Evening star., 1928-05-18
BY JOHN b. KELLER,

= VIS club having lost IL of the II
games played during its pres
ent home stand, Manager
Il Stanley Harris evidently is
ready 10 try anything TO
CHANGE the Nationals luck. Only Such
a state of recklessneSS could account
far his latest move which today was 10
hiring about the benching Of Joe judge
SAMMY West and Benny Tate and ule
substitution for these players OF SeoIse
Sisler Goose GoSlin and Muddy Euei'
The move means the Withdrawn OF "
first sacker who has flelded orlllants'
A fine-fielding gardener with renlatA. AN
able arm and a stout nttle catcher W.. W.
has done pretty well since ne Was 49,, sNulr
a chance behind the bat after oeills
Sent on the bench for the greater part
of four seasons. a..
Tn the nlace of the trio viii so hrst
sacEer. who. as the saying goes, runs
~, a dime; a good fielding gaFoeileI,
who has not been able to throw since
March OF and riGht now has neaVLls
arm black and blue from snooloer 10
eihorv as a result of hemorrhage IN L.
ard a catcher whose wing has oeen 50
weak that the base runners OF the OPP
position have not bothered mucn aooue
him in the few games in when ne mas
participated ,.,,oror
In making these changes Manager
Harris declares he is seeking 70 aoo 20
fhe punch of his club. The Natlonats
have batted only at clip around .SSS'
Thicl, is nrettv good for such CLUB.
Trhev do not seem to need much more
Y1,1nch. They need a. stronger defense,
though. And the substitution OF SisleI,
GosIin and Ruel for Judge. west ano
Tate does not appear likely TO oois'er
the defense.
Defense Not Helped.
AS In attack. consider that Judge has
halted at a .2So clip. while sister mas
heen a miserable failure in plncn roleS.
His hitting for the season in sucn ca
uacity is rated at lit. Gosin, %
course. banged the ball at great raes
before it was decided his slamming was
mi off-settine his inability to throw.
II Is doubtful whether the Goose can
throw now. He has been trying 10
ssnnrk out" the soreness from his wing
lately but only Yesterday he appeared at
the nary with a badly discolored arm
r',,e to his efforts to get II into con-
dsfion hy exercise. Ruel, too. mas M.
hettpr than Tate, but Muddy mas YET
tc show any one this year that ne can
throw q ball. a.,-a
However. Manager Harris may figure
that no combination can be worse taan
the lot of Nationals that mas Deen
striving to get somewhere IN the A,ne
ican League race. HIS clup mas -
forming around the lower part OF Ine
icnT for some time and yesterday 1t
went nearer the foot when 1t TOOK an
s-fo-3 licking in the first OF series o.
So.Tr games with the Indians. Inc
TTfbe lost little time in hopping on tne
nationals and before the second innins
zs-as ended had under full SWING a.
offensive that dattened the local outut
SSia timers were pitching opponents
.t fI1e outset Of hostilities. George unle
,,,,rsir.r for the Indians and sam Jones
Tor the Nationals. George. " seems.
hss taken new lease on LIE tnls ssa-
sr1r1 and he proceeded to prove g yss-
fnrday to the satisfaction oI - -. 80
carned. He was reached Tor nine saLe-
60 s,,a aIso rave up frank 20 nrsI
s,as. Ne ts,t outside of the first inning
~s-ise,, ff1e frank was converted INTO /
nm and the sixth when OsSie bluege
rr,t a h ner with mate on base SOieiy
i,eca1lse Elton Langford elected 70 a.
fer1nt a shoetop catch OF a iine otIse
~ center instead Of playing IT saieiy
for a single. Uhle was master. Ano
that sixth inning furry did not WoIIy
him for at the time he was working
under a seyen-r1n lead.
Sad Sam Socked.
AN the Tribes tallieS were cleaned
of sad Sam. In the six sessions ne
tosied the visitors got themselves elgnt
hits. and Sad Sam also pinked batter.
.-f1o later counted. Among the clouts
os3 .Tones were faone-run drives by Lew
rnnseca. the second baseman lately
f,rned into a first basernan, and Unie
hirnseif. Both were slams that parked
tire bali in the sun parlor back OF let
and center fields. Fonseca's came IN
ITHIE ADDS ANOTHER