Evening star., 1927-04-22
BY JOHN II. KELLER.

ID
~ osTON. April 22.-Convln!ce,di
- that the Red SoN are ia'r,E ny
u sga easy for @ns has litter Ea5iS"as srS SLOWING a
none TOO much get-up.and-go
at nresent. Manager Stanley Haifls
plans 10 shoot his two best pnchlt.s
bets at the opposition here TINS alt-
ernoon and tomorrow. 49,,
Nv using Hollis Thurston on the
hill today and Alvin CroWder III ihe
third game of the series. the plioI
homes to sweep the set and therebS
have a good edge over the .50O WIN
ming mark for his club when IL enters
the big battles with the sturdy
Yankees and Athletics, starting next
Sunday.
American League season in Boston
Yesterday. the Nationals continued
their successful attack upon Bill Car
r>inra41' charges. However. in scoring
7.to-4 victory over the Hubmen be-
fore GOV. Fuller of Massachusetts.
Acting Iavor Heffernan of this city
and some 5000 other fans who braVed
the chilling breezes that swept Fen
Uav Park, Bucky Harris ana ms
charges were given more of a battle
than the final count indicates.
Murray and Wingfield Face.
Al the outset of hostilities George
Murray, who used TO wear Red SoN
Iiverv. and Fred Ningfleld. former
National, were shooting against one
time teammates and Murray had all
the best of it for while. Wingtield
xgent 10 the showers after t-hit
drubbng i'm two innings, leaving be-
hind him five runs.
1t was well the Nationals piled up
this lead, for they got only one hit
and one run off young Jack Russeli
in the next five innings and Murray,
after threatening TO pass his way out
a the tilt, even though he gave up
no hits in the first five frames. lost
all he had in pitching way i'll the
sixth.
After his slab opponent had socked
The first Red Sox bingle. Murray lost
the location of the plate and walked
two men to crowd the corners. Then
Johnny Tobin who was with the Ma
tionals part of last season, looped the
ball into the rightfield stand and the
Red Sox were right at the heels oil
the Harris bunch
When Murray failed TO find the plate
IN pitching TO the next batter. car
land Braxton was hailed to the slab.
he had against the Athletics last sun
day. but several times some fiashy
fielding by Ossie Bluege was needed to
lteep the Sox away from the counting
block.
WeIzer Finishes Game.
Although Russell pitched we'll and
made the first hit off Murray, Bill
0arrigan showed no great confidence
in the young hurler's batting ability
and Substituted a pineh-hitter for
lack in the seventh. That let Tony
Weller finish on the hill for the SoX,
and he was nicked for marker in
the ninth.
Two were out before the Nationals
began their run-making in the first
round. Speaker launched the often
sive by beating out a bunt directed
toward Haney at third base. Then
Goslin sent lazy looper into left field.
Wanninger refused to let jacobson
have the play TO himself, so the latter
dHcked under the sphere and it rolled
away for a two-bagger that counted
iris. judges single past Todt was
good enough to tally the Goose
Four hits. three of them successive,
put across three National markers in
the second round, the last that Wing
field pitched. With Bluege out of the
way, Ruel laced a one.baser to CEN
ter and took second as Murray became
an infield out. Rice's two-base loft
TO the leftfeld corner registered Mud
dy at the counting block and Harris
nifty double to right scored Sam.
Spoke then poked a single to left to
get the manager to the plate.
In round four, the Nationals got
their only safety off Russell. but IL
pushed a run over. Ruel had been
retired when Murray took one of the
Red Sox hurler's heaves on the left
shoulder. Passes to Rice and Harris
filled the bases, but Murray was
forced out at the plate when with the
Boston infield far in, Speaker sent
feeble roller TO Wanninger.
Spoke Caught on Line.
Goslin, though, reached out at
wide pitch and slapped the ball TO
short left field for a base blow. Rice
raced home and Harris attempted TO
follow, but Haneys relay to Hartley
of Jacobsons throw. forced the
Nationals manager TO change his
mind. Then Hartley, Haney, Wan