Evening star., 1933-06-29
GET A HITS A GAME
IN BATTING STREAK
Face Strongest Slab Staff
in West at Detroit as
Cronin Sees 1t.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

Harris has the class of the
- West in his Tigers these
days, but unless his pitch
ers happen to be in fine fettle
the Nationals are likely to make
clean sweep of the series
played in this second swing OF the
season through the inland sector.
Fighting their way to the peak
o. The league, the Capital club
bers have maintained a marvel
Gus hitting pace. In winning 16
of their last 18 games, the Ma
tionals have displayed a con-
temptuous disregard of pitching
regulations, big and little, for
they have averaged IA hits and 9
runs per game. That's handsome
hitting in any league.
During this batting splurge, the
Washington club has pounded pitchers
for 9 to % hits a game. Only once in
the 1s games did it get as few as 9
safeties and only once did it make as
many as %, but in half the engage
ments it collected Is hits or better, ana
this pounding of pitchers has been
steady performance, too.
Harris has for this series Brloges,
Rowe, Marberry. Fischer. Sorreu ana
Frasier for starting duty on tne M mn.
He also has available Hogsett. hlgn-
grade relief hurler. This lot is by far
the best to be found in the West, Man
ager Joe Cronin contends. But the
Nationals have humbled just as fine
slabmen as these recently and there IS
no reason to think they are ready to
fall into a batting slump during the IN
yasion of Navin Field here.
Pound Pill in Cleveland.
AVER in Cleveland the Nationals
certainly had their batting eyes
~ with them. In the series with
the Indians they banged 63 hits to take
four of the five games played ana
as they concluded the set YESTERDAY
they put on their biggest inning OF the
year to blaze the way to lo-to-z VIC
tory. In their first turn at BAT; tne
Nationals dented the counting block
nine times. This so dazed the Indians
that thereafter they merely went
through the motions Of playing base
The win enabled the pace-setting
Nationals to maintain their single
game advantage over the runner-up
Yankees. who aroused toward the END
of the proceedings here yesterday 10
grab a game with the Harris horoe out
of the fire. And it increased 10 elgnt
and a half games the edge over tne
the nlltflf Cne
Crooin crew Is more than anxious to
see showed far back in the champion
ship chase. .,-..
Fifteen hits were made on tnree
nitchers in the Cleveland series WIND
IN The Nationals whipped Yves Fer
rell who tried to come back a1ter
having been beaten in the first game
of the set only three days before. Ihey
routed him before the first inning was
through, then punished Howard Cras-
head and George Connally.
The Washington f1inging was oone
IN fine fashion by Walter stewart. ne
left-handed his way serenely aIter ms
side qot him the big lead in the first
round. He yielded nine safeties and
one pass, but the safeties were spread
over seven innings and the pass was
not issued until the eighth. The In
dams punched three of their hits IN
the second session for all their scores,
then decided it was no use.
Manush and Kuhel Leaders.
vvEINIE MANUSH and Joe Kuhel
n led the Washington attack with
4 L four hits each. Kuhel got three
singles and a triple and drove over
four runs. Manush got two singles,
a double and homer to chase IN nVe
tallies. One of the singles and the
homer were the first and last hits OF
the healthy opening inning. the circuit
clout coming when the bases were
loaded down with Nationals.
The fat frame that won for the
Nationals before the Indians had
chance for their white alley was started
bv the second basenan's tumble OF
MYERS grounder. Manush singled,
Goslin doubled and Myer crossed. Gro
nin's walk filled the bases, then came
singles by Schultz and Kuhel to ac-
count for three more scores and ease
Ferrell off the hill. Craghead disposed
of Bluege and Sewell, but Schultz tai
lied after Bluege's hoist was caught.
Stewart singled and the bases were
iammed for the second time in the IN
ming when Myer, up for the second
time, walked This was the spot that
Manush picked for his homer. Then
Goslin made it full inning by loft
ing to the left gardener.
The Nationals did plenty thereafter,
but it wasn't necessary.