Evening star., 1932-04-24
HOME RUN BY BERG
HEADS 12-H|T DRIVE
Boston SouthpaWs Pounded
While Fischer Holds Foe
to Four SafetieS.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

hand pitching late in the
game the Nationals yester-
day shook off a batting
slump to hand the Red Sox a
5-to-0 humping and thereby get
sweet revenge for the white
washing given them by the Bean
town boys only last Thursday.
The victory was the fifth for
the Johnson band in their six
meetings with the Collins crew
this season, it was the fourth
shut-out game of the series and
first in which the winning mar
gin was greater than two runs.
The southpawing Carl Fischer, max
ing MS second start on the hill this
campaign and his first on the home lot,
let the Red SoX down with only four
hits and three passes, while his team
mates banged Bob Weiland and John
Michaels, portsiders both, for a dozen
ssafeties Bob Kline, Boston right
handler, chucked to the last two bat
terS without being nicked.
Berg Pounds Out Homer.
Among the hits off weiland was the
first homer by National in Griffith
Stadium this year. Leading off in the
seventh inning Moe Berg, who twice
before had been unfortunate enough to
roll into double-plays, rammed the ball
into the sun parlor back of left field.
The Nationals already had enough
to win as it turned out, for in the first
inning they combed Weiland for three
hits and a marker. Between that bunch
of blows and Berg's homer, they reached
the left-hander, who was so effective
cg, inst them last year when he wore
the White Sox livery, for just four safe
ties and a brace of walks.
Right after Berg smote his four
baSer, Weiland was hit on the right
thigh by smart drive from Fischer's
bat which forced his retirement after
the end of the inning. Then Michaels,
a youngster brought up from Bridge
port of the Eastern League, took plenty
of punishment after retiring the first
National up in the eighth.
More Long Hitting.
Four hits in succession, two Of them
triples and one double, had the Red
Sox outfielders leg-weary before Kline
slaught. Cronin tripled off Michaels
and Reynolds got the last of three
singles hit by him When Center
fielder Oliver let Carl's drive get away
1t meant two more bases for the Griff
runner Judge then bounced on the
Boston rookie for a three-baser and
Bluege followed with one good for two
sacks to send Michaels to the shower.
Staked to run in the first frame
by Myers dragged bunt, Manush's one
baser and Cronin's long fly, Fischer
protected the lead splendidly. Rothrock
got an infield single of the Washing
ton hurler in the first frame and with
two out in the second McManus
doubled Then for three frames the
Red SoX got nothing more than pair
of passes from Fischer.
Reder, the new Boston first-sacker
clouted for two bases with one out in
the sixth, but remained at the middle
station. 1t looked as though the Red
Sox might find the plate in the eighth,
when with one out Rynne tripled over
Vests head to deep center, but the
next batter, Rothrock, bounded to
Bleuge and the third baseman, with
Berg aiding nipped Rhyme on the
homeward path. The last Boston
batter to get on the runway was
Pickering, who walked with one out
IN the nlnCT.
Fischer in Fine Form.
So effective was Fischer that not one
of the four Red Sox who hit advanced
beyond the base gained by his blow
and not one of the three who drew
posses got farther than the initial sack.
Berg gave Reder a solid thump on
the back with the ball when he threw
In an effort to get that Red Sox run
ner off second base in the sixth ses-
sion, but no harm was done And
Noes heave narrowly missed striking
Umpire Owens, too.
Kline's first throw to Berg after re-
lieving Michaels in the eighth was d
wild pitch that let Bluege advance a
base from second.
Fischer hurled five strikeouts. We'll
and was two of them and so was Oliver
Webb also was q victim. Each famed
for the third strikes
President Griffith didn't see his Ma
tionals cop. He was away on scout
ing trip, looking over a pitcher in a
college game.