Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14
ROAD RATE IS .485
J AGAINST .4OS HERE
Nationals Must Squirt for
Even SpIit-Due to Face
Browns Today.
RY IOHN B. KELLER.

Nine more games to play on their
home lot during the present stand and
the Nationals must win seven OF them
or rate below 500 for this stay in
Griffith Stadium. To show a winning
percentage Of better than 500 since re-
turning from their last Western in
vaSion. the local athletes would have
10 take eight of the games. And max
ing Roadway at home hasn't been done
BY Bucky Harris bunch this season.
To date. the Nationals have perform
ed st ass clip on foreign fields. On
their own lot this season, they have
travelled only at 40S.
Weather conditions this morning por-
tended rest for the club this after
noon. In this event. the series with the
Browns would be opened tomorrow at
: so o'clock and double bill with the
same club would be put on Monday
starting al 80
This lot of four games with the
Browns promises TO be tough one for
the Nationals. as beating the Browns
isn't being done easily by any of the
ST. Louis clubs rivals Dan Howleys
outfit Stubbornly refuses to be showed
out OF the running into the second
division. to which it was consigned by
base ball Sharps before the American
League season began.
Following the Browns the Tigers will
limp in for five games 10 be played in
four DAYS Maybe the Nationals will be
sble 20 climb some at the expense of
the Morartymen. They have bagged
four Of seven games played with the
tanned Detroit cats.
Next Trip Decisive.
Following this home stand. the Ma
tionals will jump 70 Philadelphia for
one contest, then proceed West for the
second time this year On the way home
thev viii stop over in Philly again for
a series before opening their longest
Stay of the year in Prexy Griffith's ball
yard. Tuesday. August Il. Is the day
they will return. By that time. every
one should know just where the club
viii finish this year
Getting rid Of postponed games has
been difficult for the Harrismen. When
they returned fro the West, they
figured 30 dispose of eight of their
postponements before today. Only five
have been played of and the washout
with the Indians yesterday leaves the
Nationals with eight passed scheduled
matches to be taken care of later.
But three OF these are listed for the
home lot. One with the Tigers will be
disposed OF in a double-header next
Thursday The game that should have
been played yesterday will be part of
double-header with the Indians on
August Is 4 game with the Red
Sox transferred from Boston may be
made part OF a twin bill on September
10 or one Of the three open dates i'm
mediately following that day may be
used
Other dual sketches will be staged in
St Louis Chicago and New York. When
they next visit ST. Louis. the Nationals
viii have 10 enter five games in three
DAYS. and at Chicago they will go into |
six contests in four days. A double |
header will be played with the world /.
champions in Yankee Stadium probably |
on September S.
Crowley Goes Again.
Although no game was played yester-
day. the Washington clubs administra-
tive branch was not idle. It effected a
deal whereby the roster of players at
hand was reduced to %. Ed Crowley.
third sacker brought here directly from
Georgia Tech In the Spring, only to be |
farrned 10 the Southeastern League for |
a time, has been returned To the same |
minor circuit. This time. though. |
Crowley goes to the Albany. Ga, club. |
instead OF the Pensacola club. where he |
played for several weeks Crowley is |
sent out under option. but unless he |
improves considerably during the re-
mainder of the season, his prospect of |
landing berth with the Nationals next |
year will not be so bright
Echoes of the announcement that !
Sam Jones would pitch for the Ma
tionals and George Grant for the In
dams had scarcely died away before
Charley Jameson grounded Jones sec
orid pitch TO Bucky Harris. the out was
recorded and play was suspended by
Umpire Brick Owens yesterday. It was
raining slightly when play began and
as soon as Jameson was retired the
fail grew heavier. After more than
hslf-hour delay everything was de-
clareo of. Just as we'll. for the deluge
that followed pat the field entirely out
Of commission