Evening star., 1928-05-30
OUTLOOK FOR MATS
] INNEW YORK DARK
Jones Nosed Out in Opener
= Yesterday and CASTOR Is
Routed in Nightcap.
By JOHN B. KELLER.

NEW YORK. May 30-When the
Yankees were scoring their fifth win in
six starts in the recent series with the
Athletics in Philadelphia. New York
paper reports, there was wall from
The upper tier of the grandStand back
of first base in Shibe Park. Throw the
Yankees out of the league and give the
other teams chance.
It was the voice of the city, The news
.naDer report continues. It might well
Sc the voice of the American League
outside of New York City. The cir
c11it as constituted beyond this big town
cannot give the Yankees very severe
fest II seems. and, barring accidents,
they should travel comfortably on to
third successive circuit championship
and their sixth AmericanN League pen
rant in eight seasons.
Certainly, the Nationals are not likely
To hinder the march of the Yanks 70
1928 pennant. In the double. neaoer
scheduled to be played IN Col. JAKE
RuDpert's vast stadium today and the
single engagement listed for tomorrow
a victory for the Washington club would
be surprising, indeed. after the dual oe-
feat it suffered yesterday.
Nosed Out in Opener.
The Nationals put up spunky fight
In the first tray TO overhaui the carry
iead the New Workers battered tneIr
wav to, only to be nosed out, 10 =
but in the second part OF the oouoIe
bill the Yanks marched up ana Gown
the collective frames Of their guests LOT
a I2-to-3 massacre.
No one witnessing that second game
could at its finish entertain any DOUBT
as to the Yankees superiority over the
Nationals. nor believe anything IN the
American League could keep anotner
remnant from them That total OF
70 hits for 30 bases was, II nothing
else, convincing enough.
The terrific assault included .
home runs, triples doubles ana
10 singles. Nothing like II had nap
rer1eo before In the American League
this season.
The home run twins. Babe Ruth ana
fpu Gehrig. contributed heavily 10 Ins
foq,r.t,ase sock total The Bamolr1o got
his seventeenth and eighteenth homers
of the wear. while Columbia Lou added
tl4e ninth and tenth 10 his lot for the
campaign. One Of the Babes and botn
Of Lou's we're lofts into the right neid
h3eacher. Rufi1's other home run drive
MARKED the bail in the lower tier OF the
left field grandstand- Earl Combs Sinote
his four -baSer 10 the far reaches OF
left center field
Twice the yanks punched brace OF
korners in a frame, the lefthand pitching
Lyoyd Brown being the victim OF the
VICIOUS attacks. Brown stepped 70 the
slab at the beginning of the fourth
frame and started auspIci0usiy, throwing
q strike past Ruth. The next pitch the
Babe socked into the rightfield bleacner.
And the third pitch Gehrig lofteo into
- ffsf4 r.
ed against the bat welded by Cedr1ck
burst and the ball few TO right for
single. From then on, Brown was hit
safely II each inning, the eighth being
9 txo-homer round with Combs a1c
Ruth doing the sock1ng.
Defeat Charged to Castor.
But the game already had been lost
- NIltcn Gsston il the third inning.
Following two fair rounds, MIt was
made 6izzy bg New York onslaught.
The Yankz bafted around and then
scEne Until II battere In all had had
farm Nine Of them stepped TO the
plate before man was retired, Pat
Collins making the first out when ne
seE q third strike 90 By.
Previously, Waite Hoyt had singled
ard 80 had Combs. Leo Durocher had
doubled. R0tn had walked, Gehrig rad
MT homer, DurEt had banged q triple,
Tony I&zzerl had singled and Bob
EeeTeS nSc kicked joe DzSan'S ground
e. That vas good for SIX runs After
collins WAS struck o1t, Hoyt, up for the
secon6 tine an the inning. singled again
and the seventh nln was over. And 50
TzS the day Tor the Nationals.
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feafaye Until the ninth inning when
p1Ea three SsfetseS they raised their
fns total 10 10 and their run total 70 q.
Gs2gaes py R1eg, Reeves and Benny
Tate. with Jack Hayes' sacrifice COM
asg before the 6ssi cloua accounted for
gne brace u tallies.
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new batting s11nanary, who hts well
from either side. He got TWO hits in
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