Evening star., 1930-06-25
.LISKA DUE TO FACE
BENGALS AT START
Harris Club One of Season
FaiIures-Nats Capture
Rain-HaIted Game.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

season, JQ6 D6IIOlJ CIuD
will be with us the mex
three days. Right at the heels
of the Indians, who were to vino
up their four-game set this after
noon, the Tigers will lumber into
Griffith Stadium for a three
game set. Before the champion
ship campaign got under way the
Tigers with supposedly improved
defense were rated as strong first
division ContenderS. They hac
potential hitting strength and
their pitching was figured good
But these calculations were all
wrong and now Bucky Harris club
IS way out of the picture.
Nevertheless, the Tigers have given
the Nationals a pretty good battle tC
date. They have tackled the Johnson
band seven times and won three times.
That's too close for comfort the way
the Nationals look at it. When the
Tigers visited here in May they took
the first and third games of a series
of four. When the Nationals started
their first invasion of the West this
year they licked the Tigers twice in
succession then took a loss. The third
game went to the Detroit club and rain
prevented fourth meeting.
Manager johnson plans to send Ad
Liska, who has been pitching pretty
good ball for some time, against the
Tigers tomorrow in the opener of the
series. Liska had two teeth yanked
yesterday, but the operation did not
upset him to any great extent and he
should be in condition to face the long
hitting Detroiters. If Ads control is
good he should give the Tigers plenty
of trouble
The Tigers. despite their showing
against the Nationals, have been travel
ing rocky road. This morning
they were in fifth place with slender
margin over the siXth-place Browns and
we'll out of the first division They we're
eight games below the 500 mark. which
Is tough spot at this stage of the sea-
son. 1t has been rumored for some
time that Detroit fans are after Bucky
Harris scalp and that the Detroit own
ership already is contemplating a
change of management at the end of
the season.
But when a club is losing these
rumors always crop out. Harris very
likely is doing the best anyone could
with the material at hand.
y AIN stepped in to end hostilities
N yesterday between the Nationals
ana I1G1aI1S De1OTe the SeCOIlQ nan OI
the sixth inning wss completed and
threw the result back to the fifth. But
It perhaps saved the Tribe from worse
licking, for the Nationals already had
the game tucked away, to 0, and with
Bump Hadley pitching as he had, it
seemed Manager Peckinpaugh's charges
had little chance to overhaul the home
side
The rain did help the Nationals boost
fhair c4aV,diTaU ft0tfOh y5l1fla thew still
are in second place they are nearer the
leading Athletics end more ahead of the
Yankees, who had their games washed
out. Now the Washington club is just
? two games behind the pace settlers and
a full game ahead of the New Workers.
Sometimes inclement weather is boost
to the, Nationals.
r OOKS as though Bump Hadley Is
IL about ready to step out and be the
pitcher those who have declared
he should be. In three of his last four
starts the chunky Lynn boy has hurled
some very fine base ball. Go back to
the game in Chicago, on June II. Then
Bump held the White Sox to two hits
and no runs for seven innings. He was
nicked for two more hits and tally
in the eight, and yanked, but only be-
cause the Nationals had been able to
CD41EEb bQs OIlC lull ONCt a SAIAl4ai
stretch. Against the Browns, several
days later, Bump couldn't get his bear
ings and was lifted from the slab early,
but he had not been damaged much and
the Nationals went on to win the game.
Last Friday against the White SoX he
pitched a great game. He yielded but
seven hits and two runs, but it was one
Of those days in which the Nationals
were not hitting and he was beaten by
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only 2 to l these days he is pitching a
ball game.
4 GAINST the Tribe yesterday Had
"A ley was in fine fettle. Although
he gave up five hits in the first
five frames, which were legally charged
against him. he was never at loss in
pinches. The first hit was double by
Clint Brown in the third inning after
two were out and Clint never left Sec
ond base. Dick Porter opened the fourth
with a single and stuck at first until
he was sent to third by Earl Averill's
single after two we're out. Then Charley
Jameson lofted to Sam West. eileen
Myatt singled with one gone in the fifth
and moved only to second when Florida
Burnett singled with two out. This time
Porter was easy, for he rolled to Joe
Cronin.
1nOSG bl&bn-lDnLlR Mus, WHICH Jtlt
Indians cannot put into their records
we're not so hot. One was out wher
Johnny Hoddap managed to push g
single past Bluege. Averill then got
a trick single in right and Jameson
filed the bases by dropping the ball ir
the same field while Harris, Myer anC
Shires were waiting for an another
to make a catch This did not annoy
Bump at all. He pitched calmly Il
the next two batters, and Joe Sewell
after watching three wide ones frs
go past, which Hadley was trying t
get good, but not too good, and ther
taking two strikes, lofted to Cronin
Myatt gave the ball a solid wallop anC
lined it toward right, but Dave Harri
backed against the fence and leapeC
high for a one-hand catch to stop pro
ceedings.
TLINT BROWN, sensational youn
~ right-hander of the Tribe, ant
Ken Holloway did the pitching
against the Nationals Of Brown, VIII
vas facing the Johnson band for tn
first time, all the hits and runs wer
made in four frames. 1t was a viii
throw by the pitcher that put owe
the first tally. Cronin walked to star
the second session and Harris single
Joe to second. Shires popped to shor
and Bluege grounded TO the pitcher
Brown tried to get Harris going int
second. but threw wildly and Croni
tailed. While the Indian infield wa
irving to get Bluege, who endeavore
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