Evening star., 1933-06-20
HAVE ST AVERAGE
FOR ST. LOUIS SET
lust Half Game From Lead
After ~ Hits Win Last
Brown Tilt, 1914.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

M well hit our way through
4 ' / the West" confidently de-
clared Manager ] o e
Cronin as the Mats left Washing
ton last week. In taking three of
four games in st. Louis in the
opening series of their invasion of
the inland sector to get within
half a game of the American
League lead, the Mats certainly
made their young pilot sound
right.
In the four encounters with the
Browns in Sportsman's Park they
batted for cool .377, which just about
sets an offensive record for any Capital
club in a series of such proportions In
recent years.
In ST. Louis, the Mats not only fully
lived up to their reputation for clout-
ing for two bases and three bases with
their 10 doubles and three triples, but
they also surprised with their home run
hitting ability in driving out seven
round trippers among their 60 safeties
in the quartet of Quarrels with the
Killefermen.
Hitting anywhere near the pace they
did against the Browns, Grifith's hire
lings out to make much headway in
the four-gam set with the White Sox
due to get under way tomorrow in
Chicago And that is something for
the front-running Yankees as well as
the fourth-place Chisox to worry about.
MOT only did the Nationals hit ter
IN riically in the st. Louis series, but
they also had plenty of good pitch
ing. The Browns in the four games
collected only IL runs. Even in the
second game of Sundays double bill
that went against the Washington club
its hurting was of high order. The
Browns needed a break in the Ma
tionals' defense to cop.
For the four engagements with the
White Sox, Manager Cronin has in
readiness five hurlers who appear to
be at top form. Earl Whitehill and
AL Crowder are slated to see service
in Louis Coniskey's big plant on the
only losing pitcher in the st. Louis
series, and Jack Russell, according to
the manager. Russell may get the cali
for the opener of the set tomorrow.
And also in line for duty will be
Walter Stewart. Against his old club
yesterday, the southpaw breezed along
as his teammates walloped % hits-a
nine-inning record for them this sea-
son-jn and out of Sportsman's Park
to win 10 to 4. He gave up 10 hits,
but they were spread over seven sessions
and outside of the seventh, when the
Browns clustered four to get brace
NJ fo11i hot liff1o cny,Sidpriy,U
the Nationals substantial lead. Stewart
gave great flinging exhibition.
THE Nationals cleaned their hits off
i four of Killefer's moundsmen.
They gave the left-handed Wal
lace Hebert the beating before the first
inning ended, then pounded Gray,
Cofman and Stiles, right handlers all.
All Of the Washington lineup excepting
Manush and Cronin heading it with
five hits each.
One of Cronin's blows was q home
run and Kuhel. Schultz and Harris
pounded for the circuit. Only one
homer went the Browns way, Camp
bell in the fourth inning getting his
second of the series to drive over the
first pair of runs for the Killefermen.
$1NILEO Dy MyeT anu MduuSH, q
- two-bagger by Cronin and one
baser by Schultz, all off Hebert.
gave the Mats three-run start and
from then on the Browns were never
in the ball game. Through the next
four rounds the Washington club in
creased its run total while all the
Browns did after Campbell's homer had
given them two runs in the fourth was
bunch four blows in the seventh for
two more tallies.
Successive singles by Myer. Manush
and Crorin put over score in the
second and Kuhel hit his homer in the
third. Manush's triple, Cronin's long
fly and Schulte's circuit clout were good
for two fourth-frame markers and after
Manush singled in the fifth Cronin and
Harris smote successive homers to wind
UP the Washington plate-denting for
the day