Evening star., 1933-06-01
CLUB SCORES WELL
But HURLERS DON'T
One Game Taken From Yanks
as Their Boxmen Totter
More Than Home Sides.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

| | ways~one for the yankees.
one for Umpire Brick
Owens and one for themselves
Che Nationals now turn to the
league tail-enders in an effort to
recover lost ground. Playing with
a club so low in standing as the
Red Sox, though, will not be apt
to net the Cronin crew much
unless its curving corps braces de-
cidedly.
The Nationals, league-leading
hitterS, get a lot of runs often,
but the opposition gets flock OF
them too frequently.
wild and ineffective pitchers had the
Nationals in hot water continually in
the trio of tussles with the Yanks.
THAT Washington took one Of the Tits
with the league leaders was due mainly
TO the fact that the New York hurting
an that particular engagement hap
pened to be more wabbly than the local
brand
Griffith says he is casting about for
hurlers TO turn over to Manager Joe
Cronin, but finds none he would take
available He has until June Is, the
last day the majors may sell to or trade
with one another, to bolster the Ma
kionals' hill troupe. The big chief of
the Washington outfit says the other
clubs have little to offer, as they seem
10 be as much In need Of additional
slab strength as his Nationals.
Grifith is not after Sam Gray OF
ehe Browns, he declares, although ru-
knor has it so. HE is the one pitcher
with St. Louis would not be looking
Tor" the club president said this morn
ing. But you never can tell about
Grif1th. When player deals are on,
he often talks with his tongue in his
cheek.
The club can't reasonably expect to
make any great headway in the cham
pionship chase with what it has in a
pitching line unless there is remark
able form reversal in the work of the
members Of the mound staff.
TITO take the first game yesterday, II
i to z, the Nationals had to throw
four pitchers in battle with the
Yankees. In the second set-to, that
went against them, to Z, the Nationals
used three.
In the opener, Al Crowder faded
rapidly after four fair rounds and Wal
ter Stewart proved a failure in relief
cole before Al Thomas curbed the New
Workers. Bill McAfee got in for the
final inning because Thomas was lifted
ko make way for pinch-hitter.
In the second half of the twin bill,
the Nationals were beaten lot before
they really started, solely because of
Monte Weaver's pallid performance.
The professor took a lot Of punish
tnent from the first four batters to face
him in the first frame and after getting
two out In the second he again became
p mark for the visiting batters. Jack
Russell went to Weaver's relief and,
though Russell was good once he got
his balance on the hill, he was so slow
getting it the game went beyond re-
ean before the second session ended.
Bob Burke got shot at the Yanks in
hhe last two rounds OF the nightcap.
s9e found himself in poor spot in the
Eighth, but wiggled out Of 1t nicely by
hurling side-retiring strikeout after
yielding brace Of safeties.
7 IKE the Nationals, the Yankees
- threw four pitchers into the first
fray, and it was their prize left
hander, Vernon Gomez, who took the
beating. Charley Rufing, who started.
was pounced upon in the fourth round
for q good lead, so old Cy Moore was
sent In to chuck. Cy did right well
hIntil after the Yanks had hoped on
Erowder, Stewart and Thomas in the
eeventh for four runs and a two-tally
advantage. Then he broke down, and
IN their half Of the seventh the Ma
kionals deadlocked.
1t was a two-base drive to left by
zoe Cronin with Rice on third base and
Goslin on first that brought about
the tie.
In the next inning the Nationals
faced Gomez The left-hander was
given q poor start by his third base
man, who erred to put Bluege on the
runway. Then Gomez f1urt himself by
Throwing too late for force play at
second after picking up Luke Sewelrs
bunt. A sacrifice by Myer and an in
kentional pass to Ptnch-batter Harris
that filled the bases followed. Singles
by Manush and Goslin eliminated
Gomez, and another double by Cronin,
this time of Walter Brown, sewed up
She game.
ZACH side got a dozen hits IN the
IL first fray, but in the second the
Nationals got only nine hits and
bne pass of the venerable southpaw,
Herb Pennock, while the Yanks col
iected 16 OF the Washington pitching
assortment.
The visitors settled the affair with
eight hits and three passes stuck into
the first two innings. Combs walked to
start the pastiming, Joe Sewen doubled,
Ruth tripled and Gehrig doubled. Three
guns.
There were two out and none on in
Ehe second inning when Combs doubled,
Joe Sewell singled and Ruth singled.
Russell took Weaver's place on the peak
and filed the BASES by walking Gehrlg.
Chapman's single then scored three
more. then came a one-baser by Laz-
keri and an error by Bluege to run the
Yankee score up TO eight.
The Nationals pecked away spas
medically until the seventh when with
b four-hit rally they scored three times
and caused Manager Mccarthy to rush
q pitcher to the warm-up pen. And IN
the ninth when the Yanks were not
bcthering, the home side put across two