Evening star., 1933-06-08
FAILS TO PRODUCE
IN T|LTS WITH AS
Last Clash, Apparently Won,
Ends 13-AII in 9 Frames
as Rain Calls Halt.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

UII1R OuVl1U CO 4dA caAo HuoAA-
IL tity of hits is concerned,
the Nationals during their
four-game visit to this city may
be able to regain some of the
ground they lost in the series that
ended yesterday in Philadelphia.
Man for man, they are more con-
sistent hitterS than the Red Sox,
which gives them a fair chance
to overpower the Fenway Park
brigade through mass production
of safe drives.
Prolific hitters that they are, however,
the Nationals are handicapped when
they encounter battling band like the
Athletics. Those AS are free hitterS,
too, and what is more they specialize
in long hits The Nationals get their
long hits occasionally, but they are not
equipped to slug it out when they get
in heated argument with the AS or
any one of several other clubs In the
American League.
The Capital club will win one of these
suggests once In a while, but too often
such aggregations as the Yankees, the
White Sox, the Indians and those peSky
AS are likely to drop them In toe-to-
3oe tussles.
In the Philadelphia set just ended,
the AS clearly demonstrated how much
damage a band of old army game bat
ters can inf1ict upon the Nationals, de-
spite the sharp slapping of the leather
the latter may do. In each of the three
games in Shibe Park the Nationals
helped themselves to IL safeties. And
some were of good size, too The AS
got 40 hits in the three games, just
seven more than the Nationals.
But the Nationals hits were good for
Just 48 bases, while the AS were good
for 68. And the AS took the first two
games, then whaled the ball all over
the lot to get tie in the last game
the Nationals, up to the eighth inning,
seemed to have in the bag.
IT rained hits all over Shibe Park yes
i terday, with the Nationals banging
eight singles, two doubles and two
home runs and the Athletics cracking
eight singles, six doubles, two triples
and home run. Wind, great swirls of
dust and rain came in the tenth inning
to throw into the discard Washington
double and run and a Philadelphia
single. so the score went back to the
ninth to leave nothing but a 1913 tie
for all this free hitting. But as the
game went 1t was a moral defeat for
the Cronin crew.
No matter how much they got or how
far they went ahead, the Nationals were
forever being caught by the slugging
AS. The Nationals got a flock of runs,
but seven Of them were not of the
earned kind. The AS, though, got every
one Of their tallieS by good, earnest
punmeling of the horsehide. When it
was put up to them to score or give
up-and it was several times-the Ath-
letic batters went up to the plate, dug
In with their spikes and whammed.
The Nationals apparently had the
game in hand three times, only to have
the Athletics spoil everything. Neither
side had any kind of pitching to brag
of, but the AS certainly were able to
do more against the flinlsy flinging
than the Cronin crew When it came
to slugging the AS had it on the Ma
tionals in big way.
NOVEL CLASET, left-hander who
~ almost got in bad with Connie
Mack for being one of Playboy
Earnshaws party pals, opened fire
against the Nationals, but they hoped
on him for four hits. two passes and
five runs right away. This made it look
easy for Earl Whitehill, the Washing
ton starter, but it was quickly seen that
Earl was in no pitching mood. With two
singles, double, triple and pass
the AS Immediately got back four runs.
Both Claset and Whitehill passed out
Of the picture in the second inning. Jim
Peterson, who relieved the Mack south
paw, was bumped for five runs before
the inning ended, but Al Crowder deftly
disposed of the AS. Those runs off
Peterson were unearned, for two errors
were tossed in by his mates. The Ma
tionals provided two hits, the second
home run by OsSie Bluege, made with
two on the runway.
Then for six innings Moe Berg's
homer in the fifth brought the only
score off Peterson but the AS began
to peck away at Crowder to chalk up
a marker in the fifth and another in
the seventh
And in the eighth they stung the
General plenty to get five runs and a
tie.
1t was a home run driven into the
upper left field stand close to the foul
line by Jimmy FoXX after two were out
that deadlocked the fray and brought
Bill McAfee to Crowder's relief: With
three singles and a pass the AS had
Foxx stepped up to the plate. The
grandstand guessers looked for Man
ager Cronin to order a pass to Jimmy
to fill the bases. That would have
brought up Eddie Madjeski, the catcher,
who had not appeared SO formidable
at bat. But Crowder pitched to FoxX.
The big boy swung vigorously at the
first two pitches to foul them off. Came
two wide ones, then-crash! The
score was tied
Action was fast and furious in the
ninth. The Nationals got two runs of
Rube Walberg after two were out. Joe
Kuhel, on first base, stole and got home
as Bluege singled. Luke Sewell, who
batted for Berg was passed Intentional
ly, then McAfee singled over another
score.
Right back came the AS to get two
In the ninth after McAfee had disposed
of the first two batters. Old Bing Mil
ler. clubbing for Walberg, doubled. So
did Max Bishop. Then Roger Cramer
singled-and there was another tie.
DoBBY COOMBs. a rookie, was
- pitching when the Nationals came
up for their tenth turn. Heinie
Manush doubled, Cronin sacrificed and
q run went over as Goose Goslin rolled
out
Coleman opened the home tenth with
q single and Jack Russell was hailed to
McAfee's relief. Before Jack coulc
make a pitch the storm broke and the
ball game went over to another day.