Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
= WH|TEH|LL N|CKED
FOR EASY VICTORY
Jones Leaves Slab After 7
RoundS-HadIey Gives Up
Runs in Ninth.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.


\ Earl Whitehill, and making
his right-handed success
sors, Tom Bridges and Charley
Sullivan. look not so hot, the Ma
tionals toppled the Tigers to 2
yesterday in Griffith Stadium in
the opener of a four-game series.
This Johnson band shows signs
of getting back into a winning
stride. In tanning the Tiger troupe
it ran a string of consecutive vic
tories to three games. The Ma
tionals haven't done better than
that since their dozen-gam
streak was ended by the Indians
in Cleveland on June 10.
incidentally it was the fifth defeat
in a row for the Tigers on their present
Eastern swing. Bucky Harris band
appears to be getting nowhere fast. 1t
was its ninth trimming in dozen
starts this season against the Johnson
led aggregation.
ures on the standing Of the big three
in the American League pennant chase
the following is presented:
The Nationals now are seven ana
half games behind the league-leadlng
Athletics. who took a double fall out OF
the White SoX in the week end bat
Ting.
They are six games up on the yam
KEGS. whose Saturday engagement with
the Browns was washed out by rain.
Griffs Waste But One Hit.
Just eight hits were made by the
Nationals Yesterday and but one was
wasted. They also received seven passes
and three of the passes we're converted
into runs. And a wild pitch helped, TOO
Whitehill started and hurled six innings
diving which time he was nicked for
six safeties, five walks and trio OF
tallies. Bridges gave hit, pass ana
a run in the seventh. So did Sullivan
in the eighth.
The johnson band did all its scoring
before the Tigers found the plate. sam
Jones. beginning game Tor the 1lrSt
time since June 90, when he was driven
to cover by the White ,SoX IN Chlcago'
Welded six hits in seven innings. Three
were clustered in the second session.
The veteran, tired more by much effort
on the base paths rather than on the
hill, turned the task over to Bump
Hadlev after the seventh.
Bump was found for brace OF hits,
one in each of the innings he hurled,
and when he developed wild streak
in the ninth that crowded the SACKS
the Tigers averted shut-out.
Looked as though the Tigers might
do some damage in the second session
when McManus bumped Jones for
single at the outset and after DolJack
famed Koenig hit for base. owen
did not help with his loft, but Hay
worth smashed a base-filling bingle of
Bluege's hands Whitehills best how
ever. was a grounder to Cronin tnat
erased HayWOrth.
Ore was out in the second When the
Nationals started their n-maklng.
Bluege walked and pulled up at second
when HAYES hit for base. Then
Spencer shot a grounder toward short,
but lust as Koenig was prepared TO grap
the ball it took an odd bound by MIN
to left field and Bluege scored.
In the Tiger fourth McManus singled
then stole second rs Doljack watched
a third one go by, but neither koenlg
nor Owen could get the ball by the m
field Johnson socked triple after TWO
were out in the Tiger fifth only to see
Gehringer hoist out.
More National Scoring.
Then the Nationals did some more
plate-denting. Jones began their MIN
with a single and there were Two on
when MCMdHuS plChCu up "N'
and heaved to second base 100 late loL
a force-out. Manush bunting, popped
q foul to the first baseman, but a1ter
Cronin's walk loaded all corners. Harris
sent a long fly to Doljack to get Jones
In the sixth, Whitehilrs last round,
Bluege's single, Hayes sacrlhce, Spen-
GERS infield retirement and Jones sec,
ond hit. a single hunted down the thlro
base line, accounted for marker. Inc
scoring off Bridges in the seventh came
from Harris walk, Kuhels single, a
wild pitch and Bluege'S deep ny TO DOL
lack. Two were out in the elghth Wnen
West drew a pass from Sullivan. He
took third as Manush singled and as
Cronin went to a three and-tWo count
Sammy scored in double steal. linen
Cronin famed.
owens single and Cronin's error put
two Tigers on with one cut IN the sew
enth. but Alexander, batting for
Bridges lofted out and Jones finished
strongly by tanning Johnson. Although
reached for a single by McManus after
two were out Hadley had an easy time
in the eighth, but it was different IN
the ninth.
A bobble by Hayes put Koenig on at
the outset. Owen walked and after
Haywcrth went out a pass to Walker,
batting in place of Sullivan, jammed
the stations Johnson famed vigor-
ously. but Gehringer smacked long
single that put two over before Stone
let third strike go by.