Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-22
Joe SETTING PACE
IN CLUBS 0FFENSE
Tops in Hits, Runs, Scores
Sent Over and Hon,ers.
Nat Rally Tells.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

A GREAT fellow to have
~ around q ball club, this
Joe Cronin. The sfiortstop
of the Nationals not only
has been q tower Of strength de-
fenSively and q remarkable team
worker, but also the spearhead Of
the washington attack this sea-
son. Cronin is the only National
to have participated in all 12l
championship games his club has
played in the current campaign
and has set the pace for all in
offense.
Joe has been at bat more times,
made more runs, banged more hits.
socked more homers and driven over
more runs than any other member of
his club. In 461 times ut bat he has
made 162 hits for an average Of ISL.
And that average places him fourth
among the clubs hitters. Only Heinie
Manush with .S57, Fred Marberry with
.355 and Sam Rice with .354 rate ahead
OF Cronin.
He has crossed the plate 100 times,
making IL more runs than Rice. second
best scorer with the Nationals this sea
son. joe has driven over the plate 80
runs. Nearest him in getting mates
over the counting block Is Manush,
credited with pushing across IS. But
some Of those were sent over when
early in the season. Ossie BlMege STANDS
third in this respect, with 81, showing
how valuable Cronin has been as
timely hitter.
hitter with the 10 he has slammed.
with 30 doubles, he Is second to Rice
only, and Rice has hit but one more.
Joe is well down the list among the
triple hitters, having banged but six.
He stands second as sacrifice batter,
though, with q dozen such affairs.
Blueee leads In this form Of attack.
with "a.
And he Is tied with Buddy Myer and
Brlege for second place in the Nation.
ais base.stealing class. He has swiped
Is sacks Rice, the leader, has stolen IL.
Brilliant in the Nationals offensive,
this Joe Cronin.
TTIASHINoTON'S rather slender lead
w over the Yankees. striving des-
perately to attain second position
IN the standing of the American League
clubs, was increased q full game yes
terday, when the Nationals took the
measure OF the Browns in the 5-to-2
game in orifath Stadium while the In
dams scalped the Yanks in an overtime
affair in New York. Every little helps.
This second game Of the series with
the st. Louis club was tough tussle |
between Sam Jones and Rip Collins, |
veteran pitchers both, for seven innings |
with neither getting an advantage. |
True, the Nationals had an edge on
the Browns for several innings, but not
aPAeanA In thA |
seventh. Then after Jones deity dis
posed OF the Browns In the eighth the
Nationals got the range OF Collins IN
good fashion and dented the plate three |
times for victory.
ZONES let the Browns have but ak
hits and one pass. on Collins, the
Nationals got eight hits and three
passes, three Of the hits being punched
In the eighth inning. Jones was hit |
safely in three innings, each time giving |
up two safeties. Two of the hits netted |
the opposition tally In the first inning. |
Two In the nth got the Browns rothing,
for after Melillo singled ana Scnulte
doubled, Jones braced and following
pitcher waved for third strike, and
Blue let the third one 60 by. In the
seventh, though, Jones lone pass ana
two hits came and the Browns got . |
run to tie the count. It was single |
by Schultz, the first Of the two hits,
that tailed Ferrell, who had walked
and swiped second.
Two passes opened the way to the |
Nationals runs made In the third |
round. with one out Spencer and Jones |
walked and were scored by successive
singles by Rice ana Hayes.
T,HREE hits in o row turned the trick
IL for the Nationals in the eighth
when it looked as though they
might not break the tie. With one
gone Manush reached nrst - his
Rrounder was foozied b. Blue. That
was the lone error Of the pastiming.
Manush tried % score when Cronin
hit down the left.feld line Tor two
bases and was barely caught .at the
return. Cronin dur for third on the
ti1row-in and beat Ferrslps. heAve 70
the bag. Then the Nationals hnisned
Judge lifted Q lazy single over the
left side Of the Browns infiel0 and
Cronin went over with the tie-shatter-
ing tally. Along came West to make
the Earne safe by banging his sixth
homer Of the year. q loft over the right
field barrier That bail was well hit
by West. for 1t carried across the tower
ing garden wall despite the brisk wind
blowing toward the plate.
a MOTHER first basemAn- outhelder
"A has been picked up by the Ma
tionals. He IL Dick Goldberg. q
23-year-old youngstown, Ohio, semi
pro. who signed on the dotted line yes
terday In President 6riffith's ONCE. He
had been here several days showing his
wares to Manager johnson. Goldberg
left after getting his contract and viii
not report again until next Spring, when
he will Join the club at Biloxi. He's
another ieft-hAnded hitter.