Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-11
NATIONALS BEAT
BOSTON SOX, II,
IN OPEN|NG-GAME
Find MacFayden Easy in
Early Innings to Pile Up
Safe Advantage.
KLINE TAKES UP MOUND
= DUTY IN SEVENTH FRAME
Lloyd Brown Puzzles Enemy Bat
tiers. Keeping Hits Widely
Separated.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


walter Johnscn's Nationals again
found the Boston Red SoX easy, de
feating them in the opening game OF
doubleheader at Griffith Stadium this
afternoon.
The score was to !.
FIRST INNING.
BOSTON-Cronin tossed out Warst-
Ter. Rothrock was safe on Cronin's
tumble. Van Camp flied to H. Rice
Webb singled to center. sending Roth
rock to third. Bluege threw out Miller
No runs.
WASHINGTON-Mye walked. Roth
rock came in and muffed H Rices loft
for a two-base error. Myer going to
third. Manush lined to Webb, Myer
scoring and H. Rice taking third. Gro
min doubled to the left corner, scoring
H. Rice. Pickering threw out west,
Cronin going to third. Bluege doubled
to left center. scoring Cronin Miller
tossed out Kuhel. Three runs.
SECOND INNING.
BOSTON-Oliver popped to Cronin.
Pickering popped t7 Myer. Berry singled
to center. MacFayden flied to H. Rice.
No runs.
INGTON-Spencer popped to
Miller. Brown was callsd out on
strikes. Myer flied to Rothrcck. No
runs.
THIRD INNING.
BOSTON-Warstler singled to left.
Rothrock famed. Van Camp flied 20
W -st. Myer threw out webb. No runs.
WASHINGTON-H Rice bunte1
to Van Camp. Manush singled to cen
ter. Miller threw out Cronin, Manush
going to second. West singled to cen
ter. scoring Manush. Bulge popped to
Miller. One run.
FOURTH INNING.
BOSTCN-Mirer singled to left.
Oliver flied to West. Pickering walked.
Berry singled to center, scoring Miller
and ending Pickering to Sccon Mac
Fayden popped to Kuhel. Warst,er
fliei to H. Rice. One run.
WASHINGTON-Mi threw out
Kuhcl. Pickering threw out Spencer
Miller threw out Brown. No runs.----
FIFTH INNING.
BOSTON-Rothrock singled to CEN
ter. Cronin came in fast and threw
out Van Camp, Rothrock taking second.
Webb grounded to Kuhel. Rothrock TAX
ing third. Miller flied to Harry Rice.
No runs.
WASHINGTON-My hunted and
wes out MacFayden to Van Camp.
H. Rice singled to center H. Rice stole
second Manush was safe when Miller
fumbled. H. I, &c going to third. Cronin
sent a long fly to Rothrock. H. Rice
scoring after the catch. West forced
Manush, Warstier to Miller. One run.
SIXTH INNING.
BOSTON-Oliver flied to West So
did Pickering. Bluege threw out Berry.
No runs.
WASHINGTON-Va Camp got
Blucge's Topper with his left hand. Mil
Ter threw out Kuhel. Spencer got a
hit which Pickering checked back of
third. Brown fouled to Berry. No runs.
SEVENTH INNING.
OSTON-Sweeney batted for Mac
Fayden and hoisted to Manush in short
left Wsrstler lofted to West. So did
Rothrock No runs.
WASHINGTON-Klin now pitching
for Boston Myer bounced a single off
Warstler's glove. Harry Rice forced
Myer. Van Camp to Warstler. Marush
beat out a bunt to first, but Harry Rice,
trying to take third. was caught. Van
Camp to Pickering. Cronin forced
Manush, Pickering to Miller. No runs.
EIGHTH INNING.
BOSTON-Van Camp singled to
center Webb flied to West. West ran
far to his right and lunged for a
gloved stop of Miller's drive at his
shoe tips. holding 1t to a single and
sending Van Camp to second Oliver
drove into double play, Bluege to
Myer to Kuhel No runs
WASHINGTON-Wes tripled over
divers head in center field Bluege
singled to left scoring West. Kuhel
singled to right, sending Bluege to
third. Spencer drove into a double
play. Miller to Warstler to Van Camp.
Bluege scored. Brown hoisted to Oliver
Two runs.
NINTH INNING.
BOSTON-Pickering beat out a hit
to deep short. Berry walked McWil-
liams batted for Kline and drove into a
double play grounding to Bluege, who
touched third and then threw out the
batter Pickering took third unmolest-
ed. Warstler walked. and took second
unmolested. Rothrock fouled to Kuhel.
No runs.