Evening star., 1932-08-21
TAKE AZ CONTEST,
THEN 115 BEATING
CroWder Holds Indians, but
Weaver and Coffman Are
Well Pounded.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

header. Now they must sweep the
remaining three games of the set
to go ahead of Peck's papooses.
Rallying behind Al Crowder's
steady pitching, Johnson's charges
bagged the first game, 4 to 2, but
they really never were in the sec
ond for more than a few minutes.
With the Indians slapping every
thing pitched to them for eight
innings, the Nationals took an
11-to-5 trouncing in the nightcap.
The initial encounter was something
OF pitching duel between Crowder and
Jack Russell. The Tribe got nine hits
of Al, but scored only in the second
inning when Glenn Myatt lofted a
homer over the right field wall while
a teammate was on the runway. There
after Crowder was tight IN ptnches to
get his seventeenth win Of the season.
Russell was reached for IS safeties, but
not until they punched three in the
seventh inning could Johnson's men
forge to the front.
Second SIapbang Game.
IlC ScCOllO SdI1lC Wao a oAaRboAb
affair, with the Indians getting 81 hits
and the Nationals Is. Eleven OF the
Tribes blows were at the expense OF
Monte Weaver, who was blasted from
the hill during the fourth frame,
well beaten pitcher. Then Dick Cof1-
man came along to take neat lacing.
A pinch-batter eliminated Dick in the
eighth inning, which let Ed Edelen
make his major league bow In the
ninth, and the colegian gave the In
dians nothing more than a base on
balls.
The Tribe started Oral Hildebrand
on the slab, and after an unsteady De
ginning he went along sw1mmlngly
Until the seventh. when he filled the
bases after being nicked for two runs.
That brought George Connally to the
scene, and the veteran rescuer was no
bargain for the Nationals.
First-game scoring was begun by the
Indians, who hoped on Crowder for
tallies m the second inning. ClsseH
opened the round with single. kamm
lofted out, but Myatt came along TO SEND
! the ball soaring above the rfght-feld
barrier for a four -baser.
| The Nationals came right BACK 70
get one run. Reynolds opened the sec
end home batting turn with q two--
bagger. He moved to third as West
was heaved out. Then Carl crossed
as Burnett bobbled Blueges roller.
Three singles were wasted by one
johnson band In the fifth frame, but
in the sixth it pulled up to a tie. West
launched the scoring attack with drive
to the right-field corner and before
Porter could catch up with the Dau
bounding off the fence the runner was
well on his way to third, which he
reached easily. West romped home as
Kamm threw out Bluege.
Nationals Bag Tilt.
After Kuhel popped out at the start
of the seventh, the Nationals fell upon
Russell for victory. Myer beat out a
bounder to Kamm and raced to third
when Manush singled to rather short
left. Manush continued to second on
Vosmiks throw to the far corner
Cronin sent a long fly to Porter and
after the catch. Reynolds then got his
third hit. single to left. to get Manush
home.
The Indians kicked up In the eighth,
but couldn't get anywhere worth while.
With one out Morgan singled and ad-
vanced base as Cissell hit. Kamm,
though drilled into a two-way erasure,
1t was the Nationals who first found
the plate in the second tussle. They
shot run across quickly, then as
quickly fell out Of their batting stride.
Rice doubled and crossed as Manush
forced out Myer, who had bunted
single. Then a double by Cronin and
Kuhels walk filled the bases, but West
famed and B!uege popped out.
The Indians came back in the second
to get two tallies. Vosmik clouted a
triple only to be run down when Nor
gan grounded to Bluege. Morgan made
/ second during the retiring play and
checked in at third ahead Of a throw
from Weaver, who had picked up tap
that meant a single for Cissell. A
double steal was tried, with Cissell get
ting caught, but Morgan beating Gro
nins return to Berg. Kamm got a
single with rap to deep short and
went on to second as Cronin chucked
wildly over first base. Sewell's single
scored Willie.
Indians Run Wild.
Two more runs for the Tribe In the
third round, when three hits and as
many walks were cleaned off Weaver,
Porter got pass and so did Averill
after Burnett skied out. Vosmik sin
gled Porter home, but Averill was
tagged when he tried to make third
on the hit. Singles by Morgan and
Cissell followed to score Vosmik; then
Kamm's stroll crowded the stations,
but Sewell hoisted out.
The fourth was three-run session
for the Indians. Porter's single, Bur-
nett's double and Averills triple meant
two tallies and the elimination of
Weaver. The relieving Coffman was
Immediately nicked for a single by
Vosmik to put over the third marker.
Manush's walk and Hildebrands
fuzzy throw after picking up Cronin's
bunted single accounted for a Wash
ington score in the fifth, but Pecks
pack came right back in the sixth for
another brace Of runs. Averill walked
and made third when Vosmik hit. The
single was fumbled by West, letting the
hitter make second. Averill tailed ~
beating to the plate a throw from West,
who had shared CiSsell's liner; then
Kamm doubled to shove across Vosmil
Washington splurged to the extert
OF two tallies in the seventh when &c
drove Hildebrand to the shower. Rice
singled and after Myer fouled out
ManuSh doubled. Rice scored as Cronin
went out and Kuhels single registered
Manush. A single by West and Bluege's
walk crowded the cushions and brought
Connally to Hildebrand's relief. Naples
best off the new hurler was a roller
to the second baseman.
Offset this home-side furry with a
sharp attack launched after two were
out. Cissell doubled and counted when
Kamm singled. Sewell's two-bagger
sent Kamm to the counting block.
The Nationals were the last tn find