Evening star., 1928-04-30
By JOHN b. KELLER.

~ ONE ball clubs having several
PLAYERS listed as caSualS find it all
eat impossible to put up any
kind Of a game Other ball clubs
nav have aiiing members yet
perform as though all hands were IN
tiptop form. OF the latter Is Miller
UurC5ns' club. The Yankees have some
plsverS in the hospital and Others who,
It's said. should be there, vet they are
moving along like a perfectly well ag-
eregation.
However. It seems that when they
encounter the Nationals, the YankS need
only to have Herb PennocE and BABE
Ruth in cood trim. Others of the New
York cast may be enjoying poor health.
but with the Southpaw SharpShooter
and the bursting Bamoino physically
O. <. the Washington troupe is nothing
70 annoy the Yankees.
PLAYING on their home lot last week,
these two gave fine demonstration OF
their sway over the Nationals. Then
Pennock held the Harris clan to three
measly hits and cid not yield run.
while Ruth knocked his second and
third honaers Of the season into the
right field bleacher to give his club a
couple Of tallies it really did not need.
They did 50 again yesterday. when be-
q
stadium Pennock again held the Ma
tionsls at bay while Ruth with his
fourth homer of the season. hit over
the right field wall. virtually lifted the
yanks to a 7-to-5 victory and first
place in the American League race,
Lisenbee Is Pummeled.
This sixth straight defeat put the
Nationals wen below the first division.
for the Browns in the berth ahead |
strengthened their hold on fourth posi-
ton by scoring over the White Sox, /
who are not SO far behind Bucky Harris |
to tackle the Yankees three more times I
this week. prospects for any immediate /
forward movement by the former are /
not SO cheerful
II was Horace LiSenbse who was the /
victim CT the attack of Babe Ruth and I,
company in New York last week, and it |
was the same right-hand pitcher who |
yesterday was nicked for all the Yankee |
runs. But Liz hurled far better in his /
first appearance of the year against the /
Hagmen than he did IN his second start. |
In New York he gave up but seven hits |
and five passes, and had the Nationals /
been able to hit they would have had a /
good chance for victory. On his home /
four innings, though he did not fade |
from the picture until the seventh.
IN the first four rounds he was 1
reached for three Safeties and granted |
pass. and IN the fourth the Yanks /
clustered two Of the hits to get tally /
matching that registered by the Ma /
ti7nals n their initial batting turn /
Then the tide turned against Lisenbee /
strongly. With one gone and one on in /
the fifth. the New Workers cracked Liz
for three hits IN a row. the third being /
Ruth's homer that came when two /
teammates graced the runway. Two /
hits and pass got the Yanks nothing /
IN the sixth inning, but the first four /
New Workers TO step TO the plate in the |
seventh clouted the ball to safe territory /
anc two more runs resulted.
Southpaws Check Yanks.
Then Lisenbee was derricked. leaving 1
against his record II hits and 3 passes /
for 7 taIlies He had tried slow ones I
as well as fast ones against the Yanks, /
but they seemed To- IKE the sluggish /
delivery as veil IS the speed Two /
were On the sacks when Garland Brax- /
ten relieved Liz ip the seventh. After 1
getting two cut. The left-hander passed /
q batter 10 I'll the SACKS, then erased l
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pitches from the portside, toiled |
through the next two rounds and did l
nothing more than walk two New /
YovkeTs
Like Lasenbee, Pennock was not so l
effective as he was in he New York /
game against the Nationals last week. /
Here yesterday he was found for IL /
safeties and a pass. but once his club |
got ahead the home forces never were /
able 10 concentrate their attack with /
any telling eject The Nationals did /
cluster three singles that. backed By a 1
Yankee error, netted brace Of mark i
erg in the eighth, but then the rally
was gnufTed with two on the runway /
TWO more hits produced tally IN the /
ninth. but the second hit did not come l
Until two men had been retired and /
the batter AZ the plate with the poten-
tia tying run was disposed Of easily.
The Nationals started the scoring /
without driving the ball beyond the in /
fed. Sam West opened the game with !
grogndes to First Baseman Lou Geh- |