Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-08


~ season than he made last,
and in 1880 the Nationals
sparkling shortfielder clouted for
an average of .346. Right now Joe
is singing the ball for the fine
average of .348. That makes him
the leader among the regulars of
the Washington club, but in some
phases of attack Joe heads the
league.
He has driven across so runs this
season, which total is greater than that
credited to any other player in the
league. He also has banged seven
triples, to top the makers of such hits
in the circuit. And, with a total of
SO safeties, Cronin is around the top,
too.
Cronin has not been a streak hitter
this season. He has been clubbing the
ball regularly-So regularly that he has
failed to get a hit in only of the Al
games in which he has participated.
Only once has he gone two games with
out driving the ball to safety.
Early in the campaign Joe went
through IA consecutive games without
missing his hit and when he smote a
single in the first inning of the game
In Griffith Stadium yesterday, he ran
to Is his latest string of consecutive
games with hits.
During this latest rush Joe has bat
ted at a 1856 clip, getting 81 hits In the
Is games. That's pace 8 points faster
than his season mark. Cronin Is step
ping nowadays.
r LLOYD BROWN, the Nationals sturdy
- left-hander, pitched himself above
the 500 mark as he set back the
White Sox in yesterdays 8-to-1 game,
and he had fine time doing it. In
such splendid form was Brown he lin
tied the Chicagoans to four hits, three
made in the last two innings, and dlo
not issue pass. Only twice did bat
ter get to a three-and-two count with
him.
Not until after two were out IN the
fifth inning did Brown yield safety.
Then CiSsellS drive to left went Tor q
triple although Manush made great
bid for catch. Eichrodt opened the
eighth with a single, but no White Sox
runner reached second IN the inning.
In the ninth double and a single
were made off Brown, but had he been
accorded perfect support in that frame
only one hit would have been made OH
him and no run would have crossed.
The Nationals took to Ted Lyons right
off the reel, lambasting him for seven
safeties and six runs in the FIST three
innings. Then Jim Moore pitched for
five rounds. and he was found for 1our
hits and two runs. an error helping
toward one of the tallies.
ZACH of the first three innings was
u two-run affair for the Nationals.
Three hits off Lyons in the flrst
round produced the tallles: ManuSn
infield erasure West cracked a one
baser A wild peg by Third Baseman
Jeffiries after picking up BluegeS
erounder at the start of the second
opened the way to block of scoring.
Ossie made the middle base on the error
and counted when Brown trlpled.
Brown scored after Fothergill got Myers
ceep fly. A single by Harris, VESTS
three-bagger and Bluege'S one-baser
accounted for two more markers in the
third session.
An error gave the Nationals run
off Moore In the seventh. With two
out Manush doubled, but Cissell picked
up Cronin's grounder with an easy side
retiring play at hand. The shortStop;
however. chucked over Fonseca's head
letting Manush tally and Cronin reach
second. Another run was cleaned on
Moore in the eighth. Kuhel tripled ana
following Blueges walk scored after
Fothergill caught Spencer's hoist.
The White Sox registered an I'M
earned run in their last batting turn
Henline picked up Moores bat and
raped a double to center. Kerr fouled
out, but Cronin fooled on Pinch-batter
REYNOLDS grounder and Henlme took
third. Fothergill lofted to West in deep
center and Henline romped home after
the catch. Fonseca got single to Send
Simons. running for the cripled Rey-
nolds, to the far corner, but West TOOK
good care of Eichrodt's high one.
CRONIN ran almost to the foul line
~ for a sparkling catch of Blues
hoist at the start of the Sunday
tilt Cissell did not keep track OF
the outs in the first inning he
headed for the bench as the second Ma
tional went out Brick Owens was
on the job again umpiring back Of the
plate Brown got a triple with
drive to center in the second session
when Eichrodt slipped and fell as he
was about to check the ball Blue
didn't like the third strike called en-
him by Owens in the sixth and tossed
his bat high into the air . it was the
air for Blue FonSeca moved over
to first base and Kerr was sent to
second Cronin got to second base
without touching first in the seventh
inning when Cissell made wild peg
and got away with it . Cronin
made a neat play in the eighth when he
went back of second to get Grube'S
drive that had bounded off Browns
glove and tossed to Myer for force
out of Jeffries Bluege and Brown