Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-26
RY JOHN r. KELLER.
rTHoUGH the Nationals

A
" are engaged in a battle fol
II nothing more than third place
"A in the American League race
their record for the season by
series is pretty good. BY sweeping the
set with the Browns in the 10-to0 vic
tory scored Yesterday in Clark Griffith
Stadium. Bucky Harris bunch in
creased to four the total of annual
series to its credit, while thus far only
one series has been lost.
The win over the Browns left the
set standing 12 games to 10 in favor
os the Nationals. Clark Grifflth's hire
lings also have beaten Off the Red Sox.
White Sox and Indians. They played
to A $3.50 standing with the Tigers
and by sweeping the three games TO be
played with the Yankees in New York
the latter part of the week would finish
on even terms with the league cham
pions in the yearly setto. Only the
Athletics have licked the Nationals in
this campaign.
The Harrs-led aggregation is
through with the Western crowd after
handing il a sound trounCing this
year In 81 engagements with West
ern outfits, the Nationals won 40 times.
lost 80 times and tied times. But
this good record came mainly from
tho fine stand the Nationals made
against the Westerners here They
won 81 of IS games contested in Clark
Griffith Stadium, but triumphed only
IS times in the West, where they
played the three tie games and took
"a heatings.
Not So Good i'm West.
In their first invasion of the West
this year, the Nationals won games
lost and tied in !. They did very
well. however, the second time they
went West, taking IS games, losing
and tying in /. The third trip was
disastrous, though. They won l
game, the first of the trip, then pro.
ceeded TO lose u and tie in l. When
the Western clubs first came here
the Nationals won 9 games and lost
6. The next visit of the West meant
II victories and 4 defeats for the
Harrismen, and the third visit re-
suited in. IL wins and losses for
the locals.
All of the Western clubs were hand
ed about the same rough treatment
here during the season. The Tigers
and the White Sox each played IL
games in Clark Griffith stadium and
each lost times. The Browns were
trounced in S of II games and the
Indians in Z of II games. How DIFF.
ferent in the West. where the Ma
tionals were successful only on Dunn
Field. There they beat the Indians
in I OF II engagements. At Detroit
they won 8 and tied in of u games.
at st. Louis they We're licked Z times
and tied in l of u tits and at Chicago
they Won but of 10 games.
Despite their lack of success in the
West. however, the Nationals did not
lose an annual series to a club of
that sector and have fine chance
to beat out for third position the
club that held them to a tie over the
year, the Tigers. Double. headers to
be played with the Red Sox TODAY
and tomorrow at Boston ought to af.
ford the Harris horde a great on.
portunity to entrench itself strongly
in the show position.
Zach i'm Fine Form.
With the left .handed Tom Zachary
holding the Browns to seven hits.
three of them not made until the
ninth inning, while he and his team.
mates hammered the offerings of a
trio of visiting hurlers for IA safeties,
the Nationals had no trouble winning
Yesterdays game. Ernie Wingard.
'ooNHPAN WIN lOT the bTOWnS.
lasted only four innings, during which
time the home crowd piled up a
healthy lead that it increased at the
expense OF Elan Vangilder, who fol.
lowed Wingard for two and two.thirds
innings, and AL Crowder. who toiled
for an inning and a third.
All of the Nationals except Muddy
Ruel participated in the attack upon
the trio of visiting hurers. Joe Judge
was the spearhead of the offensive
with three safeties, while Sam Rice,
Goose Goslin. Grant ellis and Zach
each collected two. The Nationals
showed plenty of speed on the run.
way and two of them swiped sacks
successfully. Bucky Harris made two
steals, once getting home when nego.
tiating dual theft with Goslin.
The Nationals started scoring in the
third round, in which singles by Rice,