Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-04
TIGERS WCT|M|zED
BY 7-RUN SESSION
"Poison" WhitehiII Drubbed
as JohnsoniteS Open
Tour of West.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

been a season OF big in
nings for the Nationals
thus far. In more than
one-fourth of their games the
Mats have had rounds in which
they collected from four to seven
runs. Nine times have they
denied the plate four times in an
inning. Four times have they
tailed five in frame They have
had one Six-run session and
three sessions of seven runs each,
the last of these big ones clinch-
ing the opener of their initial in
vasion of the West this year yes
terday in Detroit.
These II big innings have been spread
over a dozen games and have helped
nightly Big rounds have won for
the Nationals in nine of the dozen en-
gagements. Twice, though, when they
Slugged for 4-run round were the
Nationals licked and once they suffered
defeat even though having 5-tally
inning.
The Nationals prize big inning set-to
Of the season was that with the Ath-
letics in Washington on May 16. Then
the world champs were trounced Is to
5, the home side scoring times in the
third inning times In the fifth and
times In the seventh. The lone-run
round was the first. Bill Shores, Ed
Rommel and Roy Mahaffey we're the
victims Of savage attacks in that lurid
tilt.
The Tigers are the second lot to see
the Nationals dent the final base seven
times in an inning. The two other Z
run frames were collected of the
Yankee pitchers.
AuK;dnfa for GpoienuB
THAT big inning yesterday was
l. started with the left-handed Earl
Whitehill, usually poison" for the
Griffs, In the pitchers box, and fin
tshed with young Charley Sullivan, a
recruit, doing the hurting for the
Tigers. Whitehill had not been impress
sive in the first inning. Then he was
nicked for a single and issued two
walks that crowded the bases with only
one out. He managed to get out of this
preo1cament, but he took plenty Of pun
thment in the second session.
Bluege opened the attack with dou-
BILE slashed down the left-field line.
Then Spencer looped the ball toward
short left field, Fothergill, Funk and
Rogen went into a huddle back of
short and let the sphere land safely
among them for a two-bagger. Bluege
mad Rugged second. fearing q catch
however, so he only advanced a base
on the hit. After Liska fouled out,
Loepp drew q pass to fill the sacks
tallies.
Goslin's stroll loaded the cushions for
the second time In the round, then
Loepp counted as Judge was thrown
out. Cronin's larrup for base scored
Rice and Goslin and brought Sullivan
to Whitehills relief. Myer singled
Crontn to third, pilfered second and the
bases were damned for the third time
in the inning when Bluege walked. Here
Spencer got his second hit of the in
ming, single that Tailed Cronin and
Myer. Liska ended the action by swing
ing Justify for third strike.
Six hits, three passes and seven runs
And the game was "in."
AID LISKA opened IRE for the Mats
"A and after an unsteady start he
pitched Wen through the NTH inning
In the opening round, Ad was nicked
for double and two singles besides CIV
ing walk. The Tigers put over a run
with only one out, then left the bases
Allied as the round ended. Nothing
more was cleaned of Liska until the
fifth, when he yielded single. He ap-
peared tired when he came up for the
sixth, though, and pass and two hits
Melted the home side another marker
In the seventh, Ad was about all In and
before Garland Braxton could be sent to
his rescue the Tigers with two two-bag-
gers and q one-baser collected two more
markers.
These seventh-inning hits raised the
Tigers total Of safeties to nine. 1t
mounted no higher for Braxton, who
went to the hill with two out, easily
disposed Of the next seven batters up.
TT was well that the Mats had their
i big inning at the expense of Messrs
whitehill and Sullivan for when
they came up for their third batting
turn they found a rookie pamed Whit
low Wyatt on the hill, and little did
they CLEAN of him. Wyatt, a right
handler, had speed aplenty and fine
control Through five innings Of his
pitching only two Mats reached first
base. Wyatt hit Spencer with one out
in the fifth and was hit for double
by Bluege with two out in the seventh
Vests double and Rice's single got
run of Wyatt in the eighth, but he
braced quickly and stopped everything.
The rookie issued but one pass and
struck out five during his seven innings.
In the seventh both Cronin and Myer
were famed. Neither looked as though
he knew at what he was waving when
making the third strike, so speedy
was Wyatt.
WAITE HoYT, beaten only last week
w by the Nationals when he was
wearing q New York uniform, may
be sent against the Washington outfit
here There is no doubt in Manager
Harris mind that Hoyt has a number
of winning efforts in the right arm
that has been shooting the ball up
to the plate in the American League
for the last IL years, 10 in Yankee
uniform Pointing out that Hoyt is
only 81 years old, Harris SCOTS at the
idea that he Is near the end OF his
career and insists he will be winner
in Detroit.
I'D IMP" HADLEY complains of a
- soreness in his pitching arm, but
it isn't likely to keep hins out
Of action. In fact the soreness is so
slight that Trainer Mike Martin is Of
the opinion two or three brisk work.
outs will relieve the trouble. Bump
went through a deal of exercising
yesterday and was to get another drill
today. He may be sent to the slab
during the series here.
old man Rice keeps on pounding the
~ apple. Stopped by Grove after
hitting safely in % games in q
row, Sam now has a promising new
streak under way. He grabbed three
singles yesterday and ran to 10 his
latest string Of successive games with
hits.
CARDS WANT TO KNOW.
Business Manager Sam DeVaushan