Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-01
PRESSED BY YANKS,
NEXT TO Be FACED.
Double. Header in New York
Tomorrow Starts TussIe
for Position.

7 Under the direction of Act
ing Manager Joe Judge, in
the absence of Walter
Johnson, whose wife sud-
denly was claimed by death early
this morning, and thrust far back
from the American League lead
by the Athletics in the two-game
series ended here yesterday, the
Nationals now must battle TO re-
tain their runner-up laurels. The
brace Of defeats handed them by
the world champions left the
Griffmen rocking on their second
place perch, and within the next
four days they are to tackle the
holders of third place, the YAM
KEGS. Bob Shawkey's charges to-
day were but game and a half
back of the Nationals. Danger
ouSly close.
Minus their grief-stricken regular
leader. the Nationals were to leave
Washington this afternoon for New
York, where they are to face Ruth,
Gehrig & Co. in a double-header to-
morrow and Tuesday. the twin bill for
the latter day having been arranged
by President Griffith of the Washing
ton club by long-distance telephone
this morning as a mark of respect for
the memory of Mrs. johnson, whose
funeral Is to be held Monday. On Sun
day the Nationals will be here for a
twin bill with the Boston Red Sox.
In assuming temporary command of
the Nationals, Judge will follow the
plans arranged in advance Tor tne
double header tomorrow at New York
and use Fred Marberry and Sam Jones
in the pitching box. Both have done
well against the Yankees.
THUS far the Nationals have not
i found the Yankees troublesome,
having licked them times in IL
starts. George PipgraS Is the only New
York hurler to have turned back the
Washington club this season, but it has
trimmed him once.
Until this week the Yankees for some
time had not Jared much better than
the Nationals. Getting an even, break
In two-game series with the Athletics
and scoring over the Red Sox three
times while the WaShingtons were
taking two trouncings, though, pulled
up the New York club nicely. The
Yanks have been hitting well recently,
which is something the Nationals have
not been doing for several weeks.
Looks as though the Nationals will
have to get super-pitching if they are
to best the Yanks in Col. Jake Ruppert's
big base ball yard.
DOWNED twice by the Athletics, the
- Nationals now are eight full games
behind the leagues pace-setters,
and though the season still has nearly
two months to run that's lot of
ground to pick up. But the Nationals
are not through with fighting They re-
vealed that yesterday in the series wind
up when, held scoreless for eight in
nings, they rallied In the ninth and
were just beaten, the final count against
them being 4 TO 3.
For five innings the game was a fine
mound duel between Irving Hadley and
the right-handed George Earnshaw
Over this stretch Hadley yielded four
singles in as many rounds, but not one
Of the hitters reached second base
Earnshaw yielded but one hit, a single
by Hadley with two out in the third
inning, and two passes.
Then Hadley broke in the sixth and
the AS punched four Of the eight hits
they got of him in his seven innings
of toll for three runs Three of the
blows were doubles. Lloyd Brown, who
. run in the ninth and it proved the
big one Of the game. on Brown the
AS got their ninth and tenth hits and
one pass.
Held TO a lone single by Earnshaw
through eight innings, the Nationals,
with two singles, pass and double,
chased George before man was out in
the ninth, but Connie Mack hustled
Bob Grove to the hill and the left
handler retired three in a row. No
punch in the Nationals once Grove
showed himself
IT was a double by McNair that start
i ed the Athletics rally in the sixth.
The hit opened the inning and there
were two on when Cramer's intended
sacrificial bunt got by Hadley for a
single. Missing that bunt must have
upset Hadley, for he filled the bases
by walking Cochrane with only four
pitches. Then Simmons stepped into
: hook and bounced . double on the
right field wall. McNair and Cramer
raced home, but Cochrane was nabbed
ct the plate by Hayes relay of Rice's
return. Simmons took third on the
throw and after watching Fox take
q third strike romped home when Miller
doubled. Hadley had pitched three
wide ones to Bing, then attempted to
groove a pitch. And Bing socked.
1t was pass to Miller with one out
Lfldt pdNGu way W tAIC
run off Brown. Singles by Williams
and Dykes followed to put Bing across
the plate The single was williams
third of the game.
before the ninth inning the Ma
ID tionals, although held TO one hit,
had three scoring chances. Simmons
nuf of fly put Rice on after Hadley
singled in the third, but Judges best
was a pop TO Dykes. In the fifth, after
Hadley forced Spencer, who had walk
ed, for the second out, boot by VIII
lian1s put Rice on the runway. Again,
though. Judge was of no help. He
lofted to Miller Passes to Bluege and
Shires, who batted for Spencer. had
two Nationals on with one out in the
seventh. But Myer, who batted for
Hadley, sent a fly To Miller that only
moved Bluege to third base and Rice
grounded out.
1t was a scratchy single by West that
began the Nationals rally in the ninth.
sans hit was a mean-hopping bounder
that McNair knocked down in the
shortfield. Then Bluege got q single
with a bunt dragged by Earnshaw to
Williams, and Kuhel, batting for Hayes,
drew a base-f1lling pass Here Harris
picked up Ruel's bat and hobbled to
the plate. with his first swing Dave
threw himself of his feet and gave his