Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-08
CROWDER- MANUSH
DEAL RANKLES AS
AIS Pitching Is Big Help as
Griffs Win League Lead
From Macks.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

BY JOHN b. KELLER.
nOSTON, July Bob Burke
X who has done little pitch
- ing this year for the Ma
tionalS, but not because he
wanted to do little, may get a
shot at the Red Sox in the double
header scheduled here tomorrow.
If Sam Jones, who came back in
great style against the Yankees on
July 4, does not feel so strong, the
young left-hander will share with
Lloyd Brown, fellow Southpaw, the
task OF trying to repulSe the Bos-
ton bunch.
Jones has complained of slight
soreness in his salary wing and should
the arm not feel right tomorrow, Man
ager johnson will reserve the somber
squire of WOodSfeld for duty in the
twin sketch at Detroit on Saturday.
Bob may prove a pretty good pick
against the Red Sox, at that. Although
he has started only four games this
season the stringbean Southpaw has a
record OF two wins against one loss He
held the White Sox to five hits and the
Red Sox to six and beat both clubs in
Washington. His first start of the
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he was withdrawn after they had nicked
him for lead in four innings. The
Nationals then went on to win in the
twelfth inning.
Burke's last start was in Chicago on
June IL. Then he hurled six innings
and was trimmed. In addition to games
he started, Bob has been in six as
relief hurler. In this capacity he has
hurled seven and one-third innings and
been scored against four times. Oddly,
though, the scoring was done in the
first one and one-third innings in which
ne went TO the aid of faltering team
mates. His last appearance on the hill
was on June 81 when he relieved Brown
and pitched ScoreleSS inning against
the White Sox.
VTJHEN the Nationals swung into a
w winning stride after the series of
mid-June trades, particularly that
bringing ManuSh and Crowder from the
Browns in exchange for Goslin, there
let1cS. The world champions claimed
the clubs were more than eager to
increase the Nationals strength hoping
in that way to undermine the pennant
winners of 1929. According to word
coming from Philadelphia every late
deal boosting Washington was a thinly
disguised dirty dig at the Athletics.
1udG 81. LOUIS QBd1 especially got
under the skin of Connie Mack'S club
Why wasn't Manush enough to give for
Goslin? Why should Ball chuck in
Crowder? As they figured it Crowder
had been quite effective against the
AS and sending him to Washington
along with Manush might enable the
Nationals to wrest the championship
from the Mack. forces.
Perhaps the AS were more bitter
after the Nationals oidad craofly tAy
Crowders pitching, grabbed the leading
position in the race. That gave the
Mackmeh something to moan about.
DUBBED by the AS and their fol-
- lowers as Phil Balls 'gift horse"
Crowder certainly has been the "horse"
part Of the name SarcaStically applied.
The general has been a horse" for
work. for in three weeks as National
he has toiled in six games and turned
IN I'VE victories for his new club.
Since his transfer Crowder has
worked in So 1-S innings, hurting i've
complete games in which victory came
his way and going into the ninth round
of another in which an outfield error
sent him to defeat. He has yielded
but II earned runs in the six games, an
average yield of 2.52 per nine innings.
High-grade pitching, that.
Following his defeat by the Browns,
Crowder has licked the White Sox,
Indians, Tigers, Browns and Red Sox.
The Indians managed to comb him for
@ dozen hits, but so effective was he
in his other games that he has yielded
an average Of only seven hits per game.
His control has been fine, and, excepting
the first two innings of the tilt with
the Indians, when he was found for six
Of the IL hits and four of the FIVE runs
they got, his pitching has been re-
markedly smooth.
TN pitching his club to the top Of the
i league yesterday, the General had an
easy time. True, the Red Sox in taking
their S-to-1 trimming, nicked him for
eight hits, half of them doubles, but
four of these were clustered in their
last two batting turns. Not pass did
AL grant and he struck out three.
When the Red Sox finally got him
for a run in the eighth inning with
divers two-bagger smashed against the
wall back of left-center and Scarritt's
double, a looper to short left that
Manush barely missed after running in
fast, the General had nothing to worry
him. His club already had piled up
healthy advantage.
IT was of Ed Morris and Bull Durham
i the Nationals collected their scores.
Ed got two out in the first inning.
then lost the location of the plate, while
Durham, who was rushed to the rescue,
was well battered before giving way TO
Frank Busbey in the seventh. Thirteen
hits ratified off Washington bats and all
but one were made off Durham's pitch
ing.
All hands, excepting Myer and
Crowder. hit safely, and the Generals
batting average was not hurt much, for
he poled two sacrifices. Cronin, with
three, led at hit-making, but two of his
hits were somewhat fuky. West was
the real spearhead of the attack. With
a walk. single and double he showed
over four runs and managed to cross
once himself.
Morris started well, but after two
were out he walked Manush, Cronin and
Judge. Then Durham passed West and
the Nationals were on their way.
Cronin's single, Judges walk and sacri-
fee HOSTS by West and Bluege added
q run in the third inning, and in the
fifth. with the bases filled, West singled
10 score two more.
Rice's triple and Manush's long hoist
to Oliver meant a tally IN the sixth.
Manush's 'drive was almost a homer,
for Oliver had to crash into the low
center-field fence to spear the ball
about q foot from the top.
Successive doubles by Judge, West,
Bluege and Spencer accounted for three
runs in the seventh and brought BuShey
60 Durhams relief Bushey, who has
been around the Red Sox for two sea-
sons as a batting Fracture hurler, pro-
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