Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14

Baltimore market for ma
terial that it is hoped will
better them for the American
Leagues 1882 campaign. This
time President Clark Griffith has
picked up for his club two out
fielders, Johnny Gill and Ralph
Boyle.
Gill, a seasoned player, leads
the international League at bat
ting runs across. Boyle, young
ster, is no mean hitter in his cir
cult, and has done will by the
Orioles this year. Both are out
right purchases, with Griffith re-
fusing to divulge the prices.
The purchase of these two an
nounced today by the Washington
preXy, raises to three the total OF play
els plucked from the Orioles by the
Nationals this season. Monte Weaver.
sensational pitcher was bought several
weeks ago.
Gill is a strapping 24-year-old ath-
1ete, feet of foot and strong of arm.
He moves along the base path with
plenty of speed and is regarded flashy
flyhaWk. In the International loop he
has checked ambitious runners of the
opposition with his great throwing wing.
IT'S said it. takes a single deep into his
territory to get runner from first to
third base.
Johnny swings from the left side
end the Nationals have yearned for an
outflelder batting from the right side.
but there is no good right-hander in
sight. President Griffith declares. Latest
International statistics show Gill to
have hit at a SAT pace and batted over
120 runs In 1913 games.
He hits EN- far. for he has banged
% homers. to be third in their making
in the league, and the leader. Joe
HauSer also of the Orioles. has clouted
but %. Gill also has walloped 40 dou
bles and triples.
Boyle. a 2Oyear-oldster, has PLAYED
right regularly with the Orioles this
year. but very likely will need more sea-
soning before he is in trim to step out as
a big leagues. However. he has hit well
for a new player in his circuit. showing
an average of 209 for 147 games, and
will get a thorough looking over. Like
Gill, he is left-hand swinger.
1t has not yet been decided whether
Gill and Boyle will report to the Ma
tionals after the Int season closes or
wait to Join them at the Biloxi camp
next Spring.
DILL KILLEFER and his Browns Of
- St. Louis are here for the last time
this year and will tangle with the
Nationals in three games.
Only the leadership of the second
division is left for the Browns, but
they'll have to fight for even that
slight honor. as the Tigers Of Detroit
are right at their heels. So they're apt
to make the three tits here extremely
interesting for the johnson band
At that. the Browns never seem to
need much incentive to give battle to
the Nationals. With nowhere to go
in the race, they manage to struggle
bitterly whenever they encounter a club
wearing the Washington uniform
The Nationals now head the Browns
q dozen genes to seven in their annu7l
series. with the latter having scored
four OF their wins in St Louis and three
here. When they last showed in Crit
fifth Stadium. in July. the Browns licked
the Nationals three times in four starts.
A the ball season wanes, Gen. Al
N Crowder continues to improve.
Hurting smartly yesterday, the re-
juvenated moundSman upset the Indians
to score his seventh successive victory
and help the Nationals to 7-to-1 win.
The triumph got the johnson band
its last series Of the year with the
Tribe. 2 games to l. and the annual
set with Peck's papooSes, IA games to
g. 1t also left the Nationals ? up on
the thirG place Yankees, who bagged
p Sunda" twin bill with the Tigers in
New York.
The General who hasn't tasted the
bitter dose of defeat in two months
turned back the Indians in fine fash
ion for eight innings. Over that stretch
they cleaned off him but three singles
and two passes. and not Tribesman
passed second base. In the ninth with
his game well in hand Crowder went
along easily and was nicked for three
successive hits that put over run be-
fore batter was retired.
George Connally faced the Nationals
at the outset and the rubber armed
rurler of the Tribe was in much trouble
most of the time during the seTen
rounds he toiled. Thirteen hits were
made off him. and he also kicked in
with two passes. His game was gone
before the second inning ended, but he
managed to do sparkling bit OF hurl-
ing in the seventh when, with the bases
full and none out, he held the Ma
tionalS runleSS.
Oral Clyde Hildebrand. a right hander
picked up in the American Association
by the Cleveland club, pitched the
eighth against the Nationals and yielded
two hits and as many runs, pass ana
his wild pitch figuring in the scoring.
Mayer, Rice, West and Crowder each
collected three hits off the Tribe slab
bling. with West driving over three runs
and Myer scoring as many.
MYERS inheld single, Montagues
wi overthrow of first after picking up
the hit and purchasers by Rice
and West staked the Nationals to
one-run lead Spencer'S pass, Crow
der's single, Myers one-base knock
and Vests triple were good for three
tallies in the second Vests wallop
sending over two. In the fourth an
other run was cleaned from Spencer's
double, Crowder's hunted single and
one baser by Rice.
Crowder singled off Hildebrand to
start the eighth, Myer walked and the
bases we're full when Rice beat out
bunt. West forced out Crowder at
the plate. but wild pitch scored Myer
and Cronin's infield erasure let Rice
count.
Averills triple and Morgan's Texas
Lacquer got the Indians their score in
the ninth, Vosmiks single that fol-
lowed being wasted
only a lucky grab Of Kuhels liner
~ by Morgan held down the Ma
tons scoring in round the
Tribe first-sacker speared the hot one
with the tip of his glove in the
Secopd inning after swinging at a