Evening star., 1932-07-13

breeze in tomorrow to start
i a four-day stand in Griffith
Stadium and this time it
will be up to the Nationals to lick
ahem or perhaps fall back to sixth
pfAce in the league race.
Up to today the Browns have
played only 500 base ball in this
Eastern swing, but their past per-
formances against other clubs are
out when they encounter the
johnson band. In eight meetings
this season the ST. Louis outfit has
trounced the Nationals seven
times. Just a bunch of rough
playboyS for Washington.
Actually there's not so much class to
the Browns. They've been poorer than
500 almost all the campaign. Today
they were below that in winning per-
centage. Yet when they stack up
against the Nationals they play like
champions.
1t was the string of four lickings the
Browns handed the Nationals here in
May that started JohnSon's charges on
the backward path. Up to those en-
counters with the St. Louis club, the
Nationals performed brilliantly. Came
those four wallops, however, and the
Washington club has been shaky ever
since.
Al Crowder. who hasn't pitched a ball
against the Browns this season, may
draw the Washington hill assignment
tomorrow. Crowder did right well in
tuSSleS with Killefer'S men last year
There's no line to be had on the ST.
Louis slab selection for the series
opener. 1t probably will not be Walter
Stewart, but the Nationals will see that
left-hander in action during the
Browns visit
Stewart has given the Nationals two
beatings this year. He's been plain
poison to them.
NIHEN Nationals and White Sox get
w together they must have the ex-
training tussle, it seems. Here
in May the two clubs battled one day
for IA innings and out in Chicago last
month they put on an thinning en-
gagement. In the third game of the
current SerieS-played yesterday-they
struggled 10 innings And as in the
two earlier overtime tits the Nationals
triumphed
1t was an uphill fight they put on,
too. to get their 13-to-12 verdict
For quite a spell the Nationals put
forth little pitching and for a time
they didn't do so much hitting. The
White Sox Walloped the ball freely and
far and at the end of their second
batting turn enjoyed a seven-run lead
But they couldn't field, piling up eight
errors.
And errors helped the Nationals to
q tie in the ninth and their win in
the tenth.
LIVE Washington hurlers were on the
J. hill and three of them took a
good lacing, for they were nicked
for 18 hits. Bob Burke started, but
he was shelled from the hill in the
second round Six hits and as many
runs were cleaned off him. Dick Coff-
man finished the second to give up two
safeties and tally. Then Fred Mar
berry toiled for six innings and he was
found for 10 hits and runs. All the
scoring was done off Fred after he
got two men out.
Lloyd Brown was sent in to pitch
the ninth inning. then Al Crowder got
the call in the tenth. That made it
AIS win, his second Of the series. He
beat the White SoX wien he went
the route in the opener Of the set on
Sunday. Al scored two wins in the
four-game series in Chicago last month
getting one as a starter and the other
as a reScuer
Sad Sam Jones and Urban Faber did
the White SoX finging. Lots OF pltch-
ing years and craft there. Jones al
lowed but five hits in the four and two
thirds innings he toiled. But he also
gave up five passes and three were
issued in succession in the second in
ming when the Nationals did their first
scoring.
In the fifth Jones had two out with
Sam West on second when he walked
Roy Spencer. Marberry was coming up.
but Manager Fonseca lifted Jones,
thereby greatly peeving the sad one. AS
he left the box Sam hurled the ball
against the middle of Catcher CRUDE,
who was standing by the mound, then
strode to the Chicago dugout and slam
med his glove against the players
bench. He was hot-and plenty too.
Faber was nicked for eight SafetleS
and a brace of passes. But the White
Sox would have bagged the game only
for their terrible work afleld. When
they threw the ball around it was just
too bad for them.
IT was Joe Kuhel, who drove over tour
i runs; Joe Cronin, who drove over
two, and Roy Spencer, who also
drove over two, who figured prominently
in the late scoring that turned the tide
for Washington.
Kuhel, after two were out in the
ninth, singled to send in tally and
then he toted across the one that dead
locked the game after a wild chuck by
ManIlSh'c
walk and Cronins single.
In the tenth the first two Nationals
up were quickly disposed of, but
Spencer came through with a one-base
blow Crowder then drove slow one
to Shortstop Appling. The Chisox in
fielder had a fine chance for force
play at second base, but he threw so
wildly past Hayes, standing at that
sack, that the ball went on to right
field and it was an easy matter for
Spencer to continue to the counting
block with the main marker.
CRIFFITH is down Chattanooga way
" looking over the Nationals farm
the Washington preXy also
will take in Atlanta before returning
home Sunday =. Griffith is supposed
to have a hankering for one of the
Cracker pitchers after the White
Sox got their big early lead Fother-
gill was taken out of the game. Seeds
shifted to left field and Funk sent
to center E. . perhaps Manager Fonseca
wanted a better defense in the pastures
the visiting outfielders did their
work we'll, but Lew could have used
another set of infielders the Chi
cago inner defense was the poorest
put forth by a club here this sea-
son . lots of fans left the park along
about the seventh inning thinking the
Nationals were well licked . they
missed much fun at the finish.
WINS BY "a TO |.