Evening star., 1932-06-26
CROWDER SLAPPED
FOR 6-RUN SESSION
Alexander Gets Homer OF
Burke-Manush Hits for
Circuit in Rally.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
-AILENDERS the Red SoX are,

but they don't look so Wnen
they are playing the Nation
ais Stepping out in Grit
fifth Stadium yesterday, the 'joke"
club of the American League made
the Johnson band look like a
deuce in a Soiled deck of cards and
virtually walked to a 7-to-6 vic
tory.
1t was the third successive
triumph over the Nationals for
the Red Sox and the defeat was
extra bitter to the Washington
club, coming when it had an op-
portunity to rise from fourth to
second place in the flag chase as
the Tigers and AS took it on their
chins.
Manager johnson trotted out Al
Crowder one of his pitching mainStays,
and expected him to make the Red SoX
roll over and play dead. Instead, Man
ager McManus' boys took such fancy
to AL that he was out of the picture be-
fore the end Of the fourth frame and
the Red Sox had total OF six runs.
Seven hits had been made OF Crow
der four of them punched in the
fourth AL also had issued four passes,
three of them in the fourth. One in the
big Boston inning was given intention
ally. but two in succession were not and
thew came when the Red SoX held down
all the bases. Al was a cousin" to the
Beantown boys in that round.
AIexander's Homer Decisive.
Rob Burke came on do a relief turn
and he allowed Just one hit before he,
foo lost control and had to give way
to Fred Marberry in the seventh. That
hit. however, was a homer lifted over
the right field barrier by Dale Alex
ander and the run proved the decisive
one of the tussle. Crowder, though
was charged with the beating. Inc
y Red Sox got five safeties of Maroerry
] which did nothing more than raise
their total for the game to 13.
The Nationals put on nifty offensive,
TOO. in the sixth session. Four runs
were rung up, three after two were out;
In the round. Heinie Manush crashed
the game by picking up Moe Berg's bat
and lining the ball over the right f1eld
fence while Sammy West was on the
runway But in the innings before Lney
had made but two runs on BOD Kline
and old Cv Moore, who TOOK tne hlli
task from Kline in the sixth. after an
unsteady start stopped the NatlohslS
col5. z,,,
Eight hits had been made of Kline
and the first two batters to face Moore
in the sixth connected for safetles.
Then up came Sam Rice, with Joe
Kuhel on third base with a tying tally
in his feet and Buddy Myer on second
with the run that would have put tne
Nationals ahead. Rice, though. went
out in a close play in which Moore
numbered to first base to tske throw
from Alexander and the johnson band
never had another good scoring chance.
Judge Banished by Ormsby.
That big Boston fourth inning so
unset Capt. Joe Judge that he talked
himself out of the ball game. Joe
thought he had tagged out WatWood,
who turned first base after singing, put
Umpire Red Ornsby said NO AS
Olson had scored during the attempted
rundown of Watwood, Judge was extra
hot He dashed at the base umpire
and didn't mince any words in telling
Ormsby what he thought OF the decl-
sion. Red won the argument. however,
so Kuhel went to first base Tor the
remainder Of the fray.
The NaC.onals got under way as
though they would quickly oust Kline.
Judge and Myer singled and a bunt oy
Rice crowded the stations. Then
Cronin's walk forced Judge over the
counting block. Reynolds, though
forced out Myer at the plate and west
drilled into a double-play.
1t was a drive to left bv Jolley that
opened the Red Sox rally in the fourth.
Had he gone back against the open
stand wall. Rice might have caught the
ball. but he let it rebound from the
barrier and before he could retrieve 1t
and get il to the infield Jolley had
reached third base Alexander singled
Jolley across and pulled up at third as
Pickering slammed a double against the
stand back of left center. Warst.cr
famed and after Tate was intentionally
walked Kline struck out. Both johnson
and Olson drew passes. however, to
force over two tallies, then Watwood
cracked the single that drove two more
runs across and put Olsen in position
to score during the attempted run
down
Griffs Stage Scoring Bee.
Burke came along to throw q third
strike by Jolley, up for the second time
in the round. The Nationals in their
attacking part of the inning got back
one of the runs with Reynolds intleld
hit Bluege's single and wild chuck by
Second -baseman Olson, who tried TO
complete a double-play after Berg had
forced out Bluege. In the next frame,
however, Big Alex off set that tally with
his homer then the Nationals waited an
inning TO make their valiant but un-
successful splurge.
Cronin began the home sixth with
double. He stuck at second base as
REYNOLDS was heaved out, but crossed
when West singled. Bluege popped out,
bat Manush came through with his cir
cut clout and Burke walked So did
Kline-to the shower. Moore was reach
ed by Kuhel for a single that sent Burke
to third base then Myer doubled to
score the pitcher. Rice, however.
couldn't help.
Thereafter, but two Nationals got on
the runway. West walked with two out
in the seventh, only to watch Bluege
ground into retirement and with two
out in the eighth Kuhel got on as
Moore, covering first base. dropped
throw from Alexander Myer followed