Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17

make it three out of four for the n
Brown, an in-and-out hurler
has been getting along better tina
the SouthpaW may continue to inn
Lloyd was no shining success
when he tackled the Browns last
Tuesday, but Johnson this morn
ing figured the pitcher might be
effective against the ComiSkey
aggregation.
The Nationals were to have their
regular inf1eld combination in action
again this afternoon for the first time
since Tuesday. The suspension Buddy
Myer incurred when he talked back to
Umpire Dick Campbell in the last tilt
of the st. Louis series has expired, and
he was to return to second base. Jack
Hayes was to go back to his steady job
at third base and Charley Gooch to the
bench.
Rice Cut by Glass.
Whether the Washington club would
have its regular outfield on the job in
the final engagement of the series here
was not so certain this morning. Sam
Rice. the veteran right fielder, took
mean sock when Bill CisSell's hit
his retirement. The ball bounded so
sharply that Rice had no time to pro-
tect himself with his hands. 1t struck
him squarely, shattering the left lens
of his sun glasses, the broken glass in
f1icting slight cuts above and below the
eye.
While the injury turned out to be
more painful than serious, Sans eye
this morning was still quite bloodshot
and considerably pulled. It was thought
Rice might be kept out of play until
the series with the Indians starts in
Cleveland tomorrow. In this event Red
Barnes would share the gardening with
Goose Goslin and Sammy West this
afternoon.
1t seemed yesterday that it simply
was not in the book for the Nationals
to beat the White Sox; They made 16
hits off AL Thomas failing to dent the
runway in only three rounds, yet with
their first IL hitS they got but two
tallies and after the third inning never
held the lead. Twice they battled their
way to a ttc, the last time clustering
five safeties for four runs in the eighth
inning, but they couldn't hold the en-
envy at bay, and were beaten, 8 to 6.
Sox Bunch Their Blows.
Bob Burke allowed the White Sox IL
hits during the seven innings he toiled,
and twice blows were punched against
him with damaging effect. First, the
Sox punched three blows for two runs,
doing the scoring after two were out.
Then they punched two more hits, one
a homer by Carl Reynolds, which fol-
lowed a pass, and the other was followed
by errors by Joe Cronin and Sam Rice
to net two more markers.
Irving Hadley took up the pitching
burden at the start Of the Chisox eighth
with the score at Gall, and became the
loser. Irving pitched wonderfully well
to Thomas, showing a third strike by
the pitcher, tlNR followed with two
strikes thrown by Alex Metzler. Here
Hadley stopped and passed Metzler
Came two hits-and the home side had
the game tucked away.
The Nationals, with three hits, had
the bases filled and none out in the
second inning, but got only one run. 1t
crossed after Hoffman got Hayes long
hoist for the second out. Their first
two batters in the fourth singled, but
both Gooch and Cronin fouled out,
while Hayes again hoisted to Hoffman.
In the fourth the Sox collected two
runs. Shires singled with one out, and
Kamms single after the second out
tailed Art. Following Kerr's walk, Berg
singled Kamm home.
Burke and Judge Single.
Burke and Judge singled at the out
set of the Washington'S fifth, but Rice
fouled out. Goslin was walked pur-
posely to fill the bases, and Tate made
good the White Sox strategy by drilling
into a double play. Two singles, made
after one was out, were wasted in the
Washington's sixth. Then the Nationals
gave the White SoX the same treatment
given them in the fourth after pur-
posely filling the bases by walking
batter.
With one out in the Soxs sixth,
Kamm singled and Kerr doubled. Burke
threw four wide ones to put Berg on,
then Thomas hit into a two-ply erasure.
It was a narrow squeak, though, for
Cronin, who took AIS grounder and
touched second. was almost knocked of
his feet by the sliding Berg. 1t was
only great stop by Judge Of Cronin's
hectic heave that completed the double
play.
A single by Judge, Rice's sacrificial
hit and Goslins long one-baSer enabled
the Nationals to put over tying tally
in the seventh, but the Sox came back
to take four-run lead. With one out,
Cissell walked and trotted home ahead
of Reynolds, who parked the ball in
the lower left-f1eld stand. Shires
doubled and Hoffman got life when
his grounder was booted by Cronin.
Judge took care of Kamm'S pop, but
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base error and Shires and Hoffman
crossed
Mats Tie Up Game.
The Nationals were not yet through,
however. Gooch and Cronin singled,
and Hayes sacrifice fly Tailed Gooch.
Boss batted for Burke and reached first
when Kerr fumbled. Judges out adj
vanced both runners, then Rice par
TALLY atoned for his two-run error by
doubling two teammates over. Goslin
whacked a single that scored Sam with
the tying run.
AS mentioned before, Hadley was
great in the Sox's ninth until he had
two strikes against Metzler, the second
batter up. Then he stopped using his
fast ball to monkey with slow ones. and
MetZler drew a pass. Came CtSsell'S
wallop that would have been good for a
single only had it been stopped by Rice's
hands instead of his eye. With the
outfielder temporarily blinded, Hayes
had to rush out to retrieve the ball, and
the blow was good for triple, scoring
Metzler Had it gone for a single only,
though, it quite likely would have sent
Metzler to third base. Then Reynolds
singled past Cronin, and the Sox had
the game in the bag.
A feature of the tilt was the hitting
of the longest single on record for the
White Sox park. In the home sides
first inning, with Cissell on first base,
Reynolds got hold of one of Burkes
pitches and drove the ball far over