Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-11
BANG 1O3 SAFET|ES
IN LAST 7 TUSSLES
GriffS Improve in Attack as
Pilot Forecast-Beat
Orioles Again.
BY JOHN n. KELLER.


tomorrow remaining to
be played before the American
League season gets under way, the
Nationals will wind up their
Spring exhibition series with a re-
spectacle record. In the contests
TO date-such tits as those with
the House of David nine, Spring
Hill College and a second teams
encounter with Mobile not being
included-the Johnson band has
scored an even dozen victories,
been defeated three times and tied
twice.
Starting slowly, the Nationals have
improved steadily, especially in attack.
During most of their stay in the South,
they found 1t difficult to connect with
the ball often, but for the last week they
have been hitting effectively. Manager
johnson is satisfied that this hitting
squirt, something he predicted would
occur during their last week of training
will result in the Nationals entering the
championship race next Tuesday with
their eyes pealed and their bats swing
ing freely.
In their last seven exhibition tussels
the Nationals have collected l03 hits
and 81 runs. That is almost an aver
age of Is hits and nine runs per game.
Quite an attack.
Tor the last of the engagements with
l. the orioles, johnson planned to
send to the hill this afternoon
Fred Marberry and that stringbean
left-hander, Bob Burke. Marberry his
last time out hurled good game against
the Chattanoogans, despite the licking
he took. He really deserved better fate.
Burke in his last fling stopped the
1ookouts.
It was said in Baltimore yesterday
while the Nationals were trimming the
Orioles. to 8, that the pitching for
the International Leaguers today prob
ably would be done by Monty Weaver
and Bill Clarkson, Highlander, and
Harry Smythe, who sends EN- up from
the left side.
Today's game is the ninth of the ex-
hibition series with the Orioles. The
Nationals have won five Of the games,
lost two and tied in one.
IT may be that Roy Spencer, first
i stringer of the Washington catch
ing staff, will have to do most Of the
receiving in the last two practice affairs.
Both Cliff Bolton and Bill Harg1ave
suffered injury during yesterdays en-
gagement in Baltimore.
Bolton cut leg with his own spikes
while running down to first base in the
second inning of the game and after
singing in the fourth had TO give way
to Hargrave The relief catcher in the
eighth inning had a finger on his right
hand torn by foul tip, but managed
to catch in the ninth despite the pain
full injury.
How serious are these hurts will not
be known until examinations by Trainer
Martin are completed today. Mike was
not at the Baltimore game, but Frankie |
Baxter, assistant trainer, took good care |
of the wounded.
DAxTER JORDAN, who was given
ID the call over Wally Dashiell for the |
extra tnfield job with the Nationals, |
may prove better outfielder than an |
inner defense man. He certainly looked |
the goods yesterday when sent to the |
garden for the first time il the exhibit |
ton games. The Newark draftee had |
Just two chances in right field. He took |
care Of both and his last effort that |
ended the game was of sensational |
order. 1t got his club out Of tough |
situation, too
Ths Birds had put a run across in |
the ninth and had runners on first and |
second bases with two out. Big Joe /
Hauser caught hold of good pitch and |
rifled the ball on a line toward the fence |
back Of right-center. The blow looked /
good for a hit from the start, hit |
that would have meant at least two |
more markers for the Orioles.
Jordan, who had been playing well /
over toward the line. was under way to |
his right at the crack Of the bat, but /
with the brisk breeze that swept Oriole |
Park veering the ball away from him |
steadily 1t did not seem possible that |
the rookie would even check the spheres
flight. But Jordan rushed ON and in q |
final desperate lunge made as pretty q |
backhand grab Of the ball as one would |
care 70 see
Looks as though Baxter would be a
handy fellow to have around should
something go wrong with the wash
1ngton outf1eld.
IN winning at Baltimore the Nationals
/ gathered Is safeties of three hurlers,
Luther Roy, Beryl Richmond and
Joe Cascarella. Each Of the pitchers
went three innings, with Roy taking the
most punishment.
LLOYD Brown and Walter Tauscher
did the slabbing for the Washington
side Brown during the first five frames.
loEOWu Was SEUlEHI1dL VIII, Dub IlciQcQ
only six hits Three Of these were
clustered In the FIRST frame. when the
Orioles got 2 runs. Boyle, first TO face
Brown. whacked homer over the left
field fence. All hits of Lloyd thereafter
were singles Tauscher gave up three
hits. Two with a pass in the ninth
meant the Orioles last tally. The hurler
drafted from Dallas of the Texas League
appeared to advantage during his work
out
VICTORY was scored by the Ma
v tionals without the employment Of
their regular outfielders and first
baseman Harris, Harry Rice and
Jordan. instead of Manush, West and
Sam Rice. were used, while Kuhel took
Judges place at the initial sack. The
four second -strinRers collected of the
clubs 16 safeties, Harry Rice and Jordan
each making three hits while Kuhel,
suddenly coming TO life at bat, cracked
a single and triple.
Homers were hit by Brown and
Cronin. That by the pitcher in the
sixth session was a rousing line drive
into the right field bleachers. 1t would
have been a goot hit in any park
Cronins four-baser in the seventh was
a law loft over the left field fence It
was of the kind that probably would be
caught IN the park here.
Held at bay for two innings. the
Nationals stepped out for five hits and
three runs in the third inning and
counted more in four of the remaining
six rounds.
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