Evening star., 1928-03-14
TRIO OF CRIFFS DISPLAY
FINE HURLINC EXHIBITION
In Three.l Inning Shifts Against Boston Club, Mar
berry Holds Foe Hitless, CASTOR Yields But One
Bingle and Van Astync Two.

! troll and with a dandy curve that he
| threw Just often enough to let the
Braves know that he had 1t simply to
keep them guessing. CASTOR breexed
through the fourth and nth innings.
his first two on the hill He walked
Taylor at the outset of the sixth inning
that turned out to be the only frame
in which scoring was threatened. Pep
| loSkey, pinch batting for Hearn. sacri-
feed, but Smith popped to Reeves.
Then came the bic play Of the day,
High cracked single down the right
field line and the ambitious Taylor en-
deavored to get home from the middle
station. The veteran Rice. though
got the ball han;iily and heaved plate
ward. The throw was short, but Nc
Mullen went down the line to ge t..
sphere. then turned for a slide that
put him at the counting block Just in
time to tag out the onrushing Taylor.
II was really a midsaaSon performance
and one deserving the generous hand
accorded II b. the crowd
Van AlStyne. although possessing a
good curve and plenty OF swift, de-
pended mainly upon change of pace
with which 10 '>affle the Braves. And
battle them hc did, despite the two hits
and a pass /, ,.sned off his delivery
The first OF the singles off Van came
after cne was down in the seventh
Brown Socked 1t. but he was an easy
victim of Tate'S arm when trvine to
pilfer second after two were out. Tate.
who had relieved McMullen behind the
plate after the sixth session. never lost
moment IN getting the ball to Harris
to lead off the hustling HUFFMAN.
Two were out in the eighth frame
before the Braves made any more
trouble. TAYLOR started Il again bv
5rawing a pass and moved to third when
Arthur Delaney. pitcher. surprised by
slamming single to right. But Jack
Smith pushed the ball toward Sisler
and heave TO Reeves Snuffed out De-
laney at second. The Braves were par
tlcularly easy for Van Alstyne in the
ninth. HornSby making the second out
OF this frame by bounding to the pitcher
to make it hitless day
Mats Weak Ofensiyely.
Defensively, the Nationals performed
well. checking in with one double play
and handling the sphere in good man.
ner on all occasions. Offensively, how
ever. little can be said of them. They
faced the southpaw pitching of Bunny
Hearn for six innings and got four
~AAa bhO~ pNoSCS. Ala Tie luTeS
innings against the right-handed Ar
thur Delaney they got two hits and a
pass. Rice. Harris. Barnes. Bluege and
CASTOR did the swatting, Bluege con-
tributing double and a single to the
attack
In the sixth, Hearn's last inning the
Nationals had the bases filed with two
out. CASTOR single. Harris stroll and
an Intentional pass to Goslin did the
trick. But Barnes best was a bounder
TO Hornsby.
Blueges double opened the seventh,
but Ossie got no farther than second
base. There were Nationals on first and
second in the eighth frame when Barnes
skied TO Smith In right. Bluege got as
far as second base with one down in
The ninth. only to watch Tate and Van
Alstyne pop to Hornsby. The Nationals
were not SO hot in the batting line.
Bobby Reeves had plenty to do In
his seasons debut ut shortstop and did
that plenty well. His one stop was a cork
er and two of the three catches he
made in short left were OF good order.
He also functioned perfectly at the
pivot in the Nationals lone double play.
Bob, though, in his three legal turns at
bat-he sacrificed the last time up
twice failed TO get the ball through the
| infield and his loft was nothing 10
write home about.