Evening star., 1927-09-06

IN NHIlsADELPHIA. september g.
Second place in the American
League race this year is jus
4 about beyond the reach of TIL
Nationals now. The 2-to-1 ant
S-to-0 lickings handed it in the Labor
day games here virtually eliminated
the Harris horde from the running
for the place back of Col. Jake Rup
pert's Yankee stalwarts. The Ma
tionals are six full games behind the
Athletics, who administered the dou
BILE trouncing yesterday. and perform
ing as poorly as the AS are WELL
Unless the AS break wide open and
the Nationals start a winning splurge
the former simply cannot be over
hauled. This morning the Macks had
"a games remaining on their schedule
and the Nationals had 26. An even
break for the AS would force the Ma
tionals to cop 20 of their 26 engage
ments to get ahead of the club here,
And of the last 26 decisive tits they
have played the Nationals have won
only 6. SO one cannot expect much
from such a club.
The Harris horde was to get a shot
at the Macks again this afternoon in
a double-header, its final showing In
Philadelphia this season. But there
was little chance for 1t to make much
headway unless it backed the flinging
OF Fred Marberry and Horace Lisen-
bee, slated to do the hill work, with
a much stronger attack than it
launched yesterday.
Griffs Hits Are Scarce.
The Nationals got but five hits and
three passes off Howard Ehmke in
the first eight innings of the morning
clash and CLEANED only q pass off
Sam Gray, who pitched in the ninth
round. In the afternoon encounter
they combed the venerable John Picus
Quinn for seven smacks and one walk,
and in but one frame were they able
to cluster as many as two of their
hits.
There was nothing particularly
wrong with the Washington hurting
in the holiday trays. Tom Zachary
went the route in the forenoon clash
and was nicked for six hits, all made
in the last four innings, and yielded
four passes. Irving Hadley started
the second affair, and his showing
was the poorest of the lot of National
moundsmen employed during the day.
In five frames he granted seven hits
and four walks. yet the AS did not
find it so easy to score against him.
of rounds. in one of which the Mack
men wasted two binGles, then Walter
johnson came on for a hitless ses-
sion. Ordinarily the pitching the Ma
tionals had in the two games would
win. but not for club that can score
only one run in 1S innings.
The only time they punched hits
against Ehmke in the first game the
Nationals scored. That was in the
second inning. when, with one gone,
Benny Tate singled and pulled up at
the middle station when Ossie Bluege
hit for a base. A pass to Bob Reeves
crowded the sacks. Zachary's hoist
to Ty Cobb was deep enough to let
Tate get home after the catch, and
when Ty made a poor chuck, Bluege
and Reeves advanced base. Ehmke
took no chance with Sam Rice, pur-
posely passing him and loading the
stations for the second time in the
inning. Stuffy Stewart could do
nothing more than pop to Joe Boley
back of the short field
GosIin5s Double Wasted.
After that splurge. the only Ma
tional hitting came in the third and
sixth innings. Goose GoSlin doubled
after one was out in the third and
never passed second base, for Joe
Judge and Tate fouled to Sammy
Hale. The Goose was the last Ma
tional to get as far as the keystone
sack in the game, for Tate's single
in the sixth came after two batters
had been erased and no one could aid
the runner passed by Ehmke with one