Evening star., 1933-06-28
HAVE TAKEN FIVE
| STRAIGHT SERIES
First Defeat in Nine Games
for Cronin's Men Ends
Tribe Losing Streak.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ Sic with the Indians to-
day, the Nationals will hop
a train for Detroit, where to-
morrow they are scheduled to be-
gin battling for victory in their
sixth series in succession.
In less than three weeks, the
Capital club has bowled over the
Red Sox, Athletics, Browns, White
Sox, and Indians, winning Is Of
18 games played with these clubs
to advance from second place and
six games out of the lead to the
leagues topmost position with a
game advantage over their near
est rival and they are supremelv
conndent OF continuing their sue
cess In the four engagements
listed with the Tigers.
While the Nationals have a whole
some respect for the Harris-led Tiger
ciuo that has played them to even
Terms In SIX games this season, they feel
tney are going into the impending Sc
ries far better aggregation all around
than. when they last met the Detroit
outfit and that the latter may be wen
worn by its current stand against the
eastern invaders for nothing more than
an even break to date.
Earl Whitehill, who southpawed for
the Tigers up to this season. is due to
take the pitching peak tomorrow against
his old club. He has licked the Detroit
crowd twice this year, once on its own
lot and again In Washington. The
Tigers gave Earl tough time of It.
though, when he last faced them. He
has been going along nicely, however.
since then and has scored wins In his
last four starts.
Bucky Harris will have lined up for
the series such pitchers as Vic Serrell.
Carl Fischer, Schoolboy Rowe. Fred
Marberry and Tommy Bridges and they
can be nuisances especially thai
Bridges, who specializes in one-f1it
games when he faces the Nationals.
Winning Streak Ends.
THERE wasn't much In a pitchins
way put forth by the Washington
club yesterday and as a result n
took 7-to-6 spanking from the In
dlans, which snapped league season
record winning string that had been
ree!eo on to the extent of eight games
ana reduced to one game its advan.
tage over the runner-up New Workers.
The Nationals matched the Indians
hit Tor hit, each side getting 10. but
tney didn't match them in bases on
nalS. The Cronin crew got only two
that meant nothing at all, while the
johnson jousters collected six. Four of
these passes, one given Intentionally,
were clustered in the ninth inning,
enabling the Tribe to walk to victory
that ended a six-game losing streak.
AL Thomas and Mel Harder were op-
posing pitchers at the outset and
Thomas barely outlasted his Cleveland
opponent. Harder gave way to a pinch
batter after hurting seven rounds In
which he was nicked for eight safeties
and five runs. Thomas passed out in
the eighth after the first two batters
had pounded him for hits and a run.
He had given up five safeties and three
scores before that
Old Sarge Connally followed Harder
and was nicked for fuzzy marker in
the eighth, but Bill McAfee after sue
ceeding Thomas was roughly treated in
the eighth and neither he nor Jack
Russell could find the plate often
enough in the ninth to keep the game
in hand.
Goslin Blows Opportunity.
CINGLES by Schultz, Bluege and
y Myer, a double by Sewell and a
brace Of infield errors were mixed
In the making Of three Washington
scores in the second session. AL crossed
after two were out and three Nationals
were stranded on the runwayS when
Goslin hoisted to the centerfield Cis-
sells single. Boss's triple and Vosmik's
single got the tribe two tallies in the
fourth and 1t tied in the fifth when
Galatzer, the rookie, slammed homer
Schulte's two-bagger and Bluege's
single broke the deadlock in the sixth,
however, and with successive doubles
by Goslin and Cronin after two had
been retired in the seventh the Ma
tionals picked up fifth score off
Harder. They boosted their lead to
three runs In the eighth when Kuhel
singled Cissell made mess of Bluege's
sacrificial tap and Boss failed to put
through a double play with throw to
the plate after stepping on first to re-
tire Thomas
Then the Indians got their winning
drive under way. Cissells triple and
Boss single got them a run right off
the reel in the eighth and eliminated
1LOiIldS. MChIee was COInDeQ Dy VOS-
mix and Myatt for one-basers to send
Boss home. Porter batted for Connally
at the outset of the ninth and walked.
McAfee then threw two wide ones to
Galatzer and gave way to Russell. The
third Washington pitcher completed the
pass to the rookie and Cissell sacrificed.
Up popped Boss with his third hit, .
single that sent in the tieing tally.
Here it was decided to walk Averill
and fill the bases for a double-play
chance. Vosmik swiped the ball to
Bluege and only one out resulted, Gal
atzer being erased at the plate. Rus
sell chucked three wide of the plate
with Kamm up Then a strike. Then
fourth ball-and the game was over.
McAfee had put on the two runs, so
1t was his defeat, his first of the sea-
son.