Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-15

"OUR more games here and the
L. Nationals will do most of their
playing on foreign fields for the
Il next FIVE weeks. Idle today for
the second day in succession
an open date in the schedule, follow
ing the rain-postponed session with
the White SoX, Bucky Harris bunch
will take on the Tigers in Clark Crit
fifth Stadium for q quartet of tits,
then hit the road.
AS a result of their squirt during the
past week, the Nationals are apt to
leave home in the first division. They
now are two and a half games ahead
of George Moriarty's crew that Will
be battled with during the remainder
of the stand here and need only one
victory in the set to maintain lead
over the Tigers. In Detroit last
month the Harrismen showed then-
selves to be far better than the Tigers,
however, and are apt to get more
than the one triumph in the impend-
ing series.
- But for the sturdy batting of Heine
Manush. the Nationals would have
made it three out of four in the flock
of arguments in the Automobile City
in May. After dropping the first
game to the Tigers, Harris athletes
took the next two and seemed to have
the final in the bag until there were
two out in the ninth inning, when
with two on the runway Manush
eocked a homer that made the score
call. Then rain ended hostilities.
q Tigers Have Been Unsteady.
Moriarty's collection of diamond
athletes has not been going any too
well recently. The former umpire
hn sinh
bench several of his players, among
them stars of other seasons. Every
once in a while the Tigers step out
TO punish their opponents severely,
but generally are quite docile.
The club is no more dangerous. ap-
parently, than it was when the great
Ty Cobb was at the helm. And it is
not so much changed in personnel
since T. Raymond left it. Cobb did
little more than serve as a pinch
hitter in action last season. and the
only difference in the outfield has
been the substitution of Red Wlngo
for Harry Holman in right. Harry
fell off in his hitting and was ousteu
early in the campaign.
Until recently. Marty McManus,
former Brown. was the only new In
fielder. but Moriarty has found 1t ad-
yisable TO replace McManus with
Charley Gehringer at second base ana
substitute Johnny Neun for Lu Blue
at the initial sack. Excepting NC
Manus. though, all are famlllar
figures in Tiger uniforms.
In preparation for the series with
the Tigers. the Nationals were sent
Through a practice session today and
there will be more work for them to-
morrow morning. While the Ma
tionals have shown considerable inn
broyement in their efforts during the
mast week, Manager Harris is not
ready to call off the daily drills he
ordered when his charges were per-
forming so unsatisfactory.
Pelicans Get Murray.
Harris now can test thoroughly his
latest recruits, Dick Smelling. pitcher,
who came here last week from Day
ton University, and Buddy Dear.
". P. I. shortstop, who was to report
some time today, for the squad OF
Nationals has been reduced to 25, the
maximum allowed under base ball
law after June Is, by the sale of
Pitcher George Murray to the New
Orleans club.
Smelling will be put on the schooling
list for a time, while Dear, after he
! reports, probably will not have much
to do outside of practice. Bob Reeves