Evening star., 1932-07-23

Washington ball club was
right when it got him from the
Browns in June in exchange for
Carl Fischer and a sizable bundle
of cash. Since becoming a Ma
tional Dick has made five such
efforts and failed in each.
However, both Coffman and
Manager Johnson were hopeful
of success this time, and reason
ably SO. The one really good piece
of pitching Dick has done in
taking his licking was against the
AS in Philadelphia when he went
the route the only time
Coffman then took the hill for the
second game of double-header and he
allowed but eight hits and three passes.
One of the hits off him was homer by
Eric McNair that more than offset
lead the Nationals had built up early in
the game, but the decisive run Of the
5to-4 fray that crossed later would
not nave Dee1l ItSlSISlCu ilau LINN bSS'i
accorded smarter support.
Coffman. with an average earned run
WELD of 3.89 per nine innings last year,
Virtually was the Browns leading hurler
and with a none too good club ne went
along we'll this season before joining the
Nationals. Fate has been against MIN
since.
However. Coffman came back after
h ic
loss with the Washington club-to hurl
a fairly respectable game against the
Indians despite the defeat he took AND
several times recently he has looked
So today he was to get another
chance to prove his worth. And sue
cess in the tussle with the AS might be
the medicine needed by Coithah 70
make him a great help to the Nationals
the remainder of the campaign
DUMPING into Mickey Cochrane with
ID the Athletics catcher on a hitting
spree was just too bad Tor Al
CroWder and the remainder OF the Ma
tonals Yesterday as a two-game series
with the Mack's minions opened III
The AS beat the Nationals, 8 to 4.
and Cochranes batting accounted 1or
the scoring of six runs. He got half
OF the AS eight hits.
The first four times Cochrane stepped
to the plate, Crowder couldn't keep MN
of the runway. Mickey tripled in the
first inning with mate on the paths.
drove the ball over the right field wall
for his thirteenth home run OF tle
season with a Mackman on base IN tne
third, opened the sixth with doupie
to score later and in the seventn ne
pot a single driving Crowder from the
t,,o,,nd sending a run over and put
ting himself on to tally Tor the tnFo
time. l., .h.
ninth after Fred Marberry went
through a short term on the hlH iol,
lowing his relief of CroWder. checkeo
Mickey. Off Brown. the cloutlng Cocn-
rane did nothing more than bound 70
the first baseman. ,ro,-
Cochrane is hitting in only the .270s
for the campaign and in the Macks 10
games with the Nationals up 10 yesteI-
day he batted at mere lSo pace; ne
had heen easv pickin's for the Washlng-
ton curving corps. 49,.
heen hitting EN- high, wide ana
handsome. In the four games the AS
nIayed lust before encounterlng tne
Nationals. Cochrsne got hits IN II
times at bat and two of the hits were
Which shows that Mickey was right
when Crowder bumped into MN.
IIOW hits may be wasted was nlceiy
demonstrated by the Natlonals;
They got Is off the left-handed
Rube Walberg, but only Z counteu.
Manush's single and Cronin's triple got
a first-inning run, and IN Ihe elsl.ii
successive singles by Manusn. Cronln,
Harris and West and another oy Berg
after Bluege had bounced liiIo Ioi'e
play got three tallies.
n +he second inning the Nationals
nut across one for the book. Their flrst
four batters singled, with nobody fno-
ing the plate.
West dropped single in short center
and was nipped at second when Blue2e
missed the ball in a hit-and-run play;
Bluege then lined single to left and
checked in at second as Berg hit to the
same field Crowder came along to
poke a single to short left. but Bluege
tried to make home from the mioole
base. only to be cut down by Simmons
throw. Kuhel famed to leave two
mates stranded.
The only fielding thrill Of the game
was provided by Cronin, who, by the
way figured in the first five retirements
of the visitors. In the first inning the
Nationals shortstop raced back of sec
ond for a fancy backhand stop OF
Cramer's scorcher and slipped the ball
to Myer TO force out Bishop at the
midway station.
Manush, collecting a trio of singles,
ran his consecutive games with hits
to 81.