Evening star., 1932-04-25

NJ Ing Iaunched tnelr 1U-day
4 Y drive against the most for
uidable opposition they
are expected TO encounter in the
American League flag struggle in
fine style, the Nationals have high
hopes of giving the Yankees a
keen fight in the three-game
series that was to get under way
here this afternoon.
That 8-2 win over the Athletics
in Washington yesterday, the
third handed the league cham
pions in five meetings, made
JohrSon'S men believe they are
ready to cope with any club they
face.
But they still have plenty to do be-
fore winding up their first stand of the
campaign against the East. In this
10-game stretch with their great rivals
the Nationals probably will have to call
ON all their resources. Bucking the AS
In three tits and then taking on the
Yanks again for as many in Griffith
Stadium after finishing here cannot
be regarded as mere pastiming even
by such a seemingly high-class club
as that representing Washington.
The Nationals are carrying a fine
spirit into the tussling in Col. Jake
Ruppert's big base ball plant in the
all the playing strength they can mus
ter. Topping the AS in three of five
games was a highly creditable perform
ance for the Washington club, but this
Series heIe is something else.
BY what the Yanks have done thus
far they are very apt to prove much
rougher playmates than Mack's min
ions Capital fandom ought to know
what there is to its Nationals at the
conclusion of the current New York
series.
WHEN he bought Monte Weaver from
Wv Baltimore club last season, Clark
Griffith, president of the Wash
jngton club, declared that the pitcher
was the best he had seen in the minors
in many moons Now Weaver is doing
his best to make Griffith seem right
which he usually has been so far as
u1Ouilu material Is concerned.
In turning back the AS yesterday
to register his third victory in three
starts in this young campaign, Weaver
was even better than when scoring over
the same bunch in Philadelphia last
week and really more effective than
when beating the Red Sox in Boston
week before last. This cool and collect
ed recruit from the International
League appears to improve as time
goes on like fine vintages.
Weaver yesterday displayed a most
deceptive curve, uncorked an excellent
change OF pace and, once settled to his
task, had control of the highest order.
So clevc- was his work that for seven
innings he limited the AS, ever danger
Gus in attack. to three hits spread over
Es many rounds and a brace of passes.
In each of their last two sessions the
Mackmen put over a run, three hits
accounting for that in the eighth in
ming and luSty triple by Foxx, paving
the way to the ninth-inning tally.
However, the AS were especially for
tunate to get that eighth-inning mar
ker. Only tricky hit resulting from
high bounder over the pitchers head
) from Dykes bat made the run pos
sible.
In holding the often murderous
maulers to seven safeties Weaver
wasted few pitches. AS in his previous
performances, he was careful with most
every throw, apparently studying the
batter always.
Simmons, the big gun of the AS,
was effectively spiked Not hit did
al get in four turns at bat, although it
TOOK great catch by Manush to keep
a safety from the leagues 1891 batting
champion in the eighth Neither Coch-
rane nor FoXX hit Weaver until the
last trip to the plate and both Simmons
and FoXX were Monte's strikeout vic
tins.
Simmons watched a third strike 90
by IN the first frame when there was
a Mack runner on third base. In the
fourth Foxx swung Justify, only to miss
Tor third one.
7 OOKS as though the Nationals are
- beginning to cash in on that Had
ley-Jones-Ha for Reynolds Kerr
trade made with the White SoX last
Winter. In his last two games the
right-hand swinging Reynolds has
mace SIX safeties, as many as collected
by him IN his six previous engage
ments
In the Sunday battling with the AS
Reynolds was most important factor
IN his clubs success. He connected
safely three times and drove over four
of the eight Washington runs reg
istered.
His double in the first inning sent
one tally across and moved a runner
from first base to third, to be in posi-
tion to score on a long fly. Carl dou-
n!ed again IN the second to push over
another marker and in the eighth. after
two were out, he singled to enable two
to dent the counting block.
Reynolds got those two doubles of
George EarnsheW. One was a drive tc
left and the other went to left-center
He got his single off Bowman. a Mack
recruit. 1t was smash to dead center
r ARNSHAW, who had made monkeys
IL of the Nationals only week be-
fore in Griffith Stadium. was a
mark for them yesterday. Not only die
he give up IL of the IA safeties John
sons men collected. but he also made
three wild pitches during his seven in.
nings on the mill And each of the
wild pitches figured in the scoring.
The big right-hander was really
beaten in the first frame when after
one was out four successive hits with
hectic heave mixed in meant three
runs. He took it on the chin again
in the second inning. for with two hits
brace Of infield errors and two more
wild pitches the Nationals once more
tailed three times
Despite this trouncing EernshaV
kept at his task until the eighth wher
Bowman came on TO hit a batter ano
be hit three times. which netted the
Nationals a brace CT scores.
THOSE IA Washington hits were
l. good for 20 bases and the drives
off Earnshaw accounted for II
bases. Reynolds double in the sec.
ond inning came in a pretty hit-and-
run plav . with Cronin heading fol
the middle sack, Carl drove the bal
right through the spot Shortstcu Will
liams had Just vacated. Cronir
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