Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-27
YANKEES TO VISIT
FOR THREE GAMES
Open important Set Here To-
moToW-A'S Late Home
Runs Beat GriffS.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

AnANANA~A~AN'
IT'S up to the Nationals now
to look to their Second-place
laurels. While mathematical
= lv they are not out of the pen
nanf running, their chance 1oI
the flag is so Slight it is negligible
THAT late rally of the AS in phil
adelnhia Yesterday thrust the
Johnson band seven and one-hal1
games back of the league Leaders
once more, a great hanolcap 10 ~
overcome when a clup mas puC 90
games to 60 to finish It's seaSoltt
Strinc. 1t really looks the pig ngnt
now is to maintain the runner-up
position. u,x,os nm m
the third place Yankees, second pl Eao
could not be wrested from tlie Na
tionals even though the New 1o t,.f.ea
should make a sweep m Ilie oJi,,,,,
came series starting in Grimm SGaoluili
e to,,oorTow A sweep by the Yanks'
thn,Ich would leave the Nationals oe-
Sanse of second place dangerously
1.Iineral,le for it would raise the locals
Sefeats for the season to the amount
IF the defeats the Shawkeymen nay
suffered and the remainder OF tne
schedule would be more tavoraple "
New York than to washington -,
Following this short YANKEE Set ileae
the Nationals will have but III gaIIleSs
n NAV with clubs they have trlnnnleo
so,pdIy with the AS so FAR played
~ even terms, while Is will remain VIII
tSe western outfits that have druopeo
them we'll The Yanks will have pesloe
tbe 4 tilts with the Nationals neSt
nraely < games with the AS, an outn!
thew have battled pretty evenly, ana
~ Games with FIVE other clubs OH wnlch
they have fattened. Yes, the scheoule
gives the Yankees the edge 80.
J The Nationals best chance OF IlnlSI n
snr second lies in carrying the hght 10
4l1e yanks in the seven games remain
ing with them and let the other games
take care of themselves for the time
being In the last Western invasion
Of the wear the Washington cluo oughV
10 make its best showing In that sec
tion If there is anything to the law
IF averages, The Nationals have taken
two fine lacings in the Tar sector 70
date.
WHILE the Athletics cannot regard
w themselves as in" they couio
coast along at less than .ooo
rate from now on and only by a re-
markable squirt could two OF the others
mathematically in the running beat out
the world champs.
should the Mackmen win but IL OF
their Is remaining games, the Nationals
to beat them out would nave 10 WIN
% of % games left on the schedule.
The Yankees to outstrip taae AS would
have to win 26 of their last 20 games.
Should the Indians take all % games
they have yet to play the AS could
beat them out by winning only games.
Should the Tigers take their last n
games tire AS could outdistance them
by winning only more games.
DEFoRE going through the West for
ID the last time this season the Ath-
leticS have 10 games TO play. Tney
are likely to have the pennant all but
In their grasp when they quit the East
a week from next Sunday. Had the
Nationals bagged that game in Phila-
delphia yesterday and reduced the AS
lead to five and one-half games 1t
might have been different, but the vic
tory probably was just the tonic needed
to arouse Macks club to greater effort.
It had been declining to some extent
lust as it had before entering the series
with the Nationals IN Philadeipnia on
Nav 80. Then the AS at the last mo-
ment bagged the morning game, went
on to take three more and the lead
from the Nationals and only twice
since have they relinquished their place
as pace-setters. Then they were out
of the lead only a brief while.
Had the Nationals been able to pare
the Athletics lead to five and one-haH
games the psychological effect on
Mackis club might have been disastrous.
A club that has led the league through
Al nf
would have been apt to find itself
pressing with just flve and hall
game margin and the finish line only
o month away.
There would have been trying days
ahead for the house Of Mack, un-
doubtedly, had the Nationals won that
game Yesterday True the AS seem
to have too much capable material to
collapse as did the Dodgers in the Ma
tional League after setting the pace for
so long. But even good club when
pressing would be likely to go stale just
enough to inject many anxious mo-
merts in the last weeks of its cam
paign.
As it is the AS should soar on serene-
~ to the finish.
IT'S to be hoped the 10-to-9 licking
i does not unbalance the Nationals
temporarily. Outside of the pitch
ing department they put up whale of
a game and have nothing to be ashamed
of In defeat. They drove George Earn
shaw and Ed Rommel from the hill and
caused Connie Mack to use Jack Quinn,
conflict was over. In all, l6 hits
ratified of Washington bats and the
fielders did their part.
But the pitchers, at least two Of them,
did not Given a 5-run lead before he
stepped to the HILL Irving Hadley
promptly proceeded to fritter it away,
and when he was lifted in the fourth
frame the lead had been cut to runs.
Hadley had been found for five hits
and as many passes and made most
damaging wild pitch before departing.
He had plenty of speed, but little con-
troll and it was his wildness more than
anything else that hurt him.
Ad Liska, as soon as he stepped on
the hill, was banged for sacrifice fly
that scored one of the runners Hadley
had left on, but the Nationals got their
bats going again and worked UP s.
run lead for Ad, too. That did him
no good. He was combed for nine hits
and two passes. Three of the hits in
runs crossing after two we're out. Three
of the hits in the eighth enabled the
AS to deadlock the game before a
halter was retired.
THE first hit off Liska in the eighth
II was a single by Sumna, the sec
ond a homer over the right field wall
by Cochrane, and the third, another
homer over the right field wall by
Simmons. Then Liska proceeded to
throw three wide ones to Foxx and he
was through.