Evening star., 1928-06-20
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

Y VITS don't always win ball games
but the club that socks the
ball almost continuously will
win most of its games at that
In their doubleheader with the
Red Sox yesterday. the Nationals slam
med the heaveS of young Jack Russell
for 10 safetieS In the first half, Just two
more hits than the visitors got on Tom
Zachary, Horace Lisenbee and Lloyd
Brown. Yet the count at the nnisn
vas against the home crowd. to /.
That reverse did not disconcert the Ma
tionals in the least. however. They
continued slugging the sphere and were
rewarded by Is TO I triumph IN the
second portion of the twin SEetch.
This business of banging the ball TO
all corners of the lot is nothing new for
the clan Harris 1t has been doing 1t
for more than two weeks. Occa-
s.onally. it will have an of day at bat.
but only occasionally. AS many oppoS-
ing pitchers have learned 10 their Sor-
row. this Washington club is real
hitting ball club and its punch VIII be
. bound TO tell IN number OF games
hereafter.
A season record for the Nationals
was made in that second engagement
Yesterday The total Of is runs was
the largest registered by the club this
year The former record was IS runs,
the amount scored against the Browns
when they were at Clark Griffith Sta
dunn in May. Incidentally. the score
of safe clouts constituted the greatest
number the Washington athletes have
knocked in any one game IN this
campaign.
The second engagement revealed just
how much batting strength the Ma
tiouals possess. The "a hits for 26
bases rafting OF the bats OF the home
players did not by any means show the
club above its head in attack. Al
thoug' it was q slugging mark for the
season in SO far as the number OF
safeties was concerned, the offensive
was merely a repetition Of the sound
socking the Nationals did during their
recent invasion Of the West.
Griffs Hammer Four Huriers.
Not one of the four hurlers employed
by the Red Sox in the second part Of
the double-header escaped punishment
when the Nationals engaged in their
batting orgy. Charley Rufing, Bert
Bradley, Cliff Garrison and Merle Set
tlenire, the aforementioned the only
scuthpaw singer of the lot. were no
puzzles. Rufing started. but was driven
10 cover before the second inning end
ed. Si- hits were CLEANED on him.
Bradley finished the frame and was
touched for four safeties. Garrison
was on the hill at the outset Of the
third round and went along well until
the sixth. Then the Nationals fell
upon him for six Safeties before Settle
mire assumed the mound burden.
Every man except Dick Spalding.
who took part in the game for the Ma
tionals. socked safely. Joe Judge and
Eddie Renna each banged the oppos-
ing pitchers for three hits. Judge was
most telling in his performance at the
plate, being responsible for the denting
Of the plate Ey Nationals on five oc-
casions Kenaa. though, working in a
game for thu first time In this city
demonstrated that his hitting streak
in the West was no fiuke by crashing
a triple and two singles In five efforts.
Eddie surprisingly did some poor throw
ing to bases in the first inning and
staked the Red Sox TO a two-rln lead,
but he knocked three Washington MARX
ers over and scored another himself.
II was iust as wei that the Nation
ais were in a hitting mood In the sec
ond game. for they got little In the
way Of pitching from Milton CASTOR,
who started on the hill against the Red
Sox. Miit was not responsible for the
two tallies the visitors got In the first
round. but he certainly was for those
that went their way In the third. Gas
ton entered that session with seven
r1n lead. but before it was ended the
Red Sox had nickel him for five more
fallies. That brought Fred Marberry
to Gaston's relief and the big Texan
pitched brilliantly over six-inning
stretch
Home pitching was nothing to boast
of IN the first game until after the
fourth inning. Zachary. who hurled
SO well during the late invasion Of
the West, opened fire against the Red