Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-31
PUT NATIONALS UP
IN RACE THIS YEAR
Licked in Al of So Games
by Johnson Band-SerieS
With Tribe Won.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.


they are today. But for the
SoftneSs of the clubs Of the
finland sector the Johnson band
would not be so high in the Amer
lean League flag running. The
Nationals have tuSSled with the
Westerners in SO games thus far
and bagged Al of them, moving
at TOT gait against the West.
Had the johnson tribe played as well
against its Eastern rivals it now would
be at the top of the league or within
q game or two of it. Alas, the best the
Nationals have done against the East
is break even. With Seaboard CLUBS
AZ games have been played to this rec
ord: 20 won, 20 lost. tied.
In the home stand against the West
that ended yesterday the Nationals
took 9 of Is games. Last month when
they played the West here they won
IS Of l6 games. On Western fields the
washington club in its first swing TOOK
Q of IL games. In the second 1t got
an even break in Is games. A record
of Al wins against II losses in battling
with the West.
Yes. the clubs of that sector have
been great boosters of the Nationals
this year.
NOTHING going on today, this being
IN an open date in the schedule Tor
Washington. Plenty the next
three days, though. Tomorrow ana
Sunday the Athletics will be the Ma
tionals' guests, while on Monday the
johnson band will trip to Philadelphia
for a two-timer with the AS In Shlbe
Park.
If you haven't ordered your seats for
the week end you'd better get busy.
TN the wind-up Of their tussling with
i the Indians yesterday, the Nationals
COPIED, 6 to l, and with the victory
bagged the series, three games to one.
They hoped on Mel Harder IN the
first inning for a brace of tallieS, and
three more came off the same pitcher
in the fourth when, with two mates on
the runway, Sammy West hammered
homer to the right angle. In the
four rounds Harder gave up six hits
and six passes. Pete JablonowsN al
lowed four hits and one pass in the
next four rounds, being scored on in
the final
Carl Fischer staggered all the way to
his eleventh win of the season and his
second of the series. for he was credited
with the win over the Indians after re-
ieying AL Crowder in Mondays en-
gagement Carl yielded just five hits.
but he also issued five passes and had
to pitch himself out virtually to every
batter stepping to the plate.
TWO runs were picked up quickly by
l. the Nationals. Myer opened their
first batting turn with scratchy
single, Rice walked and Manush sac
rificed the pair along. Cronins stroll
filled the sacks. Vests long fly to
Averill got Myer home and Rice to third
Kuhel then singled over tally.
The Tribe was kept away from the
plate until the fourth frame. Burnett
began the round with one-baser, TOOK
second as Fischer made a wild pitch
and counted when Averill singled. The
next three batters lofted harmlessly to
the outfield.
A homer driven to the deepest part of
right center by West meant three runs
for the Nationals in the same inning.
With one out Rice got an infleld single
and stole second. Sam moved to third
as Manush rolled out, then Cronin
walked and pilfered. West came along
to slam that home run.
Myers triple at the outset OF the
eighth followed by Rice's loft to Left
Fielder Vosmik meant a sixth run for
the johnson band.
MORGAN got a huky single in the
1V1 Cleveland second, beating out a
topper down the third base line
then he was shared with Vos-
mix in f1ashy double play that Biuegc
started Bluege made a spectac-
ular one-hand stop and chucked out
Kamm to end the second round
In the third inning Cronin roamed far
into left field to drag down Seeds high
one it took a slick stop of a
Erounder back Of second by Montague to
keep a hit from Bluege in the third
an intentional pass given Spencer
dlled the bases with two out in Wash
tngtons third batting turn then
Fischer went to a three-and-two count
and grounded 10 the shortstop
West went TO a three-and-two count
with two on and two cut in the fifth,
but he socked one for four bases {.
Rice came in fast to get Montague's
then chucked to Cronin for force play
and Cronin had to stretch for one
hand catch to get whisked decision
had Sewell not been on first base
Montague would have had hit &.
but Sewell was tough one to keep off
base he reached the initial
sack the first three times he battad
getting two singles and a pass, but the
fourth time up he hoistod to Manush
Heinie made a good catch of
Luke's loft and to end the game he
made a better one Of Pinch Batter
Berg's foul.