Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-23
BY JOHN II. KELLER.

CT. LOUIS. July 23.-While these
peSky Brown are not getting
anywhere in the american i1,S.r c. m
having a lot of fun with the
Nationals. Ten times this year
Bucky Harris bunch has encoun.
tered Dan Howley's henchmen, and
seven times have the former been
licked. In the three other meetings.
the best the Nationals could get was
two wins and a tie. SO far, the
Browns have been the only crowd to
leave the Nationals far behind in an
annual series.
The Yankees, league leaders. hold
only a game advantage over the
Washington outfit this campaign; the
Athletics are but two games ahead in
their series, the Tigers have been
battled evenly; the Nationals have
the White SoX two down and the In
dams and Red Sox have been decisive
ly defeated. But these pesky Browns
simply will not acknowledge they are
inferior to the Nationals, although
they are near the flag end Of the field
in the league race, while the athletes
under Manager Harris guidance still
are runners-up to the pace-setting New
Workers.
Browns Win Twice.
Just to show how high they rate
the Nationals, the Browns hung
couple of sinners on them yesterday.
They won the first part of the twin
bill, Z to 6, and the second part, 3 to 2,
thereby increasing their successive
victories over the Washingtonians to
three this series and six this season.
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without going into ninth batting
turn.
In both engagements, the Nationals
were the better hitters numerically.
They got IS safeties off win Ballou
and Al Crowder, former eliminates, in
the early tilt. and the same number
off the elongated Elan Vangilder in
the closing number.
In each of the contests the Browns
collected eight hits. Walter Johnson
gave up seven hits and as many runs
in the first three rounds of the open
ing battle, then took a train to his old
home in Coffeyville, Kans., for a week
end visit. Then Bob Burke hurled
four hitless frames and Fred Marberry
yielded worthless single in the
eighth.
Dick Coffman, recently recalled from
the Jersey City Internationals, made
his debut as big league starter in
the second clash of the afternoon. The
young fellow appeared to advantage,
too, during the seven sessions he toll
ed before giving way to a pinch-batter.
He granted seven socks and hit a bat
ter. Twice the Browns clustered blows
against Coffman, though, and each
time they scored. Garland Braxton
IN loh I,n 4
all the Browns CLEANED off him was a
one-base knock after two were out.
Griffs Neglect Chances.
The Nationals passed up MANY
scoring chances in both games and
that hurt. They began the first by
getting two runs off Ballou with two
hits, pass and errors by Gerber and
O'Rourke. Then after the Browns
came right back to get three hits off
Johnson, one a homer by Bennett,
made after ORourke drew a pass, for
as many tallies, Harris athletes never
had a punch at a critical moment
until the sixth. They had 10 stranded
on the runway in the meanwhile.
The Browns got to Johnson again
In the third inning for four hits after
he had pinked Sisler on the arm.
That meant four more markers.
Burke then took up the pitching bur-
den and did a far better job than his
opponent, Ballou. The latter man.
aged to scrape through, however,
after his poor start, until the sixth,
when Sam Rice's double and Harris
single meant run. In the seventh
Judge hit for a base and scored ahead
of Tate, who lofted homer into the
right field blea cheers
In the ninth Harris gang threat
ened to knock the props from under
Crowder. who had assumed Ballou's
place after the seventh round, but a
foolish attempt by Goose Goslin to
steal home with a tying run checked
the attack suddenly. Hits by Judge,
the Goose and Tate with one gone