Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

Nationals has about de-
cided his original plan for
getting AL Crowder into good
enough condition to be OF some
real service on the pitching hill
is all wrong. Walter had thought
that Crowder, if given plenty to
do. would soon show worth as a
hurler, which accounts for the
frequent appearance of the right
handler in tits to date. Crowder,
however, now seems worse than
he was at the start of the season,
and then he was very poor.
So the washington pilot figures Al
had better do his conditioning OUTSIDE
of ball games He figures 1t ooeSn
nav to throw Crowder into relief Toies
nor risk him as a starter. The Gen
erals showing when he tried to stop
the Yanks yesterday virtually con
WINGED johnson that nothing is 10 pe
rained by the Nationals through the
,Ise of the veteran in his present Trim
Those New Workers hit al with every
thing but the water bottle
Johnson intends to put 1t up 10
Crowder strictly to get into pltcnIns
form. There seems no reason accoro-
ing to the manager why pltcneI VINO VINO
toiIed go sIperbly after joining the
washington club last June SilouiuA
do right we'll now.
Crowder isn't ailing and ne mas mac
as much training as any other member
Of the Nationals mound corps. II tne
General does not get golng-ano going
right soon-it has been 1ntimated py
those in charge Of the club that ne
NAV find his pay check not quite SO
fat as his contract calls Tor.
DALI players receive no pay during
ID the training season and it's still
the training season for CrowoeI,
even though the remainder of the cup IS
in q championship campaign Onless
Al snans out Of the conditioning period
ouickIv and makes himself really use
mi in the Nationals struggle for
worth while place in the race some
thing unpleasant will happen to him.
Bump Hadley was poor enough as
nitcher Yesterday, but Crowder was
pooTer Before be finished as a relief
worker In the second inning the yam
KEGS had the game tucked away. Ihat
thew then went on to score their first
win Of the season over the Nationals
nv the overwhelming count OF 10 70
MADE no difference. The damage nao
beeo done beyond repair while Grower
was pitching to seven batters.
The General was called to the HUI
when Hadley, after getting two OUT IN
the second session. went haywire ana
threw the ball anywhere but over the
Mate Bump walked Combs to I'LL the
bases. then proceeded to chuck three
wide ones to Reese. In rushed crow
der to complete the pass. He lost no
time. for the first throw was high ana
wide and the Yanks were HANDED
run.
Then things happened. Four doubles
and a pass were made OF CroWder,
all of which Melted the Yanks seven
more runs In the inning. The first OF
these doubles was hit by one-leggeo
BABE Ruth, He poled the ball TO the
far reaches of left-center, far enough
for q homer for a good, speedy runner.
The Babe, though, was able to limp only
to second base, but that hit chased over
three runs. Crowder passed Gehrlg,
then came three two-baggers in success
sion And IL took a good eaten Dy Har :
ris of Dickeys hard drive to left 10 END
the inning. With Crowder in there II
was just batting practice for the XahES'
TN the first inning the New Workers
i had combed Hadley for two markers
after he had retired two natteIs;
Bump passed Ruth, and GehrlR stepped
In to loft the ball into the left-f1eld
stand for q homer. That was enough
TO sew I'D affairs for the home size.
but it collected more tallies on BOD
Burke and Walter Tauscher.
Burke chucked four rounds and was
neatly lambaSted for runs. Tauscher
pitched two and the ,Yanks socKed MN
for a trio of tallies.
All told, the New York OUTFIT helped
Itself TO 10 Safeties, five OF them
doubles and two honers. 1t was Jimmy
Reese who got the second homer. ne
cracked one TO the depths OF right
center In the eighth while Tauscher
was pitching.
Incidentally, the game revealed the
Washington hurlers-two OF them, at
least-need some practice fielding
hunts. The Yanks, with their neat
taps, made monkeys of Burke and
TauScher.
TOO bad the Nationals had to get
i so much poor pitching, for they
were in a hitting mood themselves,
and might well have continued their
spell over the New York Club. They
got IS hits, and their attack was strong
enough 70 drive TO cover in the third
inning the Left-handed Herb Pennock,
who had started for the Yankees. FIVE
hits, four of them in succession, with
base on balls. were mixed in this rally.
Charley Rufing then came on TO
retire Hargraye and leave two Nationals
stranded on the runway, but ne WIS
tapped freely thereafter. In the fourth
inning a pair OF hits, backed by a
Yankee misplay afield. we're good tor
two markers. Two walks and MI
meant 2 more runs in the ninth.
Something in the way OF record
must have been made in the game Tor
the scoring OF runs after two were out.
OF the rs tallies registered oy botn
sides, % crossed after two were out.
The Nationals did all their scoring
after two we're out, while the Yank5
had chalked up a dozen markers be-
fore they managed to chalk up one
with only one out. The first l8 runs OF
the affair were made after two were
out
That shows how uncertain was the
pitching.
old Sam Rice, after resting few
~ days, got back into the game in
right for the Nationals. He cele-
brated his return by hitting a triple
double and two singles in six batting
turns. Harris poled great triple in
~ ha11 he