Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-08
T EW YORK, September 8.-This
Washington ball club is no bar
gain for a flag chaser these
days. Yankees and Athletics

N YEW YORK. September 8.-This
n Washington ball club is no bar
gain for a flag chaser these
1 days. Yankees and Athletics
have discovered this to their
sorrow, the Yankees more so than the
Athletics. When they showed the Hug
men down to first-place tie with the
Macks yesterday by coping the dual
sketch in the big stadium here with
scores of IL to and 6 to /, the Ma
tionals ran their record for battles with
the American League pennant contend
ers during the past nine days to seven
victories against three defeats.
This afternoon, the left-handed Gar
land Braxton, who has twice subdued
the YankS this season, was to get maj
fling at them. Higgins gang oVercame
BraXton in Washington last Saturday,
but the lanky left-hander was expected
to turn the tables on them today. Man
ager Higgins, with a double-header
slated with the Athletics tomorrow, was
in a fix for a pitcher for the last brush
with the Harris horde. There was a
chance he might send back to the hill
Rosy Bill Ryan, who broke into the hrst
tilt yesterday for a short time.
Mats Have Everything.
The Nationals had everything yester-
day to make them winners. They got
super-pitching from Irving Hadley IN
the first game, brand of hurting from
Fred Marnerry in the second game that
would have been hailed as great bit OF
work had it not been for his team
mates performance earlier in the Dill
and at bat and afield they were power
full.
Hadley in the opener Of the bill
yielded but three hits spread over as
many innings and four passes Lou
Gehrig got one of the safetles and Babe
Ruth got two Five strikeouts were
credited to Hadley. In but two innings
did the Yankees get as many as two
on the runway. Ruth doubled with one
gone in the seventh and after MeUsel
took a third strike Dugan walked. Then
Lazzeri batted for Durocher and whitfield.
With two out in the ninth, Ruth singled
again and MeuSel walked. Dugan's best
was a grounder to Cronin that ended
the fray. But SO batters faced Hadley
and only 2 got as far as second base.
Sixteen hits ratified off the WASH
ingoon bats in the first game, all but
three of them being made while their
former teammate, Tom Zachary, was on
the hill. Every man in the Nationals
lineup hit safely, Cronin and Reeves
leading the attack with three hits each.
1t was a triple by Cronin that followed
Ruels single and Reeves double that
accounted for the first two washington
runs that crossed in the second inning.
Cronin's single put Ruel over with
run in the sixth.
AS it turned out, these runs were
more than enough to cop, but IN the
eighth the Nationals took all the pep
ont of the Yanks with seven-run
offensive. Bluege and Ruel singled be-
tween the retirements of Judge ana
Reeves, then Cronin's stroll filled the
bases. Hadley picked this spot to poke
a single to left center and three runs
were registered. West singled, Rice
tripled and Zachary left the scene,
Goslin found Ryan, relief hurler, Tor MS
eleventh homer of the year, lott INTO
the right field bleachers, the n the Ma
tionals called it an inning. They were
not through for the game, though, GET
ting another run after two were out III
the ninth with Reeves single ana
Cronin's triplet.
Tame After First Inning.
Nine hits, three of them by MeuSei'
and two passes were granted by MAI
berry in the second game, but after tne
far as second base. Two of the hits
and both of the passes came in the
firsU frame, when the Yanks did their
scoring. Combs walked. only 10 De
forced out by Gehrig after Koenig mao
Iofted to West. But Ruth also drew
pass. Meusel's single Tailed Gehrig,
but Ruth was nailed at the plate when
he tried to count from second as Hoo-
ertson hit for a base.
The Yanks sent three pitchers 10
the hill Waite Hoyt started, but re-
tired at the end of the sixth inning;
licked for the fifth time this season ana
for the third time by the Nationals.
Eleven hits, accounting for all the
Washington scoring, were cleaned of
him. Myles Thomas followed Hoyt Tor
a frame and Wilcey Moore Tor Two
frames. Of Moore one hit was mace.
Cronin got three hits in the second
game also, but it was Bluege VINO leo
the attack this time. Ossie hit safely
twice and drove over the Nationals