Evening star., 1933-05-21

j nseded to make good ball
club as they were knocked
for loop Friday by the White
Sox, the Nationals yesterday
turned on the visitors from Chi
cago and played like champions
to even the series with a 7-to-O
victory.
Recording their first shut out OF
the campaign, they regained full
possession of the second berth
previously shared with the In
dians, and, on a won-andloSt
basis, cut to one game the gap
between them and the league
leading Yankees, who took a trim
ming in New York.
The Nationals not only packed a
healthy punch as they ironed out the
White Sox in the week end engagement,
but they also got a lot of hign-grade
pitching from a hurler who had done
nothing to boast of in three weeks
Monte Weaver opened fire for the first
time since May Z, when he started
against the Tigers in Detroit, and his
victory was the first since April 29, when
he beat the Yankees on their own lot.
In scoring his third triumph of the
season, Weaver went the route as he did
in the ether winning efforts and gave
his best pitching performance to date.
He limited the White SoX to five safe
ties. spread over as many innings. His
control usually uncertain, this time was
splendid, for he issued but two passes.
GO effective was Weaver that only once
~ were the White Sox able to get as
many as two runners on the paths
at one time. Not visiting athlete got
beyond second base during the battling.
and that sack was occupied but twice
by an alien runner. Jimmy Dykes
reached the midway station by cracking
two-baggers, the only White Sox to get
two hits off the professor.
In sharp contrast to the White Sox
weak offensive was the Nationals hom-
bardment of the three pitchers Manager
Lew Fonseca sent to the peak. Off the
trio, the Griffith hirelingS got IA hits
Two were triples and as many doubles
Three times the Nationals punched
blows to reach the plate.
Ted Lyons, who got credit for beat
ing the Nationals in Chicago not long
ago, though he was not able to finish
what he started, tried to take another
fall out of them. This time he took the
beating. He got away with four innings
took a sound humping in the fifth and
sounder one in the sixth before giving
way to Joe Heving.
OFF Lyons, the Nationals cleaned
~ nine of their hits and six of their
runs. They got Just one hit off
Heving, but he gave away to a pinch
batter in the eighth. His successor was
Vic Frasier and in Frasiers one round
he was reached for four safeties and a
score.
Old man Sam Rice, subbing in center
field for the injured Fred Schultz, and
Heinie Manush accounted for half the
Washington hit total. Rice, playing a
full game 1or the first time this season,
rolled out the first time he batted, but
in his next four turns reeled off two
singles, a two-bagger and a three-b bag
ger in order. Manush went hitless in
his first and third turns, but in his
others tripled once and singled twice
Cecil Travis. the youngster from
Chattanooga whose batting was the
sensation of the recent series with the
Indians, was the only National to go
hitleSs, but he converted into a run
one Of the three passes that came his
clubs way.
CCORING started in the fifth inning
~ after one was out. Weaver got en-
when Kress fumbled Then Rice
singled ard after Manush went out
Goslin walked to load the sacks. Cro-
min cracked long single to center to
get two of his teammates home.
In the sixth the Nationals dented
the plate four times. Travis walked
and the feet Myer beat out a bunt
neatly placed just few feet in front
of the scoring block. After Sewell skied
out. Weaver got a hit with role:
to Kress, because the first sacker waited
too long TO make his throw to the
pitcher covering the base. Rice got two
of the crowded bases and Lyons out
of the game by doubling Then Ma
nush whacked Heving for a single to
send over two more
SeWell opend the eighth bv doubling
of Frasier, but was shared when Weav-
er put down a bunt. The bunter
ove~running first base, was tagged for a
double-play. But Rice crashed a triple
to left center and rode home on Ma
nush's single.
THREE of the hits off Weaver were
l. made after two were out and his
pass dI Tue OIISeI Ol tIle IOu1Il
frame was offset bv a double-play. Ar
error by Crcnin put Swanson on at tbs
start of the sixth. but he stuck at first
to be forced OUT fc- the rounds end
Simmons, who singled at the beginning
of the ninth, was Immediately forced
out and the Nationals second double
play ended the game
Only in the fifth did the Write So,
make a scoring threat. Dykes began tn,
inning with a two-bagger and Kres
walked But CRUDE popped out wher
he attempted TO sacrifice and Lyon
and Hayes flied out.