Evening star., 1932-08-26

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time since June 27, the Ma
tionals are hopeful of bet
tering their hold on the position
during the remainder of the tus-
sling with the Tigers. While they
are scrapping with the not so
steady Harris horde the next two
days, the Indians ns-dispossessed
only yesterday by the Nationals
will be battling with the league
leading Yankees in New York.
That should give the Johnson
band some advantage.
The Nationals are going after the
third game of the Tiger series with one
of their best pitching bets Manager
johnson has picked for hill work in
tomorrow's engagement the veteran
Alvin Crowder. And the General has
reeled off six straight wins.
He'll encounter worthy mound rival
in the Saturday fitting. however
Manager Bucky Harris plans to employ
Victor Sorrell and this Tiger right
handler has given the Nationals a lot
of trouble for some time.
During the remainder of the Tiger
series at least, Johnny Kerr is apt to
stick at second base for the Nationals.
He has done well afield in the four
games he has played since a bruised
hip forced Buddy Myer, regular middle
sack guardian, out of the lineup. 1ut
more than that Kerr has hit souT. ly.
He boasts an average of .412 for le
quartet of Tits and the Nationals ! d
that hitting.
Myer is in trim to return to action,
but he hadn't been stinging the ball
for some time before his lay-off and
hits are needed to keep the johnson
band in the show position.
WHETHER the Nationals can retain
w the third berth. though, is ques-
tionable. If they were finishing
their campaign at home, they probably
would hold it for they are great on
their own lot. OF the 81 games they
have ". to play, however, % will be
contested on foreign fields.
In Griffith Stadium this season. the
Nationals have won 43 games and lost
25 for a winning percentage of .632.
Away from home, though, thew have
won 81 games and lost %. That's a
winning percentage Of only .49O on the
road.
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figures, the Nationals playing to past
performances would win 6 of the 8
games they are yet to play at home
and break even in the % on the road.
That would give them a season record
of 81 victories against 81 defeats for
winning percentage of .565, four points
less than they have at present.
The Indians, just below the Nationals,
will finish their season at home and
they have been strong "homers" this
season. Which doesn't look so good for
the Washington outfit.
However a club that has increased
its gait sufficiently to win OF its last i
games as the Nationals have done may
cross all performance figures and charts
by splurging to the finish.
Nov that he has swung into a
~ winning stride again, this Mar
berry person is a rough hombre.
In the last seven days he has pitched
three complete games and won all. He
has done an iron man" stunt to get
three-fourths of his season winning
record.
Coming back to the hill yesterday |
with only two days of rest, after his |
one-hit game against the Indians, Fred |
took the measure of the Tigers neatly In |
an 8-to-5 tilt. He was hit freely, for the |
Tigers got dozen safetieS, but out
side of the first and eighth inning he |
was particularly clever when men were |
on the runway. And those four runs |
the Tigers got in the eighth were OF the |
unearned variety.
To get their win, the Nationals moved |
down three Tiger hurlers. WhitloW |
Wyatt started for the Harris horde, but |
he was easy to hit and wild, too. He |
took a four-run lacing IN the second |
inning and was through after four |
rounds. Then Buck Marrow, a recruit, |
pitched two innings to take thump-- |
ing. The veteran George Uhle followed |
to take neat thinning IN two rounds.
In all, the Nationals helped them |
selves to Is hits They missed hitting |
only In the first of their eight batting |
turns and they found the plate in four |
of the innings.
CCORING was started by the Tigers
- after two were out in the first
frame Then Walker singled and
Webb tripled. But after that the game
was all Washington's. /
Singles by Cronin, Kuhel, Kerr and
Spencer and a double by Rice account
ed for the four runs hung up by the
Nationals in the second session. 1t was
a pass to Rice that paved the way to
a tally in the fourth inning, Wyatt's
last. Bluege followed the pass with a
single then Manush walked. Rice
counted as Cronin forced out Manush.
The run off Marrow was registered
in the fifth West singled, moved up
a base when Spencer hit and crossed
when Rice singled. Four hits were mix
ed in the making Of the two tallles of
Uhle in the seventh session. Spencer
singled and so did Marberry, but Rice
when he attempted to sacrifice forced
out Fred. However, Bluege singled
Spencer home and Cronin's one-baser
scored Rice.
one was out in the eighth when
the Tiger surge came. Walker got an
infield hit then Cronin kicked Webb's
grounder for an error Rhiel fouled out.
but Rogell singled and Richardson and