Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25

the Johnson band, it appears, anC
way the Capital athletes do not
Miller, SouthpawS both, are simply
During the tuSSling with the
Indians in Cleveland not so long
ago the Nationals were able to
grab but one of four games played.
Shaute and Miller beat them, and
so did Wesley Terrell after John
MiljuS was driven from the hill.
It's pretty certain Manager Peckin-
paugh will throw Shaute and Miller at
johnson men here. But Manager
Walter johnson will have Garland
BraXton and Sam Jones or Fred Mar
berry to throw at the Tribe. For the
odd game of the set Sir Walter will
have to pick a second-string hurler
probably.
Burke Shows Class.
johnson, though, has young hurler
coming along nicely, namely, Bob Burke,
and may toss this Stringbean left
handler into the final tilt with the
warriors from the banks of the Cuya-
hoga next Sunday. Burke has pitched
splendidly the last three times out and
seems deserving of graduation from the
reserve ranks. He was good when he
licked the White SoX in Chicago
remarkable game in licking the Browns
at st. Louis Saturday.
To prove he Is strong enough to be
rated a regular-turn artist, young Rob-
ert stepped to the hill again yesterday
and polished off the White SoX again.
Some members of the Washington
mound corps more stalwart physically
and much more experienced at pitch
ing than Burke have found 1t difficult
three pnnd
in eight days. In the Nationals pitch
ing plans for the future Burke should
come in for careful consideration.
Despite Burke's clever hurting yester-
dav the Nationals had no easy time
beating the White SoX to even the
series, which was to wind up this after
noon. They found AL Thomas baf-
fling boXman in pinches, and got the
decisive run of the 3-to-2 game only
when Tommy's support grew dizzy in
the eighth inning. The game was hard
fought throughout. The White Sox as
sumed an early lead, but were over
hauled in the fourth frame. But the
visitors came back in the eighth to tie.
Then a flaw in their defense ended the
fight quickly.
Pass Proves Way to Big Run.
Each pitcher yielded eight safeties
Three of those off Burke were doubles.
Only one of the hits off Thomas was
good for as many as two bases. Burke
issued three passes, but none figured in
the scoring. Thomas granted two
passes, and one paved the way to the
most important tally of the fray.
A squeeze play accounted for the first
White Sox run It followed singles by
Kamm and Hoffman, that put runners
on first and third bases, with one out,
in the second round. Kerr put down a
neat bunt, rolling the ball along the
first-baSe line. Kamm went over the
counting block and Hoffman moved up
before Judge tagged the batter.
The Nationals had runners on the
first and third bases, with none out in
the third inning as result Of singles
by West and Cronin. but the succeed
ing batters went up to hit the ball out
instead of putting it down, and there
was no tallying. The Sox in the fourth
went after Burke briSkly, but after fill
ing the bases, with only one out, they
were stopped abruptly by the stringbean
portsider. Shires' double, Reynolds
the stations. Then Kerr fouled to
Hayes for the second out, and Rice took
care of Berg's hoist.
The Nationals, though. stepped to the
front In this inning. With one gone,
West and Cronin singled. Ruel fol-
lowed with two-bagger to score West,
and Cronin denied the counting block
after Metzler clutched Hayes liner.
Both Gore in Eighth.
The Sox got nothing in the fifth from
MetZlerS pass after one was out and a
double by Cissell, but they managed to
deadlock the game in the eighth with a
tainted run. Shires singled, tn one
out, and there were two runners on
when Hayes booted Reynolds roller.
Kamm fouled out, but Hoffman whacked
a single that put Shires over Then
Hunnefield grabbed Kerr's bat, only to
end the attack with a loft to West.
A pass to Goslin after one was out
in the Nationals eighth opened the way
to the decisive run. Myer lofted to the
outfleld for the second retirement, and
it looked as though the inning was over
when West put up puny pop to short
center. But CiSsell who ran out for a
catch, muffed the ball for a two-base
error. He recovered the sphere quickly
but chung to 1t while the Goose was on
the way from third to home.
Thomas made the fans a trifie uneasy
when he doubled after one was out in
the White Sox ninth, but Watwood,
who was sent in to run for the pitcher,
never left second base. GoSlin bagged
Metzler'S hoist and the infield handily
disposed of Cissell.
Latest reports from Chicago indicate
that Clark Griffith, president of the
Nationals, who underwent an operation
for appendicitis a little more than a