Evening star., 1933-06-18

their biggest inning of the
~ season, the Nationals today
got off on the right foot at
the start of their second invasion
of the Western sector. After two
were out in the ninth round they
mixed a flock of passes with a
furry of hits to chase across seven
runs and take the measure of the
Browns, 10 to 8.
This increased to six gaines their
longest winning streak of the campaign
and kept them within game and a
half of the Yanks, league pace-setters.
For eight innings the tussle was
warm left-handed war between Earl
Whitehill and Ed Wells with honors
even SO far as runs were concerned, al
though over this stretch the Griffs got
seven safeties and no passes of Wells,
while the Browns got six hits and three
walks off Whitehill.
Cronin's men twice had punched
blows to tally while the Browns, after
Carl Reynolds had poled home run in
the sixth, stepped out in the seventh to
pull up to tie with scores cleaned
from brace of two-baggers, a sacrifice
and long fly.
THE outlook was not so bright for
i the Nationals in the ninth when
Joe Kuhel, trying to sacrifice,
forced out Fred Schultz, who had drawn
the first pass from Wells and Ossie
Bluege followed with pop to the first
baseman. Right after that. however, the
Washington offensive got under way in
full force with Manager Joe Cronin
rushing reserves into action and, after
it was too late, Manager Bill Killefer
sending the right-handed hill veteran,
Sam Gray, to the rescue of Wells.
Blueges pop was followed by single
by Luke Sewell, the blow sending Kuhel
to third base. Sam Rice was hurried In
to do Sewelps running and Dave Harris
was ordered to take Whitehill's place at
the plate.
Greatly respecting Harris ability as
pinch-hitter against Southpaws,
Wells purposedly gave the sheriff a
base-flling pass and not taking chance
with Harris brought about the undoing
of the Browns boxman.
sending up the right-hand-swing Joe
Boken in place of the left-hand- batting
Buddy Myer.
TT was Boken who twice put the skids
i under the Browns in a series the
Nationals had here in MAY, and
again the substitute pushed them to de-
feat. After deliberately walking Harris,
the st. Louis slabman could not find
the plate with Boken up and the re-
sultant unintentional walk showed
score that broke the deadlock.
Then Heinie Manush singled to tally
Rice and Harris. Goose Goslin clouted
for base to send in Boken and there
was a mob again on the runway when
Cronin got free ticket to first base.
That eliminated Wells and brought
Gray to the pitching peak. Up came
Schultz for the second time in the in
ming to single to deep short, and Ma
lush rumbled home.
Kuhel hit bounder to the first
oaseman and it was good for a single
when Joe busted to the base a step
ahead of Gray, who crossed to take a
throw. That scored Goslin easily and
the wide-awake Cronin also scored
from the middle base as Gray was a
rifle slow in starting throw to the
catcher.
Along came Bluege to rap smart
one that Jim Levey corraled in deep
short and but for a great throw by
Jim that got an eyelash decision over
Ossie the Nationals might still have
been moving around the Sportsman's
Park runway.
THERE was no fight left in the
l. Browns after that maltreatment.
They were marks for Jack Russell
n the ninth. Two Of them rolled to
Cronin. Then Garms, who picked up
Iray's bat, put up an easy one for
Schultz.
After Wells had been troublesome
or three rounds. the Nationals opened
N him in the fourth as though they
would get him off the slab quickly
Manush singled, Goslin and Cronin
loubled and two runs were hung up.
Wells braced suddenly, however, and
permitted no more liberties with his
,itching until the sixth inning when
danush's single and Cronin,s second
were good for another
marker
The Browns began countering in the
ixth with Reynolds homer and made
all even in the seventh Then Lew
nd Irving Shea whistled doubles down
ne left field line, both drives lust get
ing the corner of the third base to
ecome fair. Wells sacrifice followed
meas hit and the tieing tally crossed
fter Manush bagged Schareins loft.