Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-24

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tionals Plenty of it. They
proved it to the satisfaction
of some 10000 in Griffith
Stadium yesterday when they
went into their final batting turn
seemingly a beaten bunch only to
rise in their might and give the
naughty Yankees their first
spanking of the season.
The gallant rally against the
Yanks, coming right on top of
the brave and successful battle
against odds in the last game of
their series with the Athletics on
Saturday, was more than enough
to convince the base ball hosts
that the Washington club doesn't
know the meaning of the word
quit"
Call it courage, gameness, fighting
spirit, what you will. The Nationals
have that certain quality that makes
them carry on to the finish of any
argument, a quality that should stand
them in good stead down the long
championship trail.
Their confidence in themselves in
creased by the well earned successive
victories over the AS and the Yanks,
the Nationals should be in splendid
mood for the heavy campaigning
mapped for them this week. They must
drive through a trying schedule be-
fore making their first thrust at the
Western front next month, but they
are well equipped for the drive.
In fighting form as well as playing
form the Crnnin should oiva q
good account of itself as it winds up
the first round of its jousting with
Eastern rivals.
A BETTER game to show that the
"A Nationals may not be expected to
admit defeat before the fighting
Is finished than yesterdays could not
be played to order
=, Twice beaten off and against a fresh
and willy moundsman who had made
them look foolish at bat for three
innings, as they went into the ninth
inning a run behind their prospect of
victory was anything but bright. Many
of the throng in the stands certainly
felt that way. Hundreds had abandoned
hope and departed before the home
side went up for its final effort at bat.
What a wind-up those hundreds
missed. Early supperS served with 80
could have been no recompense.
They missed seeing Cronin, the boy
field boss, lash single to center to
give his club some hope of putting over
one run at least to prolong the con-
test. They missed seeing Manush, who
had become all but nervous wreck
from watching his teammates futile
efforts as he spent the afternoon on
the bench nursing a Sprained wrist,
step out to take Harris place at bat
Marush, a clever bunter was picked
to put down the sacrificial tap that
might help greatly toward the tieing
tally.
Manush tried just that. Tried twice,
but each time his bunt went foul. Two
bad ones he let pass, then whipped at
an inside pitch to send the ball scorch-
ing down the first-base line. Gehrig,
the Yankee initial sacker, made half
hearted stab at the ball as it sped by
to the right field corner to give Manush
a triple that sent Cronin across with
the deadlocking score.
They missed seeing Cy Moore, the
old-timer, deliberately pass Kuhel and
Bluege to fill the bases. Best to have
a chance for force play at the plate
under the circumstances, the YankS
reasoned.
And they missed seeing Sam Rice. the
grand old man of base ball, sent up to
bat for SeWell. A left-hand swinger
was wanted to face the right-hand-
pitching Moore, and Sewell doesn't
swing that way.
The Yank lnfield closed in for the
kill. Rice swiped at the first pitch to
sail the bail over Moore's head toward
second Lazzeri, Yank middle Sacker,
just managed to check its progress, so it
was hit for Sam and ManuSh was over
with the big marker.
The Yankees were beaten, to 4. And
after winning their first seven games of
the season.
EARL WHITEHILL did an excellent
IL piece of work to score his second
win OF the season and go to the top
of the Washington pitching staff. The
southpaw yielded eight hits spread over
seven innings, gave two walks, hit a
batter and hurled seven strikeouts.
He struck out Ruth twice, the second
time to end the fifth inning when the
Nanks had runners on first and second
bases Earl struck out Gehrig once, but
he also beaned this mighty batter once
and the beaning led to rally that put
the YankS in front tor the second time
ia the game.
The fact, the little wildness Earl dis
played proved costly, for both the passed
batterS and the hit batter scored.
Ruth got pass III the 1ourtn frame
and pulled up at third when Chapman
singled. Then Lazza-i banged three
Dagger against the center field wall. In
the sixth, after Gehrig was hit, Lazzari
walked and both tailed when DlcSeJ
doubled.
OF Vernon Gomez, the Yanks' youth
full southpaw star, the Nationals COL
lected six of their nine safeties and one
Of their four passes. Gomez toiled but five
frames. A blister mat developed on
finger of his pitching hand was an
nounced as the cause Of his early retire.
ment, but the four-hit rally that netted
the Nationals three runs in the h1tn
probably had something to do with 1t.
Kuhel opened that round by beaIlng
out bunt looped toward the second
baseman. He moved up a notch as
Bluege singled, but Sewell's hoist was
caught in short left and Whltehill took
a third strike Myer, though. trlpled
over the left fiielders head for two runs.
and Schultes single put the Nationals
ahead for time.
Then the home side waited to beat
Moore in the ninth.