Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-27
GOMEZ OF YANKS
IS LATEST VICTIM
Mats Gain 9th Win in 18th
Tilt With SouthpaWs as
Judge, GoSIin CIout.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.


- in the ranks of the Ma
tionals opposing clubs are trying
often to stop them with left-hand
pitching, but thus far have not
been so successful. The record to
date of the clashes between the
Washington club and the portSide
pitching brigade is very much in
favor of the former. Eight VIC
tories over left-handerS have
been scored by the Nationals,
while the left-handerS have been
victorious but five times. Looks as
though some of the Nationals
Southside slasherS rather fancy
the southpaws.
No left-hander has defeated the
Nationals more than once this season.
Southpaws who have checked the Wash
1ngton Club are in order RUDE Walberg
of the AS, Walter Stewart of the
Browns, Elan Hogsett of the Tigers,
Earl Whitehill, another Detroiter, and
the brilliant Robert Moses Grove Of the
world champions.
Two left-handers have been punished
twice each by the washington Club
swingers. Walberg has so suffered and
SO has Vernon Gomez of the Yankees:
Other SouthpawS to feel the sting OF
Washington bats are Tom Zachary, who
took it on the chin shortly before he
went from the YankS to the Braves in
the other big league, Ed Wells of the
New Workers and Dutch Henry and Bob
Weiland of the White Sox.
When a club hits as the Washington
Club has been hitting it rarely makes
any difference which side the pitching
Is from.
A PAIR Of Nationals showed yesterday
IA while their outfit was licking the
Yankees, 10 to z, in the opener Of
four-game series of considerable i'm
portance to each contending club that
left-hand hurler can be well thumped
by left-hand batters. Goose GoSlin and
Joe Judge took such liking to the
offerings of Gomez, Southpaw who
had done much good hurting for the
Yankees that each cracked two homers.
These hits virtually clinched the game
for the Nationals.
The gathering of these homers is re-
garded as something novel in base ball,
In that they were hit successfully in
successive innings. Goshen opened the
fourth frame with his first four baser
and Judge, next up, got his first. With
two out and two on in the fifth Gosltn
hit for the circuit again and Judge
came right along for another four
sacker. Goslin's home runs were his
fourth and fifth of the campaign;
JuCR6S his hflC 6A1 WCAC
mighty drives into the righ-fleld bleach
ers.
Goslin's first was the longest Of the
lot. It carried high into the stand.
From the crack Of the bat Ruth knew
where the ball was going, for he merely
locked to the sky and never moved from
his tracks In right field. The ball was
so well lofted that had 1t been nut In
Grifith Stadium 1t would have cleared
the towering right-field wall, over which
comparatively few hits are made.
4 LII told, the Nationals collected is
IA safeties in beating the Yanks, 9 on
Gomez before he was withdrawn In the
fifth with two out and one on. Henry
johnson, right-hander, who succeeded
Gomez, started unsteadily. He was
reached for hits by the first three bat
tiers to face him. The four other safe
ties OF him were spread over the next
three rounds.
DROWN did most OF the pitching Tor
ID the Nationals, but he was wabbly
from the beginning and after go
ing through seven innings gave way to
Braxton. on Brown the Yanks got
nine hits and two passes, and eight
of the hits and both passes were mixed
in their scoring. The Southpaw backed
a hit with two passes In the first frame.
So Gehrig's double cleared filled sacks
to give the home side q fine start. A
single and two well-pounded sacrifice
HOSTS were followed by Gehrig's triple
to produce another tally IN the third.
Goslin's and Judges homers took
much Of the edge on the YANKEE !eao
big fifth put the Nationals runs to
the good. But Lazzeri's double, Goslin's
wild return Of the hit and GehrigS
sacrifice melted New York a marker
in the sixth and double, triple and
single, hit In succession by johnson,
Combs and Koenig, were good for 2
more runs. Indications were that Brown
was weakening too fast for the protec-
ton Of 3-run advantage, so Braxton
was on the slab when the Yanks came
up for their eighth batting turn.
Garland gave a base on balls TO
Gehrig, first up, but Lou was easily
doubled of first after Goslin made a
The Goose tore across the turf and
leaned over the left-field stand wall to
bag the ball. Gehrig, sure hit had
been made, was off at the crack OF the
bat and had rounded second when
Myer got Goslin's return. Buddy's relay
to Judge reached first far ahead of
Lou. Combs got to Braxton for single
after two were out In the ninth, only
to be forced out by Koenig.
THAT rousing fifth saw the Nationals
l. cross the plate seven times after
two were out. Spencer had opened
the round with single, Brown had
walked, Loepp had sacrificed and a
very questionable decision had gone
against Spencer at the plate when
Gehrig picked up Rice's grounder and
threw TO Bengough before Goslin
whacked his second homer of the day.
Following Judges four -baser, Myer
dragged bunt past Gomez for single
and that brought johnson to the left
handlers relief. Cronin doubled, Bluege
singled and so did Spencer for the
second time in the inning before the
new pitcher could get Brown for the
third out.
TRONIN did some nifty base running
~ to put over the Washington marker
in the seventh. He singled with one
gone and stole second while Bluege was
at bat, sliding in well ahead OF Ben
coughs throw. Joe took a good lead
of second, but when Bluege bounded
to the pitcher he stepped back toward
the middle bag. AS soon as johnson
began his throw to first, however
Crontn reversed and dived into third
under Gehrig's relay. Then the precise
johnson started his customary wind-up
for a pitch to Spencer and Cronin
headed full tilt for the plate. He
crossed with plenty to spare.
EVERY National who stepped to the
IL plate hit safely. West did not
break into the game until the fifth
after the New York pitching change
but he singled in the sixth. Brown got
an infield hit the first time he went to