Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-04
JUDGE WILL PLAY
AT FIRST IN T|LTS
Veteran Is Ordered Back
to Game-PIayers Attend
Mrs. Johnson Rites.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

for the Nationals. In a
body they attended the
funeral of the late wife OF
Walter Johnson, their manager
and friend. Walters loss is their
loss. too. To the veterans of the
club especially the passing OF
Mrs. Johnson is indeed ploW.
The clubs welfare always was her
interest, and she ever was a great
follower of its fortunes.
Tomorrow the Nationals must turn
again to worldly affairs. They will re-
sumo their battling in defense OF sec
ond place and perforce Will nave 20
use against the Yankees in the double
header in New York pair Of pitchers
of not such certain quality. irving
HadIey, who now complains OF sore
arm and in a relief role last SATURDAY
hurled as though the wing was Iat!,eL
vabbly. and Lloyd Brown, lett hanoer
EMPLOYED more as a reScuer than
starter. are to begin the games. Botn
have done well against the Yanks TINS
wear. however, and Acting Manager Joe
Judge believes they may repeat.
The veteran who has stepped INTO
Manager JohnSon'S shoes temporarily
will resume his post at flrSt nase III Inc
twin bill with the Yanks and also play
against the league leading Athletics IN
PhiladeIphia Wednesday and Thursday.
Although Joe Kuhel, recent importa-
ton from Kansas City, performed I'M
pressively around the initial sack
against the Red SoX yesterday, Judge
has intinated it is the desire OF hlgner
officials of the club that he go back TO
the post.
TT seems that Fred Marberry, pitch
ing ace of the Nationals, may be out
of action for some time. Sliding
into a base in the second game OF the
New York double header Saturday,
Marberry sprained his right wrist. Little
was thought of the injury at the time,
even though it forced MarberryiS re-
tirement from the fray, but today the
wrist was badly swollen and Trainer
Mike Martin fears the big hurler will
have to nurse the injury carefully for
a week at least.
TN their Sunday double-header with
i the Red Sox here the Nationals failed
to click as they did last week emo
when taking two from the Yankees IN
New York. The best they could do
Yesterday was break even. The Spnt
gave them half-game pickup on the
league leading Athletics, but 1t also lost
them half a game to the Yanks, VINO
are right at their heels in third place.
The Nationals started against the
Boston bunch as they had left on IN
the Yankee clashes. They Socked the
ball soundly and romped to a l4-to-z
victory in the initial Sunday, matcn.
Then their hitting eyes dimmed and In
the second engagement they took q
7-to-1 beating.
AL CROwDER and Milt CASTOR, the
"A latter with the Nationals not so
many seasons back, set out 10 90
3reA
Al lasted. He let the Red Sox nave
nothing more than one pass and f1ve
hits and finished as well as ne MAD
begun. The hits were spread over four
rounds, the Red Sox counting IN the
one round in which they got two
safeties. These were triples ~ Earl
Webb and Bob Reeves, both formerly
on the washington pay ron. H WeDos
started the seventh inning and Reeves
came after Cedric burst had famed Tor
the initial out. Phil Todt's infield
erasure let Bob count.
CASTOR got away, with the first two
innings, but in the third the Nationals
bagged five runs. The runs were made
with two passes, three hlts-one
double by Sam West that put over two
tallies-a wild chuck by Todt and
sacrifice fly from Ossie Blueges bat.
double by Roy Spencer later in the
inning was wasted. In the fourth, three
more hits were good for two runs ana
CASTOR called it a day.
He had yielded nine safeties and
Frank Bushey who followed Milt Tor
four rounds gave up five hits to make
the Nationals total IA. Three OF the
hits off Bushey mixed with a pass and
q wild pitch in the sixth accounted Tor
four runs.
TACK RUSSELL had the Nationals at
his mercy in the second encounter.
He allowed them but five hits and
two passes, and not until the Red Sox
had put across seven TALES did ne
Weld q score That was in the seventh,
when Joe Cronin's triple and Joe
Kuhel's single meant the run. Bluege
also hit in this round, but was caught
with Art Shires in side-retiring dou-
ble-play.
Russell figured in the Boston often
sive, too, for in the seventh the poled the
ball into the left field sun parlor for
homer, hitting Bob Burkes first pitch
Of the inning. Burke had succeeded
the starter, Ad Liska, after Ad had
walked the first two batters up in the
fourth. Ad was poor from the begin
ming. He passed the first nan up in
the first inning and two angles fol-
lowed to give the Red SoX a tWo-run
lead Another pass and double were
mixed in the making of Boston
marker in the second.
Todt, first to face Burke in the
fourth, dropped fly in left a little too
far in for the crippled Manush TO
reach. The loft was good for a double
to score one of the men Liska had
walked, then Ed Connolly hit a real
double to right and two more of the
Red Sox crossed.
The Boston bunch got one hit off
Burke in the eighth to make its total
for the game eight, few for the runs
It got Harry Child hurled the ninth
against it and set back three in order.
NTANUSH had a perfect time at bat
w in the first game, slanming three
singles and double and walking
once each hit was made on the
first pitch to him i. Kuhel played
at first in both games and flelded i'm
pressively the rookie initial sack
er also helped himself to two safeties
in the first tilt and one in the sec
ond he was quite impressive at
the plate Powell and Mcleod
broke into the first game Powell
looked good in handling his two
chances in right Mcleod had nothing
TO do at third. Rabbit Warstler, new
shortstop the Red SoX got from Indian
apolis, had TO wait until the eighth
inning for his only chance in the first
TIE place handling cleanly a dozen
chances. many were difficult tries, but
ne never slipped. "a nifty looking
shortfielder. Bluege ended the Boston
attack in the second game with a
f1ashy one-hand grab of Warstler's
liner.