The Washington times., 1933-08-12

They beat the Boston Red SoX'
yesterday, 8 to 4, in the second
game of the current series, and
the manner in which the triumph
was gained has had 'em all on
their toes ever since, nudging
each other and saying,
ut vas some ball game, eh
bud?"
Truth to tell, it was some" ball
game. And there are two sweet
things about it today. One is that
a four-game lead is held over the
New York Yankees for first place,
while secondly, it tells little
story of how two OF Manager
Cronin's "boys" crashed through
with base hits in that ninth in
ming which meant Everything"
at that time.
The first of these came off
Goose Goslin's bat. 1t was his
double which scored Rice and
Myer with the tying runs OF the
old ball game, while it was
Schulte's two-base drive which
put the Griffs ahead little later
on in the frame.
Two Strikes Each
Both men had two strikes on
them when they delivered these
hits. But both kept plugging
away until they had crashed
through at a time when their
team needed their efforts most.
And so our hats are off to Goose
Goslin and Fred Schultz today
two guys who delivered while IN
the throes of batting slumps.
Two hits, one run, the Grltts
made 'em count all right in the
first inning yesterday. Myer
opened with a single. Goslin
flied to Oliver and Manush rolled
to Judge, Myer taking second.
Cronin drove the marker across
by lifting a Texas-league single to
left on which Myer easily trotted
"home." -,
Good old Tommy, he "took"
the Sox in order in the first, Wer-
ber and Walters on hoists to Man
ush and Schultz respectively and
Cooke on a grasser to Myer.
But the Sox jumped on him to
tie the count at IL in the second
when R. johnson doubled and
Ferrell singled.
Settles Down
The veteran then settled down
and retired the next three bats
men before further damage was
done.
H. Johnson's double, Werber's
sacrifice and Walters fly to Cos
lin enabled the Sox to take a 2
to-1 lead against Tommy in the
third. The play at the plate was
close at that, as Goslin'S throw
was late only by inches.
A bit of sordidness entered into
the game at the start Of the
fourth when a spectator, John w.
Emery, from Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, dropped dead as a
result Of a heart attack. The
deceased man was carried out by
ambulance men after doctors
and attendants had signified
death.
The "show going on" the Red
Sox proceeded to earn another
run in the fifth on divers sin
gle, H. Johnson's sacrifice and
Walters single. This made the
score read 8 to 2 in Boston's
favor at this stage of the game
as the Griffs had tied it at p
by showing over a counter in
their portion of the fifth.
The Griffs began as If they
were going to send Henry john
son to the showers in the seventh
when Myer singled and Goslin
shot low liner to left.
Miraculous Catch
But Dusty Cooke made a mlrac.
ulous catch of the ball and fol
lowed with an excellent throw to
Judge which doubled Myer off
first. Manush then walked, but
R. johnson got under Cronin'S
drive to right after a long run.
Manager Cronin, who had been
pulling every strategic move in
the business all afternoon by
changing pitchers at will, yanked
Jack Russell in the seventh, after
he had walked Cooke to fill the
bases, in favor of Lefty Walter
Stewart. He did this because he
wanted Stewart to hurl against
the left-handed hitting R. John
son. There were two out at the
time and as things resulted the
strategy worked as R. johnson
rolled to Cronin, ending the
frame.
Cronin then called upon Gen
eral Alvin Crowder to pitch to
the Red Sox in the eighth. He
ended by calling upon Earl White.
| hill in the ninth