Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-06
FOUR-GAME STAND
! TO TEST PITCHERS
Seeking Indians to Furnish
FieIders Toll ApIenty.
Tigers PummeI Jones.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

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should be plenty for
Washington fielderS to do
during the next four days.
In that time the Nationals will be
tackling the Indians in Cleveland,
and tackling Indians these days
generally means lot of work for
the f1elderS of the club doing the
tackling.
The Nationals, with their hurl-
erS somewhat Shaky, are not con-
templating the four-game series
with any great relish. The In
dams may not be particularly
brilliant af1eld nor especially
strong on the slab, but they can
hit, and right now the best thing
Washington pitchers do is yield
hits freely. The f1elderS ought to
get deal of leg work at Dunn
Field.
When the Tribe visited Washington
last month only two games were played
with 1t. Rain washed out one of the
scheduled tits. In the first of those
two engagements the Indians hammered
Washington pitching as though it had
been made to order for them. Eddie
Morgan opened the game by seeking
the first pitch into the sun parlor for
q homer and the Tribe went on to get
Is more hits of assorted sizes and win
comfortably. In the second game the
Indians actually outhit the Mats, but
their hits were so scattered that they
could not muster enough runs to trt-
umph.
The Tribe was tough enough in
Washington. On its home lot it is apt
to be much tougher. The Indians have
a way Of bouncing hits OF the wall
back of their short right field. Oddly,
the Mats never have been particularly
successful at this stunt. Nor have the
Washington outfielders ever acquired
the knack of deity scooping up drives
bouncing of the Cleveland yard wall
Dunn Field heretofore has been pretty
much of a jinx park for the Nationals
They don't like to play in it.
Schedule makers, though, don't con-
slider the likes and diSlikes of ball clubs
so the Nationals have four rough days
ahead.
WHILE the Washington pitchers are
w rocky at present, it is hoped by
those in charge of the club that Liska,
Brown, Jones and Hadley or Marberry
will be able to suhdue the heavy-hit-
ting Indians. Excepting Hadley, all
mentioned are in good trim physically
and each might be able to find a full
game in his system. Hadley'S salary
wing still Is slightly sore, but the all
ment Is not so serious that Bump will
have to be kept out of the Cleveland
series.
Liska never has been particularly
successful against the Indians. Nor has
Brown, for that matter. Jones and
Marberry, though, usually pitch well
against them. It was Jones who licked
them in Washington last month.
All the Washington pitchers should
be well rested as they enter the series.
No member of the staff has managed
to stay on the hill in a recent game
long enough to become seriously worn.
4 GAIN yesterday the Nationals had
"A to call on two pitchers. Jones was
unable to check the Tigers and was
yanked after going through six innings.
Bob Burke then did some heaving that
stopped the Harris horde, but the Mats
already had been licked, to 2.
Jones was hit in five of his six rounds,
the Tigers getting to him for 10 safe
ties. One was good for three base and
four were doubles. Sam also issued
three passes, but only one figured in
the Detroit run-mRking.
on Burke the Tigers got single
and walk, both in the seventh inning,
but double-play got the stringbean
left-hander out Of trouble.
JONES started poorly, but held the
Tigers to one run in the opening
round. He walked Gehringer with
one out and after Rogen lofted into re-
tirement singles by Alexander and
passed Koenig to crowd the bases, but
Myer made sparkling stop and
threw out johnson to check the home
side temporarily.
The Tigers came back in the second
session to get four runs, but had Judge
been more accurate with a throw to
the plate only one would have crossed.
With Hargrave out, Sorrell singled and
pulled up at third as Funk doubled.
Judge picked up Gehringer's roller and
chucked toward the plate to cut down
Sorrell. The throw was far wide of
the mark, though, and when Spencer
jumped away from the counting block
to grab the ball Sorren slid across
safely. Gehringer then pilfered second
singled. After Alexander went out
Stone tripled to put over the fourth
marker.
The Tigers got their last run In the
sixth inning on doubles by Funk and
Alexander.
OFF Sorrell the Mats collected 10 hits
~ They nicked him for two singles
In the first inning, but two were
out when the second hit was made and
Cronin's best was a hoist to center
They clustered three hits in the
fourth for all their scores. Goslin
opened the round with drive over the
right-f1eld wall, his seventh homer of
the season. Cronin singled after Judge
went out, and Bluege walked after Myer
was retired, then Spencer singled
Cronin to the counting block.
Two hits were wasted in the sixth
Judge singled, only to be caught with
Cronin In double play. Myer came
through with a two-bagger, but Bluege
hoisted to johnson in right. With one
gone In the eighth Judge walked, and
after Cronin flied out Myer hit his sec
ond double Of the game. Bluege, though
grounded to the shortstop.
EIFTEEN successive games with hits
l. now is the extent of Sam Rice's
second batting streak of the sea-
son. Sam got but one blow yesterday, q
single the FIRST time up.
Most Of the Nationals took In the