Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
ROUGH PLAYMATES
FOR JOHNSON BAND
Give Griffs Great Battle This
Year-Tigers Turn to
Take 4.3 Game.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

for five days, although
they are scheduled to play but
four games. And four games with
the Browns probably will mean
four hot battles. The st. Louis
club is that way when it en-
counters an outfit wearing the
Washington uniform.
Last time the Browns were here-it
was in June-the Nationals took four
games from them. But what job they
had doing that WELL Two were sizzling
contests, with the home side grabbing
the bacon In the ninth. Out In ST. Louis
this year the Nationals have played the
Browns seven times for four wins.
They were all hot affairs. especially
those three played the last time the
johnson band visited the city along the
Mississippi. That trio of tits was torrid
in every way-weather and all.
The Browns have performed oddly
this season. They started as though
nothing could prevent them skidding to
the bottom of the league and staying
there. But after foundering about for
nearly two months they suddenly awak-
During the last two weeks in June they
played by far the best base ball in the
circuit. and since coming East for this
trip have been better than any other
Western club.
They have broken even in their bat
Ting during this invasion. which is
some record for a member of q group
that has looked very bad in tussling on
Eastern fields. The West in the MAN.
has been q mark for its rivals on the
seaboard lots.
That four-game schedule in five days
with the Browns Is Of no help to the
fair fans of Washington. They play to-
day and tomorrow, then skip Friday. the
regular Ladies' day. Even rain tomor-
row might not mean a game Friday.
The clubs probably would double up on
Saturday.
IT seems the Tigers must have their
victory in every series with the Ma
tionals They bagged one game in
each of the sets played in Detroit, took
the last of four-game series here in
June and yesterday came back from
three lickings in a row to take the
measure of the johnson band, 4 to 3.
Not so good for the Nationals stand
ing in the race. The defeat thrust
them eight games back of the pace
making Athletics, who again triumphed
OVCI tIlc- w lllLc l0OAy dIAA leu LA1Cul O0L
five games ahead Of the third-place
Yankees, who idled.
On merit, the Nationals had no
license to take yesterdays game. The
three runs they got III the third inning
were strictly of the unearned variety,
while the Tigers deserved every one of
their tallies.
Vic Sorrell was on the hill for the
visitors and he got sweet revenge for
thnca
il the campaign by Johnson's charges.
Here in June the Nationals beat Sor-
rell when he gave them six hits, and
IN Detroit later he was beaten again
by them. although he allowed but four
hits. Tough beatings, these. In the
tussling yesterday he gave up seven
sefeties, and though three were punched
in the round in which the Nationals
did their scoring there would have
been no scoring but for tumble of
q fly ball by Center Fielder Doljack.
Carl Fischer, southpaw, again set out
to get his tenth win of the season,
only to fall down once more. Fischer
went into the seventh inning before
retiring. single by Stone that paved
the way to the tying run putting him
out Of action. Irving Hadley came on
to take the beating which the Tigers
administered in the ninth.
The Bengal bunch made IA hits, 10
- off Fischer. They also made five errors,
but only one did them any harm and
that only temporarily.
HARGRAvE'S single with one out,
i i Vests double with two out and
Doljacks two-base muff Of Sam
Rices fly to short right center ac-
counted for the Nationals first two runs
in tine third inning. Cronin's single
following the error put over their third
and last
With McManus double and Koenig's
single the Tigers tailed in the fourth.
They scored again in the sixth when
Walker was hit by pitched ball at the
outset of the inning and Hayworth sin
gled with two out. Stones single with
one out in the seventh chased Fischer,
then Hadley filled the bases by passing
McNanus and hitting Walker. Koeing
was helpless, but owen singled over the
tying run.
Koenig singled after Walker famed
and Hayworth tripled after Owen famed
to put across the big marker for the
Tigers in the ninth.
After the third round the Nationals
had but two good scoring opportunities.
With one out in the fourth, Bluege sim
gled and checked in at second when an
error put Hayes on, but Walker went
into the next county to pull down
Eargraves drive, and Bluege. who had
h-aded for the plate thinking Pink S
slam a sure hit, was easily doubled off
second base.
In the seventh Hayes was on third
and Hargrave on second with one out,
but Hadley went up to bat and famed
while West sent an easy chance to the
second baSeman.
NPENCER is nursing a lame right leg