Evening star., 1932-05-22
HOME RUN BARRAGE
WINS, 14-2 AND 50.
Ruth Knocks Two, One With
Bases FuIE-BroWn'S Slab
Streak Broken.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

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home runs routed the Nationals,
IA to 2 and to o.
Beaten three times in a row in
the five-game series which they
started so bravely by bagging a
double header and swapping a
New York winning streak of nine
games, the Nationals now occupy
second place two and half games
back of today'S conQuerorS.
Home runs sent the Washington club
to defeat in each fray. Four were hit
in the first game. Ruth knocking his
ninth and tenth, Gehrig his sixth and
IaZzeri his second of the season. In the
second game Johnny Allen, Manager
McCarthy's rookie pitching sensation,
drove the ball out of the lot. All
homers were parked in the bleachers
back Of right field
The Bambino's first homer of the day
and Aliens four -baser put the Nation
ais out of the picture. Ruth's was made
of Lloyd Brown when the bases were
filled in the fifth frame of the first
game. The wallop put the Yankees in
front to stay and accounted for Browns
first defeat of the season. Aliens was
made in the second inning of the Sec
ond argument of AL Crowder when
there were two Yanks on with two out
to start the home club merrily on its
way.
Big Crowd Sees It.
The Yankees did plenty more hitting
to tickle the 59,815-58,18 paid-pres-
ent in Col. Jake Ruppert's big base ball
plant. In all IA safeties for 80 bases
were collected off Brown, Frank Rag
land and Bob Friedrich in the first en-
gagement No wonder the Nationals
took their worst beating of the year.
In the second the New Workers banged
Crowder, Fred Marberry and Carl
Fischer for IL hits. totaling in bases
%. Those Yankee swingers had great
time.
It was a poor day for Washington
batting marks, though. OFF the left
handed Herb Pennock in the initial
fray the Nationals got six hits spread
over five frames. Three were made in
the first three innings, and then New
York errors helped Johnson's charges to
score. In the second tuSsle Allen lin
tied the Nationals to five hits scattered
over as many innings. West, Bluege
and Berg were the only Capital club
swingers to solve the rockies delivery. !
Scoring in the first game was started
In a mild way by the Nationals, but the
Yankees finished it with storm OF
runs.
Myers Muff Hurts.
REYNOLDS opened the second inning
with q single and scampered all the
way to third as Chapman let the ball
get away. He tailed as Judge grounded
out. The Yanks matched this marker
in their half Of the round with Dickey's
single, Lazzeri's double and Pennock's
long hy. Then the Nationals got the
lead again in the third, when Lazzeri's
bobble gave Brown a life, Myer singled,
Manush sacrificed and West hoisted
deep one to the Yank left fielder.
The storm broke over Browns head
In the fifth but the southpaW might
have escaped the deluge had Myer not
cuffed Combs grounder. With but one
out, Pennock singled, then with shot
at q force out, Myer failed to get hold
of the slow roller and there were two
Yanks on with one retired, lnsteaf OF
only one on first base with two out.
This must have upset Brown, for he
promptly filled the bases by walking
Larry and the stage was set for Ruths
specially. The Bambino came through
magnificently, swinging at Browns first
pitch and lofting the ball into the right
field bleachers to clear the runways
Gehrig'S double. Chapman's single that
by Lazzeri, into the open stand back OF
right, followed to give the New Workers
seven markers for the round.
Bambino Repeats.
Ragland's one inning, the sixth saw
another home run show by the Yanks.
After Larry walked. Ruth parked the
ball in the right-f1eld bleachers once
more. Then Gehrig, getting the fever,
rammed the ball far into the bleachers
back of right center Lou's was by far
the longest of the quartet Of circuit
swats
In the seventh, Friedrich's first in
ming on the mound, the Yanks virtually
walked to tally. Bob filled the sacks
with passes, then Dickey crossed after
Reynolds bagged Pennock's hoist. Geh-
rigs single and two baggers by Chap
man and Lazzeri accounted for the two
scores hung up by the home side on its
last batting turn.
In the second set-to the Yankees
didn't wait long to take command.
Crowder walked Chapman at the outset
of the second session and that was The
start of three runs. Dickey's single
advanced Chapman base then Laz-
zeri sacrificed. Crowder struck out
Larry, but Allen surprised all hands and
probably himself by lofting homer
into the fsvorite parking place for
Yankee hits, the right field bleachers.
Marberry, Fischer Pounded.
With a single and two passes the
Nationals loaded the sacks with one
out in the third, but both West and
Cronin lofted short flies. The Yanks
did better with their hoists in this in
ming After Sewell doubled. deep lofts
by Ruth and Gehrig easily got the
slow runner to the plate.
Ma-berry came on in the fourth to
take his punishment. Dickey doubled
and counted when Lazzeri singled.
After Larry walked Allen sacrificed and
Combs long fly put LazZeri over. Mar
berry then checked the YankS for two
innings and Fischer did so for one, but
Carl got his in the eighth. Lazzeris
triple, Lary's single and Combs double
accounted for two runs in the final
New York fling
After the sixth inning Manager john
son gave up the first game and lumbled
his lineup. Mcleod, Kuhel, Kerr and
Harris replacing Cronin. Judge, Bluege
and Manush. respectively. 1t was the
first game at the initial sack in the
championship campaign fo- Kuhel.
Maple, who had supplanted Berg be-
hind the bat in the sixth inning OF the
initial encounter, got his first big
league hit in the seventh He raped
the ball past Pennock TO center for a
clean single that advanced Bluege a
base. But there were two out and
Harris, batting for Ragland, sent soft
roller to Larry.
Lazzeri, who collected a homer and
two doubles in the first game, went wild
again in the second in which he banged
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