Evening star., 1928-06-14

g.. with a rival. They ran out their
,lr-game string in Cleveland yester-
-. but il did them no good. The
iians with late rally won, to Z,
,reby ending long losing streak,
S'apping the Nationals record win
! ng streak of the season at six games
I'd forcing Bucky Harris and his ath-
lies TO be content with a fifth h-place
&. with the Tigers for another day.
What hope the Nationals had of re-
tuning home next week in the first
vision was all but blasted yesterday
r. their defeat Now the fourth-place
J dianS are two and a half games In
ont Of the Clan Harris. and for the
later to make the upper bracket dur
ing the four days here it would be
r-cessary for IL TO sweep its series with
he Bengals while the Tribe would
have to bow TO the Athletics four times
IN a row That's some order, both
ways.
Zachary Due to Toll.
Manager Harris had expected to be-
gin the series here with Irving Hadley
on the hill, but he revised his program
The new slate assigned the start
against the Tigers to Tom Zachary, who
In seasons gone by used to bafie the
Detroit sluggers considerably with his
slow and slower pitches. There is
great chance that Hadley viii see serv-
ice on Navin Field tomorrow afternoon.
Even though II went the way OF the
Tribe, yesterdays game was not with"
cut its ray Of sunshine for Boss Bucky.
4 sterling performance at bat by Bob
Reeves further convinced the manager
nat in the former Georgia Tech ath-
rte he has under his wing youngSter
y no soon may develop into one OF the
topnotchers of the profession.
All Bob did in attack in the final
Cleveland engagement was gather four
hits in four times AT bat, the third blow
being q homer gn1ote inside Dunn Field.
There we're two teammates on the run
ray when Reeves socked his third
round -tripper Of the season, and he also
crossed the plate another time to nc
count for the bulk CT the scoring cred
ted to his club.
Reeves fielding chances were few.
de had but one putout and one assist.
Both we're made in the first inning. He
made a sensational pickup and throw
TO retire Charley Jameson at the OUT
set Of the Cleveland ~0ffeh4ve, and went
into short left field TO collar Joe Seweli's
loft and end the round. But In the
seventh inning when the. Indians
staged the offensive that earned them
the victory. Reeves made the greatest
play OF the day. even though II did not
result in Tribesnan being retired.
There were runners on first and third
ssses when Carl Lind rifled a hot shot
directly over the middle station. II
1ppeared a certain nit that would
6TsVe IN two runs. But the National
sssortstop leaped nimbly to his left.
diTec. cIrtched the bail with one hand
and sprawled In the dirt Bob made a
great effort TO get the sphere 70 Jack
Hayes IN time 10 force out Jameson,
but the neavc from prone position ar
rived Just too late. 1t easily was the
greatest stop made by any member Of
the Nationals this year. eclipsing even
the several remarkable diving catches
Fed Barnes has made. and IL drew a
generous lot Of applause from the
stands.
Reeves Finding Himself
After season and half Of uncer-
tsintv this Reeves seems 10 be find
ing himself Throughout this Western
tour. his hitting and fielding have been
Of high order. He has shown marked
Improvement in defensive play since
the club left Washington last month,
ard has Socked the ball sogindly. GO
ing through very few games without
driving the ball To safety.
II seemed that Bob had won the
game almost single handed yesterday