Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
YANKEE SOUTHPAW
HURLS 2-H|T GAME
Gomez Is Master in Opener,
6-1-Second Lost, IA.
Four Homers Hit.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

laration of independence
by the Nationals. With Old Man
Slump's foot still on their neckS,
they were as meek and humble as
they had been much of the two
weeks they spent in the Western
sector of the American League.
So both ends of the double-header
here went to the Yankees. The
scores were to / and to in
order.
The two-ply defeat ended an 49,
game tour in which the johnson band
was victorious only eight times. 1t also
set the Washington club that left home
June II two and a half games from
the top five and half games back OF
the league-leading Athletics, who twice
beat the Red Sox.
The 10000 in the vast Yankee Sta
dunn were treated to four home runs,
three by wearers Of the New York uni
form. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig smote
their twentieth four-basers OF the sea-
son, the Babe getting his in the second
game with one on and Lou banging his
in the first with no one on the runway.
Ben Chapman poled one in the first tilt
with a mate awaiting aid, while Dave
Harris homer saved the Nationals from
q whitewashing in the opening set-to.
Yank Hits Count.
The Yankees did not do much hitting,
but they made their blows count every
time The Nationals, collecting but 10
safeties in the two engagements, rarely
packed punch when it would have
been particularly effective.
Lloyd Brown, the left-hander, was the
pitcher to take the beating in the first
game and Vernon Gomez, also SOUTH
paw, was the victor. Brown yielded just
four hits, but two were home runs. and
he was wild from the start, and his
wildness hurt. Three of his seven
passes became runs and another was
mixed in the making of a score.
Jack Hayes single and Harris homer
were the only hits cleaned off the
Yankee portsider. He issued four passes,
but only one National other than Harris
touched second base.
Henry johnson subdued Johnson's
charges in the second argument. They
got eight hits and three passes of him,
but four of the hits did not come until
the last two innings, and then the
Yanks were too far ahead for the hurler
to be annoyed by such trifles. Carl
Fischer epdeavored to fool the Yanks,
hut he was blasted from the hill before
finishing three innings, having been
nicked for five safeties and as many
tallies. Bump Hadley was bumped In
the sixth for three hits and two mark
ers. then, with the damage all done.
Bob Burke hurled two spotless frames.
Hon Brown at Start.
In the first game Browns wildness
the first two batters to face him. then
after Ruth grounded out. walked
Gehrig. Chapman famed, but Larry,
with two strikes against him, singled
to center and Byrd and Reese scored.
Two were out in the third inning
when the Yanks got two more markers.
A walk by Gehrig was followed by
Chapman's tenth homer of the season,
a loft into the box at the end of the
string along the left field line.
Four times in the first five rounds
there were Nationals on the runway,
but so effective was Gomez they never
got anywhere worth while. Hayes
singled to start the game and was
stranded at first. Lary's tumble put
West on with one out in the second
sack So did Harris, who got on when
Sewell erred with one cut in the fourth.
Two were down in the fifth when
Brown and Hayes drew passes in sue
eesSion, but Manush's best was pop
to Gehrig.
After one went out in the sixth Har-
ris raped a homer into the right-f1eld
bleachers, only to have the Yanks come
back in the round fer their fifth score.
Larry forced out Chapman, who had
walked, went to third when Sewell
dropped a single in short left and
counted as Myer threw out Jorgens.
Babe Parks Apple.
With his twentieth home run of the
campaign, a hoist into the right field
bleachers, Gehrig in the seventh regis
tered the last run of the game. Three
markers were chalked up by the
Yankees before one of them was retired
in the second engagement OF the day.
Byrd opened the attack with a double
and scored as Reese singled. Here Ruth
poled his twentieth homer Of the year
into his favorite parking place, the
right-field stand.
TIE Nationals Tailed in the third
that Hargrave began with a walk
Fischer, trying to sacrifice, forced Red,
then managed to reach home when
Myer rified the ball to right center for
three bases.
The Yanks Immediately countered
with two runs. Byrd started their thiro
batting turn with a double and after
Reese hunted a pop to Bluege a pas:
was drawn by Ruth. The Babe wa;
forced out by Gehrig, but Chapman's
triple scored the two on the runway and
drove Fischer iron the hill. Chapman
tried to steal home while Hadkey was
hurting to Larry, only to be caught
easily.
A pass to Manush, Cron.n's single
which sent Heinie to third and West:
infield erasure gave the johnson bant
a tally in the sixth, but before the round
ended the Yanks added two to theil
score. Gehrig and Chapman singled
and both crossed when Larry doubled.
In the eighth the Nationals kicked
up for two runs. Harry Rice beat ou'
q bunt and made second when Dickey
who picked up the ball, threw wildly
Manush, singled Harry to third, from
where he tailed after Chapman baggeo
Cronin's hoist Bluege's double SCORED
Manush.