Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
HUBMEN TIE. in 9TH,
SCORE TWO |N9TH
Helped by Jones' Witness,
but Win Off Bnrke-Nats
FizzIe at Finish.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

tionals were unable to cope
with the Boston reserve in
the ninth and went down to their third
defeat in four starts in this young
American League campaign. Wash
ington, too, called on its reserve in the
dying moments of the fray, but the
second@stringers were unequal to the
occasion and the game slipped to the
invaders, 6 to S.
1t was a two-base hit by Jerry
Standaert, who had grabbed Bill
Bayne's bat, that licked the Nationals.
There were two Red Sox on and two
out in the ninth when Jerry smote the
ball to the depths of right-center held
and two runners denied the plate to
shatter tie that had been created
by the visitors with a two-tally rally
In the preceding inning.
Jerry tried to make his drive good
for q triple, only to run into the final
out of thes round at third base, buS -
made no difference. All the Nationals
could do in their final turn was get
one run with two passes and as many
sacrifices, which left them shy Of the
Beantown bunchs total.
It wasn't a particularly free-hitting
game, this See-saw battle that saw each
team hold the lead in the first seven
sessions The Red Sox collected but
nine safeties off the two local hurlers,
but the Nationals got only six hits of
trio of visiting fingers. The Red Sox
did not waste blow, however, and
only one of the Washington wallops
went for naught.
Jones' wild Inning Hurts.
Sam Jones and Jack Russell were
opposing pitchers at the outset of hos
Titles, and had Jones not lost the To-
cation of the plate after his club by
hard work had gone to the front, he
might have gone on to his initial VIC
tory of the campaign instead of turning
over the game after eight innings 10
Bob Burke, who soon became loser.
The Red Sox clustered two hits IN
Round 2 for a tally and repeated the
performance in Round 3. Then Jones
went along well, while the Nationals
got to Russell in the fifth to deadlock
the game and, helped by ShortStop
Harold RHYMES cratic fielding, went
ahead in the seventh. Jones, though,
apparently could not stand prosperity.
He lost control in the eighth, and be-
fore he could regain his poise the VS.
itors had drawn two passes and MADE
good use of both.
Bill Bayne, soutnpaw, faced the Ma
tionals when they came up for their
eighth turn, and they got nothing on
him. The shifting Manager Carrigan
did in the first hall of the ninth caused
Charley Rufing to be sent to the hill
for the final fling against the WASH
ington club. Rufing started as though
he would walk everybody to first base,
but after two had been passed, the
washington club took the affair into
its own hands and the next three pat
tiers went down swinging.
FIaggy Gives Red Sox Start.
Ira Flagstead started the run-making
attack for the Red Sox in the second
inning by looping single to snort CEN
ter. Bill Regan's bunt went for sac
rifice, although it seemed F1aggy might
have been tagged at second After
Bob Reeves skied to Sammy west,
single leaped from Phil Todt's bat to
left field. Goose Goslin failed to pick
up the ball clearly, and it was an easy
matter for Flagstead to race from the
midway base to the plate.
One was out in the third when the
Red Sox started the making OF their
second tally. Jack Rothrock got a
single with a bunt to Buddy Myer and
scored when Rhyme skidded two
Dagger down the left field line. Then
Jones went to work in earnest. Rhyme
was unable to get away from second
base in the frame and during the next
four frames he was the only Red Sox
to land on the runway. A wild chuck
by Jones at the outset Of the sixth let
Rhyme reach second base and there he
remained.
Of Russell in the first four rounds
the Nationals got but one hit. 1t was
different in the fifth, though. Then
with one gone, Joe Judge singled and
romped to the counting block, when
Jack Hayes socked triple to the left
All or Uyo
he tried to get home as Benny Tate
rolled the ball to Rhyme, but along
came Jones with mighty slam to
left that was good for three sacks and
the score was tied.
Seventh Fine, Rest Terrible.
washington went ahead in the
seventh. Ossie Bluege got life when
Rhyme fumbled, then watched Judge
and Hayes loft to the Boston right
fielder. Tate, however, singled and
when Rhyme took Jones' grounder de-
cided not to attempt force play at
second and threw to first too late. the
bases were filed. Here West banged a
single to the left garden and two Ma
tionals dented the plate
It was right after this that Jones
lost the location of the plate. He
walked Rothrock and Rhyme, first two
Red Sox up in the eighth. then was
reached Uy RUSSELL OCaTI1bt IOT Single
that tailed Rothrock. Flagstead fol-
lowed with another one-baser and the
game was deadlocked.
Burke was of to poor start In the
Boston ninth when Regain hunted q
single down the third base line. Myer
waited for the ball to roll foul. but it
wouldn't. Reeves couldn't sacrifice and
Bob Barrett whitfield, but Bob Asbjorn-
son singled and gave way to Pinch
runner Bill Narlesky Then Standard
upset the works with his double.
Judge and Sam Rice, who batted in
Hayes place, walked In the Nationals
half and put the fans on edge Stuffy
Stewart, running for Judge, and
SamyoueIl was moved along by Tate's
hunted sacrifice and Pinch-hittef
Spencer Harris sacrificiaI fly let Stuffy
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