Evening star., 1932-05-01
GROVE IS POUNDED
IN EIGHTH FOR WIN
Berg Drives Over Decisive
Run-MaCks Get Only Five
Hits Off CroWder.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
EAGUE champions, huh? On
record those Athletics are,
but not to the Nationals

record those Athletics are,
but not to the Nationals
these days.
Rising in their might in the
eighth inning yesterday in Grif-
fifth Stadium, JohnSon'S charges
pounced on their arch-enemy, the
left-handed Robert Moses Grove,
to give those AS a 2-to-1 licking
and thereby sweep the series Of
three games.
More than that, it was the Ma
tionals' sixth successive win over the
AS in eight starts against them this
season And the defeat was the ninth
for Mack's club in its last 10 engage
ments. League champions, huh?
It was Cronin'S double, Reynolds
single the infield erasure of Pinch Bat
ter Harris and startling two-bagger
by Berg that accounted for the brace
OF runs scored in the Nationals late
uprising. The AS had done their tally
ing in the seventh with Cochrane's two
base hit and Foxxs single.
Crowder Grabs Slab Honors.
The set final was marked by a great
pitching scrap between Al Crowder vet
eran right-hander, and the southpaw
Grove all the way, with the Washing
ton moundsman hogging all the honors.
But five hits and one pass were
CLEANED off Crowder, while the Ma
tionals combed Grove for nine safeties
and three walks. Crowder bested the
strikeout king at his speciality, too, reg
tstering five against four for Grove
Crowder limited the Athletics swat
ting to three innings, but in one-the
seventh-the foe clustered those two
blows for what loomed as a mighty big
run. Grove had been tapped freely, for
the Nationals had missed hitting him
only in the second session, but for never
more than safety an inning
The blow-off came in the eighth,
though, when three hits punched by
the johnson band and the judicious
employment Of a pinch-batter upset
the lanky left-hander completely.
Berg Meets Issue Squarely.
1t was Cronin who blazed the way
to the winning rally by doubling to
left. Reynolds followed with one of
those tricky lofts to center too far out
for an infielder to handle and just too
far in for Haas to reach So the ball
fell at the center fielder's feet for a
single that moved Cronin to third
Judge rolled to Foxx. who grabbed
the ball and held Cronin to the far
corner while Reynolds scampered to
second. Then Jimmy turned his at
tention to first base and seemingly
slid into the sack later than Judge
but Umpire Dinneen ruled otherwise.
With Bluege in a batting slump, Man
ager johnson sent Harris to the plate
and the pinch-batter raped one to
the second baseman that brought about
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across with the tying tally.
The retirement moved Reynolds to
third and with two out the issue was
put squarely up to Berg, who had been
unable to get the ball past the infield
IN previous turns at bat. But this time
Berg caught hold of one of Groves
pitches and lofted the ball to the left
deld corner for two-bagger that easily
registered Reynolds with the big marker
Of the day.
Hurlers in Trouble Early.
Each pitcher climbed out of
troublous situation before he was scored
against. Crowder helped Grove out of
difficulty in the third. AL opened the
round with a triple and Myer walked.
Then Manush sent slow one to Bishop
and Crowder, breaking for home with a
good chance to score, suddenly changed
his mind to return to third and watch
Heinie thrown out. The scoring op-
portunity dimmed when West fouled
out and faded away as Cronln popped
to the second baseman.
Crowder's big bit of pitching came
N the fourth. Bishop began the round
with a single and checked in at second
when Haas also hit for base But
Bishop was nipped at the far corner
when Cochrane tried to sacrifice and
after Simmons popped to Cronin long
ny hit by Foxx was deftly handled by
Reynolds.
The AS made a puny threat in the
ninth. which Cochrane started with a
one-baser. Simmons forced out Mickey,
then stood at first base to watch Foxx
take third strike and Judge get under
Cramer's foul.
Victory for Crowder marked his re-
turn to complete mastery over the AS
after brief lapse. Al, who turned back
the Mackmen five times in succession in
1881 after losing to them twice, was de-
cisively defeated by them in his initial
start this year. Although he scored
over the AS few days later 1t was as
n relief hurler.
Likewise, Groves defeat ended the
1eft-hander's sway over the Nationals,
maintained since early last season. After
bowing to the Nationals on April l8,
1881, Grove beat them six times in
row, including his win over them in
Philadelphia this year
CronIn MADE the only error yesterday
when he let Dykes grounder go through
the wickets at the beginning Of the
third inning.
Bishop turned in a fielding Sparkler
in the fifth when he dived to check
Myers hot one and scrambled to his
feet barely in time to flag Buddy.
Threatening skies kept the crowd to
less than 5000 and a light rain that
fell throughout the game made play
hazardous. Those at hand however,
were given great treat by the battlers.
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