Evening star., 1932-06-30

N EW YUM, JuI& EU'-bdA
N ruped in both parts Of the
two-game series played
here with the Yankees,
the Nationals will entrain tonight
for Philadelphia with little chance
to overhaul the AS in the week
end set of three tits. Nearer fifth
position than third in the league
standings now, the Washington
Club would have to win the tuSSle
tomorrow and the twin sketch
Saturday with Mack'S minionS to
advance a notch.
Manager johnson will turn to his
new pitching talent for most of the slab
work in Shibe Park, he said today.
Ilovd Brown who took a beating here
yesterday although hurting but one in
ming. is to start the Philadelphia series,
but the pair of pitchers picked up by
the Nationals during their western
swing will go into action Saturday. Al
Thomas, who probably would have
scored a win here had the Nationals
not been all but helpless at bat, looks
good enough to trim the AS. according
to Johnson. and the Washington pilot
also is confident Dick Cofman can go
well against the 1881 league champions
despite his failure to make any headway
in his three appearances on the hill as
q starter since his transfer from the
Browns.
HOWEVER good their starting pitch
/ / ers may prove, the Nationals are
not apt to get worthwhile results
unless they muster an attack much
more substantial than that which has
marked their game recently. Too often
for their own good Johnson's charges
have been held to few hits in contests
and in their rare batting splurges the
hitting has not produced much scoring.
A streak of solid slamming might work
wonders with the Nationals.
June hasn't been a happy month for
the Nationals. OF 26 games played, IA
have gone against them. Playing .342
base ball for more than four weeks the
club has dropped from second to fourth
place Certainly anything but month
Of roses for Johnson'S charges. The
Nationals started the month braVely
enough by taking three games from the
Red Sox. Then they dropped double
header to the same club and after that
took a lot of punishment from all foes
except the Red Sox and the Indians.
Their pitching corps crumpled, their
attack lost vigor and the snap and
smartness that had marked their early
season play all but disappeared.
A GOOD ball club Tor some time, a
n club regarded as strong pennant
possibility. the Washington outfit
quickly lost caste with the many that
had believed it a powerful and intelli-
gent aggregation. The Nationals have
lost more than ground in the flag race
during June. Somewhere along the
stretch, through this month they have
lost that fiery, fighting spirit that
characterized their efforts and made
them so successful when the campaign
was young. During June, the Nationals
have revealed little of that fine spirit
to win that had them up and at 'ern in
April and May. For the Nationals June
has been drab and dreary. July may
prove a bright month of rehabilitation
and success. The makings of a good
ball club still remain.
Beating the Yankees on their own
lot this year Is nothing easy to do. In
80 games played in Col Jake Ruppert's
big base ball plant it has been done only
four times in the current campaign.
And the Nationals turned the trick
twice in one afternoon. But the Ma
tionals also have taken six beatings
in Yankee Stadium, and five of the
beatings came in their last five games
on the league leaders lot.
THEY put up a good scrap yesterday
J. before taking a 6-5 licking Twice
they rallied to create a tie, and the
second time they routed Vernon Gomez,
the Yankees left-hand hurler, who Is
the pace setter of the American League
pitchers. However. neither Al CroWder,
first of Jolnson's slabmen to work. nor
Lloyd Brown, last Of the Washington
hill men to toll, could keep the Yankees
from the plate. That was done only
by Fred Marberry. and Marberry pitched
to just one batter The Yanks, though,
showed in George Pipgras a pitcher
able to quell rally. He took Gomez'S
place on the hill in the eighth inning
after two runs had crossed and the
Nationals still occupied third and first
bases with only one out. Pipgras stop
ped them cold.
Joe Sewell, who had slapped homer
IN Tuesdays tilt, ran his seasons total
OF four-base clouts to three yesterday
when he smacked the ball into the
right-field bleachers in the first frame
and repeated the stunt in the third. A
pass to Ruth followed by Chapman's
triple accounted for the second first
inning tally by the Yanks, but the
Nationals had offset one Of these mark
ers with a brace Of singles and a long
left before Sewel Whacked that second
circuit drive.
IN the seventh, Bluege came up with
! two on and singled to score both
and deadlock the game. The Yanks
got these runs right back and after
two were out Cronin, with a side-retir-
ing double play at hand, got the ball
caught in the webbing Of his glove
and couldn't throw for the second out.
That left Combs on first base and three
singles followed TO produce the scores
and oust CroWder Here Marberry
stepped in to retire Chapman The
Nationals, though rallied again in tire
eighth for another tie. Harris picked
up Marberry's bat and singled. judge
hit for a base and Myer sacrificed,
Msnush's wallop drove over two tallies
and CrOnin's single sent Heinie to third
and brought Pipgras TO GOmeZs relief.
REYNOLDS immediately shot bunt
straight at the new pitcher and an at
tempted squeeze play meant Manush's
demise at the plate West famed for
the third time and the rally was
souelched. It didn't take the Yanks
long to get their winning run of
Brown .Jorgens walked. Lazzeri sin
gled and so did Larry and the Nationals
4pera licked again