Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-28

.. 4 who have been among the
r toughest foes the Nationals
have encountered this year
and who are just three
= ;r}mes behind the second position in
&: American League race now occu-
5rd by Bucky Harris bunch VIII
Z. l. with us tomorrow.
- Mory's athletes are to visit for
we DAYS. but are scheduled for only
q Dur games during their stay. Next
onday is an off-day in the official
. sting of contests and unless ram
fuses a postponement the toil-worn
a..ase- ballers will idle that afternoon.
These pesky Tigers have been
~ lorns in the sides of the Nationals
-. i season. When Harris had his
~ .ew in the Western sector in May,
-, le Detroit club grabbed the first
lme of a series of four. Then they
Uttered and were on the verge OF
,sing the remainder when Heine
lanush cracked a homer in the
smith inning of the fourth engage
cent and brought about tie that
could not be played off at the tlme.
When they came here in June the
Tigers took the first game and after
cropping the next two came back TO
win again and even the series. In
Detroit week before last the Ma
t;onals overcame the Tigers in the
opener of the series, but the next
Jay dropped a double-header despite
numerous chances for victory offered
them in both clashes. After that,
rain was the lone winner, so the
annual setto between these clubs now
stands five and five.
Tigers Are Strong.
This Detroit outfit is much stronger
than it was rated in the preseason
dope. After a rather poor start the
Tigers got together the first part OF
nIay and since have been giving all
opponents plenty Of trouble. This
month Moriarty's club was the only
one in the West to give the Yankees
4 real battle. The Tigers played the
= league leaders to stand-off in a series
If six games staged in four days.
Harris was to lead his charges
against the White Sox this afternoon,
the final game of a series with vic
tory needed to get better than an
even break in the four-game block. |
Unable to solve Ted Lyons pitching |
successfully in more than two frames |
yesterday while their pitchers, Dick |
Coffman and Hollis Thurston, were |
we'll bumped, the Nationals took a |
7-to-4 licking, although they forced |
the White Sox to go to the tenth in |
ming to turn the trick.
In sustaining their first loss of the |
season in an overtime engagement, |
, the Nationals were out-hit, 10 safe |
ties to II, but had they fielded better |
:. in the early part of the clash while |
young Coffman was on the hill they |
probably would have won in regula- |
zion time. Two of the four runs the |
White SoX registered in the three in |
nings that Dick hurled were of the |
variety.
: Harris and Reeves Err.
: Bucky Harris and Bob Reeves were
guilty of the errors that helped the
to brace of TALES. Their |
miscueS FASTENED the departure of |
Coffman and brought Thurston to the |
ssslab to pitch against his former team. |
mates. Thurston for some time has |
Sbeen anything but effective, but yes
terday he managed to go through |
three pretty good innings after an in.
auspices start In WHICH a close play |
at the plate that went against the |
'Chisox got him out of difficulty.
: In the eighth frame. though, a re. |
markable catch by Goose Goslin was |
needed to aid the Highlander. Aaron |
}, Ward launched terrific drive toward |
the sun parlor, but the Goose. running
Unto left center field, backed against |
the open stand barrier and leaped for
"a one-hand catch that made a second
put of what seemed good for a double
at least for the batter
10 In the ninth, Thurston was reached
for two successive singles after one
was out, but Muddy Ruel got under
bill Barrett's foul for second retire
ment to assist his battery mate. A
double, three singles and pass were
yielded by Hollis in the tenth, how.
sever, and that proved to be more than
the White SoX needed.
Outside of the fourth and fifth
sframes, when the Nationals did their
scoring, Lyons was their master. He
was reached for eight safeties and a
walk in those two rounds. Three hits
were spread over the eight other ses-
'6ions. In the ninth the Nationals had
a runner on second base as a result of |
Reeves single and Thurston's sacri- |
sfice, but Sam Rice fouled feebly to !
Willie Kamm alongside third base and