Evening star., 1932-08-07
SERIES IS SQUARED
BY CROWDER'S WIN
Goes Route for Third Victory
in RoW-0nIy One BingIe
Goes to Waste.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ ETROlI, MICH, august b.
Making good use of all but
- one of their hits today, the
Nationals routed the Tigers
in a 9-to-4 clash to get an even
break in the four-game series on
Navin Field.
They got eight safeties off the
left-harded Earl Whitehill, who
stabbed for eight innings, and two
off the right-handed Whitlow
Wyatt, who pitched to them in the
ninth.
Only the first hit cleaned off
the Southpaw did not figure in
the scoring.
Al Crowder went the route for the
Nationals to score his third successive
hill win and his second in the series
here, but for time it looked as though
the general would take neat lacing.
The Tigers clawed him for three runs
before the game was two innings old
and several times thereafter threatened
to tear him apart.
He was reached for Is hits, half
dozen of them good for extra bases.
The Tigers drove the ball to safety
in all innings excepting the ninth.
After that unsteady start, though
Crowder was bothered by the presence
of Tiger runners on the paths. He
hurled smoothly and coolly to the
finish.
TWICE the Tigers held a lead, but
the Nationals finally era h d
through to become front-runners
when Whitehills control went in the
eighth. The left-hander issued two OF
his four passes and both passed batterS
found the plate.
Scoring after two were out was an
early Tiger speciality. In the first frame
they checked in with two tallles after
Crowder had disposed OF Davis ana
Gehringer. A triple driven against the
bleachers back of right field by Stone
was the beginning of the attack Then
Webb doubled to chase over a run
and Earl tailed when Walker singled.
Too ambitious, Walker was fagged
when he tried to make his wallop
double.
with one out in the Tiger second.
Soluble drew pass. Ruels best was
hoist to Manush in short LETT, but
Whitehill whipped the ball to the score
board back of left center and Soluble
registered from first base, although the
hitter got nothing more than single
from his long drive.
THE Nationals got nothing from their
i first hit off Whitehill, single py
Crowder in the third round, but IN
the fourth they knotted the count.
Rice singled, only to be forced out by
MUpT
to third, from where he scored as
Crcnin forced out Heinie. A tumble
bv Soluble put Harris on the runway
and single by Ku1lel scored Cron1n
and moved Harris to third. double
steal followed with Harris sliding home
safely under Gehringer's high return
to Ruel
The Tigers came back in the same
inning to resume the lead, ana again
they did their scoring after two were
out. Soluble and Ruel were marks Tor
Crowder but Whitehll got his secono
single. and crossed when Davis rammed
a triple against the right field bleachers.
Two hits were wasted by the home
side in the fifth, but the Nationals
made good with scoring chance in the
seventh to tie up the game once more;
With Kuhel out, Bluege poled the ball
to the left field corner for two bases.
He stuck to the middle sack as Berg
was heaved out, but Crowder singled to
get the run in Rice then drew a pass,
only 10 have Myer leave two on by
bounding feebly to the pitcher.
TN the seventh the Tigers threatened
i to break the deadlock but were
foiled by that old base ball strate-
gem of purposely passing a batter
Stone walked, and, after Webb flied out,
pulled UP at third base as Walker got
his third hit, a double. Here CroWder
Intentionally walked Rhiel, filling the
bases All Soluble could do was loft
foul to Kuhel, while White grabbed
Ruel's bat only to force out Rhiel.
When Whitehill had difficulty with
his control in the eighth, the Ma
tionals broke the tie in no uncertain
manner by helping themselves to three
runs. Manush rolled out, but Cronln
walked, and, after Harris popped out,
stole second. Kuhel also drew a pass,
then Bluege slashed a single to left to
score Cronin The ball got away from
Walker. so Kuhel also reached the plate.
while Buege made second. Berg clouted
for base to drive across the third run
of the round.
Wyatt was on the hill when the Ma
tionals came up for their last batting
turn, and he was combed for two
markers Rice singled, Mver walked
and Manush sacrificed. Cronin then
rifled a triple against the score board
to make it a most decisive victory for
his club.