Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-18
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Nationals Lose 7 of IL in
West by Dropping Final
to the Browns.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
y ITTSBURGH, June 18.-
. Their spirit high, despite
the many SetbackS suffered

Their spirit high, despite
the many SetbackS suffered
during their first invasion
OF the West this year, the Ma
tionalS look forward to their 49,
game stand at home as means of
lettering their position in this
hectic struggle for the American
League championship.
In the battling at Griffith Stadium,
starting tomorrow, the Nationals will
face all their Western rivals and the
YankSs beginning the stand against
the White Sox and ending it with the
New York club. Thus they will carry
the big fight to two of their sturdy
land and Manager Bob Shawkey's
hustling outfit.
While their pitching was not of the
best and their batting somewhat weak
during the swing around the West, the
Nationals managed to stick near the top
OF the league, and they are confident of
doing better at home than they did
abroad. In past seasons the Washing
ton club has been at its best on the
road. This season, however, it has been
stronger on its own lot, so perhaps it
Is getting a break in having a long
nome stand just when 1t needs help in
fecuperating from a rough journey.
Washington fandom will find much
OF interest in the squad of Nationals
stepping out on the field at Griffith
Stadium tomorrow. Four PLAYERS
sporting Washington uniforms for the
nrst time there will be seen in the
pre-game drill and two of them will
toll in regular posts. Heinie Manush,
OF course, will be in left field and Art
Shires, who is accompanying the
White Sox to Washington, will take
JOB. Al Crowder and Dave Harris will
De on view and in event of an emer-
gency In attack Harris will swing a bat
ct the plate
The 19-game stand will be made
against the White Sox, Indians, Tigers,
Browns and Yanks in order. The Tigers
VIII be met three times, the other clubs
four times each. The series with the
Indians will be started Monday with a
double-header. There also will be a
oouole-header with the Yanks on July
g. Plenty for the Nationals to do dur
ing the next three weeks.
MANAGER WALTER JOHNSON has
4'A completed his task of building the
Nationals and believes his club
now VIII move along at a speedy pace.
The series of trades made in the last
Few days has so bolstered the team. ac-
cording to johnson, that it Is bound to
to the finish
In discussing the Braxton and Tate
Tor Shires deal, the Washington mana
ger admits that the White Sox were
paid rather high for the first baseman
but declares the Nationals sorely needed
some one to share the job with the
veteran Joe Judge, and had to pay the
"shires," johnson saws. "is a much
better ball player than many rate hin,
deu put up pretty good game around
nrst base and even though his batting
average is not so high, he's a dangerous
man at the plate. With Judge having
trouble with his legs again, he is apt to
De out OF the game often, and we simply
nae 70 have capable substitute. |
Snres was available and am glad we
were able to get him. I understand
other clubs were after him, but we had
more to offer"
With Shires at hand, Judge will re-
main out OF the lineup until his
charley horsed leg is in good trim again.
Inc limb still bothers Joe considerably. |
Ine injury has hemorrhaged severely
several times and absorption Of the |
bruised blood is slow. Judge may be
out OF action week longer
ShlreS perhaps is not in the best of |
pnyslcal trim. He has been hurt badly
twice this season in collisions with |
OieVeIano players. II Is reported Art |
still suffers from an abscess on his back
resulting from a bruising when he slid
into Johnny Hodapps knee. He had
knee severely gashed by Lew Fon-
secas spikes, too, when he ran into
the Cleveland first baseman hard
enough to put Lew out of commission
probably for the remainder of the
season.
Shires is like that on the bases. He's
an earnest player and goes into bases
with everything he has. Well, the Ma
tionals can stand a player or two of
that type.
JOHNSON plans to use Crowder.
LiSka. Brown and HadIey as his
starting pitchers until Sam Jones
is able to get back in the game and it
may be some time before Sam gets
back. The veteran has been Ill in bed
Tor more than a week at his home in
Woodsfield, Ohio. and word from there
indicates he may remain in bed at
least another week. Jones probably
Will not be ready for pitching until he
has been out about two weeks so it
seems the Nationals will get no work
from him until they go West again
next month.
With Braxton gone to the White Sox
Marberry will take over the relief role
johnson has decided the big fellow is
not in good enough trim now to be
employed as starter, but believes Fred
can go at his old speed for an inning
or two in emergencies. Burke and
Thomas also may be called upon as
feScuerS. but most of this kind of work