Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21

on the home lot of the latter.
Shortly after concluding their
series with the Red Sox this aft
ernoon JohnSon's henchmen will
entrain for Philadelphia, where
tomorrow they will start a four
game set with the world cham
pionS that will inaugurate the
junior major circuits season in
Quakertown.
Thus the schedule affords the Ma
tionalS golden opportunity to get the
Jump on what are regarded their most
dangerous foemen in the battling for
the flag this year. If the Washington
club is able to repeat its record made in
the series with the AS here last week,
when the hosts of Connie Mack were
repulsed in three Of four engagements,
then, indeed, may it feel it has made
great progress toward the goal it hopes
to attain-the American League cham
picnShip.
Pretty early, of course, to be talking
of attaining such a goal, but the Ma
tionalS to a man are more than hopeful
of doing just that. In fact, they are
quietly confident of supreme success
this year. and believe if they are able
to push the Athletics aside, disposing of
the remainder of their rivals will not be
so difficult.
But beating these Athletics is some
thing the Nationals figure is strictly up
to them. They got little help from other
clubs in holding the AS in check last
year, and they look for little from them
this time With the Nationals, It's beat
the as or sink, and they have no idea
of sinking.
WHEN the curtain goes up in Phila
Wv delphia after hizzoner the mayor
and other prominent fans of that
city help celebrate the occasion, the bat
teries for the contest are likely to be an
nounced as follows: For Washington,
Hadley and Spencer; for the Athletics,
Grove and Cochrane.
The catching ends of the batteries are
about as certain picks as can be made
The Spencer and Cochrane selections
are taken for granted. And Manager
Walter johnson has announced he viii
start Hadley on the hill, even though
Bump yesterday had not fully recovered
from a cold contracted Saturday.
Bump went through good workout
shagging flies, then INDUCED in a brief
pitching drill yesterday. He complained
afterward Of his arm, but said it was
nothing like so sore as it had been and
that he believed another bit of exercis-
ing today would have it in good trim
for action against the world champions.
Trainer Mike Martin Is sure Bump will
be ready
Picking Grove as the Athletics
starter is taking something Of a chance,
Connie Mack never tells in advance
who he will send to the slab. But al
ready the willy pilot of the champs has
established something of a rotation in
the pitching line, and If he follows 1t
the left-hand star of the American
League viii be the man the Nationals
will face.
AD LISKA'S salary wing is ailing
"A again and this time more than
ever. After his return from
Youngstown, Ohio. where he recently
had the arm attended by a muscle
manipulation, the submarine hurler
l thought it was on the mend and said
! he believed he would be Of some service
to his club in another week or two. 1t
has failed him again, however, and the
young pitcher is very discouraged.
He has left for Lincoln, Nebr., to
have the arm looked over by a surgeon
who treated it some years ago when
Liska experienced similar trouble
League. It was this first arm ailment
that changed Ad from an overhead to
an underhand pitcher, for after Kidding
the limb Of the soreness he found 1t
was not strong enough for the overhead
style Of delivery. After experimenting
with the underhand delivery for time
he mastered it to such an extent that
he became quite effective in the Ameri-
can Association
SO he has gone back to the man who
brought the arm around the first time
and at his own expense, too. The
Washington club feels that it has done
all it can to get the pitcher in condi-
ton for service.
NHAYBE Al Crowder could stand some
WI doctoring, too. This veteran has
stepped to the hill three times and
each time all but had his ears knocked
off. He was in just long enough to lose
to the AS in the opening game, took
powerful pounding and was fortunate
not to lose in the third game of the
Mack series and yesterday was soundly
smacked and sent to defeat by the Red
Sox He's nothing like the Crowder
that pitched for the Nationals SO Won
derfully last season.
Crowder in the second set-to with the
Red Sox was not the only hurler to be
well whacked Walter Tauscher and
Bob Burke also took it on their chins
as the Nationals were routed. Is to 3.
Eighteen hits, nine Of them doubles,
ratified of the Red Sox bats. Only Carl
Fischer escaped punishment and he
pitched to but one batter.
While his club had merry time at
bat. Jack Russell right-handed his way
smoothly against the Nationals, yield
ing them only six hits Three of these
were punched in the sixth TO match two
runs the Red Sox had made and two in
the ninth to net another marker
The Red Sox broke the deadlock Nght
after the Nationals created it, Oliver
opened their seventh with single then
beat to second a throw from Judge who
picked up Creedens bunt Berry doubled
two runs over and Crowder of the slab
Tauscher came on to make a wild
chuck after grabbing Russell's bunt,
then to be nicked for three doubles and
two singles, which meant seven runs in
the inning for Boston. Fischer rushed
in and managed to get Reeves to end
the scoring bee. In the next two rounds
Burke was slammed for seven hits and
four runs.
Which dragged the Nationals back to
f1rst-rlace tie again.
AHANUSH was slightly Ill before the
wi game, but managed to play
through Berry was a busy
boy at bat for the visitors with two
doubles and as many singles. :. E. Oliver
got two singles in the big Red Sox
inning. Mcleod arrived from Chat
tanooga, that held him too weak. :.
He soon will be farmed by President
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