Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18

a1Ler lOOdy ana the NdClOnalS
~ will be through with Western
fields for the season. And
should they play through the second
half of the swing through this sector
as they did through the first half,
Manager Walter Johnsons charges will
carry back to Washington a bright
record for their final invasion of the
West
However, the going in the second
prove much tougher than in the first
half. The swing will conclude with the
Nationals battling the stronger West
ern represenUatiN es. the Inulans and
the Tigers. The four-game sets with
these outfits are apt to be severe tests
for the capital contingent.
The Indians, especially. have been
troublesome this season, both in Cleve-
land and Washington, and the series
looked forward to as picnic by the
Nationals. In Is starts this year the
Nationals have licked the Tribe but
1our times.
The Tigers, who will be encountered
in Detroit IN a series starting next
Thursday. have been trimmed five
times by Jonnsons charges in Is en-
gagements.
Inc Nationals, of course, at Cleve-
land expect TO run into the two south
paws VINO have been plain poison to
them this year. Walter Miller and Joe
Shaute have had the johnson band
dizzy most of the time. And at Detroit.
the Capital crew will run into another
trouble maker for them, the left
handed Earl Whitebill. The Cleveland
ana Detroit sets certainly loom as no
bargains for the Washington club.
manager Johnson plans to send Gar
lano BlaXton against the Indians in
the set starter tomorrow afternoon and
VIII start the LETT handler against the
Tigers, too, probably in the second
setto OF the Detroit series. Braxton
usually goes better when he gets four
instead of only three days of rest be-
tween tussles.
Sam Jones is due to rejoin the Na-
tionals as they start the Cleveland
series, but whether Sam will be avail
able for duty on the pitching hill was
not known by Manager Johnson to-
night. When the Nationals went on
tour early this month, Jones was left
IN washington to nurse a sore flinginK
wing that had been bothering him
some time, and fears were expressed
that Sad Sam would be Of little use
TO the club for the remainder of the
season. johnson naturally hopes that
Jones will be ready for service, for the
Nationals can very well stand another
pitcher right now.
Sam Rice's left eye, that Was badly
battered by Bill CisseIl's bounding
single in the game here Friday. vas
PETER today, but the injury still pained
the veteran considerably. Sam, Indeed.
was fortunate he was not more seriousiy
nurt Tor the ball struck souarely
against his sun glasses, shattering the
ieit lens. He was rushed to his hotel
Wnere an eye specialist was waiting to
make an examination of the hurt. Ac.
cording to the specialist, the eve was
not the least injured, but slight gashes
were inflicted by the broken glass above
and below the eye. Oddly, the blow
did not blacken the optic, only a SLIGHT
inflammation of the lid and the surface
beneath the eye being noticeable.
RICE probably could play in Cleve-
lano tomorrow, but he may remain out
OF action for another day.
These days the Nationals are STEM
ping along briskly. Not a series lost
since leaving Washington. And three
victories IN row is record for the
season. After splitting q double bill
with the Yankees, the johnson hand
mas been moving in high, bowling over
the RED Sox. Browns and the White
Sox. Now they need but two more
wins on the trip to assure themselves
OF an even break at least In their last
western invasion. and only one more
win TO give them such a break for the
entire. tour.
Spencers homer in the seventh in
ming today was well hit. but it was not
Roy,s most solid sock of the game. His
haroest blow was struck in the fourth
inning when he drove liner toward
left field. Cissell leaped in the balls
path. though, and followed q brilliant
catch with throw to first that
doubled Red Barnes off that base.
Myer celebrated his return to the
game by making two hits, but Buddy
also was charged with three errors. The
| only damaging one. though. was his
muf of a thrown ball with q double
play at hand. Buddy made an error
and an assist in the same play in the
seventh session. He dropped Reynolds
| pop fly, but recovered the ball in time
to make retiring throw when Carl at
tempted to make second on the nun.
Browns right arm was badly bruised
when struck by one of Wielands pitches
in the seventh inning and for time It
was feared the Nationals hLrler would
| have to leave the game. It was fortu-
nate for Brownie and the Nationals the
ball did not connect with his left arm.
Cronin drew an error in the fourth
frame when he fumbled in attempting to
| cut of a return Of hit from the out
feld as the miscue enabled Kerr, the
hitter, to advance to second base.
With Myer returning to the game and
Barnes instead of Rice playing In right
| field, Manager Johnson shook up his
batting order considerably. Cronin, In
| stead of Myer. drew the cleanup as
signment and made good at 1t, too.
Manager Blackburne called on his re-
serves in the ninth. sending in Adkins
! to. run for Berg and Autry to bat for
McKain. Autrys best was a forced out
of Adkins for the first retirement and he
never got beyond first base.
WRIGHT QUITS HOSPITAL.
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