Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-05

time this year. Four games are
Western outfits, with the Browns,
be encountered in the order ment1
The Nationals will leave with
little hope of lettering themselves
in the league race. They are we'll
behind the fifth position now as a
result of the tWo-time beating
they took from the Tigers yeSter-
day, and unless they brace up
suddenly are likely to be we'll sunk
in seventh place before they get
back from their tour.
The White SoX are strong on their
home field, and are certain to fight
desperately for the sixth berth they
now occupy. The Nationals are in no
great danger of dropping into last place
for they had an advantage of eight
games over the cellar Red SoX this
morning. But they must struggle from
now on to finish the campaign better
than seventh.
Griff Hurting Atrocious.
The kind of pitching they showed
yesterday in the double-header With
the Tigers must be dispensed with If
the Nationals would make some head
way on the road. The hurting in the
first game, which went against john
sons band, 10 to 5, was Woefully weak
while that in the second set-to was
atrocious The most pleasing feature
of the pastiming was the reduction of
the nightcap. in which the Nationals
were beaten, Is to 10. to seven innings
by Umpire Red Ormsby. Any more of
such an affair would have been unen-
durable.
In both engagements the Nationals
got away in front. They hoped on the
left-handed Earl Whitehill for brace
of runs in the first inning of the initial
encounter. but Garland BraXton lost his
cunning in the fourth frame and the
Tigers banged him all over the lot for
seven runs. Whitehill went the route
yielding IL safetieS. but BraXton was
withdrawn after the seventh inning
He had been combed for 10 hits. and
the Tigers continued their attack upon
Myles Thomas for enough safeties to
raise their game total to II. the added
blows accounting for more markers.
Each side staged pitchers parade
In the second encounter. The Tigers
sent George Uhle. Emil Yde. Jack
Prudhomme and Owen Carroll to the
HILL as named, while the Nationals en-
ployed Bob Burke, Irving Hadley and
Lloyd Brown. The Nationals had &C
cumulated an eight-run lead before the
Tigers began scoring off Burke in the
fourth inning, had driven Uhle to
cover, and were making Roadway against
Yde. Burke. though, kept getting
wilder and wilder. until in the sixth he
was relieved by Hadley.
Hadley Well Licked.
There followed the poorest exhibition
Of pitching Griffith Stadium has beh' d
In many a day. Bump pitched to seven
batters. Six Of them got on the runway
and the six scored. Three walks and
two hits were made off Hadley before
he turned the task over to Brown. The
third walk charged to Hadlev was COM
pleted by his relief, but Bump had
pitched three wide ones to Phillips be-
fore leaving. The Tigers had four runs
over for the round and the bases filled
when Hadley left. Phillips pass and a
triple by Soluble accounted for four
more and the ball game.
The Nationals outbatted the Tigers,
IS hits to 10. in this hectic set-to. but
were outwalked by the Harris horde.
The Washington hurlerS issued II passes
against 10 the Tiger beavers handed
out. 1t was dreary contest, this, and.
with the poor pitching. consumed more
than two hours and half, even though
1t went only seven innings.
The first game was mainly the Tigers
fourth inning. In 1t they tucked away
the engagement. Alexander launched
the attack in the round with triple
and counted as McManus went out.
Hargrave's walk. HAYES boot of Schu-
ble's grounder and Whitehills hunted
single then filled the bases. johnson
singled two runs across, and after he
was forced out Gehringer'S hit sent
Whitehill home. Up came Heilmann
with two mates on the runway, and he
poled the ball into the open stand back
of left field for his eleventh homer of
the season.
Lead Means Nothing.
The Nationals in the second game
got seven runs off Uhle before he was
yanked in the third inning. and before
this round ended they picked up an
other tally at Yde's expense. With
three passes. a single and misplay by
Hayes, the Tigers made two tallies off
Burke in the fourth and picked up
three more off the same hurler in the
fifth with three hits and two walks.
The home side came right back for
three more in the fifth with singles by
Myer and West and Hayes homer, that
came after two were out. Hayes drive
was a liner to center and became a
home run only because Harry Rice lost
the ball in the sun and never saw 1t
again until 1t had bounded by him.
Then the Tigers stepped out to win.
Phillips began the sixth with a single
and Soluble walked. When Burke
pitched two wide ones to Shea, who had
grabbed Yde's bat, he was derricked
and Hadley sent to the slab. Johnson
singled two runs over. Then pass to
Harry Rice crowded the bases. Geh-
ringer forced out Shea at the plate, but
Heilmann's single tailed johnson and
Rice. Alexander famed. Then pass
to McManus loaded the bases again.
Hadley followed with three wide heaves
to Phillips, up for the second time in
the round, and yielded to Brown. The
newcomer completed the pass, forcing
Gehringer over the plate, and Soluble
socked triple that meant three more
markers.
Soluble tried to make a homer of
his hit but was tagged as he slid in.