Evening star., 1932-06-05
GR|FFMEN VICTIMS
OF INSPIRED CLUB
BeantoWners Win Two in Row
First Time This Season.
4 to 2 and 9 to g..
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
DOSTON, Mass, June 4.-Base
X ball history was made today
- at Fenway Park as the Ma

l. at Fenway Park as the Ma.
tlonals and Red Sox tangled
in twin bill.
For the first time in moons the
Red Sox took both ends of a
double-header and for the first
time this season they ran up q
winning string of two games.
The scores were to 2 and 9 to8.
The Red Sox now have won nine
games in the current campaign.
And four of their wins have been
at the Nationals expense.
With the tail-end Boston bunch play
ing like champions the greater pArt Of
the way and the johnson band per-
forming like anything but a pennant
aspirant, no wonder there was such a
startling upset. But the Capital crowd
got three games out of the :eries Of
five and still is second in the flag race.
The Nationals never were in the
opening encounter Their ace hurler,
Al Crowder, was nicked for 10 safeties
and was beaten off in the second round
when the Red Sox rolled up three runs,
although he went the route. Of Bob
Kline. Boston right-hander. only five
hits were collected and the one fine
chance the Nationals had to pile up
some scores they kicked with some
headless touring of the base paths.
In the second tilt the Red Sox were
brisk from the start and tailed in each
of the first six innings. Over this
stretch they got total Of IA hits on
Carl Fischer, who pitched three in
nings to become the loser. and Frank
Ragland. Fred Marberry stepped to the
slab in the sixth to check the on
slaught, then Bob Burke flung two ses-
sions. in which he yielded but one
safety. LIN l.,
Ed Durham, chased from the hill In
the first inning Of the second game OF
THURSDAYS doub,e-header here, Limited
the Nationals to three hits ana Two
runs while his crowd piled up us olg
lead today. Then he weakened anu
had to be relieved in the elghh oy
Jack Russell. who in turn gave way
to the elderly Cy Moore in the nlnth'
Grffs Lose Big Chance.
Tn their last three turns at bat Jonn,
sons charges accumulated nine hlts ana
civ runs Three of the runs crossed IN
the ninth and the Nationals 1e!l Win
their boots on. with the potential tying
tally resting on third base ana the
possible winning one on hrst
Those Red Sox weren't long getting
to Crowder in the first encounter 1ney
opened briskly in the second session
and before the third out was recolocu
rang up three runs to sew up the GAM.
Jolley singled, but he was forceo GU.
bv Pickering. The big fellow oasneo
into Myer at second, preventing heaNe
for a possible double play. Inc Ma
tionals claimed interference, but Um-
nire Nallin couldn't see it so. linen TIE
Red Soy really went to work on the
General. Oliver hit for base ana
Rhvre rammed the ball to the right
field corner for three bases that ac-
counted fo- two tallies. Then Iate'
erstwhile National. laid down nl1ty
bunt. and long tefore CroWder got 10
Benny's tap Rhyme was across. II was
a sweet squeeze play.
Score Hitless Tally.
Without hit the Nationals scored
once in the third. Berg walked as
starter and moved up as CroWoer Went
out. Myer grounded to McManus, tnen
bumped into Watwood so hard that the
first sacker dropped the throw from
the middle baseman. That let Berg get
home.
With one out in the fourth, Reynolds
got the first hit off Kline, single, and
with two out a passed ball let Carl take
third. There he was stranded.
Two hits in the fifth might have
meant something but for the Nationals
stupid base running. Berg opened with
a single, but was nabbed at second
when Crowder attempted to sacrifice
Myer lofted to the far reaches OF right
center, but Crowder, instead OF going
down to second and then watching for
a catch. all but Rugged first base. The
drive was so deep that even had Oliver
caught it AL could easily have returned
safely to the initial sack.
As it was, the ball got by the center
fielder. and Myer got only double
when he should have had soft triple.
Buddy almost overran Al after turning
second and barely managed to scramble
back to the bag as his teammate pulled
UP at third base There followed the
worst piece of base running the Nation
ais have done this season.
Ball-up Begets Double Play.
Harris grounded to the shortstop, and
Myer tore for third, while Crowder
clung to the base. Finally Crowder
headed homeward. only to be run down
by Tate. Myer who had stopped with
in yard of the far corner, stood SPELL
bound as this play was made, then tried
to get back to second, only to become
a double-play victim. 1t was more like
the Red Sox than the Nationals on the
bases.
A pass to Reynolds and Judges
double after two were out in the sixth
netted the johnson band a marker, but
after two were out in the seventh the
Red Sox came back at Crowder to score
with Watwood's two-bagger and Nc
Manus' single.
Rice opened the eighth with a single
to give the Nationals their last scoring
opportunity, but Cronin and Reynolds
flied out, and, following Judges stroll.
West, batting for Bluege, rolled feebly
to the first baseman.
In the second engagement Of the day
the Red SoX disposed of Fischer in
three innings. During that brief term
they combed him for six safeties and
five runs.
Rice Muffs q Fly.
Singles by McManus and Jolley, with
Webb's infield erasure sandwiched be-
tween. were good for a first-frame
counter. Rice did something rare for
him at the outset Of the Red Sox sec
ond. He muffed a fly ball. The error
gave Oliver q life. and successive singles
by Rhyme and Connolly scored Tom.
Pickering singled and Rhyme walked In
the third. Then. with two out. Connolly
trtpled 10 send both home.
A single by Rice Van CAMPS Wild