Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ OCHESTER. n. Y. July e.
OFF DAYS having done the Ma
TX tionals no good in the past.
i Bucky Harris had his club
stop over here this afternoon
to play the Rochester Internationals
there being no tilt with a rival Amer.
lean League club scheduled.
The second-place outfit representing
Washington in the Johnsonian circuit
race will idle tomorrow. though. in
so far as base ball is concerned. and
their manager is wondering whether
the loafinG, which will be done IN
Cleveland. will make the batting eyes
of his men DINNER than they were in
the final game of the New York
series that went to the YANKEES,
to s.
The Nationals dropped their third
in a row to the HuEmen yesterday,
mainly because they were thinking
TOO much about the other fellows, in.
stead OF themselves. After stepping
out early in the fray with a decided
punch that netted seven hits, includ-
ing Goslin's sixth home run of the
year and Muddy Ruefs first, they
suddenly leaned the other way and
let the Yankees do all the battling and
batting. on the part of the Nationals
the game became a struggle to pre-.
vent New York scoring, instead of
to add TO their own run-total.
Waite Hoyt. who has been trying
to relieve a sore pitching wing,
thought he was strong enough to
hurl against the Nationals, but he
changed his mind after the first two
hatters to face him got on base and
he had pitched ball to the third man
up. Waite took himself out. Then
the Nationals hoped on the left
handed Joe Giard so hard that they
were off to q f1ve-run lead. Further
punishment of the southpaw in the
second session convinced Manager
Higgins that Giard did not belong in
the game and Bob Shawkey was or.
dered to assume the pitching task.
And how he handled it.
Hadley Proves Too Wild.
Irving Hadley tried to battle the
Yankees, but he was too wild for his
own and the Nationals good, so Har.
ris had Garland Braxton on the job
when the first Yankee round was but
one.third gone. The Yankees pecked
at Braxton steadily in the next five
innings, nicling him for five safeties
and three markers. Added to the two
runs that came out of Hadley's yield
of two hits and as many passes, that
left the Hugmen but run shy of the
Nationals.
They started making up that de.
ficiency when Lou Gehrig got to Brax.
ton for three-baser at the start of
the seventh inning. That blow sent
the southpaw to the showers and
brought on the scene Horace Lisenbee.
Horace. a four-time winner over the
Yanks, at last bowed to them, for
Gehrig got home to put the issue
strictly up to the third National hurler,
and Liz was bumped for decisive
homer by Tony Lazzeri with two gone
in the ninth.
Had the Nationals paid some atten.
ton to their own attack instead Of
watching the Yankees all the time in
the third frame, they might have Jared
better. But all they CLEANED off Shaw
key following Ruels homer in that
round were three hits punched in the
sixth. They simply were too busy
trying to check the Hugmen to do
anything for themselves.
Bat Around in Opener.
All hands went to the plate in the
Nationals first batting turn to get
the five runs. Rice opened the tilt
with a single over Lazzeri's dome; then
Harris put down a sacrificial bunt.
Wnen MOreheart, covering first,
muffed Gehrigs heave, Bucky got a
life and Rice reached third. After
pitching wide one to Speaker, Hoyt
quit the hill. Giard came in and Spoke
cracked two-bagger past Combs to
tally Rice. Goslin sent a terrific drive
between Combs and Meusel to the left
field bleacher barrier. It was good for
four bases and three more markers.
Judge could not get on the runway,
but both Ruel and Bluege drew passes,
then Reeves smacked a single to left,
putting Muddy over the counting
block. That was the end Of the star
ting attack, for Reeves was nabbed
when he took too great a lead off first
and Hadley whitfield.
The Yanks lost no time in getting
back two Of the runs. Combs walked
and Merchant singled. Ruth's hoist
to Speaker was deep enough to let
/ Combs go to thiEd after the catch, so
Gehrig's single. bounced off Hadley's
gloved hand, brought score. When
a pass to Meusel crowded the sacks,