Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-27

Miller turned in his third victory
over the Nationals this year in the
opener of the three-game series
between the Cleveland and Wash
ington clubs at Griffith Stadium
yesterday, and while his work was
not of the finished order he had
revealed in previous triumphS, it
still was good enough to net the
Tribe a 4 to 2 victory.
Miller started his licking of the
Nationals this year at Cleveland on
May 3. Then he set them back with
six hits and no runs. He was in poor
trim when he started against them here
on June IL during the Indians first
invasion of the East, and left the box
in the third inning beaten man. But
he came back in Cleveland on July ID
to hold them to three safeties and
one tally and yesterday he allowed them
but seven hits.
In his trio of wins over the Nationals
Miller has allowed exactly 16 safeties
tionals don't like 10 run into his hurl-
ing!
Miller's Control Fine.
Miller's control yesterday was ex-
cellent. not a National reaching first
base without batting his way there.
And Miller was hit in but four of the
nine innings. Once the Nationals
punched three safetieS to get all their
runs, and late in the fray they clus-
tered as many as two hits. But with
two runners on and only one out Miller
frightened and the next two Nationals
were unable to drive the ball through
the infield.
Sam Jones, with what should have
been plenty of rest after he was driven
from the hill in the game at ST. Louis
last Sunday, tried to stop the Indians,
but the task proved too much for him.
He lasted just one and one-third in
nings, during which time the Tribe COL
lected six safeties and three runs
enough, it turned out, to win the ball
game. With Jones on the slab the
. Indians attacked sharply and decisively.
They didn't do so, however, at the ex-
pense of the hurlers following Jones.
Irving Hadley, after a series of poor
efforts in the relief role, delivered in
good style when he assumed Jones job.
Irving pitched on through the eighth
inning before giving way to pinch
batter, and during his term yielded but
three hits. His only pass was backed
by one of the hits to produce an Indian
marker. Ad Liska hurled against the
Tribe in the ninth, and with him it was
a matter of three up and three down.
Tribe Pounds Jones.
Eddie Morgan opened the Indian at
tack by singing off Jones in the first
inning. Joe Sewell, though, forced out
Eddie, but made first base when Joe
Judge dropped throw from Shortstop
Cronin. Earl Averill picked this as the
best time to jar the right-f1eld wall with
a triple, and Lew Fonseca followed with
a one-baSer to account for the second
run Of the round.
Miller blazed the way to the third run
when he singled with one out in the
second inning. Jones made wild
pitch with Morgan I'D, and Miller
moved from first to third on the chuck,
mainly because Muddy Ruel didn't re-
trieve the ball with any haste. Then
Morgan singled the pitcher over the
counting block. This brought Hadley
to Jones relief.
The next scoring was done by the
Nationals in the fourth inning. Sam
Rice opened the frame with a two
Dagger. and scored when Goose Goslin
doubled Sammy vests one-baser
moved the Goose to third only, but the
second run crossed after Averil1 bagged
Joe Cronin's hoist in deep center.
Score Again in Fifth.
In the fifth frame the Tribe put over
us IaSt run. With one out, AVerill
walked and pulled up at the middle
sack as Fonseca was retired. Bib Falk
got Averill home by singing down the
right-f1eld line.
After their scoring round the Ma
tionals had but one good chance to
tally. 1t came in the eighth, that
Charley Gooch, batting for Hadley, be-
gan with single. After Judge fouled
out, Rice hit for a base. Neither Cos
lin nor Buddy Myer, however, could help
their teammates.