Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
WESTERN OUTFITS
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johnson Band in Good Trim.
Has Won 13 of Its Last
Is Engagements.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

TNJOYIN home cooking
r. again, no sleeper jumps to
l. haraSs them and in good
physical condition general
ly, the ambitious Nationals open
a 19-day stand in Griffith Stadium
with the big idea of logging the
league leaders that they might be
ready to step out sturdily SHOULD
Connie Mack'S laundering herd OF
White Elephants slow up bit lr
their pennant-chaSlng pace.
Twenty games are scheduled for this
home stand, with the humping Yankees
the first visitors. Following today's
double header the New Workers are to
be encountered in single engagements
tomorrow and Monday the last OF the
tits to be play-of OF the 14-lnnlng
tie staged here in April.
After the Yankees have kept their
dates the Western clubs will show their
wares here for the first time this sea-
son. Detroit, Chicago. Cleveland and
st. Louis are to appear in the order
mentioned. Four games, weather per-
hitting, will be played with each West
ern club
For the benefit of those who prefer
their base ball on week ends the Satur-
day and Sunday schedule of the West
ern invasion is given. Saturday, June
6, and Sunday, June Z, the White SoS
will hold forth in Griffith Stadium
Saturday, June 10. the Indians will Vie
with the Nationals and on Sunday
June IA, the Browns will open their
series.
THEsE Yankees are rough playmates
81,
them four times in seven meetings
the Yanks have done their winning in
the last three. However. the Johnson
band has been moving at smart rate
of some time and should give the New
Workers a brisk battle in the current
series, especially with second place at
stake.
Before stepping on the gas. the Wash
ington club found the going not so good
1t was mean slump, losing five OF
six games played, and three of the
losses came successfully Before the club
got out of the slump. Since. though
the Nationals have done remarkably
well. They have triumphed in 10 OF
their lest l6 games, at the beginning OF
the squirt winning six in row.
This month the Nationals have played
.625 base ball. That's faster than thei,
pace for the season and a pace better
than that followed by any other clut
in the league excepting the Athletics
during May.
TNAsHINGTON'S cripples are getting
w along in pretty good manner &C
cording to the club physician.
Fred Marberry, who tore a muscle in
the upper left leg last Saturday in New
York is very much on the mend and
may be expected to be ready for action
once more within less than a week. AT
first the sterling pitchers injury was
rot thought so serious. In fact, it was
not a hurt likely to keep the big fellow
out Of the game any great length OF
time. The pitcher might have bcer
called on for duty after four or five
days rest but it is figured better tc
let him idle several mo-e days that h
will be in fine fettle when needed in an
emergency.
Joe Judge, who had his appendix
suddenly parted from him while the
club was in Boston on May l, is rapidly
recuperating from the operation and
should be back in harness again by the
middle of June. This is the time s..
by the club physician. Judge, when al
tending the game between the National
and Red SoX here last Sunday, the
first game witnessed by him after the
operation. declared he would be ready
to resume his place with the club by
June TO- In Joe,s case, though, it ap-
pears the wish was father to the
thought. He'll heed the club physicians
advice about reporting for duty.
Liska's case seems to be entirely his
own. He had his ailing pitching wing
treated at his expense in Lincoln, Nebr
and has been going on his own pretty
much since rejoining the club in ST
Louis nearly two weeks ago. Looks
as though his trouble might be better
attended by a psychologist than any
one else.