Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-10
Runs Into Losing Streak.

"HOMAS lost string OF three
games after scoring that victory
over the AS and two OF the
losses were enough to take the heart
out of a pitcher less game. He took
over a game from Al Crowder in
Cleveland at the start of the Nationals
first western swing to be defeated after
one was out in the ninth inning. He
relieved again in Detroit during the
same tour to pitch a fine ninth frarle,
then went into trouble in the tenth and
step aside to watch Bill McAfce wild
pitch a Tiger winning run across. Later
in this trip he was well walloped by
the White Sox, but he came back from
this trio of upsets to turn in two sue
cessive triumphs.
He showed his mettle here in May
against the AS and the Yankees to get
wins ever them. In each of these
games he was sent to the relief Of Wal
ter Stewart and in each he quickly
subdued club that had been larruping
the leather to all parts of the ball yard.
But he ran into trouble again and
dropped three more games in row.
He took over a Red SoX tilt in the
twelfth inning here en- June and be-
came the loser in the next inning. A
week later he started against the same
club in Boston and did bright bit of
pitching in going route. But he took
a 4-to-3 lacing. 1t was one Of those
games in which the Nationals were not
hitting their weight. Out in st. Louis
last month he was drubbed 3-to-2 by
the Browns and one of their runs was
OF the unearned variety.
Thomas persisted however and came
back to make the White Sox dizzy IN
Chicago then go all the way against
the Tigers to hold them to seven NUS
and three runs as he got his hteh
game on the right side of the book.
Forced To Show Mound Mettle.
IN those seven innings in Griffith
Stadium yesterday, Thomas had to
4 bear down" for the Indians had
on the hill in Monte Pearson a young
right handler recently brought up from
the Toledo club, who pitched a corklng
good game. Poorly supported, Pearson
was nicked for three runs in the nrst
round. The Nationals CLEANED two hits
and a pass off the rookie, mixed them
with two errors and did their scoring.
After that they got seven hits and
pass, but only two of their runners
managed to get as far as second base.
With the Nationals so checked. IL
was suuarely up to Thomas to pltch
his club to its seventh successive VIC
tory and he did a good job OF it. He
Welded just one hit and two walks in
the first four frames then was found
for two hits in each of the three fol-
lowing innings. The hits in the ffth
and sixth accounted for the Cleveland
counting, but Thomas pitched himself
out of shaky situation in the seventh.
Rain began falling right after the
Indians started their seventh batting
turn and it became SO heavy that play
was suspended as they finished their their
inning. A delay OF 81 minutes enSuea
before play was resumed during which
time Thomas arm had cooled of to
such an extent Manager Cronin decided
it would be inadvisable to ask more OF
his starting pitcher.
So Bill McAfee was trotted out to
hurl the last two rounds against the
Tribe and all he gave up was one
single made by the first batter up IN
the eighth That left the victory with
Thomas and he well deserved 1t: he
had carried on valiantly for his club IN
one of its rare off days in attack.