Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
TRIBE, BROWNS, SKIDDINC,
TOBE FOUGHT THIS WEEK
Inner Bracket Western Clubs Hold No Great Leads
Over Criffmen Hadley Hurls To-day.
Reeves Recalls 3 2-3 Base Ball Defeat.

casualty list and Of all the regulars only
Heinie Manush has been hitting the
/ ball recently. 1t looks AS though the
/ Browns are due for a humping and the
! humping may be we'll under way before
/ they arrive here next Saturday for a
/ four-game series.
| Another year and spithail pitching
very likely will be gone from the
American League. With the passing OF
/ Urban Shocker from the Yankees, but
/ three Of the moist ball artists remain
! in the circuit and each is near the end
of his string Urban Faber of the
White Son. Jack Quinn of the Attn
Ietics and Stanley Coveleskie Of the
Yanks soon must bow to Old Man Time,
Neither Faber nor Covey has been able
10 do much this season. Quinn. Oldest
Of the lot. has been a winner for the
Nackmen thus far, but in many or MS
victories John PicuS has been aided
materially by the sound slugging or his
teammates. His career in base ball has
been remarkable but Quinn was AZ
wears old last Thursday and he can't
laugh at those years much longer, Faber
will celebrate his 40th birthday in Sep
TENDER Covey, youngest of the trio,
will be 81 next Wednesday. They are
wonderful Survivals Of the heydey OF
trick" pitching. but they can't carry
on many more moons.
Bob Reeves tells of having been in
ball game down South in which his
club was beaten 81 TO 3 and declares 1t
to be a true story. Any one aSsociatlng
with Bob always has found him TO be
careful of facts Judge for yourself.
Here's the story:
We were playing down home one
day." says Bob and we had the other
club beaten TO when they filled the
bases with two out in the ninth inning.
The next batter hit a line drive to
right field. where ii stuck on one OF
the iron pickets on top Of the fence.
Our right fielder wrenched it of and
threw il in. but it had been badly split
and just before it got to the catcher
il came in half The catcher caught
one half and pinned it on the hitter
as he slid into the plate behind the
three other runners. Now. he couldn't
be called safe because the catcher had
tagged him. but he couldn't be called
out because the catcher had only half
the ball, so they credited him with half
a run and we were licked. 3i2 TO 81
That Joe Judge, after a sorrowful
early showing, is steadily regaining the
swing that made such q potent factor
in the Nationals offensive in past sea-
sons is revealed in the clubs batting
statistics. While no great gain is seen
in his average he has picked up con-
siderably since the Nationals returned
from their invasion of the West in the
business of driving runs across. During
the past three weeks Joe has been the
batter with the timely hit often enough
20 put him at the head OF the clubs
list in this respect His attacking
ability has been responsible for sending
over AZ tallies this season and % of
these tallies have been pushed across
the counting block by Joe since the
Nationals got back from Detroit around
the middle OF June
Pressing Judge for the leadership is
Goose Goslin with 40, but now that the
Goose is at the seashore for the benefit
of his ailing throwing arm he is apt TO
be passed by several OF the Nationals.
Red Barnes has been responsible for
sending IS runs over. while Ossie Bluege
has driven across 80 and Sam Rice 80
Any of these three may get ahead of
Goslin before long. Barnes. Blueee and
Rice have been hitting often in recent
games with mates on the paths.