Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-07
FACTOR IN MAKING
2ORUNSAT HOME.
Veterans Hits Tell in 27 Per
! Cent of Scoring in the
Last IL Games.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

BY JOHN B. KELLER.
TOE JUDGE has been around
the Washington Base Ball
Club for years and as base
~ ball is regarded strictly a
young mans game it may reason
ably be argued that the time is at
hand for Joe to show signs of
wear and tear. He'll be SO years
old the twenty-fifth day of this
month and he's been in big-time
base ball for Is years. Time seems
to mean nothing to Judge, though.
He's still rated one of the finest
fielding first sackerS in the bust
ness and the way he is banging
the ball now he must be rated
among the high-claSS hitterS.
Like his team mate, old Sam Rice,
Judge is one of the marvelS of the
game.
During the current home stand Judge
has been remarkably helpful 10 the Ma
tionals. Not only has he performed in
sparkling manner around the initial
station, but he also has been the big
punch of the club. He has hit hard
dIlQ OltClI anu W1idO lAllPOA loAAV
his hits generally have come at times
when men on the runway were awaiting
an aiding wallop.
In the dozen games in the home stand,
Judge has batted for .489. That's
handsome record. Twenty-Five hits
have leaped from his bat. In only two
games has he failed to drive the ball
to safety. And in but two of his 10
hitting games has he failed to get more
than one safety.
Just how valuable Joe's bat has been
to the Nationals in the dozen engage
ments is seen in the statistics having to
do with the scoring of runs and driv-
Ing them across Judge has crossed the
plate eight times in the II games. His
hitting has been responsible for the
counting of Is tallies. Once Judge
lifted homer over the right-fleld wall,
so not counting that twice he has been
q factor in the registering OF 70 runs In
the dozen encounters.
During this home stand the Nationals
have amassed 70 runs Judges hitting
has been a big help in the making OF
81 per cent of the 70 runs. Has ad-
vancing age hurt Joe noticeably? Easily
answered. No.
Nov that his leg injury has healed,
IN Harley Boss, young first sacker re-
turned to the washington club by
Chattanooga, may come in handy as
pinch-batter. In recent stick drills
Harley has revealed lot OF power at
the plate. His drives have been good
solid ones. He looked good at bat
whenever he performed for the Ma
tionals last year and now may be
ready to step in when an emergency
comes up.
Boss is a nifty first sacker, too, but
with Judge going along SO well 1t does
not seem likely the Louisiana boy VIII
have much of chance to crash the
Washington lineup except in pinches.
CTILL in third place, despite that
- 5-to-4 win over the Tigers yester-
day that broke a three-game losing
streak. the Nationals couldn't climb be-
cause the Athletics and Indians, dead
locked in first place, scored victories:
IT'S good to keep right at the leaders
heels. however. The Washington clun
is but half game away from the top
of the American League.
TT was a battle, that second game OF
1 the series with the Harris horde. The
Nationals staked themselves to what
seemed a fine lead in the opening in
ming, but in three innings the Tigers
had matched the Washington total. Tne
home side managed to shatter the Tie
in the fifth and added another to its
count in the eighth. 1t was well that
eighth inning run was hung up Tor the
! Tigers still packed enough punch TO
cross the plate once in the ninth and
went down battling furiously.
HERED MARBERRY and Victor Sorrell
W were the starting pitchers. Both
found the road rocky. Sorrell be-
aRan as though he would be lifted before
fthe first inning ended, but after that
stormy time he gave the Nationals
plenty of trouble. Marberry was ham
mered fiercely for three innings after
the first, then frightened for while.
THE Tigers began pecking at him again
In the seventh. though, and when he
yielded hit to Dale Alexander, first
up in the eighth, johnson derricked
the big Texan and rushed Garland
Braxton to the slab. BraXton deity
Quelled the Tiger rush in his first round,
but they brushed him for a marker in
the final session.
The Nationals were outhit, IL safeties
10 TO- Nine of the Tiger hits were of
Marberry's pitching
A DOUBLE by West and singles by
IA Rice, Goslin. Myer and Judge &C
an the opening inning, but the Tigers
with Alexander's single and Fothergills
triple picked up tally in the second,
and in the third got enough from Funk's
single and doubles by Gehringer and
McManus to knot the count.
Goslin and Myer elaborated in the
nth to break the deadlock. Two were
out when the Goose bounced double
of the right field wall and he crossed
when Myer singled pass to Myer
at the outset of the eighth inning paved
the way to the last home marker.
Cronin's infield erasure and Judges
single got Buddy around.
Then the Tigers came back. Rensa,
recruit catcher, opened their ninth by
driving the ball to left field and it
bounded high over Goslin's head to roll
to the base of the open stand for a
triple. Harry Rice. he of the sore heel,
grabbed Sorrell's bat and poked the
ball to left. Goslin made q game effort
to catch the sphere. but it got away
from him for single and Rensa scored.
Funk tried to advance Hayworth,
running for Harry Rice, with sacrifice,
but only popped foul to Ruel. Then
L,Gehringer took good cut at the ball
sand shot wicked grounder directly to
Judge, whose throw forced out Hay
worth. The losing string was COM
spletely snapped when Sam Rice got
under the ever dangerous McManus'
hoist.
CEVENTEEN consecutive games with
~ hits for Sam Rice TIE old timer
is one tough bird to stop. He got
his lone one yesterday in the first
inning. It was a single to center.
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