Evening star., 1933-06-30

to a first-place tie with
- the Yankees, the Nationals
must look to their laurels
during the remainder OF their
tour if they would return home
next week at the top of the Amer
ican League. The road has no soft
spots now.
Against the strongest club of
the Western sector of the circuit,
the Capital crew will have to
throw everything it has into the
battling here to keep its head up,
for the YankS aren't apt to lose
much ground as they tussle with
the more or less demoralized
Indians. And those two games
with the Clan Mccarthy in New
York on July 4 promise to test the
Nationals to the uttermost of
their ability
Much Of the time recently the Wash
1ngton offensive has been so overpow-
ering that pitching slips here and there
have passed unnoticed. Several mem.
bers OF Joe Cronins curving corps dis
play 3 tendency to wilt these days,
howev2. and when these whiting hurlers
are not plentifully supplied with runs
there u smearing of the Nationals
pennant prospects
The pitching has petered out in two
OF the Nationals last three games, and
each time defeat resulted. In Cleve-
land Tuesday the Indians climbed all
over the tottering twirlers to pull
game out df the fire in the late stages
IN, hn of h.
game series here yesterday the Tigers
twice rallied TO overhaul the Nationals.
They forged ahead midway of the
battle as the Washington flinging faded.
Then, after the Cronin crew had tied
IN the ninth, the Tigers came back to
take advantage Of tottering tvirlers to
hang 5-to-4 Sinner on their guests.
Griffs Crthit Tigers.
"H Nationals outhit the Tigers
: yesterday, l. saieties to 10. They
outslugged the Tigers. too, getting
nve extra base blows TO the home sides
three. Washington helped itself to four
9 honest doubles and one rather f1uky
home run. Detroit got two good dou-
bles and was virtually handed one by
Umpire Vangraf1an. But the Nationals
attack too often was desultory. while
the Tigers managed to concentrate
their attack with deadly effect.
Earl Whitehill and Schoolboy Rowe
we're pitching opponents az the outset
of hostilities and for four founds the
Washington left-hander had all the
better Of the argument. Ise allowed
the Tigers nothing more than one hit
and one pass. Over a similar stretch
the Capital club got to Rowe for six
safeties and two passes, three of the
safeties and one of the passes produc-
!. ing three runs.
: Whitehill blew in the fifth. though,
when four hits meant two TigeS tallies
: The last Of these hits was drive
! against the leftfield wall by Gerry
: Walker. The ball struck outside the
sswhite foul line painted on the wall, but
Umpire Vangraflan called it fair hit.
"A long argument between the Washing
ton players and the umpire followed
and when 1t was over Whitehil! had
been lifted by Manager Cronir and
Jack Russell was on the hill R.Ssell
was combed for the tieing tally Before
: the inning ended and it was at his ex-
pense that the Tigers went ahead in
.the sixth.
!. Rowe tired, so Manager Harris took
him out after eight innings of toll and
had the left-handed Elon Hogsett hurl
Ifhe ninth The Indian yielded dead
docking score. but neither Bob Burke,
who had gone to the slab at the outset
sof the eighth, nor Bill McAfee could
check the Tigers in their final turn.
: How They Tailed.
OSL1N'S single, Cronin's walk and
II r Schulte's double were good for
: two Washington runs in the first
round. and In the fourth Kuhel got his
horoer of the SeaSOO With a
drive inside the park.
/. Greenbergs double. singles by Hay
worth and Rowe and Walkers two
ssbagger by the umpire-in-chief's decision
saccounted for two Tiger tallles IN the
s5ifth and before the round was over
Rowe got home with tieing score as
JDwen grounded out.
.The Nationals threatened to DO
things to Rowe in the eighth. when
with one cut Kuhel singled and Bluege
doubled. But Kuhel was held at third
As sewell was thrown out and Harris
picked up Russells bat to strike out.
Boken blazea the way to the ninth
inning tie;ng run when he batted for
Myer and doubled. Manush walked
and, after Goslin's sacrifice, Cron1n was
purposely passed, croWding the sacks
Schulte's long fly got Boken across.
Rogell started the home ninth by
getting q pass from Burke. Hayworth
bunted, but Kuhel overran the ball and
the tap was good for single. McAtee
then took Burke's place on the hill.
Soluble. sent up in Hogsetts place;
bunted. McAfee picked up the ball
nicely, took a look at third and found
E uncovered. for Bluege also was in
after the bunt, then dropped the ball
for an error as he was about to heave
70 first. The stations were jammed.
Along came Walker to drop single IN
left and the Nationals were back to
tie for the lead with the New Workers.
Notes Of the Pastime.
TOR cutting Schulte's double to let
the runner got an extra base in
= the first round. Gerry Walker got
a big booing from the boys in the left
field pavilion. They don't think much
of him as a fielder here. To put him
in worse with the fans, Gerry led off
J the first Tiger batting turn with a
sstrikeout.
Thsy like WhltenIll in this town.
when he first stepped to the bat, the
!, former Tiger hurler got a great hand:
2 He got greater one when he whipped
! the ball down the left field line for
two bases.
Stone made a spectacular catch to
i keep a hit from Myer and end the Ma
? tionals' second batting round. He ran
far back to leap against the right field
bleachers and grab the ball OF the
screen.
Schoolboy Rowe puts plenty Of power
into his drive at bat He rifled a liner
to center in the third that almost hand
cuffed Schultz.
Kuhel's homer in the fourth was
dy to rather short left that looked an
easy out at the start, but Walker merely
logged across the turf toward the ball
and it got by the fielder to go to the
corner Of the lot.