Evening star., 1933-08-21
NEED CLEAN SWEEP
TO CRACK RECORD
Cronin's Cocky Crew Opens
5-Game Series Tomorrow
With Toughest Foes.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

- hind them, the best win
ming streak enjoyed by a
Washington club since II straight
were hung up in 1912, the Ma
tionals will plunge into their five
game series with the Tigers here
tomorrow all hoped up to con-
tinue their wild dash pennant-
ward.
Eight and a half games up on their
closest competitors. the yawning Yam
KEGS, the Capital clubmen look forward
to these tusSles with the outfit that has
been more troublesome to them than
any other this season with supreme
confidence in their ability to carry on
in the flag fight. They need a clean
sweep here to beat the 1912 record.
It's a cocky bunch of Nationals rest
ing here after their double success over
the Browns yesterday in st. Louis That
1t went through two tense tiltS to 2-to-1
and 4-to-3 triumphs in the Sunday
scrapping makes the Cronin caravan
feel it will roll along the remainder of
the route through the West most COM
fortably. Perhaps bit of bumpy going
may be encountered here and there, but
1t certainly does not expect to run into
any obstacle that will seriously hamper
its progress toward the American
League championship
Bosble- Header Wednesday.
THE series of five games with the
Tigers will be played in four
dayH beginning with a single tilt
tomorrow, IN which Manager Joe Cro-
min probably will send to the firing
line Monte Weaver, the mathematically-
minded moundSman who recently has
confounded rivals with demonstrations
of the development of curves For the
double header Wednesday Bob Burke
may be chosen as a starter along with
Crowder
Should the Washington pitching
prove as effective here as it
did in st. Louis, several addition
al wins should be added to the
Nationals rally. Whitehill, Stew
art and Russell performed bril-
liantly in the Sunday set-tos to
set back a battling band Of
Browns.
In the first game Whitehill was up
against Blaeholder in fine fettle. To
score in his seventh successive win and
his seventeenth of the season White
hill had to limit the Browns to four
hits. After the second inning. when
they put over their run, the Hornsby
henchmen got but one hit and one pass
off the left-hander, and not one reached
second base Blaeholder gave up only
five hits and not until the ninth inning
did the Nationals put over their de-
cisive score. Then an error was needed
to open the way to their triumph.
Touch and Go All the Way.
THERE was more free hitting in
the second engagement, with the
Nationals bettering the Browns,
II safeties to 10. Stewart left-handed
his way through five rounds against the
st. Louis side, allowing six safeties.
-Four in one round had enabled
the home crotDd to match an
early Washington score made of
Wells, another southpdU, but the
Nationals ,Uere in front as SteU-
art gaze 1Ddy to q pinch batter
Chen fine chance for boosting
their score cropped up.
Then Russell finished to yield four
hits and one run, the run coming after
the Cronin crew had nicked Stiles,
Wells successor, for a tally in the
eighth.
1t was a nip-and-tuck game all the
way, with the pitchers of both sides
forced to bear down continually.
Whitehin Wild Pitches.
ID IGHT off the reel in the first game
N the Browns threatened trouble.
Scharein opened their attack with
single, and scampered to second as
Whltehill cut loose wild pitch He was
at third with only one gone after West
had rolled into retirement. But White
hill tightened in time. Reynolds fouled
out and the dangerous Campbell swung
for third strike.
In the second the Browns counted
however. Burns whacked single to be-
gin the round and advanced to third on
Mehllos one-baser. Hemsley rif1ed a
liner that staggered Schultz The center
fielder held the ball, but Burns scored
easily after the catch. After that the
Browns never had a fair scoring chance
The Nationals countered with
run In the fourth. Myer bounced
a two-bagger off the right field
wall and pulled up at third when
Manush hit to right for a base
after Goslin had hoisted into re-
tirement. Had he not hugged
second, fearing a catch of Ma
nush's line drive, Myer might
have Tailed with ease on the
safety. He crossed, though, as
Cronin drilled In q force play.
1t looked as though the Capital club
men might break the deadlock In the
seventh. when Kuhel tripled after one
was out. But Bluege fouled into an
erasure and, following an Intentional
pass to Sewell, long fly from White
hills bat was shared by Campbell.
A wild throw by Levey that put
Schultz on after one was out In the
ninth opened the way to the Washing
ton victory. Kuhers third successive
hit, single, sent Fred to third from
where he counted in a squeeze play
with Bluege putting down the bunt.
SeweI Starts Rally.
CCORING In the second set-to was
begun by the Nationals in the third
inning when they chalked up two
markers Sewell singled, Stewart walked
and both advanced when Hemsley pegged
wildly as he attempted to get Luke of
the middle base. Myer couldn't help,
but Manush singled the pair across.
In the fourth the Bropns
deadlocked when Reynolds,
Campbell, Burns and Melillo sin
qled in succession But the Nd
tionals came right back to shat
ter the tie SteUdrt started the
fifth pith ttDo-bdgoer. Again
Myer ,Dds of no help, but Mdnush
got his third hit, q single to left.
When Reynolds tumbled the
drive, Ste1Dart managed to race
from second to the plate.
Both sides found the plate in the
eighth. After Kuhel had forced out