Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
Brown to Face Yankees To-day.
I'm Second-Place Series Tilt

- Me- more win in this series with
the Yankees and the Nationals
viii be sure Of second place
when the Wssterners start
their first Washington invasion OF the
season Tuesday afternoon. Manager
Walter johnson Is person who doesn
like to wait for good results in base pail
so he is Going after that cllncnIng We :.
tory today The Washington leader Is
to send to- the pitching, hill his sou NJ
paw ace, Lloyd Brown, who has Deen
sending them through In f1ns style most
of the season.
In fact, Brown has had but one drub-
bine. His other losses were by marrow
margins. and in each Of those lost games
he deserved a better fate. That 1t was
he Yankees who gave Brown his one
real licking CT the campaign ism
bothcring either johnson or the pltcner
these days. The hurler, in fine fettle'
is confident he can turn the tables on
the New Workers. this time. and the
manager is quite confident OF MS
charges ability to do so.
With Lefty Gomez having warmed up
so long before getting into yesterdays
second engagement in the hectic eighth
inning. Manager Joe Mccarthy very
likely will employ right-hander at the
outset of this afternoons encounter.
George Pipgras is in linz for du y.
DEFORE the Yankees reached town
- Manager Mccarthy benched Tony
LazSeri because OF his light hitting,
and Though Ton. srnote q homer after
crashing the first game as pinch
hitter yesterday. then played through
the second tilt, he may be missing from
the New York lineup in the remainder
of the series. This has been tough
season for Lazzeri. His batting has been
poor from the start, and with his slump
at the plate he slunped af1eld.
Although Joe Sewell, used at th!rc
when Lazzeri idles. is not so spry or
his underpinning. he is what is known
in base ball as a good position" player
| He has that knack OF placing himself
for the man at bat and can give q
pretty good account Of himself at thiro
base. Joe still can sock EN-. too. He
was up four times for two hits in tn:
first Memorial day game, lining a
single over third and bouncing double
off the right field fence. There's plenty
of power in Sewell's arms.
TLIFF BOLTON started behind the
~ bat for the Nationals for the Sec
OIlu thItlC tillS GCdSctis AL NlAC CSSOhS
game yesterday and did not look 60
good as he did In Boston last week
Cliff had trouble taking care Of Bob
Burke's pitches. once letting one get
away from him. His throwing was
weak also. The Yanks stole twice on
him. He chucked wildly when Combs
went down to second base in the third
inning permitting the runner to con-
tinue to the far corner. In the sixth ne
virtually presented the Yanks with one
of their two runs when he tossed short
OF the sack as Chapman stole. In this
instance Bolton had plenty Of time to
get away a good throw. Chapman, after
stealing. counted on Lazzeri's single, q
hit that would not have scored him
from first base.
However Bolton Is much better
catcher today than when he reported
at training camp in February. He still
has much to learn about the business
of course, and needs to acquire much
more polish before he may be accounted
a big Lacquer. Bolton Is bright pros
pect, though. The Nationals are likely
to get much from him.
EARL COMBS holds the season rec
II ord for consecutive games in which
he has batted safely. running his
string to 80 games yesterday. He col
lected two hits in the first game of the
, double header and three In the second
Earl has missed hitting in only twt