Evening star., 1927-05-31
Burke, Lisenbee Slated to Face
Red SOx i'm Remainder of Series

Although the regular American
League schedule called for the Red
Sox to conclude their series here this
afternoon, they will remain to play off
tomorrow the game rain would not let
them stage here April 13. Wednesday
was left as an off-daY for both clubs
in the official listing Of contests.
Robert Burke and Horace Lisenbee
have been named as pitchers for the
Nationals in the two engagements
with the Hubmen. but Manager STAN
ley Harris was not ready this morn
ing to say which would hurl this
afternoon. The 20-year-old Burke has
southpaWed so we'll in relief roles that
Harris thinks he deserves a chance TO
show his strength as starter.
johnson and Hadley not only pitch
ed we'll yesterday. but also hit their
way into good standing among Ma
tional batters. Johnson whacked
single in the first of his three times
at bat and in the second sent Left
Fielder Jacobsen far back for a good
catch. Hadley got two doubles and
single in four efforts in the second
set-to and now heads the Nationals
in stickWork.
Washington likes its base ball. even
though the weather may not be so
favorable to the game and the Ma
tionals have tail-end club for an
opponent More than 1900 paid
their way through the gates to Clark
Griffith Stadium yesterday, despite
the overcast sky and the presence OF
the Red SoX.
Sam Rice, although minus lower
teeth and hungry, returned to the
fray and contributed the brightest
fielding hit of the day. With Tobin
on first. in the sixth inning of the
initial battle, Rolings rifled a liner
toward left center. The clout looked
so good to 'obin that he darted away
from first, but Rice crossed the field
in flash to spear the ball and whip
ped it to Judge for a Side-retirinE
double play. Sam went hitless in the
first game. but got a triple and a
single i'll the second.
Ossie BIuege. however, gave the
most impressive fielding performance
of the afternoon. In the two games
the third sacker had 10 chances,
seven of them assists. The Red SoX
seemed to make a target of OSSie, but
he dashed all around the hot corner
to dig Scorching drives out of the dirt
and follow with fine throws.
Buddy Myer. who went to the Red
SoX when the Nationals got Topper
Rigney to play shortstop. is immense
ly popular with Washington fans. He
was accorded a great ovation when
he stepped to bat for the first time
and the applause continued as he
walked back to his bench after skying
to Speaker.
Judge had plenty of time to score
while Ruel was being run down be-
tween first and second base in the
sixth inning of the initial encounter,
when the pair tried to stage a double
steal Muddy lodged between Roth
rock and Todt so long that Joe was
on his way to the bench before his
teammate was retired. But it was
just a run for Judge, not a stolen
base.
Ruel walIoped the ball in both
games, singing twice off Welzer In
the first and getting a triple off
Lundgren and single off Wilson in
the second.
Judge was credited with two hits in
the big second inning of the nightcap.
He singled the first time up and
tripled the next. He got a third hit
in the eighth inning with a neat bunt
to Todt.
Harris was the big noise of the Ma
tionals' attack in the second engage
ment. After lofting to Tobin in the
first inning, Bucky got three singles
and a homer and drove five runs over.
His homer in the seventh was a smash
to the angle back of right-center..
Hadley's smash down the right-field
line in the fifth frame of the second
scrap became ground-rule double
when youngster in the end-field box
reached out and with one hand took
the ball on the first bound
After the Nationals had the second
game well tucked away, frequent sub
stitutions were made by both clubs.
Harris sent five of his reserves into
the engagement and Bill Carrigan
used three Red Sox extras in the field.
Although charged with two errors,
Rigney played a steadier game at
short than did Myer, who had but one
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