Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
DOUBLE WIN SPURS
z lTOP-PLACE GR|FFS
Z Can Remain First With One
Victory Here-Hadley ano
Liska Star on Hill.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


1.-TWO more games here with
the Athletics, four days in
which to play them, thanks
to an open schedule, and
only an even break in the short
Washington set needed to keep
the Nationals in the first place
they gained yesterday in Philadel-
phia by hanging two sinners on
the world champion club. The
Nationals certainly are in the
drivers seat now, instead of be-
tween the shafts to get all the
sting of the AS lash as they did
early last year. Their stirring
5-to-3 and 4-to-0 wins in the
double header in Philly boosted
the Nationals confidence in them
selves no little, too, so the brace
of clashes at Griffith Stadium
should be red hot.
The Washington bunch was hoping
to make it three in row i'll the pres
ent string and seven straight this sea-
son over the AS this afternoon, with
Fred Marberry, ace of the local
mound corps last year. on the firing
line. 1t was to be Marberry's fourth
start of the campaign. For some time
after championship play began Fred was
off form, but his selection as starting
hurler here indicates those in charge of
the Nationals believe him to be right
again.
TN scoring their first win yesterday
i the Nationals did deal of hitting,
collecting Is safeties off two of the
three pitchers Connie Mack sent to the
~ I,or prr1-
enemy, Rube Walberg, lef-hander. for
a dozen hits and four runs in seven
innings. Getting on at Walberg's eX-
pense was easy, but getting around was
something else. for in the first seven
frames IL Nationals were stranded on
the runway.
Loepp was asbig factor in the Wash
ington attack while Walberg was on
the hill George got four hits in as
many times at bat off the southpaw.
and drove over two runs. Cronin got
three hits and counted twice, while
Hadley banged two singles and pushed
across the first run of the game.
Of old Jack Quinn, who pitched the
eighth inning, Rice tripled and tailed
as q wild pitch sped by Cochrane
Lee Roy Mahaffey pitched the ninth
and gave nothing more than base
on balls.
WEST. Goslin and Judge collabo-
w rated to get the runs off George
Earnshaw in the second game. The
Nationals cleaned, six hits off the
rieht-hander and this trio got f1ve.
During the first five rounds, but two
Nationals reached first base, but with
one gone in the sixth West doubled
moved up as Rice went out and scored
when Gosln hit for two bases The
Ialjvorpd in the
eighth by Judge in the form of a
homer over the right field wall. Two
were out when the big hit came. but
West had walked and Goslin had sin
gled. so it meant three tallies. Earn
shaw then walked two batters and
turned the game over to the knuckle-
balling Rommel The relief stopped
everything.
DUMP HADLEY showed plenty OF
ID courage in getting the first game.
for his support was wobbly in the last
few innings. Three times the tnteld got
him into trouble. but only once did ne
faIter. That was in the Eighth inning
when a wild throw by Cronin left run
ners on third and second bases with
only one out instead OF runner on
frst with two gone that would rave
been the situation had Joe chucked ac-
curately TO Bluege.
Cochrane had started the round with
a two-bagger. but Simmons fouled out
and it looked as though Cochrane was
gone when Foxx grounded to Cronin.
With plenty of time to spare, though,
Joes heave went awry and Mickey Sic
into the far corner, while Foxx. made
second on the error. Mickey was hurt
by the slide so McNary, rookie, lock
his place on the runway, McNary
-,-s@l
Another single by Dykes and the forcing
out of Jimmy by Boley let Miller get
around Then Keesey, another rookie,
picked up Quinn's bat and whitfield.
Prior to the eighth the AS got six
hits off Hadley, clustering two in the
third and two in the sixth. Dykes and
Boley singled in succession at the out
set of the third. but when Walberg en-
deavored to sacrifice a double play en-
sued Hadley got Rube's pop with his
bare hand and whipped the ball to
Cronin to double Dykes off the middle
sack Had Cronin been bit more &C.
curate with relay to Judge there
would have been triple play, but the
shortstop threw the ball against Boleys
back and the runner easily regained
first.
With two gone in the sixth the AS
filled the bases with two singles and
base on balls sandwiched between. The
second single was quite scratchy how
ever. It was grounder by Foxx that
Cronin picked up, but with Bluege d.
rectly in front of him Joe was unable TO
make good throw to first that would
have ended the inning then and there.
It didn't hurt, for Cronin followed with
O throW-out of Miller.
Two were out in the ninth when the
infield again got Hadley in trouble.
-3ump walked Schang. who batted for
Perkins, but it looked as though the
game was over when Simmons put up
a mighty fly above the infield.
Spencer, Bluege and Cronin roamed
under it, with Bluege nearest to where
1t was falling. Ossie. though. waited for
one of the others TO step in and the
sphere landed safely. giving Simmons a
single and moving Schang to the far
corner Then Foxx obligingly put up
one for Goslin.
IN the second game Ad Liska gave his
l. finest exhibition of pitching since
donning a Washington uniform. Blank
ing the AS with three hits is great
piece Of work. Only IL times did Macks
dent the runway. In addition 10 the
three hits Liska yielded five passes and
three times an Athletic player got on
by forcing out mate.
Two of the three hits of LiSka came
after two were out Miller's single In
the second was one of these. 1t was
followed by Dykes walk, but McNair
forced out Miller. Schapg's triple
against the right-field wall in the