Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-26
FANS TO HONOR Joe
At GAME SATURDAY
Griffith, Johnson Laud Him
In Radio Talks After In
dians Are SWamped.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

sacker of the Nationals, who
- is to have his big day Sat
urday, came to Washington
almost as a gift from the Buffalo
club. That's what President Clark
Griffith said in his WMAL broad
cast last night. Griffith was
dickering for Charley Jameson,
pitcher and outfielder, at the time,
but thought the price asked too
high. He told the BiSonS he
would close the deal, though, if
the young first baSeman was
tossed in. That was done and
Washington got one of the finest
Initial sack guardians ever, to come
up to the big leagues.
Nearly Is years ago that deal was
made, and since Judge has given the
Nationals a lot of great base ball. He
has hit well and fielded wonderfully.
His performances year after year have
inspired the other members of the club
to greater effort. A keen student OF the
game and an earnest worker, Judge
has been the leader of the infield al
most since his start as regular first
baseman. Washington fandom does
we'll to honor the man who has given
such loyal service.
The most substantial way the fans
here can show their appreciation of a
great ball player and a splendid fellow
citizen would be by turning out in
throngs for the battle Saturday be-
tween the Nationals and the Tigers.
The Detroit club has agreed that all
cate receipts in excess of $4,000 may
go to Judge, so the more the turnsttles
at Grifith Stadium click this week end
the bigger the appreciative chest Tor
ehe player.
A great chance to reward great ball
player Do your bit by taking in the
game Saturday.
WALTER JOHNSON, manager of the
Wv Nationals, also talked over the air
from WMAL last night about his
fine first baseman and credited Judge
with having made possible the one no
hit game pitched by the Big Train.
Walter put over that game in Boston
on July /, 1920. He had repulsed the
Red Sox for eight innings, but Wash
ington had made only one run, so the
Boston bunch was still in there fighting
for victory in the ninth. Up TO the
plate strobe Harry Hooper, always dan
gerous And Hooper announced he was
going up to swing and swing hard. He
did and met the ball solidly. Toward
right field the ball headed, but the agile
Judge lunged to check the drive that |
looked a certain hit. Across to the bag |
ran Johnson to take the retiring toss |
from Joe, and the big game the pitcher |
had sought for years was ms. a., II IooS
but johnson had such first baseman
supporting him.
HAVING swept the series of four
i i games with the Indians, the Ma
tionals again are pressing the
league-leading Athletics. This morn
ing they were but game and half
back of Connie Macks world cna I'm:
pAens. Only half game ahead OF the
Yankees, though, for while the Ma
tionals were handing one licking to the
Indians yesterday the New Workers
handed two to the Browns. Now all
three Of the punched clubs have lost
"a games. The AS have won three
more than the Nationals, but the Ma
tionals still have those three to play
and game ahead may be game won.
THERE was a deal of fuzzy base ball
in that 13-to-5 affair in Griffith
Stadium yesterday and all OF 1t was
not put forth by the Indians. The
Nationals at times gummed up their
play in sandlottish manner. However,
they stepped out in the seventh TO
break a % tie with their biggest scor-
ing session of the season. Then they
denied the plate IL times, putting
across of the runs after two were
out. After that the Indians were
through, despite the markers they
contrived to chalk up in the eighth.
FIFTY BROWN and Mel Harder
IL were opposing hurlers at the start. /
Brown went the route and allowed |
nine hits and four passes, three OF the
hits and three of the passes in the last |
two innings. Harder left in the sixth |
after his brace of errors had let the |
Nationals put over tying tally with
1wo out. He had been reached Tor |
eight safeties and three passes. Mil |
burn Shoffner, a left-hander, ended the |
sixth inning well, but he was bounced |
out in the seventh and so was Pete |
.Jablonowski Then Salvatore Gltatto |
took his bumps before the big seventh |
ended, but he stuck through the eighth |
inning.
In all the Nationals collected of the
four Cleveland hurlers 16 hits and 10
passes. The Indians also kicked in
with seven errors and Harder con-
stributed a wild pitch just to make 1t
big time all around.
THAT only one of the first four runs
i made was of the earned variety
shows what kind Of game 1t was.
An error and two hits accounted for
Washington score in the second inning.
The Indians tied in the fifth with
clean marker, a triple and sacriflcial
buut putting it across. At that had
several Nationals been more alert the
hunted pop might easily have been
caught and the sacrifice turned into a
side-retiring double-play. An error, a
hit and a sacrifice put the Indians
ahead in the sixth, but the Nationals
car,oo ,-iol1t hack to even the game with
v run cleaned from a flelder's choice
that meant the second out, an infleld
single and three errors.
The seventh saw the tie broken
quickly. Myer singled and Rice, VINO
celebrated his return to the lineup
after a twc-day lay-of nursing a
bruised knee by making two hits,
tripled. After Manush rolled out with
out helping Rice, the fun began. Cronln
walked and Shires' bunt was good for
a hit that scored Rice. West forced
out Cronin at third, then Bluege's
fourth hit of the game scored Judge,
running for ShireS, and chased Shoff-
ner. Jablonowski walked the first two
batters to face him and started walking
the third. Gliatto completed the pass
then Welded three hits and two more
walks. Three errors were mixed with
all this. Result: IL runs.
In all. Nationals were at the plate 16
times in the inning, seven Of them going
Tup twice Rice got his two hits in the
round doubling the second time up,
and they accounted for four runs while
Ne scored twice.
TT was a day for accidents During
batting practice Manager, johnson
was struck on the left hand by
drive from Manush's bat and pain
fully if not seriously injured. In the