Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-12
APT TO BEAT MARK
OF TRIUMPH IN "A
But AS Probably Will Win
More Than 100-Indians
Again Routed.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

TOR the first time since the
r. pennant-winning years OF
1924 and 1925 the Nationals
this season may finish with
more than 90 victories, yet be well
out of the flag class. Including
today's game, opening the short
series with the White SoX, the
washington club had remaining
on it's schedule AZ engagements.
Playing as it has played against
its seven rivals, club for club, 1t
would take Is Of the AZ games.
That would give the Nationals a
season total of SO wins. But the
Athletics, battling their rivals,
club for club, as they have, would
finish with 103 victories. Just 10
games ahead of the Johnson
band.
Back in "a, the first year Washington
Rarnered an American League cnam-
pionship, 90 victories brought the PEN
nant here. More games were won when
the club repeated in the race In 1928,
the Nationals then finishing with 96
wins. Last season the Athletics COPIED
with 104 triumphs.
The Nationals have not far to go to
better their records of the 1928 and
1929 seasons, in each of which they
finished below the 500 mark. Nine
more wins and they will have passed
the 1928 count. Five more wins and
last years total will have been passed.
The Nationals, too, have great chance
TO better their winning record OF 1927,
the last season in which they finished
above 500. They can do SO with 19
more successes.
HERE'S an eff" proposition on the
4 L Nationals play through the re-
mainder of their string. 1t in,
cludes the game scheduled for today.
Carrying on at the rate they have
against the White Sox, Johnsons
charges should take four of the seven
games remaining with this outfit. They
have seven more games with the Tigers
and on past performances should take
four. Seven more games are to be
played with the Browns. Not so good
here. The Nationals on the dope should
take but three. Only three more tus-
sles with the Indians. Looks as though
Washington should cop two.
Now for the Eastern rivals. The
Nationals have licked the Athletics
times in II starts, the Yankees a
dozen times in Is starts and the Red
Sox Is times in 16 starts. Continuing
against these clubs at the same rate
the Nationals would take two of the
five games yet to be played with the
AS, six Of the seven games remaining
with the Yankees and five of the six
still slated with the Red Sox.
That's only IF" stuff, of course. But
It seems the Nationals would do well,
indeed, to bag IS of the AZ settoS yet
on their schedule.
THEY bagged the Cleveland series.
4 three games to two, by handing
Peck's papooses q 9-to-2 trouncing
yesterday in Griffith Stadium before the
slirnmeSt crowd attending a game here
this season. Less than $500 were in
the stands at any time during the melee.
The Indians showed some fight at the
start and the Nationals went into their
third batting turn with the score 1-all.
Then with brace of hits, backed by
wild Cleveland pitching and fielding,
they put across enough tallies to clinch
the affair.
Thereafter it was merely a matter of
how large would be the Nationals score.
AL CROWDER did the hurting for
"A the Nationals in the Cleveland
series final, and though the Gen.
eral was not so steady as he had been
In some other games, he did not let the
Tribe damage him to any great extent.
Al retired the Tribe in order in the first
inning and did the same In the ninth.
Between these rounds, though, the In
dams got a hit an inning, and also were
given four passes by Al.
Twice they had as many as two run
ners on In an inning and once they
had three on the runway. Morgan
opened the Tribes second session with
a walk, checked in at third when
Hodapp doubled and scored after
Manush Speared Joe Sewell's liner Tor
the second out. In the fifth frame
I'D off
tague famed Porter walked, but Aver
i'll was easily retired.
Two passes and a single filled the
bases with Indians in the seventh, but
the second pass came after two were
out, and again Averill was retired with
out much trouble. Averill seemed to be
particularly easy for Crowder after the
first inning. Earl socked a real liner
to Rice in his first turn at bat, but
famed the second time, then sent two
grounders to Myer.
Crowder did some nifty hurting in
the third inning to keep a run from
the Indians Harder began this frame
with double and Montague sacrificed,
but both Porter and AverIll struck out.
All told, Crowder registered five strike
outs.
The second Indian score was regis
tered in the eighth. Morgan opened
Of the season, a. corking smack into the
sun parlor back of center field.
MEL HARDER and Walter Miller
1V1 were found for the Washington
runs. The Nationals got five
safeties, seven passes and six tallies off
Harder in the first four innings. They
got 1--WE hits, one pass and three runs
of the left-handed Miller.
Two walks, sacrifice and f1elder's
choice were mixed in the making of a
first-inning marker. In the fourth, two
singles, two passes, a wild pitch, sac
Tifice and two wild throws by infielders
accounted for four runs-and the ball
game, as it turned out. A pass, a wild
pitch and two-bagger Melted the last
run OF Harder in the fourth.
Two hits and pass meant a tally
OF Miller in the fifth, and in the sew
enth an error, two singles and an in
field retirement Melted two more scores.
The Nationals did not have to work
very hard for their runs.
lake POWELL, not so long ago re-
turned TO the Nationals when the
New Haven club of the Eastern
League disbanded, again has been
farmed to Chattanooga. He leaves to-
day for the Washington farm. The
young Silver Spring outfielder goes TO
the Lookouts subject to recall on "a
hours notice.
JOE TINKER Is NAMED