Evening star., 1933-08-03
PROVIDES NEEDED
PUNCH IN P|NCHES
His Homer Tells in Red Sox
Tilt Won to Boost Clubs
Lead to Two Games.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

deners and they're crying
for relief. And in Dave Harris
the club seems to have just the
lad to give any one of the out
fielders a rest, so long as the
opposition employs portside
pitchers.
The Sheriff has subbed so sue
cessfully for ailing Nationals re-
Gently that Manager Joe Cronin
often is apt to figure some men,
Der of his outer patrol needs a
lay-off and put in hurry call
for the chunky right handed
clouter.
Especially after yesterdays perform
ance by Harris, in which he climaxed
sparkling day. at bat with home run
which put the Nationals in the contest
they finally took to boost their league
lead over the yawing Yankees to two
full games.
That homer was only the fifth Of the
season for Dave, but 1t was his third in
his last two games. He combed Lefty
Gomez of the Yanks for a brace of
homers in addition to socking a double
in Mondays set-to. In yesterdays
tussle he helped himself to two singles
and pass before he swung for the cir
cult.
The Sheriff is hot at bat these days.
He began heating up against Bob Grove
in Phiily last week when he got to that
renowned left-hander for a single and
double. And he has gone wild since.
In his last five games Dave has made
eight hits and drawn two passes. Three
OF the hits were home runs, two were
two-baggers and two were singles. That's
the kind Of hitting the pennant hunting
Nationals can use.
Surely Manager Cronin will discover
that some regular outfielder is too tired
face Northumberland ask Harris to
give the weary one day of rest.
Griffs Lacked Early Punch.
Until Harris drove his homer into
the sun parlor at the outset of
the eighth inning yesterday, it
looked as though the Nationals would
be unable to take advantage of the fine
lacing the Yanks were getting from the
Athletics
They had cleaned four hits and as
many passes of the Southpawing Bob
Weiland of the Red Sox. And he had
hit batter with a pitched ball. They
had seen their first batter up get on
the runway in each of the first six
frames. But there was no punch to get
q runner around the circuit.
Then Harris struck the blow that
matched Red Sox seventh inning
tally and unpoised Weiland A double
by Kuhel followed the homer, although
1t did not help In a scoring way because
Of the batter'S Senseless running after
he got on the basepath But it did
bring about Weiland's removal and the
Nationals finding the right-handed
Kline not so puzzling, stepped out in
the ninth for the score that meant
2-to-1 victory for them.
One was out in the ninth before Myer
and Goslin walked Then Cronin
off Kline's gloved hand. Here Manush
who had been too tired to start the
game-thereby giving Harris an oppor-
tunity to prove such great help to his
side-waS sent up to bat for Schultz.
Manager McManus of the Red SoX
countered by Withdrawing Kline and
substituting on the hill the portside
pitching Lloyd Brown to serve them to
the left-handed batter.
Brown Immediately threw strike by
Manush, then the batter ripped a single
through the box to center and the ball
game was over.
But Harris homer in the eighth was
the bigger blow. Weiiand had to be
chased from the pitching peak to get
the Nationals their chance for victory.
Squeak for Crowder.
r. L CROWDER came very near los
~ ing a well-pitched affair in the
with the Red Sox. He gave up just four
hits and two walks over the route. And
after a single that began the game he
was not nicked for another until the
seventh Then the Red Sox clustered
three and it seemed the General was
doomed to be beaten for the eighth time
this season. instead of pulling through
to his sixteenth victory.
Roy johnson began the seventh-in-
ming attack with single and was moved
up by Rice Ferrelrs sacrifice. Hodapp
strolled then Jolley whacked a one
baser that scored johnson Seeds hoist
got Hodapp to third and it seemed an
other Red Sox run would cross when
Weiland rifled the ball toward center.
But in flight, the ball struck Umpire
MCGOWAN on the heel. BY rule, that
made it dead ball" Weiland was
credited with hit, Jolley had to move
to second base to make room for the
hitter. but Hodapp could not leave third
And the Red Sox lost their chance OF
another marker when Warstler's hoist
was hooked by Harris.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.