Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-09
VETS 18TH SEASON
IN GAME HIS BEST
Shortstop, at Age of 81,
Proving SparkpIug of
Boston Nationals.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NNE reason why the Boston
1 Braves still are in the
~ thick of the National
League battle is to be
found in 15O-odd pounds of I'M
adulterated shortstop, bearing
the imposing name of Walter
James Vincent Meanwhile, other
wise known as Rabbit" This
little base ball ancient, who has
spent 18 of his 81 Summers play
ing major league ball, is having
one of the best seasons of his long
career.
When he was one of the main cogs
of Boston's amazing team of 1914 his
batting average was only .246 and his
mark for his 18 major league years is
1852, but this season he is hitting above
the 300 mark and is fielding right
along with the leagues best. When
the Braves stepped out yesterday to
trounce the league-leading Brooklyn
Robins, to /, Maranville merely made
two of Boston's nine hits, scored once,
handled eight fielding chances without
an error and started three of Boston S
four double plays.
The shorJstop had some assistance in
stopping the Robins and leaving them
only half game ahead of the idle Chi
cago Cubs. Tom Zachary, who was con-
sidered too old for the American League
this season, pitched a great game, shut
ting out the Robins except for Johnny
Frederick's homer, while Wally Berger
came through with his twenty-fourth
circuit blow of the year. gaining tie
with Hack Wilson and Chuck Klein for
the National League lead.
Completing the National Leagues day,
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia made it a
bad day for the first division. The
Phillies, with Phil Collins on the mound,
humbled the New York Giants, 8 to l,
pounding three pitchers for IA hits,
while Shutting PHIL held the Giants to
10 thoroughly scattered blows. The Pi-
rates kept the st. Louis Cardinals a
game and one-half back of the third
place Giants by slamming out 10-to-5
victory.
Washington continued to lead the
American League parade with its ninth
straight victory. The Senators, already
in first place by several percentage
points, beat out the Boston Red Sox, 6
to 5, and finally gained a tie with the
Athletics for the top where games are
concerned. The world champions lost
a half game by dividing their double
header with the New York Yankees.
Fred Marberry won his fifth game in
Washington's streak of II victories in
10 games and made it 16 Senator
pitchers to go the route in that time.
Heinie Manush aided him with homer
that produced the deciding runs.
George Walberg proved his sore arm
something of myth against the
Yankees in the first game, holding
them to three hits for 4-to-0 triumph.
Red Rufing kept pace with him for
the last ga innings after the Athletics
had driven Henry johnson to cover.
The second contest was something of
a smuggling match, with George Pipgras
outlasting four Athletic hurlers for a
9-to-4 victory.
Chicagos White Sox rose a notch in
the American League standing, going
from seventh place to sixth as Ted
Lyons gave them a 3-to-2 victory over
Detroit. while the st. Louis Browns
were taking a 12-to-6 beating at the
hands of the Cleveland Indians. Lyons
not only pitched effectively against De-
troit, but drove in two of the runs
with a triple in the second inning
The Indians showed a considerable re-
covery from their slump by hammer
ing three Brownie pitchers for IA hits,
including two homers, while Young Mel
Harder pitched with sufficient effec-
tiveness to score his seventh victory
Of the year.