Evening star., 1932-05-30


r. Nationals, now out of their
i home town for more than
month, excepting three
days, ought to get along pretty
we'll with big Heinie Manush ap-
parently back in true hitting
stride
The husky Heinie in his clubs
last six games has socked the ball
for the sweet average of .593, and
for the first time in weeks has
raised himself to the 300 class of
batters. Manush now has a rating
of 1913 and seems ready to carry
on at even a better rate.
For some time the Nationals have
suffered because Of Carl Reynolds
slump at bat, but now that Manush is
coming through they are quite likely
to be a menace to any pitching the
opposition may put forth. In his last
six games Manush has slammed 16
safeties in q times at bat. OF course
Heinie cannot be expected to continue
such a remarkable pace, but what he
has done recently indicates he at last
has his eye on that ball and may rea-
sonably be figured to improve the
washington outfits offensive consider
ably.
The Nationals took an 11-to-8 drub-
bing from the Yankees yesterday Whlcn
left them with only an even break Tor
the four-game series in Grihth Staoium
in the Capital. but Manush certainly
did all he could to get the game LOT
the home side. He banged three singles
and a homer-the homer his sixth OF
the season and his second In TWO Gays
in five trips to the plate.
1t was the biggest day OF the season
for Manush at bat. Not before had he
made as many as four safeties In
game. However, in three Of his last SIX
tussles big Heinie has made as many
as three hits He's ready to GO MS plt
to get the Nationals back into Win
ming way. A club that has been beaten
in 10 of its last Is games needs SUCH
q puncher.
WITH any decent kind of pitching
w the Nationals would have won
that ball game yesterday. Amy
time a club gets as many as eight runs
off a pitcher with the class the left
handed Vernon Gomez has 1t Should
There was no trouble so far as bat
ting was concerned, for JohnSonS
charges got 10 safeties and passes
off the southpaw. but nothing the
washington club sent to the pitching
hill could stop those Yanks.
Bobby Burke tried 1t for time ana
though staked to a two-run edge he
NJ nf the hattie before
the fifth frame was completed. Six
hits and four runs we're cleaned of
Burke. He also issued five passes and
two of those passes were converted into
tallies by the New Workers. Then
Frank Ragland came along to be found
for three hits, two walks and four runs
in three and one-third innings. One
OF the walks meant score.
One Of those hits on Ragland was
Babe Ruths fourteenth homer OF the
wear. It was loft over the right fleld
fence in the seventh inning after Two
were out There was no Yank on the
runway when the Bambino clouted that
four-baser.
After Ragland came Carl Fischer to
pitch the ninth inning and he didn't
60 at all. The New Workers got to him
for two smacks and two walks and
three runs were made. One Of those
walks was good for a marker
The Washington batters did their
bit. but the Washington pitchers did
net
A PASS to Myer, a hit by Manush
n which Combs fumbled for two
base error and a long fly by
Cronin accounted for two Washington
scores in the first inning. Then the
Yanks leaped on Burke. Chapman's
stl N Dickey's single and lengthy
fly bv Iazzori manufs ctured tally in
the second session and in the fifth with
three singles and a brace Of franks off
Burke the visiting club got three more
runs.
In the seventh, Ragland got rid Of
Gehrig easily after Ruths homer, but
he went to pieces in the eighth when
the Yankees with two passes and two
hits, one a triple by Larry. gathered
three markers. In the ninth, Fischer
was reached for two walks, double
and a triple, to boost The New York
score three more.
With singles by Manush and West
end a double by Cronin, with an error
by Combs thrown in. all after two were
out the Nationals picked up two tallies
in the eighth. They rallied again in the
ninth after two were out and got four
more scores. Two successive pinch bat
ters making good started the counting.
Spencer picked up Berg's bat and
singled and Rice swung for Fischer and
clouted for a base The Yanks had let
Spencer reach second without attempt
ing to stop him and Rice's sock scored
Roy. Sam ambled to third without
molestation and after Kerr walked
Manush made his homer.
THERE was bit Of an argument on
i the washington Clubs bench be-
tween Myer and Manager johnson in
the sixth inning yesterday, which re-
suited in the ousting Of the regular
Washington second baseman for the re-
mainder of the fray. johnson took Myer
to task for trouble at bat. it seems.
and Buddy, resenting the rebuke, flared
back Out went Myer and JOHNNY Kerr
finished the game at the middle sta
ton
All was made up after the set-to,
though, and Myer was to go back to
second base in the double-header with
the Athletics here today.