Evening star., 1931-06-17
SPIRIT OF "a SEEN
j IN VICTORY STREAK
Club Carries Struggle to
: Ninth for 11-to-10 Win
Over Browns.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

COuIdSc Coil Ecu PCA4dAAts
count the Nationals in the
1 American League race to the
finish. For sheer pluck they
can't be excelled. When the odds
are against them they fight all
the harder and aren't licked until
there is no more playing to be
done-if then. Right now they
are backing that courage with
mechanical ability and smartness
and look just about the best ball
club in the business.
There never was a better fighting
spirit revealed than that flashed by the
Washington ball club yesterday in scor-
ing its 1l-to-10 victory over the Browns
to extend season record winning
streak to IL games. That seven-run
lead the Browns got in the third In
ming was nothing to daunt the Ma
tionals. They plugged along picking up
runs here and there, then splurged
gloriously in the ninth to bag the con-
test.
The Nationals have plenty of fight
A courageous lot, they are, the kind
of which pennant winners are made.
TT was a great wallop by Dave Harris
i that gave Washington its triumph.
Going into the ninth the Nationals
had the score against them 10 to Z.
All seemed hopelessly lost. But there
still was kick. kick reminiscent of
that of "a that helped the Nationals
toward their first championship. And
blow.
Myer patiently waited until he drew
q pass from George Blaeholder. e Then
Manush dribbled the ball toward short
for single. Cronin looped to short
left field for a one-baser, crowding the
sacks. Harris socked a pitch against
the wall of the sun parlor back of left
center for a triple. Three runs crossed
and the game was deadlocked;
Levey, the Browns shortstop, took
the return from Schultz, center fielder,
and trying to get Harris, who was slid
ing head first into third base, chucked
wildly, the ball landing In the st. Louis
club dugout. Harris got to his feet and
walked home with the big run Of the
day.
TARL FISCHER attempted to left
~ hand his way to his eighth victory
of the year, but the Browns sent
him scampering in the third inning
when they put on their splurge. Bump
Hadley came on to get some rough
treatment before he steadied. Hadley
gave way to a pinch-batter in the
eighth, so Bob Burke got chance to
pitch the ninth and get~cFsdit--for the
victory ...-.e....,
on this lot the Browns got II safe
ties, but the Nationals got is off Wal
lace Hebert, sensational young left
handler who licked the AS recently and
Blaeholder. The youthful southpaw was
given good lacing and would not have
stuck around until the seventh inning
as he did had not the Browns given
him good start.
EISCE:GR was found for a brace of
l. tallies in the first inning. After
Schultz famed, Melillo got lucky
triple, his drive to center that should
have beesl nothing more than single
taking an odd bound by West just as
the fielder was about to grab it, AS
Goslin was thrown out, Mellillio crossed.
A pass to KresS and Ferrell'S triple
produced the other run.
The Nationals countered with two in
the second. West tripled and Bluege
singled. Kuhel forced out Bluege and
in turn was forced out by Spencer, but
Fischer rifled a double down the left
field line to score Roy.
Then the Browns apparently tucked
away the ball game. They put over
seven runs in the third inning, fuzzy
decision by Umpire Guthrie and an
error by Cronin helping them greatly.
Schultz doubled as Q starter, Melillo
Strolled and GoSlin singled to chalk up
a marker. With Kress trying to sacri-
flee, Melillo headed for third, but the
bunt was foul and Spencer after max
ing a spectacular one-hand catch,
heaved to Cronin standing in front of
second. The ball got there ahead of
Melillo racing back toward the sack,
but Guthrie couldn't see it so and the
double-play was lost.
Here Ferrell's single scored Melillo |
and brought Hadley to the relief of
Fischer. McNeely's double Tailed Goslin |
and following Burns base-flling walk,
Crcnin fumbled Levey's grounder to let |
ingly famed, but Schultz, up for the
second time in the round, walloped a
triple to give the Browns three more
runs.
Then the Nationals get to work again.
Singles by Hadley, Myer and Harris
with Manush's infleld erasure meant
two tallies in the fifth. Two more came
In the sixth from Bluege's one-baser,
Kuhers three-bagger and Hadley's
infield retirement
Each side got run in the seventh.
Burns got life when his grounder was
kicked by Kul1el, stole second, moved
to third after Harris bagged Levey's
loft and crossed when Hebert singled in
the Browns half Harris triple and
Vests double after two were out &C.
counted for the Washington run and
knocked Hebert of the slab
After that, all quiet until the lid was
blown of in the ninth.
MYER greeted Hebert warmly, hit
4'A ting the rockies first pitch to left
for a single Cronin made a
fancy one-hand stop of Levey's grounder
near the middle sack in the second
inning. then tagged his man :. ID. Presi-
dent Harridge of the American League
recently limited he will reduce his stan
of umpires from IL to 8. because with
three to a game the officials do not
keep on the job Guthrie made
Harridge look right in the third in
ming when he missed a play on Me-
lilo f. Z. Spencer after making an
especially diffcult catch of a foul from
the. bat Of Kress, trying to sacrifice,
wheeled and threw to Crorin covering
second base that had been vacated by
Melillo the ball got to Cronin
before Melillo regained the base
there was no doubt Of 1t but
Guthrie did not see the double-play
completed he was looking any
where but toward second when Spencer
started the throw and Cronin had the
ball before the umpire turned to see
what was going on :. just one umpire
too many in the game Melillo
made whale of stop in the fifth to
keep hit from Manush the
Browns second Sacker rushed to his
left and back on the grass for a one
hand scoop and chucked to Burns Just
in time for an out i. about 5000
saw the game start not more than
4,0c0 saw the rousing finish !. what
an eyeful the early leaving 1000
missed Walter Masters, former
University Of Pennsylvania pitcher, has