Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
CLEvELANDERS BOW
TO BROWN, FISCHER
Nationals Shave Half Game
Off Athletics Lead by
Twin Triumph.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~LEVELAND, June 20.-Com-
ing back with a vengeance
~ today the Nationals, who
only yesterday had doz-
en-game winning streak ended,
started another victory run by
taking both ends of a double
header with the Indians. The
scores were IA to 4 and 7 to 3.
Although the league-leading Ath-
leticS also copied in Chicago the
Nationals by their dual success
reduced to three games the dis
tance between them and the top
most club in the American League.
The Indians were left-handed into
submission In both encounters. Lloyd
Brown having an easy time of it in
the initial argument, while Carl Fischer
cap, where he had bit more of a
battle than had his staff mate pre-
viously.
The first game was a walk-over for
Manager Johnson'S ambitious band, for
they stepped to the front quickly and
soon had the tilt well in hand For
seven innings, however, the second en-
gagement was keenly fought. The
Indians were held at bay in each tussel
until near the finish, so effective were
the Washington moundsmen.
Just a ROmp for Brown.
Brown bested three Cleveland hurlers
In the first game. He had the tribe
at his mercy for seven innings, allow
ing but five hits and two passes. With
the Nationals having piled up SUCH a
substantial score he eaSed in the last
two rounds and the Indians got to him
for six more safeties and all their runs.
Milburn Shoffner tried to left-hand his
way against Johnson's charges, but was
beaten of before the second inning
ended and his successor, the venerable
Right-handed Pete Donohue, was SHOW
ed from the slab in the fifth to let
Fay Thomas, another orthodox hurler,
finish. Of this trio the Nationals COL
lected Is hits and wasted few.
In the second set-to the Nationals
picked up nine hits off Roxie Lawson,
Willis Hudlin and Pete Jablonowski,
right handlers all. Lawson, who took the
beating, was wild and that caused him
to give way to Hudlin in the seventh.
Jabby toiled in the ninth.
Limiting the Indians to two hits and
three passes, Fischer looked great for
eight innings, but he weakened in the
final round to issue another pass and
yield three more hits that enabled the
tribe to avert shut out.
Cop Lead Early IN Opener.
In the first encounter of the after
noon the Nationals denied the plate
In six of the nine innings and hit safely
IN all but two. Myers single and
doubles by Harris and West gave the
club a two-run getaway and two more
hits with pass brought two markers
In the second session. The fourth also
was two-run frame, pass, two singles
and two steals of second accounting
for the tallying,
The game was put beyond all dan
ger in the fifth when five runs were
registered. Five hits, all singles, were
mixed with a pass and two Tribal
errors to produce the scoring.
A walk and single helped in the
making OF one run in the sixth and
in the eighth two singles and a triple
we're clustered to bring another two
run block.
Such marks were the Indian hurlers
In this engagement that every member
of the Washington starting cast hit
safely, with Sam West and Ossie
Bluege collecting three safeties each.
The Indians couldn't find the plate
until the eighth, when Brown eased a
tr1f1e in his work. In that round two
Tribal singles and double were socked
before retirement was achieved, then
after two were out another single was
smote to net the home side three
tallies. In the ninth two singles after
two were out accounted for the final
run of the fray.
Myers Homer Starts It.
1t was homer by Myer, his second
of the season, that started the scoring
in the second tilt of the afternoon.
Buddy opened the third inning by loft !
ing the ball over the right field screen
close to the foul line.
A pass to Bluege paved the way for
q Washington tally in the fourth.
Ossie reached second as Kuhel was
erased and got home when Spencer hit
for base. A tumble by Morgan that
put Kuhel on the runway at the start
of the sixth round meant another run
for the Nationals. Spencer'S infield
retirement and Fischer's single got Joe
around.
Passes to Crcnin and Harris at the
start of the seventh helped Johnson's
charges toward two runs and brought
Hudlin to Lawson's relief. West could
not aid the men on the runway, but
Bluege, with a single to center, got
both home.
Two mere markers in the ninth, off
Jablonowski this time. Harris singled
and so did Bluege after West went out.
KuhePS long fly to Vosmik let Harris
score and Bluege reach second. Ossie
tailed as Spencer hit for a base.
In the ninth the Tribe f1ared up
and got three runs of pass to Nor
gam doubles by Vosmik and Kamm,
with single by Hodapp sandwiched
between, and a long fly to West by
Ferrell, who had picked up Berg's bat.
! Noted Of the Nationals.
Myer got on base the first four times
he went to the plate in the opening
engagement and scored each time.
Kamm made a flashy catch of Spen-
GERS foul in the sixth, leaping against
the grandstand wall for a one-hand
grab.
Harris pulled a fancy one for the
last out, jumping high while backed
against the right-field wall to drag
down with his gloved paw Averill's
liner.
Johnson rested Manush, Cron!n, West
and Spencer after the sixth inning,
sending Sam Rice, Hayes, Harry Rice
and Hargrave into action.
Bluege and Harris did not wait long
to test Berg's arm in the nightcap ana
each got away with a stealing effort,
SSsie In the second session and Dave
in the third. That raised the Ma
Sio.,aIe, theft total for the daV to four.