Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25
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Little Chance to Overhaul
Champs-Triple by West
Tells in 7-3 Win.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

other than the Nationals
and the Yankees could not
have given the Athletics more of
a fight this year. Had that hap
pened this would be merry race
for the American League cham
pionship. OF course, it Is not over
vet, but with the Athletics leading
by 7h games and only 26 games
to 60 to the finish after the
pastiming today they are not like
ly to be overhauled.
The Nationals have battled to an
even break with the world champions
this year. The Yanks have done almost
as well. But no other club has given
Connie Macks' outfit much of a tuSsle
outside of the struggle with Washing
ton and New York it has been parade
for the AS. -
Johnson's band has bumped the Ath-
letics almost as hard in Shibe Park as
in Griffith Stadium. The Nationals won
five of the nine games played with the
AS in Washington. Here they nave
scored four victories in nine starts.
This two-game set that was to open
TODAY. therefore, offered the Nationals
an opportunity to make sure OF an even
break at least with the world champs
this year.
THESE Macks were not such a
i humping lot in yesterdays past
timing in Washington. Although
they collected 10 hits on ALVIN crow,
der, few were solid slams OF the KIND
the AS have been gathering of other
hurlers recently. Crowder troubled them
all the way in the 7-to-3 beating the
world champions took.
The AS were in front but once, and
that lead was quickly erased by the
Nationals with Swimming splurge, in
which George Walberg was raked for
four runs. Left-handed pitching GER
tainly did not check the Nationals this
time.
IN all, the Nationals combed Walberg
i for IA hits, everybody in the line
up excepting Sam Rice and Crowder
hitting, and OF the attacking lot Buddy
Myer was the only one held to lone
bingle The only Washington extra
base hits were made by Joe Cronin and
Sam West. Cronin's was double and
was wasted. Vests was triple and
1t knocked over a pair of runs, which,
as the game turned out, made the Ma
tionals' total as sizeable as necessary.
EIRST scoring was done by the
J. Nationals. Cronin opened the
second session with single and
Judge followed with a base-hit. AS
Summa in right for the AS booted the
blow Cronin continued to third from
where he counted after Simmons
gathered Bluege's hoist.
In the fourth frame the AS matched
this run. Simmons single, Foxx's walk
and Miller's one-baSer turned the trick.
The sixth saw the AS go ahead. singles
by Cochrane and Foxx and MIXERS
sacrifice fly accounting for tally.
Then the Nationals really opened up
against Walberg. With Rice out OF the
way at the start of the sixth, Manush
singled and Cronin was hit on the foot
by pitched ball. Judges single drove
over the tying tally, sent Cronln 10
third and Judge was able to reacn
second OH the the throw home. west
then made his triple, fine wallop that
sent the ball against the scoreboard.
Bluege'S one-baSer tailed Sam.
Cochranes double and Simmons
single in the eighth inning gave the
AS a third run but the Nationals pro-
ceeded to rake Walberg for two more;
Successive singles by West, Bluege ana
Spencer put one run over and Myers
single put over the other.
IVAN GRAHAM and MCGOWAN
v showed up to umpire yesterdays
game MSI aPPCoi oANO -
Washington for MCGOWAN since July
first for Van Grafian since May
IS many of the $4,000 fans would
have preferred the absence of MCGOWAN
when he booted one in the eighth
inning Simmons plainly interfered
with Cronin as the shortstop was about
to throw to complete a double-play
All went into second standing up and
raised his left arm in front OF Cronin
when right on top of the fielder :.
MCGOWAN would not allow interference
claim was roundly booed and some
pop bottles were tossed from the stanos
simmons. to he was pop-bottled
when he went back to left field in the
eighth Nationals not to show IN
washington again until Thursday when
they will face the Yankees in Grimth
Stadium.