Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-23
NEED SLAMS WHEN
MARBERRY BLOWS
Fred Displays No Form in
Slab Debut-Second Team
Beats Mobile.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor, The Star.

Here today Tor their
~ fourth meeting with Bal
timore, the Nationals are
entering next to the last lap of
their Spring exhibition program
on foreign fields. Wednesday and
Saturday the two clubs tangle in
Biloxi and next Sunday again will
find them here for the last game
to be played by the Griffmen in
this section, except for a clash
Tuesday, March 81, with the be-
whiSkered House of David nine.
which is transforming through
Dixie.
The only engagements remaining for
the Nationals en- route back to the Cap
ital are two with the Barons at Bir-
mingham, April and and three
against their Lookout farm hands at
Chattanooga, April 5, 6 and z.
It was Manager JohnsonS intention
TO have his mound work this afternoon
split up between Carl Fischer and Lynn
Griffith, youthful lefthanderS, both OF
whom twice before have faced tine
Orioles with the latter making much
the better showing. In his three-in-
ming shift against the Birds in the in
augural practice game at Biloxi, Griffith
hurled runIeSs and hitless ball, only one
pass marTing his record, while here last
Wednesday he again BANKED the Orioles
over a span of four frames, although
found for Ave hits and issuing a pair
of passes.
Fischer. who also appeared in those
contests, yielded Ave runs on three hits
and two walks in three rounds the first
time and three tallieS on as many bin
giles and one walk on the second oc-
casion. With the additional work I'M
der his belt now, Fischer was expected
to show considerable improvement to-
day, but every one viii be thoroughly
satisfied If Griffith merely approximate
his previous showing.
THE Nationals finally displayed signs
of emerging from the batting slump
which has gripped them this Spring
when they amassed a total Of IA safe
ties against q trio of Louisville hurlers
in eking out their second straight win
over the Colonels by a count OF to Z
before few hundred overcoa7ed fans at
Biloxi yesterday.
Every regular in the lineup, with
the exception of Sam Rec, broke into
the hit column. The leaders were
Heinie Manush and Joe Crorin, each
Of whom connected safely three times,
while Buddy Myer and Css Bluege got
a brace of bingles apiece. However,
Joe Judge, who was limited to one
crack, did more damage to the orScsi-
ton with 1t than ali the others ccm-
bined. for his contribution was lusty
double which cleared fully populated
set Of sacks.
As for the pitching presented by the
Nationals two thirds Of it was entnently
satisfactory, but the other 1913 per cent
was anything but. Sam Jones, Fred
Marberry and Al Crowder each made
his initial appearance of the year on
the rubber. Jones hurl5d the FIRST
three innings and yielded only one run
although solved for quartet Of bingles
while Crowder, who toiled the last three
BANKED the opposition with two safetirs
but IN between tn m Marberry took an
unmerciful lacing.
TN Fred's initial frame, the fourth. the
4 Colonies hoped on him for four hits
which, with an error by Bluege
netted THIN trio Of tallies. Four more
hits good for two runs we're obtained
OF his delivery in the following frame
and In the sixth he was mulcted foT
two more safeties which melted another
marker.
Judged by the drubbing given Mar
berry he is even farther from being, IN
condition than was thought All but
one Of the IL hits he allowed were
clean, hard swats and If he is to gel
into shape for effective slabbing by tn:
time the season opens he will have tc
do some tall hustling.
VTTHILE the regulars were notchini
w their fifth straight victory TIN
second string outfit was carvinF
out a 6-to-4 win over the NOBLE
Marines on the home grounds OF the
latter
Walter Tauscher. who started in tn
box for Acting Manager Pat Charity!
crew, offlciated on the slab in the FRS
I'VE frames and was reached for two
runs, the same number accruing or
Lloyd Brown. who hurled the lest four
The boys played errorless ball efelC
and, like their more experienced team
mates, showed indications Of findinl
their batting eyes, running their tota
of wfacks into Double figures. Baxte
Jordan. stationed at third base, wa
the leader en- attack with four safet.e
to hts credit in as many legal times q
bat and Red Hargrave, who did mos
Of the catching collected a pair. Benz
boss. for the time, Charity injected
himself into the game near the finisl
and fashioned hit for himself.
IF the five-inning intraclub BATH
i planned for tomorrow comes of ant
Schacht fails to pitch the yannigan
TO victory against the regulars witt
Walter johnson in the box he VIII lie
himself in for a lot of kidding. AL ha
been trying to smoke up this test o
box skill against the manager for severa
days and IL ne fails to get the verde
will suffer considerably in the regiol
Of his pocketbook.
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