Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-31


much in the game again.
"A GAIN in the thirteenth the Macks
n showed that no books can DC
closed until a third retirement
occurs with the bases filled ana Two
<yone Eric McNair, rookie InlIelu .a
looted the sphere toward ieIg Ceh t1it
ard the game was over. McNan ,,So, ,
s,nder ordinary circumstances wouIu
Rave been good for two bases at least.
with the sacks crowded ana the AZ
Needing but one run, 1t became auVo-
naatically one baser. ,,,o,,lS
P,Tt for his wildness AID Liska would
have scored a second win OF Ine sea-
son over the AS. Before summons
sn1ote his homer AID had yieloeo puI
four safeties and only TWO Oh t It'll
mskinp' one was FoXx's two Dagger III
fhe first frame and the other Cocn-
rane's homer over the right nelo wall
in the third. But two passes nao pre-.
caded Foxxss smash, and while one OF
fhe walkers had been forced out there
stilI were two on to be helped by
.Jinmy's hit that came with Two GOWN.
Cochrane's homer opened the thlru.
All told. Liska issued seven passes
20 was fortunate to escape PUNISH
nrnt I'm the eighth when after dispos-
jr,g of the first two batters he got put
cna of II successive pitches over the
,,Ia+e He couldn't get the ball over
Ia Miller and Dykes and hurled three
wide ones to Cramer before pltcnng
a strike. Then Cramer grounoeo 70
Cronin TO get Liska out OF the olrnculty;
Had Ruel made a break LOT a 40ul
looted directly behind the plate by
pincI1- halter Harris at the outset of the
ninth Iiska might have triumphed. AS
1t was. Muddy never moved from MS
catching position, the fouled ball land
ed several yards in front OF the stand,
and Harris went on to second. Retne-
Inent of the next two batters pusneo
Harris to third, but still LiSka might
have escaped punishment had he dis
PLAYED any control in pitching to VIII
liams. who batted for Perkins. instead
four of Ads five throws to the pinch
batter were wild, and thus the stage
was set for Simmons, who had failed TO
connect safely in four previous trips 10
the plate, to do his stuff. He did.
TIRED MARBERRY, who assumed the
it mound burden after FoxX'S two
Dagger following Simmons homer
had driven Liska from the game, gave
only fair exhibition of relief work,
and his support was not of the best.
In the eleventh. with Simmons on as a
result of a single after Quinn had
famed, Foxx's roller by Cronin that
was scored as single, sending Simmons
to third, might just as we'll have been
charged as a boot by the Washington
sflortstop. The ball rolled over Cronin's
hands to short left. when he had an
easy chance TO end the round with a
double play.
But Fred got out of trouble by pur-
posely passing Miller. foiling the AS
when they tried a squeeze play and
finally tanning Dykes to bring young
McNair TO the plate. Before Dykes
famed the second retirement should
have been registered, for a pitchout
trapped Simmons of third, but Ruel in
an attempted rundown threw wildly by
Bluege and let Simmons get back to the
far corner
McNair lined to West to end this
stirring round, but similar strategy en-
ployed when Miller was up in the thir-
tenth failed TO work. With one out
Simmons doubled, and pulled up al
third when Foxx got an inf1eld hit
Again Miller was purposely passed. and
again Dykes whitfield, but young Nc
Nair came along to whack the big hit
to left-center. A tough one to lose.
"A GAINsT Bob Grove, who had SCI
"A them down so deftly in Washing.
ton nearly two weeks before, the Ma.
tionals looked good. They collected
nine hits off him in nine rounds. A pas,
and two singles, all coming after two
were out, netted them a marker in tbs
second, and in the sixth they hoped
on the left-hander for three singles, a
triple and pass for four runs anc
what seemed comfortable lead unit
Simmons got in his mean stuff in the
ninth.
It was the lower end of the Wash.
1ngton batting order that knocked
Grove around the lot, Ruel singled ovel
the first tally and IL was Muddu,s trinll