Evening star., 1932-07-03
Crowder Faces AS Here Today;
Brown and Weaver to Oppose
Yanks I'm Twin Bill Tomorrow

| Two reasons for the Philadelphia fans
failure to support more properly their
club that has won championships the
last three seaSonS-moSt of them are
broke or badly bent, and what's more
they have given up the AS. They can't
see Macks club repeating, and in this
town they must have winner-or else.
First Game.
NEYER performed brilliantly afield,
1Vl going back of second base for fine
stops and taking good care of
several drives on the grass back of
the first sack. He went far to his left
to get Cochrane's hot one and flag his
man. then followed with a check of
Simmons scorcher back of the middle
station and a snappy retiring down in
the first frame. His greatest play,
though, was in the fourth when he
rushed to the green along the right
field foul line, with one hand scooped
up Dykes hot shot that looked sure
fire hit and got his man. So deep was
the drive that McNair. under way from
first at the crack of the bat, made
third base on the play.
Cramer was the fielding sensation of
the Athletics. The young center fielder
roamed all over his territory and much
Of that Simmons is supposed to patrol
for his eight catches. He was respon-
sible for four successive put outs in the
middle of the fray-the last two in the
fifth inning and the first two in the
sixth and his grab of Myers hoist
against the grand stand wall back OF
left center was remarkable. Cramer
also welded a wicked bat accounting
fNY. 4riy1 ciVn1a in five
efforts.
All the Nationals hitting was done
by the first five batters of the lineup,
but it took a Cramer to keep hits from
West. Spencer and Thomas. The
Washington hurler drove the ball al
most to the flag 1ole in center at the
outset of the thirG frame only to have
Doc sprint back for sparkling stab.
Second Game.
EOR the second set-to of the day,
L Connie Mack shook up his bat
ting order. Dykes was lifted from
eighth to lead-off, Haas moved up,
Heving as catcher was batted sixth and
Williams eighth. A new move by Mack,
who seems ready to try anything now
adays to get his once mighty AS back
into a good winning stride.
Simmons clipped Reynolds wings
with a flashy throw to McNair in the
third inning, when Carl. after driving
the ball to left field, attempted to make
a double of the hit. AIS heave to the
base-and it was no short one-waS a
regular strike"
Cronin was a busy short-stop, espe-
cially in the early part of the game.
He had eight chances before the tus-
sling was five innings old and handled
all deftly. His stop of WalbergSs scar
ing smash that started a double play in
the third was particularly splendid
piece of work.
That double Foxx hit in the fourth
to get Simmons home from first was
near homer. Jimmy lined the ball to
left center and it landed against the
lower grandstand wall only little way
below the top. West hurled himself
against the barrier after a hard run
toward the drive, but never had a
chance to get his hands on the sphere.
Sammy hurt his side as he crashed into
the barrier, so Harris played center
after the fifth frame.
Berg, behind the bat for the first time
time in a week surprised all hands
and perhaps himself-by hitting safely
the first three times at bat. He got
two singles and a double of Walberg
and once reached third base. The last
time up, Berg was retired by Q fine
catch Of Q foul by Heying. -