Evening star., 1933-03-19

Y for the first time this year
proved too much of a job
for the Washington outfit today
In the miX-up with Cleveland'S
Indians here, the Nationals for a
time loomed easy winners, but the
Tribe went on the warpath in
their last three batting turns to
snatch the tilt, 7 to 6.
At that, the Tribe needed a fluky
home run by Roy Spencer, erstwhile
National, and an error by Joe Cronin.
the Washington field marshal, to cop.
The four-baSer came after two were
out in the eighth to tie the fray, and
the misplay with one out in the ninth
to pave the way to an unearned de-
cisive marker.
Spencers drive was made at the eX-
pense of Monte Weaver, third of the
Washington hurlerS given three-inning
terms. 1t was a liner to center that,
right after 1t left the bat, appeared
certain to land smack In Fred Schultz S
paws. But the drive proved sinker
that fell in front of the center fielder,
who rushed in madly at the last mo-
ment, and the ball bounced on to the
far reaches of the garden to let Roy
make the circuit.
Cronin's error was a bobble on a
soft grounder by Bill Knickerbocker
The next man was deftly disposed of
by Weaver, but both Bill Cissell and
Joe Vosmik smote singles to get over
the big run.
IN all the Tribe collected 13 hits off
j the pitching done by the three
Washington corpemen making their
tion this year. Al Crowder started and
gave up four safeties and pass, one
Of the safeties being home run by
Cissell that put the Indians in front.
At that Crowder looked somewhat
better than the left-handed Earl
Whitehill who toiled the next three
rounds. The transfer from Detroit was
nicked for four hits and yielded two
passes, but the Tribe got only tally
of him. Weaver wasn't particularly
steady throughout his term.
The Nationals faced three Cleveland
rockies to get 10 blows, the best a
homer over the left-f1eld wall off
Schulte's bat at the outset of the
fourth frame, when the Cronin crew
made It's greatest splurge of the game
TO tuck away four tallies. Only one
bingle was made of Forest Twogood,
. southpaw. who flung the first three
frames. Ralph Winegarner was slam
med for seven in the next three in
nings. Howard Craghead finished for
the Tribe.
There was plenty of sharp fielding by
the Nationals during the fray. Several
times sensational plays nipped in the
bud well intended Cleveland uprisings
It was one of those games. though, in
which more than flelding-much more
was needed for victory.
TWOGOOD wasn't good enough at
i locating the plate in the first frame
and the Cronin crew easily rang up
q run. With one down, Bluege scratched
. single toward third base later to be
showed across the plate by Manush's,
Cronin's and Schulte's walks. Kuhel
left the bases loaded by drilling into a
force out
The Indians came right back to take
the lead from the Nationals. After two
were out in their first batting turn,
Averill drew a pass then Cissell lined
his homer over the left field barrier close
to the foul line. Myatts single and
Twogood's double which sailed over the
head Of Schultz In dead center, got the
Tribe another marker In the second
session.
When Winegarner came to the hill in
the fourth though. the Nationals forged
ahead again. Schultz opened the as
sault with home run hoisted over the
fence well down in left field. .Kuhel
doubled down the left-f1eld line and
after Sewell fouled out Harris grabbed
Crowder's bat to walk. Meyers single
Tailed Kuhel. After Bluege's strike
out. Manush rifled two-bagger to the
fight-field corner to drive in two more
markers.
With Kamm's double, Spencer's
scratchy pinch single and a pass to
Winegarner the Tribe loaded the cush-
ions In its fourth turn. Kamm galloped
home when Porter sent a deep fly to
Schultz.
But the Cronin crowd got back this
rln in the fifth. Singles by the boy
manager and Schultz and Sewell's dou-
be did 1t.
Cleveland came back to score again in
Che seventh. Then Knickerbocker got
his lone hit, greeting Weaver with a
two bagger Averill's outf1eld erasure
advanced the Tribe rook and Cissell's
single accounted for the run.
Then came the fuzzy homer by
Spencer in the eighth to make the game
al even to be followed by the breaking
Of the deadlock the wrong way-for the