Evening star., 1927-04-22
THJJRSTON ON HILL TO-DAY;
CROWDER DUE TOMORROW
poe fiepes to Sweep Set in Boston and Pile Up Good
Margin Before Yanks and As Are Tackled.
Beat Carrigans in Home Opener, to 4.

niger and Rothrock tried for time
10 get either Harris or Speaker, who
had run up from second, at the far
corner. When Haney dropped throw
from Hartley. Harris slid back 10
safety. but the Red SoX third baseman
contrived to retrieve the ball and get
Spoke after a short sprint toward the
middle station.
All was auiet thereafter until the
Red SoX sixth when Murray lost ms
cunning and BraXton had 10 be rushed
10 the hill. Russell opened the inning
ny heating out a hot smash TO Bluege.
IT was the first hit made off Murray
and seemed TO shake him no little, for
he promptly filled the cushlohs ny
passing the next two batters. Iheh
came Tobin with his slam INTO the
right field stand 20 put his club JUST
two runs shy of the Nationals totai
OF 6. ,,., =
walk for Flagstead followed and
Harris figured that was enough OF Muir
rav for the afternoon. BraXton came
IN the scene and the first to face him.
Jacobson. rolled to Myer and forced
out F1aeey, Harris. in attempting a
two-uIv killing. colided with Flagstead
when pivoting and took tumble ms
throw going by Judge to the grand.
stand barrier. Judge dug for the ban
and hurled to Harris, but the manager
hit the ground again as Jake crashed
into him.
Jake Dies at Second.
Jacobson never passed second,
though. Todts best off BraXton was
a loft 10 Goslin, While BlueGe took
excellent care of Haney's hot groundef.
Hartley opened the Red Sox sew
enth with single, but he could not
get beyond the initial station, as BraX-
ton held Plnch-hitter Shaner to a fly
to Sneaker. while Wanninger and
Rothrock were infield victims, al
though it needed a mighty effort by
Bluege to get the last batter.
MYERS tumble of Tobins roller and
Flagstead's single came at the outset
of the Red Sox's eighth, but these
never bothered BraXton. He whined
Jacobson and Todt, and Bluege col
Jared a low liner from Regan, hitting
for Haney.
Singles by Ruel and his battery
mate. followed by Rice's sacriticial
bunt and Harris one.baser accounted
for a National tally off Welzer in the
ninth. Then Braxton finished the con
test in great style. Hartley sent an
easy grounder to Bluege; Rigney, club
bing for Weller, showed a roller to
Myer and Wanninger waved wildly
for third strike.
Harris was we'll Jared by his col
lisions with E'lagstead and Jacobson
in the sixth inning. but he stuck to
his task gamely. When he slid into
second F'lagstead raked his leg across
Harris sore foot. while Jacobson
stumbled over it. Both times Harris
went down. but never out.
Third Basemen i'm Limelight
It was a great game for Third base
men Bluege and Haney. Bluege made
three brilliant plays, the one in which
he leaped to the right for a bare-hand
grab of Rothrock's wicked smash and
without regaining his balance whip
ped a retiring throw to first being the
greatest 1t came in the seventh in
ming, when Hartley was on first base
with two out.
Bluege in the seventh inning made
sensational grab of pinch-batter
Regans liner. The ball got to Ossie
not more than an inch above the
ground. There were Red Sox on first
and second bases at the time. Ossie
also distinguished himself by going
far to his left, to make a play on
Haney's bounder when Jacobson was
on second base with two gone in the
sixth.
Hansy was an especially busy man
around the hot corner for the Red
Sox in the eight innings he worked
afiefd. He accepted all 10 chances
that came his way. Nine of them
We're assists. While Haney rarely
fielded the ball cleanly he always re-
trieved il in time to throw lightning
strikes across the diamond. He gave
way to a pinch batter in the eighth
and Rollings played at third for Bos
ton in the ninth round.
Ruel's good backing-up accounted
for a double play the Nationals made
in the fifth With Haney on first
Hartley sent slow grounder TO Myer.
Buddys throw forced out Fred, but
Harris, when pivoting, was all but
run down by the man coming from
first base, and his throw sped wildly
by Judge. Hartley attempted to take
the middle sack on the overthrow
Ruel. however, had backed up Judge
so well that his toss TO the initial
sacker got Grover on the line.
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