Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-20
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TO DECIDE BATTLE
Seven New York Games Big
for Griffmen-WhitehilI
Gets 18th In Row.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

A 8 Nationals and Yankees
~ have played since return
~ ing from the West late last
month IL looks as though
the ultimate posSesSor OF second
place in the American League
race will be determined by the
games these outfits have to play
with one another. The YankS
have stepped along at much
better pace than the Nationals
recently and have picked up three
of the four games that separated
the clubs after the East's second
invasion of the West this year
But those seven tuSSleS between
washington and New York are
apt to decide. ,
Three are to be played in Grifnth
Stadium and four in Col, Jake Rup-
pert's big plant in the Bronx. Inc
Washington series Is to get under way
next week That in New York is 70
begin shortly after Labor day.
Should the Nationals perform against
The Yanks in the seven tits 10 come
as they have in the Is played between
the clubs. they should finish second,
provided they keep pace with BOD
Shawkeys outfit against other rivals.
THE Nationals have licked the Yanks
o dozen times and dropped but tnree
rarnes to them. Continuing at tnat
rata. thew should come close 10 taxing
six of the seven games still on the nsC'
such a break for Washington Ger
kairly should get it the runner-up pelIIl,
which will be worth no mean amoun'
to each of the players of the cluo oas-
ging 1t this year.
TOR a pitcher that at one time TINS
season the Detroit club would al
most have given away, TINS EAR
whitehill has a great record. Early IN
the campaign Earl simply could not get
going. He was wild and when ne WASH
wild he was hit freely, ana ne LOOK
plenty of punishment. Down INTO july
Whitehill was all but total loss, but
once in the second half of the cam
paian ne underwent q startling form
reversal. And yesterday he scored, al
the Nationals expense, his eleventh
straight victory. =.
That's a record for this season in
the majors and q mighty impressive
record, too. For Earl has gone the
route in each game OF the winning
streak What's more, he mas yleioeo
but 2.36 earned runs per nine ihnlngS
during the splurge. A remarkable per-
Torrance.
IN topping the Nationals, to l, and
getting the Tigers an even preaK
in the four-game set. Earl showed
why he deserves such success. he al
lowed but five hits and two passes.
Three of the hits were MADE IN the nrse
two rounds. The two others were not
made until the eighth inning. And
neither Of the passes was issued IN an
inning ia which the left-hander was
whitehill was a trif1e unsteady at
khe outset and in the second session the
Nationals put over their lone MARKER
Cronin began the attack with two,
bagger, moved UP to third as hunel
grounded out and scored after Johnson
happed VESTS long drive. MCLEOD tneil
cot q hit and with a steal and an error
managed to reach third base, but Rueis
hoist 60 Easterling ended the inning.
The Nationals had little opportunity
to get anywhere thereafter. Manusn
opened the fourth inning with q WALK,
hit a uair of force plays followed ana
no runner reached second in the rouno.
Manush got another pass with TWO OUT
IA the sixth only 70 watch Cronin moist
Harris batted for Brown in the eighth
after Ruel went out and collecVeo
single. but was forced out by Rice. a
single by Hayes sent Rice to third with
. potential tying tally, but Jack was 700
ambitious and tried to take second as
Funk heaved the ball from cenuer
toward the far corner McManus' relay
to Gehringer snuffed Hayes and the
Nationals were through.
Whitehill struck out only two. Rice
and Manush. Both third strikes We're
called. Earl, though. threw plenty OF
strikes. He chucked the first one over
the plate repeatedly and most times the
washington batter stood with bat on
ehoulder watching the ball 60 past.
Then, too, Earl put many a batter IN
difficulty by getting two strikes against
khen1. Then, desperate, the batter
would swing at pitch none TOO gooo
It was a fine piece OF pitching and
whitehill deserved his victory.
T LLOYD BROWN, who started for the
l. Nationals, pitched a game that
ordinarily would bring victory. He
Welded only six hits and two walks.
Three of the six hits, though. were
clustered in the sixth inning by the
Tigers for all their runs.
johnson began the attack with two
Dagger and moved up as Funk Went
out. Gehringer bounded a single on
Alexander sent long single to right
advancing Gehringer to third. AS Nc
Manus forced out Marty, Charley
counted with the big run of the fray.
After Brown gave way to pinch
batter Ad Liska went in to pitch the
ninth and set back the Tigers in order
But the damage had been done.
Too bad a game like Browns had to
be wasted.
TN the second inning when Mcleod
i stole second and went on TO third
as Desautels' throw sent the ball to
center field, Gehringer and not the
catcher was charged with the error ad-
MS=cinG the runner.
A paragraph Of section of rule IS
IN the base bali code provides for the
penalization of the Tiger second base
man. 1t reads:
"In case a base runner advance g
base through the failure of a basemar
TO stop or try To stop a ball accurately
thrown TO his base the latter shall bC
charged with an error and not the
player who made such throw, provided
there was occasion for it. If sucf
throw be made TO second base the
scorer shall determine whether the sec
ond baseman or shortstop shall 81
charged with an error"
Desautels' throw was fine, the bal
crossing the bag about foot above 1t