Evening star., 1932-07-02
GR|FFS' SLAB STAR
EAGER TO FACE EN-
Myer Hits Homer With Bags
Loaded as Lloyd Downs
AS for 18th Win.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ PHILADELPHIA, July q
- When the White Sox play
in Washington this month,
Lloyd Brown, pr m er
pitcher of the Nationals, hopes
to get a crack at them.
Il haven't pitched against them
yet this season." remarked the
Washington left-hander after
scoring a victory over the AS,
but when I do and lick 'em will
have licked every club I can stack
up against in the league this
year"
And Brownie is more than eager to
get that shot at them this month, for it
was not until late in August last season
that Lloyd could boast that he had
turned back all the Nationals rivals.
Brown now has record of IL wins
against defeats, one far better than
any other of the Nationals curving
corps can show. And he has scored his
last five wins in row.
LuIllR L16 CdIIpdlSn DAOWAi AAoo
trimmed the league-leading Yankees
three times He also has beaten the
Red Sox three times. The Indians he
has turned back twice. and he has
downed the Tigers once. He is the
only Washington hurler to have trounced
the Browns this year.
That win yesterday, though, was his
first of the season over the Athletics.
Only the Yankees and the AS have
marred Browns record. But that's
nothing against him. They do dam
age to plenty of pitchers.
DROWN didn't get his victory over
ID the AS all by himself. The Ma
tionals had the AS to 5-which
was the way the game ended-but the
AS had collected their last runs, lot
of three, with some hard hitting In the
sixth inning Brown got out the flrst
two up IN the seventh, but when SIM
mons reached the left-hander Tor
single Manager johnson decided TO
make a change. With Lloyd evidently
feeling the heat-it was no mild Sum
mer day here-and the ever-dangerous
Foxx coming up wheR his thirtieth
home run of the season would mean
tie score, the Nationals pilot lifted
Brown and rushed Fred Marberry 10
the slab. The best Foxx got on Mar
berry was a roller to Bluege, and IN
the next two innings the AS collected
only one pass off the big relief hurler..
To Browns credit, 1t must be salo
that had the game been played on
man sized field instead of in the Shlbe
park bandbox. Brown might not have
been scored against. With bit more
room for the leftfielder, Cochrane's
drive in the third might not have been
a double. AS the inning progressed,
had the ball been caught the AS would
have had a chance for one score only.
just a chance, too. Foxx's and Nc
Nairs doubles in the sixth would have
been easy outs in Griffith Stadium and
the retirement of either OF these Dat
ters would have held the Mack maulers
scc-eless for the round.
As il was the AS got IL hits OH
Ercwn when in the Washington ball
yard about would have been smacked
by them.
only eight safeties were made by
~ the Nationals in the eight innings
Lee Roy Mahaffey hurled. but all but
two of the safeties were made to flg-
ure in the scoring.
Two of the hits were homers lofted
over the rightfield barrier and one was
a triple. The hits we're clustered in
two rounds, too. Of Lew Krausse who
pitched the ninth for the AS, john
sons charges got nothing.
Myers homer came when the bases
were crowded in the third inning.
Three singles preceded it, but one OF
the hitters had been forced out when
a sacrifice was attempted. Manushs
single that followed Myers homer was
wasted
In the fifth frame, in which Judge
got his homer after one was out,
Manush made triple that wasn't
wasted. 1t followed two-bagger by
Myer. And after Manush hit Cronin
sent foul fly far down the leftfleld
line Simmons made dandy catch,
but Heinie tailed easily thereafter.
From then on the Nationals got
nothing more than a base on balls,
picked up by Cronin after one was out
in the eighth 1t was the only walk
given by Mahaffey.
MICKEY CoCHRANE, the star
wi catcher of the Macks. found
Brownie a true cousin"
Mickey hadn't hit in % times at bat
but the first time up yesterday he
singled. The next time he doubled
and he hit two-bagger the third time
up. . A pigeon, flying across left
field, almost got fourth hit for Mickey
in the seventh The bird obStruCted
Manushs vision just as the outflelder
was about to dart for the ball and
Heinie did lot Of staggering before he
made the catch That triple of
Foxxs in the second inning was wow
James Double-X lofted the ball
to the top of the right field wall, but
instead of leaving the park for homer
it rebounded to right field. Seems
that the Shibes have stretched barbed
wire along the wall top to keep out
crashers. :. That wire cost FoxX
his thirtieth homer of the year
When Cramer. Mack center fielder sin
gled in the third inning he ran 10 Is
his string of consecutive games with
hits Ed Madjeski, catcher, has
been with the AS all season, but yes
tcrday was the first time he showed
against the Nationals He batted
for Hshaffey in the eighth and famed.
This is Madieski's first year of
pro ball He was with Seton Hall
College last year For oscar
Roettger. outfelder, and cash the AS
have procured from Montreal of the
International League left-hand pitch
er. feet inches in height, by the
name of Gowell Claset. . The
Royals get Roettger right away but
do not deliver Claset until next year.
Two games with the Mackmen
TODAY Then the Nationals will