Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
CLUB FALLS DOWN
AT PLATE IN WEST
Liska's Excellent FIinging
Against Indians Wasted
When StickerS Fail.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

)LEVELAND, June 9.-Recov-
ering their balance seems
~ to be difficult for the Ma
tionalS. For some time
they were getting fine pitching
and were hitting we'll Then their
pitching fell off, but their hitting
held up Now that the pitching
promises to be somewhat better
if Ad LiSka'S creditable showing
against the Indians here yeSter-
day means anything-the Nation
ais hitting, which has been below
par several days, keeps Slumping.
Until the Mats resume batting as
they are capable of batting, bag
ging a good share of victories out
in this Western sector of the cir
cult isn't going to be done.
In their four games to date in the
West the Mats have clouted at only a
.2S0-rate. That's II points below their
batting average for the season, and
such a mark cannot be expected TO &C
cumulate wins
On the trip only Stwo regulars have
dubbed above the .300-mark. They are
Sam Rice and Buddy Myer. Rice, who
has played in all four games, has hit
for the sterling average of All. Myer,
out of one game because of a pain in
the tummy has batted for fine AIT.
Joe Cronin and Roy Spencer. each
in four games, show ratings of .294.
Ossie Bluege has hit for .286 and Joe
Judge for .267.
The alternating center fielders Sam
West and George Loepp. have hit for
marks of $50 each. Sam has been in
two entire games and parts of two
games. George has been at bat only
four times in two games.
Jack Hayes, who was at second base
when Myer idled got one single for a
rating of 200, but it was a telling
tenth-inning blow that broke a tie
Goose Goslin has found the Western
pitching quite difficult to solve, getting
only two hits in four games for an
average of .143.
The pitchers and those who have
batted for them in pinches in the
Western fitting have collective aver
age OF .125. This comes from two hits
that leaped from the bat of Fred Mar
berry. =
Some of the battcrs other than Rice
and Myer must pick up if the Mats are
to hang around the top of the league.
IN the four games out this way, the
i Mats have scored % runs, an average
of SIS runs per game. That's also
GNAO" IAlCAA SoIiAS SAOA Al6 dfC1d5C 4Ol
the season.
Rice is the only big hitter who has
figured prominently in scoring and the
driving across of tallies. In the four
games he crossed the plate three times
and also batted in three markers.
Cronin led at batting runs over with
seven and he tied with Goslin for
crossing the most times, four Spencer
drove across four runs and West, Cos
lin qY1d .TIlHua fTn A2nh HQVag and
Marberry drove over a tally each.
Myer, despite his fine hitting in the
four engagements, scored but once and
failed to send a teammate over the
counting block. Buddy happsned to do
most of his hitting when there was no
body to be helped and nobody to help
him.
MORE changes in pitching plans for
w the Cleveland series in which two
games remain. counting today's. Fred
Marberry and Sam Jones now are slated
for the set here, with Bump Hadley held
out
Now the most that Hadley can do in
the West is start in two contests, one
at Chicago and the other at st. Louis.
It seems that Bumps arm, which was
supposed to have been somewhat sore
when the club first struck Detroit last
Monday, is okay once more, but the
announcement has been made that
there'll be no work for Bump in Cleve-
land. Why this is no one connected
with the Mats gives reasonable answer.
TT was tough licking Liska took yes
i terday in the postponed opener Of
the Cleveland series. First of the Mats
pitchers to go full route since May 81,
Ad hurled good ball and deserved a
much better fate than the 3-to-2 beat
ing by the Indians.
He yielded the Tribe, league leader
with the bat, just nine hits, He also
issued five passes. yet only one pass
figured in the home scoring and that
was issued Intentionally. Three times
each time a run resulted, but had the
Mats backed such pitching as Liska put
forth with any stalwart stickwork he
might easily have been returned victor.
Only seven hits were made of the
delivery of Wesley Terrell, though.
These were spread over six rounds
Terrell issued four passes and two of
these, given to Liska and West in the
third round, were backed by Goslin's
double down the right field line to
make a run. Judges single, Myers
walk and Cronin's two-bagger accounted
for the other Nat tally in the sixth.
AEORGAN'S two-bagger and Joe Sew
w ellis single got tally off Liska
at the jump-off, then Ad held
the Tribe at bay until the seventh when
they put across a tying tally. With
one out Luke Sewell singled and went
to third when Burnett. who grabbed
Lind's bat, doubled. The Nat infield
instead of coming in for a chance TO
cut of a run played deeply and as Fer
= H.