Evening star., 1933-04-23
COSL|N SETS PACE
WITH 4 OF 16 HITS
Gets Home Run, Two Dou-
bIes and Sing|e-AI Thomas
ResCuer of Weaver.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


ing for more than a week,
the Nationals fell upon a flock of
pitchers this afternoon in the
wind-up of the series here to drub
the Athletics, 10 to 7, and put to
an end losing streak that had
run to four games.
Sixteen hits ratified off the bats of
the Griffith guards, one of them Goose
Goslin's second home run of the CAM
paign. There also were five two-bag-
gers, two of them banged by the Wnd
Goose Of the Potomac. 1t was Goslin's
biggest day at bat since his return to
the Nationals from the Browns. lor in
all he collected four SafetleS from his
six trips to the plate.
In scoring their first victory in five
starts, the Nationals showed plenty OF
fight. Monte Weaver, their starting
pitcher. put them in Sad situation
right off the reel when his wildneSS
backed by some substantial Mack maui
ing as well as some fluky hitting
staked the home side to a four-run
get away But the Cronin crew came
right back to knot the count In the
second session and from then on the
game was all theirs.
Wind tossed pops figured greatly in
the early scoring, but each side was
favored by the near gale that crossed
Shibe Park from lett field to right.
After that come back, however, the
Nationals got their runs mainly from
fine, earnest hitting.
THE venerable Connie Mack paraded
i five pitchers to the hill and three
were found for tallies Tony
Freitas, the chunky little left handler
started and remained in action long
enough to take the beating. Lee Roy
Mahaffey, Gowell Claset another south
paw, and Bill Dietrich then carried on
through the eighth inning. Big George
Earnshaw took turn in the ninth and
yielded the final Washington score. The
Mack moundsmen chucked in eight
hits cleaned off them were far more
helpful as six Of the walked batters
never found the plate.
After Joe Cronin, the boy field boss.
decided that one inning was enough for
Weaver he sent AL Thomas to the fir
ing line, and Al justified his selection
in the best of style The AS got 7
Of their 10 hits and three of their five
passes in the eight rounds he withstood
the chilling breeze. But Tommy never
was seriously pressed outside of the
sixth session, when the AS managed TO
whittle the Nationals lead to one run.
Then 1t was no fault of the pitcher
that they scored. twice the rally being
due to erratic inf1eld play.
As Tommy scored his initial victory
of the campaign, he showed no signs
of any weakness in the arm that had
to be doctored by a Chicago surgeon
last Fall. He pitched at top speed
from the start of his turn, and was in
fine fettle at the finish. Few of the
hits made off him other than homer
whacked by Mickey Cochrane in the
fifth were really solid blows.
TWO walks, with a bunted single
i sandwiched between, filled the
bases with AS in the first frame.
After Foxx famed. Bishop Tailed
as Miller drove into force-out.
The breeze twisted Finney's hoist
to short center SO much that Myer
couldn't grab the ball cleanly. 1t land
ed for a double, chasing over two runs
Higgins then slammed a real two-bag-
ger to put across fourth marker.
Singles by Cronin and Schultz and
Kuhel's stroll crowded the sacks with
none out in the Nationals second turn.
Bluege and Sewell merely lofted feebly
but Harris picked up Weaver's bat and
popped to short center. Bishop danced
around under the sphere, only to miss
the catch, so three runs crossed, while
Harris pulled up at the middle sta
ton Myer rif1ed a double to left to
get home the tieing tally.
Goose GoSlin's home run shot over
the right field wall broke the deadlock
at the outset of the third frame and
in the next the Griffith guards amassed
q really respectable lead. AL Thomas
singled with one down and scampered
to third when Myer hit for a base.
A run went over as ManuSh forced
out Myer. A hoist by Goslin was buff
feted by the breeze and finally landed
in center for a double. Manush took
third on the hit, then raced home when
williams failed to check Cramer's re-
turn of the ball Cronin stepped up to
single Goslin to the counting block and
Freitas to the shower.
THE AS got back one score in the
i fifth when Cochrane poled his first
homer of the season, a liner over
the right field barrier and after the
the Washington defense cracked in the
sixth they were only one run behind.
There was one out in this round when
williams put up pop in front OF the
plate. Sewell and Bluege couldn't de-
eide who should try for the catch and
a single resulted. Coleman batted for
Mahaffey and singled. Bishop pushed
a double-play chance at Myer, but
Buddy chucked wildly to Cronin at sec
ond and williams counted. Cramer's
single sent home Cihocki. running for
Coleman. Cochrane's walk loaded the
bases and put it up to Foxx. All Jimmy
did was tap into two-way erasure.
That was the end for the AS, but
the Nationals picked up scores in their
last two turns Goslins double and
Cronin's single of Claset were good for
a tally in the eighth and Sewell's walk.
AL Thomas sacrifice and Myers single