Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

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Wv like a we'll oiled rae
ing machine while
the Nationals are missing on
several cylinders, Connie Mack's
men appear to have about
sewed up their second straight
American League pennant.
A lead of seven games with
only about one-third of the
campaign remaining appears
too high a hurdle for the
Washington club to clear,
especially considering the man
ner in which it has faltered
during the past fortnight.
But fans of the Capital have
not entirely abandoned hope
as yet in view of the fact its
representatives, beginning this
week, will be employed ex-
clusively for more than a
month-until September g.
in the East, where they have
made their best showing thus
far.
AS a matter of fact, develop
mentS of the next week and a
half should go a long way to-
ward determining whether the
Griffmen will get back in the
battle for the gonfalon or be
relegated to the position of
merely contending for runner
up honorS with the Yankees,
over whom they now hold only
a slight advantage.
During the period before the
Western teams inaugurate their
final invasion of the East the
Nationals and Athletics each
have 10 lanes to play with sec
tional l. ais, but with the as
Signment for the former the
tougher on two counts, one be-
ing that only a pair of tits are
listed against the last-place
Red Sox and the other that
Washington, with two double
headers scheduled, must crowd
its quota into eight playing
days while the AS are booked
only for single engagements,
each having one day off for a
breathing spell after the bat
thing starts.
FINISHING their second dis
= astrous Western trip today
the Nationals will have a two
day respite while the AS are
entertaining the Yankees at
Philadelphia before playing
host to the Mackmen here in
a pair of engagements begin
ming Wednesday. Then comes
the open date whereupon
Washington goes to New York
for a bargain show Saturday
while the Mackmen are host to
the Boston team, followed by
another Senatorial twin bill
the next day when the Red
SoX will be here while the AS
are in New York.
Then, on Monday, August 4,
the Nationals make a two-day
stand at Yankee Stadium while
the Red Sox appear at Shibe
Park, Whereupon Philadelphia
will be the scene of another
pair of battles between the men
of Johnson and Mack, after
which the Western hordeS
again march on the Atlantic
Seaboard.
THE forebodings voiced when
l. Heinie Manush was put out
of action with strained
muscle in his groin in the first
game of a double-header at
Boston, July 9, proved well
founded, for in the two weeks
which followed before the
swatting left fielder was able
to resume regular service the
Senators won only games,
while losing 10-a pace which
won't win remnants in any
league.
Whether to keep ManuSh out
of action until his injury had
thoroughly healed or to put
him back on the job to work"
himself into shape was a queS-
ton that worried the club
management Tor many Gays.
When the latter course finally
was decided upon Heinie i'm
mediately demonstrated his
term of idleneSS, broken by
only two appearances in a
pinch-hitting role, had not i'm
paired his batting eye, but he
still is handicapped in base
running and fielding and
hardly will be up to par in that
respect for another couple of
weeks.
Furthermore, although he
generally is regarded as the
spark plug of the team, the re-
turn of ManuSh, despite his
hits in 10 legal times at bat
in his first three games and the
fact that just being in the line
up was expected to have a tonic