Evening star., 1933-08-26

" season three victories over lne
Tigers. Marberry and Fischer
between them have defeated the Ma
tionals twice. But Whitehill has yet
to be trimmed by the Detroit ciuo,
while off Marberry and Fischer the
Washington aggregation has cleaned
five victories.
If Griffith, the old for, tpas out
tored in the Winter DEAL the
Nationals are at the bottom OF
the American League.
Instead, however. today finds them
riding along comfortably at the head OF
the procession nine games up on their
closest competitors for league laurelS.
the Yankees. And they made their
position more comfortable by a game
Yesterday when they took the measure
of Marberry as they turned back the
Tigers in a to 4 game in Detroit.
To make that Winter deal look
especially good, the beating the
Nationals gave Marberry yester-
day was the second they gave
him in the series of five games
with the Tigers, and dshed out
in the rubber game as 1t was II
got them the set, three games to
two.
The Nationals got to their old pal
In the final fling of the season In De-
troit for 10 hits They also waited him
ont for five passes and one of the
passes they converted into score.
Although he went the route, Marberry
was a beaten pitcher by the time the
game was five innings old.
Burke Deserves to Win.
-HAT he was beaten by Bob Burke,
a second-string pitcher with the
u league leaders, must have MADE
the defeat more bitter to Marberry.
But the oue-time Washington depend
able need not feel badly over his loss
to the young pitcher who several times
was on the verge of dropping out OF
the league when Marberry was Weai-
ing the livery of the Nationals. ms
Young Burke already had won his
pitching spurs this year and fully de-
served the success that was his IN the
struggle with his former star team
mate.
In his fourth start OF the cam.
pdiqn Burke SouthpdUed mas
terly game. He limited the
Tigers to eight sdteties and Jour
1Ddlks.
Bob was a trifie wobbly at the out
set. but after the Tigers themselves
through some headless base running
had dragged him out OF rougn place
in the third inning he went along
creditably.
amassed a fair lead did the Harris
horde become somewhat unruly. Twice
in the late innings the Tigers threat
ened to put themselves back IN tne
ball game, but on each occasion Burke
pulled himself together to set them
back
At the end of the second inning the
home side was enjoying 10! lead
and in the third it looked as tnougn
they would have Burke off the SLAP IN
jiffy. After putting out the nrst oastel
of this inning, Bob pinked Fox with
pitch. then was whanged by Gehrmger
for a single. The hit was a drive that
glanced off the pitchers glove to Myer,
so it advanced Fox only base.
Make Queer Double Play.
-HEN Waller stepped into the ball
to give it a fine betting and 1t
sailed on a lire toward right
center. Gehringer oarted away from
first base as Goslin tore after the ball,
but the cagey Fox stuck close by second
waiting to see what the Goose might 90.
The ball kept going. So did
Gehringer, Walker and the Goose.
1t sailed over the right f1elders
head to land against the bleach
ers. Only then did Fox get under
way.
He had made his break too late for
Gehringer. This runner sped oy FOX
like flash to become automatically
out. But Fox kept digging, only to be
nailed at the plate by Cronin's relay
of Goslin's return. Berg swung around
to make the double play tag on FOX
while the runner still was yards away
from the final base.
And there 1DdS Walker on sec
ond Nth a tUo-pdgger to mis-
credit, but NTH the side out.
To make it fairly easy sailing for
Burke after that. the Nationals jumped
on Marberry after two were out In
the fourth inning for three runs. Myer
singled and stole and Goslin walked.
Manush's single tailed Myer and >Cro-
nin's two-bagger scored the Goose and
Heinie At the start of the fifth Kuhe!
titled a home run over the right field
barrier.
So those runs the Tigers chased across
in the seventh and eighth did not bother
Bobby at, all.