Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-21
FURTHER SHAKEUP
OF GR|FFS IN SIGHT
HadIey, Jones and Marberry
Go After Even Break
With LoWIy Browns.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

BY JOHN Il. KELLER.
OF. LOUIS, July Plump
Hadley, Sam Jones and Fred
~ Marberry. Now Manager
Walter johnson looks TO this
trio to get his Nationals at least
two victories out of the three
games remaining to be played
here with the Browns. Following
yesterdays 8-to-6 defeat in the
opener of the four game series,
the Washington manager regards
the plight of his club as desperate
and will be well satisfied If it
manages to get an even break
with this weak outfit, that is the
only one of the American League
holding an advantage over the
Nationals this season.
Since leaving home the Nationals
have played better than 500 base ball.
They have won nine of II games:
But johnson sees no help in that. All
he sees is the poor record the club
has for its second invasion OF the
West this year. So far in this tour
through the Western sector the Ma
tionals have bagged only five of
dozen engagements That's not enough
for a club that has its eye on the PEN
nant, Johnson holds.
The West has been the bane of the
Nationals existence this year. In
June. during the first invasion OF the
sector, the washington club took but
five of dozen games played. NOW
Should ii win all games remaining dur
ing the trip. including today's it would
return home with only II wins against
seven defeats for the round of the
West. And that would be winning at
too low percentage for a title
prospect
johnson expected much more of his
club when 1t came West this time than
st has accomplished and if favorsb BILE
results are not achieved soon the Ma
tionals will undergo more Of shake
up than took place last week, when
Joe Judge and Buddy Myer were lifted
from the lineup.
THIS st. Louis club undoubtedly is
i about the poorest in the circuit. Its
defense is nothing to brag about,
its has uncertain pitching and it is the
weakest hitting aggregation in the
league. Yet it seems able to step out
and trounce the Nationals almost
whenever it pleases. 1t was matched
hit for hit yesterday in the opener OF
the series. Each club smote Is safetles
and the Nationals managed to make
theirs good for 20 bases, while the
Browns hits totaled one less. And the
Browns got only two passes, just one
more than came the Nationals way,
while each club committed two err
rors But after the third inning 1t was
entirely the Browns game. AS ball
club the Browns are inferior to the
Nationals. AS a fighting outfit the
Browns seem to be much better than
the Nationals whenever they clash.
Al CROWDER faced his former
"A teammates on the hill yesterday
and this pitcher who had won six
games and lost but two since trans
ferring from ST. Louis TO Washington
seemed to have nothing of the cunning
that had carried him to such record.
He pitched rather careleSsly to most
every batter that faced him, according
to results. The better hitters of the
Browns did little to him. But those
pitchers OF the circuit s0cRed him
plenty. Crowder continually got into
trouble with the lower end OF the bat
ting order with wild slabbing and when
ever circumstances forced him to go
through with his pitch the man at
the plate gave the ball good sock.
an the other hand George Blaze
" holder gave the Washington bat
tiers little good to swing against
when hits meant runs. Not until the
ninth inning, when he seemingly had
the game we'll in hand, did Blaeholder
ease in his work Then he was nicked
for homers by Joe Judge, who picked up
Crowder's bat and Art Shires. Each
homer was drive over the right-field
stand But the Browns were too far
ahead for George to be worried by
these round-trippers.
A RUN was picked up by the Ma
IA tionals in the first frame, Vests
single, Rice's and Shires' infleld
retirements and Hale's tumble of
Cronin's Rrounder accounting for the
score. But Crowder let the Browns
match this Immediately when he yield
ed the weak-hitting McNeely triple
and the indifferent batting Hale sin
gle.
A single by West with one out and
ehires' single and Cronin's double after
two were out Melted the Nationals two
runs in the third, then the Browns
stepped out to cop
Ferrell's clean single, Schulte's walk
and Melillo's one-baser quickly put
across a run in the Browns fourth.
Badgro got an infield single that regis
tered the tying tally, then the bunting
Blaeholder forced out Melillo at the far
corner McNeely. though, singled Bad
gro home, and Blaeholder counted as
Hale went out. The Browns were two
up.
They made it five up in the seventh,
and after two were out too. Kress sin
rled with one down and Schultz with
two down Then Meillo doubled and
Badgro tripled to account for three
runs.
WITH BlsehoIdei pitching in superb
w manner sitter the third round it
looked as though that four-run
fourth of the Browns was enough to
salt the game for the home side, but
H. proved that the Browns seventh was
the decisive inning.
The Nationals showed over three
markers in their ninth batting turn
Spencer walked as starter, then Judge
grabbed Crowders fail and hit homer
West and Rice were easy outs but
Shires also cracked a homer. Then
Goslin's one-hand catch of Cronns
hoist in deep left ended the fray.
~OSLIN is playing corking good
~ game for the Browns since his
appendix was found to be O. x.
All the johnson family came up from
Coffeyville to see Walters club In ac-
ton West had his trouble fielding
Founders off the grandstand wall back
of center He was run ragged. .Myer
got three hits in four times, but de-
cision against him at third by Umpire
Connolly kept him from really helping
the Washington cause. Buddy smsleu
10 right at the start of the fourth con-
tinued to second when Badgro fum-
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