Evening star., 1929-07-03

During the double-header here yes
terday, In which the washington club
fell back into It's habit OF looking any
thing like Q ball club against the Ath-
leticS and lost In both ends OF the pro-
gram, Judge knocked himself out when
he ran against the wire screen In front
Of the right-field stand while getting a
foul from. Jimmy Dikes' bat in the
eighth inning Of the second engage
Inent, and he was not expected to play
today. In addition TO the knockout
that resulted from his chin snacking
Sclidly against the screen, Judge suf-
fered minor cuts on his chin and upper
lip and .. CORY nose. dooch had 70
take judges place for the ninth inning,
but il Judse was kept out today the first
base assignment was TO 90 to Boss. !.
Well licked in series here once
more. the Nationals will show their
wares on another field tomorrow, being
scheduled to help the Yankees celebrate
independence day In Col. Jake Rup-
pert's, big plant in New York. Two
games are to be played. both IN the
against the New Yorkers In one Of the
Tits, Manager Walter johnson says.
He's not sure who will be the other
The Nationals took their fourteenth
and fifteenth hckings from the AS In
IT clashes with them this season during
yesterdays twin bill here, the counts
being to 4 and to /, in order. But
they learned that Sad Sam Jones may
be looked to for some good hurting dur
ing the impending western invasion
Sad Sam took the hill for the second
game yesterday, going into action for
the first time since May %, when he
iwrenched his side while tossing against
the Yankees In New York, and he gave
great exhibition, even though over
come In the final inning.
Sad Sam remarked only last Saturday
that he did not believe he would be able
70 do any good pitching within month,
and told Manager johnson IS well as
others that. Much to Johnsofs sur
prise, though, Jones announced Monday
he was ready TO try his arm again, and
the manager took him at his word. All
Sam allowed the AS amounted to four
safeties and three passes, one of the
latter intentional. But with the Ma
tionals unable to make a concerted at
tack upon George Earnshaw, Jones
good effort was wasted.
The Nationals got six safeties and
four passes OF Earnshaw. and in six
of the nine innings had the first man
up get on the runway, but not until the
eighth inning were they able to match
the run the AS had cleaned in the
second session with Simmons double,
dropped near the right-f1eld line, Foxx's
pass, bllnted sacrihce by Miller and a
lofted sacrifice by Hale. For Earnshaw
struck out 10 and had hits clustered
against him In only two innings. Cos
lin had been caught at the plate for O
second out when he attempted to tally
from the middle case when Biuege
singled in the sixth. But two hits got
the Nationals better results In the
I'D, nas 4AA o.
third as Myer doubled after Goslin
went out, and crossed with the tying
tally after Haas bagged Vests hoist.
This tie was well shattered by the
AS In the ninth. Haas opened the
round with a single, and Coehrane
sacrificed. After pitching two wide
ones to Simmons. Jones deliberately
came Foxx to park the bali In the upper
1eft-field stand for his fifteenth home
run Of the year.
Wslberg were opposing Fingers at the
outset Of the FIRST game. and Walberg
had everything his way. The AS
ileft-hsnder yielded seven safeties and
two passes, four Of the safeties not be-
ing made until the ninth inning, when
the Nationals were handed three runs.
It was Walbergs eleventh victory this
eeason-he has lost but tive games-his
eighth straight and his fifth win over
Washington during the campaign.
HadIey. on the hill for the first time
since June is, when he was chased by
the AS In Washington, was nicked for
seven hits and four passes In the seven
sessions he toiled. He also hit batter
and made a wild pitch. Bump was
anything but steady. A niuff OF a
thrown ball by Joe Cronin back Of two
passes in the second inning was largely
responsible for the first three runs the
AS made. but twice later they punched
three safeties for two tallies.
Hadley gave way to q pinch batter in
the seventh, so Paul Mccullough, re-
Gently put on the Nationals active list.
got a chance to show his stuff for two
Innings. Paul showed the AS plenty.