Evening star., 1933-05-10
WELLS IS LATEST
EX-GR|FF KAY0ED
Goes Way Of Fischer, Brown
and HadIey-Boken Again
Hero of Delayed Win.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

nothing sentimental about
y the new deal" Nationals
once they swing into action.
Former Washington pitchers fac
ing their old club in its current
Western tour have learned this.
No less than four have been NAL
treated by the Cronin crew out
this way, two to be charged with
defeat and two to be forced out
of action in games finally won by
the Nationals.
Carl Fischer could not finish what
he started at Detroit. Neither could
Lloyd Brown here. Irving Hadley
failed to save the game for the Browns
and Yesterday Ed Wells, lefthander,
opened fire in the second game OF the
set here only to fade out and let an
other hurler suffer defeat.
Wells, who saw service with the
Tigers before he donned Washing
ton uniform and after he shed it was
other ex-National beavers had done
against their old cronies. He carried
the fight into the eighth inning be-
fore finding his former club too much
for him.
In Detroit, Fischer had lasted but
four rounds. That was as far as Brown
went here Monday and in that game
Hadley took his trimming In his sixth
session on the hill.
Friendship ceases when the new
dealers" get down to work.
IT looked as though Wells might get
i away with his game yesterday. even
though he was being well peppered
by the Nationals for their pitchers
had been slammed smartly on two
occasions and the Browns held four
run advantage at the end OF the sixth
inning.
But the Cronin crew began whit
Ting away that st. Louis lead In the
seventh, pared it to one run in the
eighth, then stepped out in the ninth
to hit Jack Knott. right hand rookie
brought up from Milwaukee. and Wal
lace Hebert, left hand veteran, for two
tallies and to win.
Again it was Bob Boken, substitute
second baseman who provided the Ma
tionals with the decisive punch. He
went to the plate with the score tied,
two on and one out, and whacked
long single to center that showed over
the counting block Cronin and Schultz.
This Boken is a determined person
at the plate in a pinch. He looks
over the pitching carefully. picks one
to his liking and lets fly. He is
plenty good in the field, too. Maybe
Buddy Myer will have a lot of time
to come back from that blow on the
head he took In Detroit last week.
IT'S great for the Nationals to have
i Boken around with many Of their
pitchers uncertain these days. Ed
Linke, the chubby Chicagoan, started
yesterday for the second time. but, as
in his initial effort, when he faced the
Red Sox, he became too wild for his
own good. This time he lost control
much earlier than in Boston, blowing
in the fifth frame. Before Bob Burke,
who was rushed to Linkes relief. could
get his bearings the Browns registered
four runs.
They had made one of Linke in
the first round with two hits and two
retirements. Ed then went well until
the fifth. He opened that by passing
the first two batters. then he let q
bunt slip by him and the bases were
full A single followed to send over
a tally, so Burke took the mound.
Another run crossed as a force-play
occurred and two more were recorded
when Campbell drubbed the left-hand-
er for a double.
After that the Nationals got good
pitching. Burke was in tough spot
In the sixth when two walks and his
wild chucks crowded the bases with
Browns after one was out. But BOD
struck out Garms and West popped out.
Jack Russell, too, had a rough time In
the seventh which he hurled after
Burke had given way to pinch batter.
The first batter facing Russell singled,
the next doubled, the third was retired
on grounder, with the runners being
unable to progress. The fourth walked
to load the bases, but Melillo foulcd out
AND 1t was not difficult to dispose OF
Levey.
Russell, too, gave way to an emer-
eency batter so Al Crowder went in to
finish and get credit for the victory.
Of him the Browns got one hit, to raise
their total for the game to nine and one
pass.
ALL told, the Nationals cleaned 16
II safeties off the three st. Louis
slabmen. Singles by Schultz and
Boken figured in a secondsession
marker. Then there was no more scor-
ing by the Cronin crew until the sew
enth Sewell singled and SO did Har-
ris. hitting for Burke. Sewell crossed as
Bluege ripped into a double play.
A pass to Cronin and singles by
Schultz and Kuhel were successive at
the outset of the eighth. They produced
a score and brought Knott to Wells
rescue Boken fouled out. but Sewell's
hit scored Schultz Rice batted for
Russell and jammed the cushions with
q walk. This fine chance to grab the
game went by. though. as Bluege fouled
out and Manush rolled to the short
stop.
Different in the ninth. Goslin sin
eled, Cronin doubled Schultz singled,
the score was tied and Knott was re-
placed by Hebert Kuhels roller to the
second baseman didn't help, but Bo-
ken's big single did.