Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-14

BETWEEN games, though, the Wash
~ ington club recovered remarkably
1t appeared they had no chance ia
get over such severe drubbing quickly
yet in the 6-to-4 second tuSsle the Ma
tionals turned the tables on the AS by
giving them a dose Of their own home
run poison.
Waged a fine battle for three innings
although the AS scored in the third
when helped by wild chucks by Crow
der and Bluege. In the fourth the Ma
tionals got to Walberg for a brace of
hits and a pass that meant two runs,
but the AS evened matters in their
half of the round with two hits for a
tally.
Homers by Dave Harris and Joe
Kuhel in the seventh, however, tucked
away the game for JohnsonS charges
Joe Cronin. who had singled, was on
when Harris hit over the right field
wall, and Bluege, who had doubled,
was on when Kuhel drove the ball over
the same barrier.
The AS, with their customary late
kick, got to Crowder for four hits in
the eighth that melted them two tallieS,
but they couldn't carry on as they had
in the opening game. Crowder was SIM
ply too good for them.
THEY have not counted the Nationals
L out of the race in Philadelphia
The fans there thronged Shibe Park
to see their favorites do battle with
the johnson band, SO important did
they consider the pair of games. More
than 10000 were seated in the boxes
and stands, standing and sitting in the
aisleS, clinging to the beams OF the
structure and even occupying the
Steaming-hot roof atop the long lett
field pavilion.
The Washington club was paid for
more than $4,000 patrons who entered
through the registering turnstiles.
Hundreds went through the pass gate
Formally of purchasing tickets, scaled
the wall back of right field before the
Philadelphia club management took
steps to check other would-be crashers.
It was the greatest throng ever to
see base ball in Shibe Park, where
world series have been played, and the
greatest ever to attend a major league
championship season game on any
Monday not holiday.
And the more than 10000 in the
park were not the only cnes to vief
proceedings. That row of IS or 20
houses just across Twentieth street
from Shibe Park had the stands built
on house and porch roofs filled to ca
pacity. 1t was estimated 5000 saw the
games from those vantage points even
though the shrewd house owners raised
the prices for the seats from the Gus
tomary IS cents to 81 as early as two
hours before the first game started.
Could Shibe Park have accom-
modated 10000 more it would have
been filled. Thousends we're milling
about the gates SO early that the stile
began clicking at 9 O'Clock and all en-
frances were closed shortly before l
o'clock, with many more thousands
storming them. So dense was the
crowd about Shibe Park at that time
that traffic was damned for five blocks
In all directions.
Those were big ball games to the
Philadelphia fans
T OTIS of excitement in the fifth in
- ming of the first game. that Mar
berry Simmons feud flared up again
Simmons, at the plate, thought Mar
berry was trying to knock him down
with inside pitches and after the fourth
ball was called Al went straight for the
uitcher's box instead of first base.
Marberry came up to meet him, tossing
away his glove as he advanced. then