Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
SLUG TWO HOLIDAY
WINS OVER RED SOX
West to Stay Idle During Set
With AS Due to Hitting
of Rice, Harris.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ PHILADELPHIA, September 8.
- Sam Vests left elbow that
has been sore enough to
keep him out of the lineup
seems about we'll once more, but
he may not be in center field for
the Nationals during their last
series with the league-leading
Athletics this year. Both Sam
Rice and Dave Harris appear in
such fine hitting moods Manager
johnson plans to have them in
action here.
The veteran Rice and the much
younger Harris have been slamming in
vigorous manner recently. while West
for some time has been in batting
slump. With the Yankees still threat
ening to wreSt second place from his
club Johnson feels the Nationals need
all the hitting power they can muster
and he looks to Rice and Harris to
provide plenty of punch.
The outfield defense remains high
class, too. with this pair sharing the
pasture duty with Heinie Manush.
Although he has covered right field for
years. Rice looks quite at home in the
middle territory. Harris has performed
surprisingly we'll in right. Several times
lately he has come through with
sparkling catches to keep his club out
Of serious trouble.
Neither Rice nor Harris is Vests
equal as a fly hawk, but they can go
and get EN- with most of those oc-
cupying big league outfelds. What's
more. they're hitting now and the Ma
tionalS can we'll afford to take advan-
20 of oil no attapltrn ctr OF
hand.
CTILL one and half games ahead
- of the third-place Yankees after
a successful Labor day invasion of
Boston. Playing at Braves Field yes
terday the Nationals maintained their
advantage over the New York Yankees,
delphia. by taking the measure of the
Red Sox, to 5 and Is to /, in an
afternoon twin bill
The first game was hot affair, with
Bob Burke letting the home SIDE get
back most of the fine lead the Johnson
band had cleaned off Ed Durham and
Hold Lisenbee before the fourth inning
ended. The Nationals went into the
round ahead, 6 to l, one of the runs a
homer hit by Dave Harris. and came
out of 1t with only tally edge. Bump
Hadley finished on the hill and got
credit for the victory because Burke
had not pitched long enough to be
given consideration.
The Nationals we're outhit by the Red
SoX. 13 safeties to IL in this tilt. but
they romped to their second win. They
collected IA hits off Jack Russell, Justin
Mclaughlin, left-handed high school
boy. and Bob Reeves, making his debut
as a moundsman. Morris, who pitched
between the appearance of Russell and
Mclaughlin, allowed no hits, but he
was SO wild none was needed for scoring
at his expense
Russell took the beating before he
had fairly started the second inning,
having yielded four runs in the first.
The second session saw Morris and Nc
Laughlin take enough punishment to
raise the Washington run total to an
even dozen, then Reeves was cuffed in
two rounds. However the former Wash
ington infielder looked much better
than any other sent to the slab by the
Red SoX. Fred Marberry went all the
way for the Nationals and in getting his
fifteenth win OF the season held the
Red Sox to eight rather well spread
hits.
A SINGLE hunted by Rice, Cronins
"A walk Harris one baser and Kuhels
double shot along the right-field
line got the Nationals three runs for
d 11Ile SUdL u. 1NO HUE luis were
registered in the second session before
Lisenbee rushed to Durham's relief.
Spencer's single, Burkes sacrifice and
Myers one-base knock accounted for
one of the markers. Rice tripled to
push over the other. Harris lined a
homer into the left-field bleachers in
the third, then the johnson band
up ground.
The home side first found the plate
in the third round. Berry opened the
inning with stroll to first, then Lis
enbee poked a single by Myer. Berry
headed for third on the hit and contin-
ued home when Harris, who had re-
ceived the sphere, chucked wildly over
the far corner.
In the fourth the Red Sox made their
bid for victory. With one out Webb
doubled, but was held at second when
Burke threw out McManus. Successive
singles by Oliver, Berry and LiSenbee
followed, however, to send over two runs,
so after filling the bases with pass to
Rhyme, the pitching assignment was
transferred from Burke to Hadley. The
first batter to face the relief hurler,
Sweeney, cracked a single to shove over
two more tallies, then Harris got under
Van Camps hoist to end the uprising.
The Nationals recorded their final run
in the sixth getting it from doubles by
NStL anu IN4kC, uAbSL WV hSAS
out.
CINGLES by Rice and Bluege, doubles
- by ManuSh and Kuhel and a pass
to Harris netted the Nationals four
runs in the opening round of the sec
ond engagement of the day. Kuhels
tWo-bagger was the big blow of the in
ming for it cleared crowded sacks.
One-base raps by Marberry and Myer
ousted Russell in the second session and
Morris came on to issue two passes, hit
a batter make a wild pitch and get one
out before giving away to Mclaughlin.
A double, a single, two walks and the
young hurler's boot Of Spencer'S ground
er in front of the plate enSued with
only the second retirement being made.
Eight runs had crossed, two off Russell's
pitching. three off Morris and three off
McLaughlin's. Then Reeves went to
the slab to get the third out.
Singles by Cronin, Harris and Boil
ton in the third round added two runs
to the Washington score. In the same
round the Red Sox got their counter
from Sweeney's single and Rothrocks
two-bagger. Then the Nationals waited
until the fifth frame to put over the
last run of the day, with doubles by
Kuhel and Bolton.
That triple Rice socked in the sec
ond inning of the opener landed in
the center-field corner. AIT feet from
the plate . This is right because the
figures are painted on the fence
and Harris homer in the third crossed