Evening star., 1928-05-07
RY JOHN Il. KELLER.

THROUGH for time with the
Browns after today, the Ma
tionalS tomorrow Will run into
another of the Amer L
Leagues Western quartet, George
Moriarty will have his Tigers at Clark
Griffith Stadium 10 start set OF four
games. 70 be played in as many days.
In preseason dope, picked TO make
n first division showing. the Tigers tnllS
far have sorely disappointed their tol-
lowers. TIp to today they had met I'VE
league rivals and gained the edge over
two only In eight games with the m
CIianS. Moriarty'S bunch was licked SIX
times. The Browns beat the Tigers four
times in seven starts and the AthlctlcS
twice in two games In seven uitS WITH
the White SoX the Tigers won Tour
times and yesterday they blanked the
Red SoX in a one-day stand al nome
The Tigers have won 10 games ana lVsl
Is and now are IN SlNth place. JuN'
back Of the Nationals
rrye lot of reverSes so upset Manager
NForiarty that late last week he shook
I'm his team considerably. Bill Sweeney,
who had been first Sacking because
.Jol,nnv Ne,ln was out OF condition, anu
paul Fsstarlinc. outflelder. who mao
heen batting at great clip, hut hot
Fel6inp aOv too well, We're yanKed from
the lineup. Sweeney probably neeaeo
relief. for he has been bothered oy
bad rib. 49,,
In the Encouragement of his team
Moriarty shifted Marty McManuS, ior-
n1er ST. Louis player, from second oaSe
10 first. transferred Charley Gehringer
from third base 70 second ana restored
Jack Warner at third. The rotuno Boo
Fothergill got Easterling'S place m !eIt
field. Jack Tavener at shortStop, harry
Rice formerly of the Browns, at center,
and Harry Heilmann at right retained
their positions. This new lineup prob
ably will start against the Nationals To-
morrow.
Griffs Bow TO Gray.
For the first time this season the Ma
tionals Yesterday had a look at sam
GRAY. one-tine Athletic who now Is q
uifcher on the Browns pay roll, ana
fhe look did them no good sam, VINO
has been one of the mound sensations
of the league in this campaign. did not
hllrI quite up TO the form tnat mas
gained him so much fame thus lar, nut
he managed to register ms sixth Vlctofy
of the year He needed IL innings,
though, To get a 7-to-6 decision over
l4kG HHAAuAla4S
In their first overtime engagement OF
the season the Washington base oallers
lambasted Gray's offerings for Is safe
ties Once they rallied 10 put tnem-
selves dangerously close to the Browns
who had gotten an early leao' on MIL
ton CASTOR and IN the nlntn INNING,
when all save honor seemed lost, tney
rallied again TO deadlock the contest.
But Gray was not to be denied. IL
was Sam, foiled in efforts to sacrlnce,
who slammed a single in the eleventh
that put WaIly Schang IN position 10
score easily the big counter OF the day.
While this Gray person actually
struck out but two Of the Nationals, ne
had a mean habit of getting them IN
trouble most OF the time. Nearly every
one who went to bat had the first pitcn
rb by for a strike. and number OF
those at the plate took two strikes be-
fore swinging at the ball. OF course,
with I3 hits credited to the club, II
must be admitted that frequently Ma
flonals made good with their late swing
ing. yet the fact remains that only
three tunes were they able 10 cluster
blows against Gray.
Passes Runs for Browns.
Gray issued just three passes. and
Dlf one Oh the 1FlTee MGS ColFtArA hhpg
q run In sharp contrast 70 this record
was that Of the Nationals hurlers with
respect To passed batteTs counting. Pour
Browns we're franked TO the initial sta
tion BY the local moundsmen, and each
Of the four dented the home plate 1t
vas Schang. passed al the beginning Of
the eleventh inning BY Garland Bray
ten, who advanced from first 70 third
ss Gray singled. Waliy waited at the
far corner as Earl McNeely forced out
Sam, but scampered home when Biaekie
ORourke was erased by the Bucky
HarrlS-Joe Judge combination
Castor, who had an idea he could
EIbdue his old teammates, plainly was
no puzzle 10 them from the outset. That
he was allowed 70 remain on the hill
through three snc two-thirds innings
is something Of a mystery. Virtually
every one of his pitches the Browns hit