Evening star., 1928-04-29
GR|FFS-CHAMP|ONS
|NFOUR.GAME SET
Rain Keeps Club Idle Two
Days-West Will Show
Some New Talent.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ ONE of these days the Nationals
may find IL possible to complete
a series without a postponement.
~ They have not been able TO do
so yet this season. Wet grounds
and rain again yesterday set back an
other engagement with the Athletics.
the postponement being the seventh
for the Nationals in the campaign not
yet three weeks under way.
Not such a fine start, but the Har-
ris clan is not crying about IL. After
taking five successive socks on the
law from its Eastern rivals. the Wash
ington club rather relishes the Idle
ness. However, there can be too much
of a good thing. so today the athletes
probably would be pleased to see the
sun on the job once more that they
might swing into action.
Thev1l have a task on their hands,
too, IL they do resume work, for their
guests today and the three days fol-
lowing will be the world champion
Yankees. Beating the Yanks is Moth
ing easy. The Nationals learned that
last week In New York. Even with
several regulars on the sick list. Mil
Ter Higgins maulers are able TO laTrup
the other aggTegationS. Earl COMBS,
center fielder, and Waite Hoyt, pitch
ing ace, are the more prominent MEM
bers Of the Yankee cast suffering with
severe colds. but Cedric burst and
Ben Paschal both are capable garden
ers who wallop the apple just about
as eficiently as does Combs, and there
are several other pitchers able 70 bear
the mound burden while Hoyt is out.
ANYHOW. the Yanks generally are aole
to get along pretty well with couple
of fellows named George Ruth ana
Louis Gehrig around. These boys MAKE
a right good ball club themselves.
Crowley Is Farmed.
Although the players did nothing yes
terday some business was transacted oy
ofScials at club headquarters. The big
gest bit OF work was the farming OF
Ed Crowley, infielder. TO the Pensacola
team of the Southeastern League. Pres
ident Griffith and Manager Harris De
lieve the young third Sacker recently
drawn from Georgia Tech VIII oe
benefited more by playing regularly IN
the minor circuit than by sitting on
the bench with the Nationals. The
club kept a string on Crowley and he
probably viii be yanked back at the
end of the Southeastern season.
The ticket sellers at the park had
many calls for paSteboards for the game
this afternoon. Everybody and his
cousin wants to see the Yankees and
Babe Ruth in action. IL seems ReSer-
vations for the Sunday engagement are
especially heavy II IL rains this after
noon there certainly will be many dis
appointed base ball fans in this town.
After completing their series with
the YankS the Nationals viii 90 with
out a game for a day. the schedule not
providing a tilt for Thursday. The fol-
lowing day. however. play will be re-
Sumed when the Browns. the first q
the Western invaders. arrive Tigers
White Sox and Indians will follow the
st. Louis club here in the order men,
toned.
West Has New Talent to Show.
Each Of the Western clubs has some
thing new in the way OF PLAYERS 10
show Washington fandom this season,
Several Of the recruits already have
started the climb to fame. too. The
Browns. who seem to have bought most
OF the material of the Tulsa club cf
the Western League. have around the
Keystone sack brand-new pair instead
OF Gerber and Melillo. Ralph KreSS Is
performing at ShortStop and Otis Bran
non at second base.
Both are Sizable fellows, weighing
around los pounds. and standing IuSt
an inch shy OF feet. KreSs, who is
Just few months beyond his twenty
hrSt birthday. comes from California,
and was an all-around athlete in high
school at Berkeley He Joined the Tulsa
team q year ago and aided materially
In winning the Western League pen-
nant as he batted .33e. Brannon Is lust
Is years old. and has been in pro base
ball but three years. lie PLAYED with
both MuScogee and Tulsa. and last wear
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