Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-09
CROWDER AND HADLEY DUE
TO PITCHFOR NATIONALS
Criffs Must Take Both Games From Giants in New
York to Get Even Break With Old League
Clubs in Exhibitions This Spring.

saw the pitcher that lie likely to so
to the firing line for the Nationals
opening game OF the season next
Tuesday. for both Garland Braxtons
southpaw, and Stanley Covelaskie,
right-hand spitball artist, are about
even choices for the honor. For some
time Manager Harris had banked
upon using Convey, but the veterans
sore hip still is troublesome, while the
clubs new left-hander has pitched just
about the best Of any OF the mound
corps during the training season.
Both of these hurlers performed
creditably yesterday In his I'VE
innings. Braxton was reached for
eight hits, all punched in the first
three rounds. He gave two passes
and struck out three batters. Three
OF the bingles off Braxton. however,
were decidedly scratchy and had his
| support been faultless he probably
would have been scored against only
once instead Of three times.
Nationals on Afeld.
1t was day for odd Unfolding for
| the Nationals, though. and Convey also
| was handicapped by his mates. The
| first of the two safeties credited to
the Giants after two had been retired
in the sixth, the spit baller's first on
the hill, was decidedly fiuky and cost
| a run. In the next three frames, all
| the New Workers CLEANED OF Convey
were two worthless bingles.
! Evidently their swatfest OF the pre-
vious day exhausted the Nationals,
for they got only seven hits, all singles
off the portside Dutch Henry, who
pitched against them all the way.
| And all OF the clouting was done by
! of thu l4na.tYn Sam Rfca and .I0a
Judge each getting in three blows,
while Speaker drove a safety under
| Fred Lindstrom.
With two gone in the first round,
/ the Giants got three hits to crowd the
| sacks, but never saw the plate. -Four
blows and a National error Melted
them two markers in the second ses-
sion, though. Farrell was out OF the
way when DE Vormer singled to left.
| Henry got a single with slow roIler
I toward Stewart and when the second
| sacker threw the ball over first base
| De Vormer reached third and the hit
| ter. second De Vormer chung to the
| far corner as Tyson sent slow
| bounder to Bluege that proved good
| enough for a bingle to I'LL the bases.
| Then Lindstrom s wallop to left center
chased two Giants home.
BIuege's Bum Chuck Costly.
In the third Terry singled after
one was out, but when Bluege
grabbed Jeanes' roller 1t seemed the
Giants would be erased by a double
play. Instead, Ossie's chuck went
wide of Stewart covering the middle
sack and Terry reached the counting
| block.
There were two out in the sixth
before the Giants began the making
| of their last run. Tyson drfbbled
one OF Covey's pitches down the
third base line and Myer was unable
| to get to the sphere in time to nag
| the Giant at first base. Al promptly
swiped second and raced to the plate
when Lindstrom poled one-baser
to center.
The Nationals seven safetles We're
spread over as many innings and
only three-base rnuff Of a NY by
Tex Jeanes enabled them TO avert
q shut-out. There were two out In
the fifth when Tex dropped Stewards
hoist. Then Spoke slid his single to
left to get his teammate across.