch
ing their blows. and were helped by
four of the five errors charged
against the Tigers. Earl made TWO
of the misplays and one of them
paved the way to a score.
After Neun batted for Whitehill
In the eighth, Dad Hankins, lanky
highlander. who came up to the big
show as a National in 1928 but stuck
around only a few weeks, pitched an
inning and did not let man get OH
base.
All of the Nationals except Goose
Goslin and Crowder figured in their
clubs attack. Joe Judge and Bluege
each got two hits, one by the former
being good for three bases. The de-
fense of the home crew was fault-
less. Bluege equaled the American
League record for third basemen by
making seven putouts. although thls
mark is three shy of that for the Ma
tional League. Ossie made five OF
the retirements in the first two IN
nings.
The Nationals did their first scoring
with only one hit. At the start OF the
aecond inning iris Speaker got life
after sending a bounder to Blue when
IVhitehiIl, taking the throw from the
frst-sacker. neglected the formallty oil
to,,ching the base. But Iris set sail
for the middle station after Judge got
to a three -and-one count and was
niuped by Bassler's strong arm.
Judge Starts Scoring.
Judge went to three and two, then
drove the ball to right-center Tor
three bases. Following Muddy Ruels
ak, Bluege sent long fly to BOD
Fothergill and Joe dashed across the
nlate after the catch. Whitehill
trapped Ruel off first. but Blue, try
ing to peg to Tavener, hit Muddy in
stead, and when the ball rolled to left
field the runner reached third. Reeves,
though, let a third strike go by.
4 poor chuck to second by White
hin helped the Nationals to another
tally in the fifth frame. After Bluege,
who had singled, was forced out by
Reeves, Crowder tapped TO the Tiger
pitcher. Earl attempted play at the
middle station, but his throw was too
wide to head OH Bon. AS Klce ToIleI
resulted in Crowder's erasure at sec
ond, Reeves took third, from where
he scored when Stuffy Stewart
bounced .baser off that cushion.
Three more markers were chalked
ND by the Nationals in the sixth sos
sion. when they punched four safe
tics back of tumble by Gehringer.
The second -sacker's error put Spoke
on the runway, and Judge got hit
with a buntf down the thirdbase line.
Ruel forced out Joe, but Blucge sin
gled Speaker home, while Reeves one