Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-10
LET JOHNSON BAND
BOOST BAT MARKS
Hammered for 1902 Average
In West, 1913 Here-Chi-
sox Series Swept.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

eNNI thing the Nationals nave
Y taken. quite a fancy to
this season. They wal
loped the hurlers of the clubs Of
the inland sector for an average
of 1902 while out that way last
month. In entertaining the West
erners in eight games in Griffith
Stadium the Nationals have
pounded the ball for an aver
age of .313. No wonder they hold
an advantage of 16 wins to de-
feats over their Western rivals
thus far.
When the Nationals swung through
the West at such merry rate in May
the big batting was done by Myer, Har-
ris, Bluege, Manush and Cronin, Myer
heading the lot with .429 fer the IL
games and Cronin bringing up the rear
of the big fire with an average of .34S.
Four OF these players are still in the
big five against the West, but their
positions in 1t have been shifted and
West has replaced Myer. In the eight
games in Griffith Stadium against the
West Harris leads at bat, with .429;
Bluege is second, with 400; West holds
third place, with .375; Cronin is fourth,
with 1854, and Manush fifth, with 1888.
What a lot of help these Western
cousins" have been to Washington bat
ting figures!
CETTING much more out of hits than
" the other side did and taking adj
vantage of the oppositions slips
afield, the Nationals yesterday made 1t
four straight over the White Sox, wind
ing up the series with 9-to-3 victory.
Pat Caraway, left-hander, who started
the first game of the set last Saturday
only to take beating before the third
inning ended, tried 10 come back in
the final of the lot. He went the route,
giving up 10 safeties and seven passes,
hitting a batter and making a wild
pitch. Eight of the hits, two of the
passes, the wild pitch and two errors
by hird-baseman Kerr were mixed in
the making of the Washington score.
The White Sox were off to a one-run
lead, but the Nationals punched blows
tor trio of tallies in the third frame
and tucked the game away In the sixth
when they punched over four runs.
Al Crowder die the f1inging for the
Nationals and did not do it SO well, but
was fortunate in having his club cluster
their blows better than did the White
Sox. He was hit in every inning, yield
ing ID safeties and a pass Only once,
though, did the White Sox get as many
as three hits in a round and one of
those was wasted, while in one of the
three rounds in which they grouped
two safeties they failed to dent the
plate.
Crowder put is of the White sox on
the runway, but IL were stranded.
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WITH a pair Of hits the White Sox
Wv were off to a one-run start. Wat
wood singled after Blue began the
first frame by lofting out, took second
when Fothergill was erased and
scored on Fonseca's one-baser.
After wasting two hits in the second
inning the Nationals got to Caraway in
the third for three more after two were
out and counted three times. Myer
drew pass between the first and
second retirementS. Cronin'S single
and loft by Harris that landed on the
right-field line and bounded into the
stand for a ground-rule double tailed
Buddy. Vests two-bagger to the right
field corner sent over Joe and Dave.
Each side counted in the fifth. Blue
singled with one out and crossed for
the Chisox when Fothergill hit for a
base after two were out. Cronin
opened the Washington half with a
triple slammed against the open stand
wall back Of left-center and got home
after Watwood bagged Harris's deep loft.
Four more Washington runs came in
the sixth when the Chisox did not look
at all good. Doubles by Spencer and
Harris, triple by Manush, two errors.
one tumble and the other poor
chuck-by Third Baseman Kerr, base
thefts by Myer and Cronin and a wild
pitch were mixed In the making Of the
tallies.
There was scoring by both sides in
the eighth. Doubles by Cissell and
Caraway did the work for the visitors.
The Nationals got the last run of the
game from a pass to West and Bluege's
double after two were out.
VOUNG Billy Sullivan, son of old
/ Billy who used to catch Nick, AL
trock, Doc White and others when
they were with Chicago's "hitless won
ders" back in 1906, was in right field
for the White SoX yesterday. He play
ed first base on the nine at Notre Dame
and graduated from that institution
only lest Sunday. Sullivan was rushed
here by the Chicago ownership and
Manager Bush was instructed to en-
ploy the rookie at once. Kerr was in
the game again for the Chisox, but at
third base instead of second. Fonseca
went back to his old post. Spencer
was back of the bat for the Nationals.
his left hand none the worse for having
been hit by one of Frasier'S pitches
Monday . Harris is doing well as a
relief worker in right field so Sam
Rice, the Nationals veteran gardener.
may get good rest. When he singled
in the third inning Cronin raised to II
the total of consecutive games In which
he has hit safely.
RLUEGE made snappy play in the
- first round Yesterday to get Fother-
gill coming in for one-hand pickup
Of Bob's bounder off CroWder's glove.
Crcnin barely managed to cling to
Sullivan's pop in the first. the wind
swerving the ball Just as it was about
to land in Joes glove. .Fothergill did
a fancy piece of fielding in the fourth
to retire Spencer. Roly-poly Bob dived
to spear the liner. then chung To the
sphere as he rolled over several times
Umpire Nallin made an odd de-
cision at third base in the sixth when
Harris attempted to steal. Not only
was Harris apparently there ahead Of
Tate's throw; but Kerr dropped the ball
Yet Harris was ruled out. West
. was charged with an error In the ninth
when he let Sullivan's hit go through,
,,ar,,oittinp the White SoX rookie to