Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-30
MUCH CLASS SEEN
IN WESTERN CLUBS
Chisox, Indians Are Near
Nats-Big Rally Tells in
Win Over Yanks.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

BY JOHN b. KELLER.
! r TAVING spanked their East
Fl ern rivals soundly, the Ma
tionals are ready to do
battle with the Western
members of the American League.
The Browns, the first lot OF the
far sector scheduled to visit Wash
ington this year, will invade Crit
fifth Stadium Friday to start a
three game series. Following the
st. Louis outfit, the Tigers, White
Sox and Indians will visit in the
order mentioned-the Tigers and
White Sox for four-game series
and the Indians for one OF three.
Beating the Western bunch as they
have waded through the ranks OF the
Fasteners may prove difficult task LOT
the Nationals. The West seems TO nave
a deal of class this season. The White
Soy and the Indians have been winning
right steadily and are at the heels OF
the league leading Washington CLUB.
The Browns have no mean record and
though the Tigers have been taxing u
on their chins they have power. once
they pull themselves together, they'll be
not so nice to face.
AS long as the Nationals get, the
pitching they have been getting now
ever they have little to fear in strug-
Cling with East or West. And there is
no reason to believe now that the huri-
ing staff will falter. One or two OF the
pitchers may have their slumps at the
same time, but the staff is too well bal
anced to be severely affected by any
such occurrence.
Five in Row Hitting.
Whether the Nationals will continue
for long their surprising hitting is prob
lematical. Now that Joe Judge Is step
ping into the ball in good fashion, the
club has five batters in succession in the
hitting list making afternoons miserable
for opposing moundsmen. That is lot
of power. A SLUMP in batting by one
of the five, though, would materially
AFFECT the Nationals attack. The John-
son band, though, has been especially
fortunate in making most of its hits
count and perhaps should a slump come
In ofense it still would be able to pick
up flock of runs.
In tackling the Western clubs, how
ever, the Nationals very likely will run
into much better pitching than their
Eastern rivals have shown them. Cleye-
land and st. Louis have fine hurting
corps and the White Sox possess some
clever moundsmen. Thus far, the Tigers
have flashed little on the hill, but sew
eral Of their pitchers have been good
enough in the past to make them dan
gerous again once they round into good
trim.
Anyway you look at it. beating the
West ought to be tougher task than
taking the Eastern rivals over the jumps
these days. But tough tasks do not
seem to bother the Nationals these days.
at that. They look and act as though
they are ready to give battle to any
thing that steps on ball field.
Nov that washington's farm, the
IN Chattanooga club of the Southern
Association has purchased Out
fielder Bratcher from the Braves, young
Jake Powell, former Silver Spring sand
lotter, will be returned to the Nationals
It was thought Powell would be greatly
benefited by service with the Dixie
team, but he could not get going well
there. For time he hit nicely, but
recently he fell into a slump. After
Jake vas held hitless In several games,
President Joe Engel dug up Bratcher
to replace Powell. Maybe the Southern
Association is too fast for Powell, which
would not be surprising, for he had no
professional experience UP to this year,
and hitting in a Glass A circuit is
vastly different from hitting on the
sandlots.
Jake is not to stick around the Ma
tionals long, though, according to Presi-
dent Clark Griffith. The Washington
prexy now is casting about for a berth
Powell. and expects to complete ar
rangements for his TRANSFER in day
or two.
A LITTLE matter of a seven-run
"A handicap did not annoy the Ma
tionals yesterday when they faced
the Yankees. After spotting the New
Workers the seven in the first three in
nings, the johnson band stepped out in
their third batting turn to tie the score,
then went on to an 1l-to-8 triumph.
The Yanks got their early advantage
OF Irving Hadley and Ad Liska. Irving
found the plate on swings, and when
ever he did get the ball over the Yanks
socked 1t. Four passes and four hits
were made of him before he was re-
1ieved by Liska with two cut In the Sec
ond inning. All four hits we're doubles
and three of the four passes Irving is
sued became runs. Liska walked three
and was hit twice, one of the blows of
him being a double and the other a
triple. No wonder the Yanks got their
seven runs SO quickly.
Uncle Tom Zachary was on the hill
at the outset for the Yanks and he
went through two fine innings. He
was chased in the third, though by
four-hit barrage and Roy Sherid came
on to take more punishment. Not until
Vernon Gomez, a southpaw rookie,
swung into action, were the Nationals
checked in the third.
It was Liska who started the big drive
with a two-bagger ripped down the left
field line. Loepp singled, Rice doubled
and LaZzeris wild chuck put Goslin on
Myer singled and the Nationals had
three runs across. Out went Zach and
Sherid went to the hill. Bang! Bang!
A double by Cronin and a single by
Judge and the Nationals had three
more runs.
This brought Gomez to Sherid's relief.
He stopped the Nationals so far as hits
were concerned, but his support kicked
In with two errors and Judge crossed
with the tying tally before the twelfth
man to go to bat in the round became
the final out.
TTHE Sanks became trailers in the
i fourth frame when the Nationals,
helped by another error, put over a
run and Goslin's triple and Cronin's
sacrifice ny gave them a ninth marker
in the sixth session. Dusty" Rhodes
started pitching for the Yanks in the
seventh, but after he was bumped for
two runs with only one out he was
relieved by Lew McEvoy, who finished
Liska was withdrawn during the big
rally and Barrett sent to bat for him
SO to Myles Thomas fell the lot OF
pitching the remainder of the route
II.