Evening star., 1933-05-15
DITTSBURGH, May 15.-Winding
. up their first invasion CT the
West this year, the Nationals

- up their first invasion CT the
West this year, the Nationals
broke even with the White Sox
in a twin sketch in Chicago yesterday
to get a .545 winning percentage for
their 11-game tour. Despite that me-
diocre victory pace, they are coming
home in third place. That reveals how
much a dog fight this American League
race has been in its first five weeks.
The Nationals managed to get along
better than the world champion YAM
KEGS during the Western swing, but they
didn't move at so good a pace as the
Indians and the White Sox,; the other
first division outfits. and they finished
second to the aroused Athletics, so far
as the Eastern invaders Jared.
Both games in Chicago yesterday were
suggests, with the Nationals matching
the White Sox at hitting, with 13
safeties each, but taking 1o-to-8 beat
ing in the first encounter, and out
swatting the enemy, IS hits to 10. IN
the second, which they bagged, IL to 9.
Earl Whitehill was the beaten hurler
in the first fray, but his successor, Ed
Linke, also took punishment before ne
gave way to Jack Russell. The home
side tucked away the tilt with six-run
third round. Ted Lyons, who opened
fire for the White Sox, was unable to
last, whitening under a inning
bombaroment. Joe Heving was sent IN
to finish.
GAM JONES, once with Washington,
- tried to stop his old club In the
second set-to, but was licked before
the first inning ended. There was q
parade of Chisox pitchers thereafter
Manager Fonseca sending in Chad
Kimsey, Walter Miller, Vic Frasier and
the veteran Red Faber. The old spit
baller stepped into the breach in the
fourth inning and carried on well to the
finish. AL Thomas was started against
his one-time teammates, but the White
Sox laced him numerically so Bill
McAfee was rushed to the hill in the
second inning. Bill got credit for the
win, but he had to let AL CrOwder take
the mound to get out the last batter.
Three Nationals colored the free hit
ting with home runs. In the first game
Dave Harris got his first four-baser OF
the year when he lofted one of Lyons
pitches into the left-field stand. In
the eighth inning of the same fray
Joe Kuhel found Heving for his second
home run of the campaign. It was q
smash into the lower right-f1eld stand
Goose Goslin smote his third home run
of the campaign in the eighth inning
of the second game, hoisting one OF
Faber's spitters into the right-field
pavilion.
IN the opening encounter the White
/ Sox staggered the Nationals with a
pair of early punches. then man
aged to hold their ground against
game rally. Mixing three inf1eld singles
with q pass and q wild throw by the
crippled Boken, the home side was Oh
to q three-rm lead. It came back tr
the third inning to bat around and sew
up the ball game.
Six Sox runs crossed In this round
Two hits of Whitehill and there were
two on with one out and Appling up
It was decided to fill the bases for a
double play chance by passing Appiing
but Dykes sent three over with double
Here Linke relieved Whitehill and three
successive singles with wild pitch anc
a lurid chuck over first base by the
rookie pitcher accounted for three more
markers.
The Nationals got three runs in the
fourth of Lyons from Manush's double
Schulte's walk and Harris homer. The
homer was hit after two were out The
Isox got their last run y The fourth