Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-05

time Tor the washington
pitchers to brace and give
good accounts Of them
selves once more. For several
weeks the Nat mound staff was
regarded the most durable in the
American League. Its members
were able to finish games they
had started more often than the
Slabmen of rival clubs. Not so
lately, though. In the last seven
engagements, there have been
pitching paradeS. Not since sam
Jones went route and beat the
Yankees in New York on May II
has a Washington hurler begun
a game and pitched throughout.
This pitching weakness was first seen
In the last game of the New York series
Then three pitchers were used to lose
game In each of two OF the four games
with the AS two Nat pitchers were sent
into action. In each of the two other
games four Nat pitchers toiled. That
was using a flock of pitchers in three
days and no victory was scored.
Out here the Mats have been winning,
but having tough time of it at that.
Staked to a fine lead Tuesday, Ad
Liska broke down and had to give way
might not pull the game out of the FIRE.
Again yesterday Marberry was in pos
session Of q Six-run lead when he en-
tered the seventh inning, but Fred wilt
I'd and Myles Thomas, who tried to help,
also took q FASTING. Once more it was
Braxton who had to step in and save
the day.
OUCH frequent colIapses of pitchers
~ usually work a hardship on the
supporting cast. It puts too great a
strain on the players back of the pitch
ing box. The Washington defense wab-
bled at critical moments yesterday. For
tunately the club was in q mood to hit
timely, which brought about victory in
10 innings. It was just break that
while the Mats had poor pitching the
Tigers had poorer pitching.
Five pitchers were thrown into the
fray by Manager Harris, and the Mats
hit three Of them.
The big Indian 1eft-hander, Ellen
HogSett, started against the Washing
ton bunch and was chased before
an out was made in the third inning.
A homer driven over the left field wall
by Joe Cronin with two on in the first
frame gave Hogsett bad start, and a
walk, an error by Second Baseman Geh-
ringer and q single put him out OF the
picture in the third. Art Herring re-
iieveds and was hit safely in the next
three rounds, the Mats getting to him
for q pass and three hits, netting three
runs In the sixth. That put them six
up on the Tigers, who had managed to
get q run In the third with two dou-
bles and another tally in the fourth
with an infleld hIt, Blueges wild chuck
and two-bagger.
AEARBERRY, though, could not stand
4v1 prosperity. He showed signs OF
weakening In the sixth when he
yielded two hits. The Tigers wasted
those, but they made good use Of what
they got OF him in the seventh. Har-
grave walked to open this inning, and
Stone, who grabbed the bat OF PM
Page, singled. West cuffed the hit, and
the error let Hargrave reach third and
stone second. In went Thomas to take
Marberry's place Funk Immediately
lofted deep to West, and HargraVe
counted while Stone moved up to score
when Gehringer singled.
The eighth saw the Tigers bat around
and reduce the Mats lead to one run.
Fother0iIl singled of Thomas, but was
forced out when Koenig grounded to
Hayes. Had Cronin moved little
faster TO cover second double play
that probably would have kept the
Tigers away from the plate in the
round might have been made. Then
Thomas walked johnson and Hargrave
TO I'LL the bases. So Braxton was hus.
tied to the slab. Braxton had had
plenty Of preparation for the relief role
FOR he had been warming up more than
five minutes. But after Uhle, batting
for Charley Sullivan, had lofted fly
that let Koenig score, Braxton was
found for q single by Funk that tailed
johnson, and he crowded the sacks
once fore by walking Gehringer.
A BONER by Bluege followed to give
n the Tigers their third run of the
hectic session. Rogel raped a hot
one that the third-sacker was barely
able to knock down.. With plenty OF
time TO make retiring throw to frst
and end the inning, Bluege instead
elected TO touch third base before the
feet Funk arrived there. He lost that
race and his heave to Judge arrived
too late to flag Rogell. That mistake
let Rensa, who ran for Hargrave, get
home.
Two were out and Braxton had gone
to q '3-and-2 count with johnson in
the ninth before the Tigers began the
making Of the run that forced the game
His last chance, johnson took des-
perate swing and slammed two-baggel
to right-center. Rensa followed with
one of those teasing loopers to left
Just too far out for Cronin to hand&
and too far In for GoSlin to get under
the single tailed Johnson.
TN the seventh, the Mats had CLEANED
i only a pass of Page, third Tiger
pitcher, and In the eighth had beer
retired In order by the fourth home
hurler. Sullivan. Nor had they looked
good against Whitehill in the ninth
The left-hander had hurled thirc
strikes by Braxton and West, while
Rice's best was o hoist to johnson ir
right, but they jumped on Whitehh
after two were out In the tenth and
handed him his second defeat in the
series.
Goslin let a third strike sail by and
Judge grounded to the first baSeman
but Cronin larruped a doubled to the
Scoreboard back Of left-center. Bluegt
walked and Jack Hayes, who was sem
to second base for the day because
Buddy Myer had a pain in his tummy
slashed Q single to center to ally
Cronin. The hit moved Bluege tc
third and when Alexander muffed q
throw from Whitehill, who was trying
TO snare Hayes on first base, OssiC
scored and Jack reached second base
Spencer's single sent Hayes home.
DRAxToN deftly disposed Of tn
- Tigers in their last turn, ending TIT
game by tanning Rogen.
With IL Safeties the Tigers 0Iitflit thu