Evening star., 1933-05-30
LEADERS 'HOGG|NG'
MARKS FOR SEASON
Gehrig, Ruth, DiCkey, Combs,
Lazzeri Shine-HurlerS
Set Fast Pace.
by JOHN b. KELLER.

n YEW YORK'S Yankees have
M brought lot of base ball
Y class here to throw into
action against the Ma
tionals in the three-game series
that was to get under way this
afternoon with twin bill. Sea-
son records show the Clan Nc
Carthy to have about everything
needed to make leading team.
In almost every branch of at
tack the Yanks are setting the
pace for the other American
League clubs or are close to doing
so and they have put forth pitch
ing that, on the books, outShines
the slabbing produced by their
rivals.
Lou Gehrig, their failing first sacker.
has made 33 runs, more than any other
American League player has scored. He
also has batted in 30 runs, which gives
him second-place tie with Jimmy
FoxX of the Athletics at this business.
Bill Dickey, another Yank. leads at
driving across markers with total
of 33.
The veteran Earl Combs and Tony
Lazzeri, usually terrors to Washington
pitchers, are showing the way to other
batters of the league at humping
triples. Each has thumped five. And
the Yanks have the leagues home-run
champion to date. Babe Ruth, appar-
entity in great trim again, has dubbed
nine circuit hits and so has Gehrig.
Four Yankee pitchers are among the
top is Of the league. They are Don
Brennan, who is the leader, with wins
and no defeats; Johnny Allen, tied for
second laurels; Russell Van Alta and
Vernon Gomez.
There are good reasons why the New
Workers are carrying the league lead
into this trio of tilts with the Cronin
crew.
MAY 80 double-headers weren't good
IVl spots for the Nationals the past
three seasons. OF the six games,
they won only one. That victory was
scored here in 1881 when the Nationals
licked the Yankees in the first game
They took a sound slapping in the
second, though. Up in Philadelphia in
1880 the Washington club dropped both
ends of the Memorial day battling, and
city last year.
That double beating in Quakertown
three years ago just about took all the
fire out of the Nationals for weeks.
They went into the morning game in
first place and with two out in the
home sides half of the ninth held
6-to-3 lead. The AS had a runner on
third base and Dib Williams at bat.
williams put up an easy foul which
for some unknown reason Muddy Ruel,
then catching for the Nationals, failed
to go after.
That ruined everything for the Wash
ington outfit for Williams later walked
then Al Simmons bumped a homer to
the top of the stands and the score was
tied. The AS went on to win in the
thirteenth inning and in the afternoon
game they won handily to take the
lead. That was the last the Nationals
saw of first place until the middle of
July and then they occupied it again
for only a few days.
Tor the wind-up of the Yankee series
i tomorrow the Nationals are ex-
pected to have Monte Weaver on
the pitching hill. Should the professor
start and pitch the kind of game he
did against the Yanks in New York
last month Washington's chance OF
success would indeed be bright. In the
Bronx stadium, Weaver limited the
generally hard-hitting New Workers to
II safeties, but were not made until
the ninth inning.
That was the inning in which Luke
Sewell made his odd double-play at the
plate, snufing out both Gehrig and
Walker when Lazzeri drove to the right
field corner what should have been a
triple.
The professor was good that day, but
30 was his support in that last round.