Evening star., 1931-06-12

to pitch more base ball of the
quality he pitched yesterday
after rushing to the relief of
Lloyd Brown, his left-handed
staffmate, would seem too val
liable bit of material for the Ma
tionals even to consider using in a
trade, as it has be,n rumor, Il re-
Gently he would be.
Turning back the Indians so
successfully as he did for six and
one-third innings, Hadley looked
every inch a big league pitcher, a
pitcher any club could well afford
to have on its pay roll.
Bump stepped into the battle after
Brown, experiencing only his second
poor turn on the hill this season, had
been slapped right, left and center by
the Tribe that seemed in a mood to
continue pounding everything that came
its way. He soon got his bearings and
once he did, the enemy was at his
mercy. Hadley deserved the victory
credited to him.
Six hits, three of them extra-base
blows: a pass and six runs had been
cleaned off Brown Willie Kamm, first
batter to face Hadley. socked the ball
as though he meant business. bril-
liant jumping catch of the liner by Joe
Kuhel, though. snuffed the Cleveland
rally, and from then on Hadley showed
real class.
TN all, the Indians got three hits and
i two passes off Hadley. He pitched
six strikeouts, three in the fifth
frame. 1t was in the fifth he showed
plenty of courage, for after Dick Porter
famed at the outset Johnny Hodapp
tripled and Earl Averill drew pass,
with the dangerous Eddie Morgan and
Jim Vosnik coming up. But Bump
frightened to throw a third one by Nor
gan and then strike out Vosmik.
Averill's homer, hit at the start of the
eighth, unbalanced Hadley trif1e, per-
haps, for only fine catches by Dave
Harris and Heinie Manush got the next
two batters, but thereafter the relief
SmoothnesS again. Pinch-batter Bib
Falks double did not come until two
were out in the ninth and Porter was
easily handled to end the game.
Hadley looked good, very good-better
than at any time since he went the
route to topple the Athletics on April
Is. Those in charge of the Nationals
would have to think more than twice
before letting him go.
THAT bruising of his right shoulder
l. Jim Cronin suffered yesterday when
he was hit by one of Mel Harder's
fast ones in the second inning is said
not to be particularly serious and may
net keep the crack batter and shortstop
out of the Nationals lineup longer
than day or two, If that much.
An X-ray taken of the injured shoul-
der last night by the club physician re-
vealed no chipping of the shoulder
blade, and the confusion was reported
much more painful than serious. It was.
by the way, the second injury of the
game for Joe. In the first inning he
had the index finger of his right hand
slightly lacerated when he caught a
return from Right Fielder Dave Harris.
Joe, though, did not retire from the
game until the third inning was over
Then OsSie Bluege was shifted from
third base to shortstop and Jack Hayes
sent to the hot corner. The enforced
retirement snapped Cronin's string of
consecutive games with hits at the 18
mark, for yesterday in two trips to the
plate he walked and was hit.
WINNING IL to S, the Nationals for
w the second time this season ran
victory streak to six games and
gained on the league-leading Athletics,
who bowed to a st. Louis rookie in
Philadelphia. Winning as the AS lost
was something the Johnson band long
had waited for. and now it Is just 3la
games behind the pacemakers.
There was much old-fashioned slug
ging in the affair, with the Nationals
doing the most, for they collected Is
hits, but Indians smote two of the three
homers that thrilled the ssembled fans.
Morgan. and Averill socked the four
baSerS for the visitors. Harris hit his
first Of the season for the home side.
Clint Brown, Mel Harder and Fay
Thomas were tie Tribal hurlers who
made the game so pleasant for the
Washington batters.
4 HOMER by Morgan staked the In
"A dians to a three-run getaway.
When he clouted the ball over the
right field barrier, Hodapp, who had
walked, was on third. and Averill, who
had singled, was on first with one out.
The Nationals in their first batting
turn went the Tribe one better and
chased Clint Brown to the shower in
getting ahead. Myer tripled, and after
ManuSh was struck out passes to Cro-
min and Harris crowded the stations
Kuhel's sent in the tying tally and
brought Harder to the starting pitchers
relief. West, who reached third as
Kuhel hit, got home after Vosmik gath
cred in Blueges foul to put Johnsons
charges in front.
In the second the Nationals twice
dented the plate. Myer and Manush
hit and Cronin was hit to load the
sacks. Myer counted as Harris was
thrown out, and Vests infield erasure
let Manush score.
The Indians got a run in the third
round that put Lloyd Brown out of the
picture With two out, Morgan dou-
bled, VoSmik tripled, and Hadley took
Lloyd's place on the hill. Here Kuhel
speared Kamm's liner to check the
threatening Tribe.
The Nationals had three scoring in
nings thereafter, the seventh round
netting them four runs when Thomas
was wild and was hit hard. Averills
homer in the eighth was the only In
dian counting after the third frame.