Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
SCRAP INTO NINTH
FOR 81 N|GHTCAP
Vests Double TeIIs-FirSt
Game Won Easily, 7 to |.
Gain on AS, Yanks.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

yesterday handed the Red SoX a
double wallop. They followed a
rather easy 7-to-1 win with an g.
tot triumph, coming apparently
after they were hopelessly beaten
from a rousing ninth-inning rally.
With their two-way success the am
bilious Nationals picked up ground on
their greatest rivals in this chase for
the American League flag. One-and-a-
half games. and a half-game was gained
on the leading Athletics. who now are
in front by just four and half games,
and a half game was gained on the
third-place Yankees now trailing by
five and half games.
All the thrills of the bargain bill were
packed in the second set-to. With
Jack Russell. who had beaten them
three times this season, hurting against
them the Nationals found it difficult
to get going while Carl Fischer, al
though great strikeout artist in the
first two rounds, couldn't keep the Red
Sox off the runway. The visitors finally
drove Fischer to cover and also slammed
Bob Burke to such an extent the
Nationals went into their seventh bat
ting turn on the wrong end Of 5-to-2
count
Two Tallies Tell in Second.
Then the johnson band rose in its
might to rout Russell and got to his
successor. Horace Lisenbee. just enough
to take the lead. Of Al Crowder in the
eighth, however, the Red SoX again
went ahead before Fred Marberry was
rushed in to end the inning. Then
after Irving Hadley stopped Shane Col
Inns men in the ninth the Nationals
stepped out to wrest the game from
Lisenbee and Ed Kline before a batter
was retired.
The Nationals outbatted the Red SoX,
IA safetieS to IL. and did the longer
hitting, too. After being held to seven
hits by Russell in the first six rounds
they got three off him in the seventh,
collected three more off LLsenbee and
one-the big double by Sam West in the
ninth that meant victory-off Kline.
Lefty Brown and Danny MacFayden
were mound opponents at the outset of
the first game Brown, though Spotty
in his work went the route, yielding
nine safetieS and three passes. Mac
Fayden stuck six innings in which he
was reached for si;; safeties and five
TALES Five more hits and two more
runs came off Kline.
Ter sii-and-a-hal innings the sec
So;. with singles by Warst.er and
Pcthrock and Millers long drive to
West they got a run in tie third in
ming and another in the fourth from
Fickering's single, walks by Connolly
and Warstler and Rothrocks fly.
Red Sox Pile Up Runs.
Miller's single, divers double. Pick
ering'S stroll and two wide pitches to
Sweeney, batting for Connolly, elimin-
ated Fischer in the fifth before Sweeney
combed Burke for a single that tailed
two divers second two-bagger. Pick
erings infield out and a squeeze play
in which Ruel did the bunting meant
another run off Burke in the seventh.
In the meantime the Nationals had
been able to pick up just two runs off
Russell. Miller's error on Harry Rice
grcunder. Manush'S single and Vests
double. the long hit coming after two
were out, accounted for tally in the
fourth and in the fifth another came
from three hits. Kuhel singled only to
be forced out by Spencer, but Burke
hit for a base and after Myer took
a third strike. Harry Rice singled over
the score. After that the Nationals
were in the game-and plenty.
They rallied to take the lead in the
seventh, getting four runs before bat
the rally Then Sam Rice grabbed
Burke's bat and walked. Myer bounced
a double off the right field fence to
score Spencer. while Harry Rice
bounced another two-bagger off the
same barrier to get Sam Rice home.
Myer. watching Webb more than the
ball and fearing a catch by the ri ht
fielder chung to the middle base SO / lg
he only had time to make third on he
hit. This slam brought Lisenbee to R IS
sells relief and Manush's drive off &c
new hurler bounded from Van Camps
glove to foul territory for a double,
pushing across two more markers.
Lost Lead Soon Regained.
The Red Sox came right back in the
eighth, though, to regain the lead be-
fore Crowder could get anybody out.
Warsuer walked and Rothr0ck singled.
That moved Warstler to third and
Rothrock reached second, when West,
who had retrieved the ball, foolishly
threw to the far corner. So Van Camps
onebaser scored both runners and also
brought on Marberry TO quell the up
rising.
But the Nationals were not through,
so Hadley, who crashed the game when
a pinch-hitter displaced Marb rry got
a victory and LiSenbee a beating, al
Though the hit that wen fer the John
son band was cleaned off Kline Harry
Rice opened the home ninth with a
walk and Manush got single with a
bunt that bounded over the heads of
the pitcher and first sacker to Miller.
Cronln'S bunt became a base-filling sin
gle when LiSenb3e, after getting the
ball, was too dazed to attempt a play.
Kline then went to the hill for the
second time in the afternoon, only to be
banged By Wese for the hit that drove
ove- the two runs needed. West was
crcditeS with a double only, but his
drive was to the deepest part of the
pat,... and under ether conditions prob
ably would have been good for a home
run.
Griffs Take First Easily.
In the first encounter there was scor-
ing by the home side in the opening
inning. Myer drew pass as starter.
Then Rothrock tore in only to drop
Harry Rice's hoist for a two-base error.
Manush's long fly Tailed Myer and sent
Rice to third, while doubles by Cronin
and Bluege followed to account for two
more markers. Singles by Manush and
West, with Cronin's infield erasure
sandwiclled between, in the third frame
boosted the Nationals run total to four.
The Red Sox had runners on in each
of the first three frames, but did no
ulate-denting until the fourth Then
Miller singled, and with one out Pick
ering strolled. Berrys one-baser regis
tered Miller at home, but MacFayden
and Warstler were easy for Brown.
Although they continued to peck
away at Brown the remainder of the