Evening star., 1933-04-09
MAKE It IN ROW
BY RALLY NF|FTH
Home Run by Schultz Heads
12-Hit Attack-Weaver
Goes Route Well.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


- had first flashed a week be-
- fore, the Nationals took on
the Buffalo club yesterday in
Griffith Stadium and pounded
out their seventh successive exhi-
bition game wiz
Not until the NTH inning did
the punch land with rull force this
time. Then it was so enective
that Joe Cronin's crew romped the
remainder OF the way to register
a 7-to-1 victory.
Hal Elliott. right-hander, who once
hurled for the Phillies, was the main
victim of the Nationals dozen-hit at
tack. He yielded eight of the wallopS,
flve Of them in the fifth, when four
washington runs crossed to make him
the loser. The other scores were
cleaned off Fred Fussell, left-hander,
who went two rounds, and Joe Bar
tulis, on the hill for an inning.
The Nationals dozen hits were dis
tributed throughout the lineuo and of
the IA players-there were five substi-
tutions-Bob Boken vas the only onr
with legal ECrn ut hat to 60 vii b.
out safety. Sam Rice did not ges
hit, but he walked the only time u.
Cliff Bolton, catching in the last tW.,
innings, never had a trip to the plate.
Cron1n's charges slumped somewhat
in the business of batting for extra
bases. Only four of their wallops were
better than singles. One of the lona
ones, though, was a home run. sent
soaring into the sun parlor back os
left field by Fred Schultz in the sew
enth inning, when the Bisons had Fus-
sell hlng1ng. 1t was Freds sixth cir
cult clout of the training campaign.
IN SHARP contrast to the home of
1 fensive was the Bison batting. The
international Leaguers got but four
sa1etles and a pair of passes off Monte
weaver, going the route for the first
lme this Spring. Two of the blows
came IN the first frame, when the Wis
ltors put over their solitary tally. An
otner came in the third inning and
the fourth was clouted in the Bisons'
last batting turn.
All the hits and passes off Weaver
went TO the first four batters of the
buHalo order. Only two of the hat
ters below fourth position got on the
runway, one through a fielding sIip
The professor recorded six strikeo,ts
twice chucking the third one by the
man at the plate. '-e
Alter their scoring round the Risons
never mad as many as two runners ~,
at time again until the ninth Then
they were so liked with only one out
out weaver easily disposed of the side
without third base being reached.
TIJABBLY at the start as he usuou,
w was in his games last season
weaver was knicked for a score
quickly. With, one out, Smith of the
5iS0ns doubled, and pulled up at third
as tucker singled. Koenecke sailed a
long one to Schultz and Smith scam
pered to the plate after the catch.
Inc Nationals Immediately got hack
tns rum Kuhel opened their first
s9ln with a walk, made third when
Manush singled, and counted on
Cronin'S fly. Then they waited mil
the fifth to stow away the tussle
SeWell doubled, and after Weaver fan
ned kuhel singled. Myer rammed a
triple to right to break the tie
IL looked as though Myer would be
run down when Manush grounded to
the Bison shortstop, for he was hemmed
III py three players. However, he man.
aged to duck under Crouse's arm and
When the catcher chucked wildly past
the pitcher, covering the plate, Buddy
tailed, and so did Manush. who had
gone around to third while the Buffalo
infielders were attempting a kill.
:, AICer Schulte's homer in the seventh.
the Nationals found the plate again
with successive singles by Weaver.
Harrls ana Kerr in the eighth.