Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27


PAFTLED by the pitching of Sam
- Gray once more, the Nationals
took a 5-to-2 beating from the
Browns yesterday in Griffith Stadium
and with the game went the series
Three of the four tits we're COPIED by
the ST. Louis club.
TIE Nationals cuthit the Browns,
seven safetieS to six, but their safeties
we're spread over four innings, while
the invaders clustered their blows in two
rounds for all their scoring.
1t was Grays fourth Win over the
Washington club in five starts against
it this season and his second in the
Seri-S
Lloyd Brown started on the hill for
the Nationals and was nicked for all
the Browns hits. One of the two blows
off him in the fourth inning was
homer by Goose GCSllr, and it was the
Goose who made the last OF four hits,
double, that came aft-r two were out
in the fifth frame.
This doable chased over two more
runs, SO GosIin alone did enough to
send the Nationals to defeat.
Bump HadlGy took Browns place to
get tl2 third man out in the fifth and
went on to pitch through the eighth.
He yielded nothing mere than one pass.
With Hadley ousted by pinch batter,
three battsrS only.
Tor three innings the game was a
J. nice, quiet affair. with neither side
getting anywhere, but there was
plate denting in the fourth. Schultz
opened the Browns half of this inning
with a single md trctted home in front
of Goslin. who lofted the ball over the
right-field wall. The Nationals got back
one run with singles by sam Pice and
= MaruslP and CroninS long foul to
Goslin.
In the fifth the Browns stepped out
to get four runs, registering them after
two were out and casing Brown to the
shower by the rGl- It was wild
chuck by Brown, w. h9d picked up
Furns' bunt at the &C. of the round,
that started the trouble. The error let
Burns make third base He stuck there
as Bluege threw out the next two bat
tiers, then ceme four hits in a row.
Gray singled Eurrs home and after
Schultz singled a one-baser by Nelillo
tailed Gray. Up came COSTA to ram
, 4 two-bagger against the r.2ht-ffeld
fence and Schultz and Melillo scored.
Fadley YVES rushed to Browns relief
and the rally ended.
The Nationals get to Gray for an
other marker in their last batting turn.
Manush'S smash that landed in short
right field became n triple when Nc
Nicely rushed in and missed a shoetop
grab. CroAln hoisted deep to Goslin
and Hoinie rCmpcd in.
TLIFF BOLTON has been turned over
~ to the Baltimore club of the Inter-
national League temporarily &.
the Orioles got him because their first
string receiver, Ed KCnla, is hurt
To take Bottoms place rs a bull-pen
catcher the Nationals are to get either
Gordon Phelps or Zach Almond from
the youngstown club CT the Midatlantic
League . About 5000 turned out for
Yesterdays p2st-ming Ninety-five
customers had the courage to brave the
SWeltering sun that reared the seats in
the open ctald B2nGOugh took Sam
RiceS foul right out Of StortiS hands
IN the first inning :. West ran in for
q sparkling catch Of Gray's liner in the
third session Thct homer driven
over the right-feld fence BY Gcslin in
the fourth frame was his fourteenth of
the season Blueg2 made q whale
OF a stop CT McNeely's hot one back of
third base in the fifth and held Burns
at the far corner while tagging his
man West had to dig to his LEI. to
spear MeliIlO'S liner in the seventh
Storti rushed across to the pitchers box
in the same inning to get Cronin's pop
while Gray looked on admiringly
Hargrave grabbed Hadley's bat il the
eighth only TO be retired by NIcNccly's
nifty catch >. the Browns right fled
or rushed IN to get a short H. - his
ShoetopS kuhcl cot the last Vra-h-
1ngton hit when he beat cut 2 BIN;
down the third base line with two out
IN the ninth then Eciillo rOan,sF
lar back in center to get under Blues, !;
. hoist and end the game.