Evening star., 1927-09-01

Having proved to their own sat
isfaction that they have not
forgotten how to win a ball
game. the Nationals were pre-
pared to renew their battling with the
Athletics, hopeful of another success
that would move them still closer 10
the runner.up berth in the American
League race they reIlnqulSheu less
than two weeks ago.
For club that had taken dozen
successive jolts on the chin while
touring through the West, the Ma
tionals staged q remarkable come
back when they engaged the AS in
Washington yesterday and scored
b.to.3 victory. For the first time in
weeks the club played smartly
throughout a game. although the wild
pitching done by Irving Hadley al
forded it numerous opportunities 10
crack.
AS a result of their success in their
first showing at home after such
disastrous swing through the Wes-
tern sector, the Nationals now are
but a game back of the third-place
Tigers and just four games behind the
club they licked yesterday. Carrying
the battle to the Macks' own lot this
afternoon, they had a great chance to
pick up considerable ground.
Griff Seeks Players.
While his club is striving to redeem
itself after it's series of trounclngs,
President Clark Griffith is looking
toward next year. He announced yes
terday the purchase from the eastern
League New Haven club of Paul Hop
kins, a righthand pitcher. who mas
been doing excellent work this season.
Griffith also said he would like to pro-
cure from the Birmingham club Ed
Wells. southpaw slabman, who was
sent TO the BaronS after the Nationals
had gotten him from the Tigers by
waiver.
II NAV be that Hopkins and some
cash will be turned over to Burning
ham for Wells and that the left-hand-
er will come to Washington in time
to participate in some of the games
against the Western invaders here
after Labor day.
There was plenty in the contest here
yesterday to please the nearly 1900
faithful who filed into the stadium to
take a look at the club that had been
trounced IL times in row. From
the time that Goose Goslin put the Ma
tionaIs in front in the fourth inning
with his eleventh home run of the
year. a loft over the right-field fence
near the foul line, until Ossie Bluege
threw out Jimmy Dykes to end the
fray, when the AS had potential
tying tally on the runway, there was
action.
Hadley Is Generous.
Hadley and Bob Ehmke were pitch |
ing rivals at the outset OF hoStlntes
and Hadley went the route, despite a
tendency to chuck the ball anywhere
but over the plate. Bump gave up
10 bases on balls, one of them issued
Intentionally, and hit a batter. But
he also whitfield six, and during the
first eight innings yielded but three
safeties. The AS got to him In the
ninth for five more hits and averted
q shu.out, but then he was working
under a comfortable lead.
The Nationals, for the first time in
moons. slapped the sphere soundly.
They got five hits off Ehmke in the
first six rounds and made good use
of two of them, Goslins homer follow
ing a double made by iris Speaker aft
er two were out in round four. Ed
Rommel was on the hill for the AS
when the Griffmen came up for their
seventh batting turn, but the knucKie-
baller did not last the inning. A dou-
bic by Bluege and another by Stuffy |
Stewart brought run quickly. When
Muddy Ruel followed with single,
Romnel was relieved by Jing Johnson.
Johnson got away well as Hadley
drove into a two-ply killing to emo
the seventh session. But the relief
hurler did not fare so well in the
eighth. Then the Nationals got to
him for two safeties and their only
pass Of the afternoon and in view
of what happened later it was well
they did. A pass to Bob Reeves, a
triple by Goslin and Joe Judges SIN
gle netted two runs that were worth
a great deal not so long after.
Walk From Start.
Hadley was as wild as the proverblal
March hare from the start, but it gen. |
erally was some dangerous batter who