Evening star., 1934-04-20
Red S0X Show Power.
THE current tour was regarded
trying one for the Nationals at

trying one for the Nationals at
. the outset. If they manage to
get the edge in the trio of tussles to
be staged here they fairly may be
deemed an up-and-c coming outfit when
they get back next week to throw
their own opening party in Griffith
Stadium.
These Red Sox were all they were
touted to be by the experts who had
picked them to finish anywhere from
second to fifth place in this years
race. Nothing like the Fenway Park
flock that in recent years had re-
peatedly rolled over and played dead
when any serious opposition came
along.
The band as remodeled by Tom
Yawkey and. Eddie Collins has all the
fight one could ask of any big league
ball club. What's more, it has pitch
ing and power plus. The Nationals.
after struggling to two victories by a
margin of one run, learned all about
this power yesterday as they were
bowled over by the Bostonians to
and to 8.
In each of the contests the champs
were we'll outhit; off Walter Stewart
and Al Crowder in the morning game
the home side collected 10 safeties.
The Nationals got but seven off the
left-handed Rube Walberg and the
right-handed Gordon Rhodes. In the
afternoon pastiming only five hits
few from Washington bats in the nine
innings hurled by Jack Welch, little
more than a rookie right -hander and
the Red Sox banged Ray Prim, Mark
Filley and Ed Linke for 13 hits.
And what hits those Red Sox made
Four doubles and a home run we're
rung up in the morning. In the after
noon there were two doubles, three
triples and homer. For their IL hits
in the two trays the Nationals re-
corded only 16 bases. The champs
simply were slugged into submission.
Circuit Clouts Decide.
TT WAS the homers that settled
each game. In the morning af-
fair Julius Solters came up at the
start of the home ninth and whacked
the ball over the wall back of left
center to get the big run. Solters had
hit the first pitch sent up by Crowder
over the wall, but it was foul by
inches. Then he waited until a three
and-two count had been reached be-
fore the big blast.
In the afternoon Bill Cissell
whanged the decisive homer. 1t also
was hoist over the left-garden bar
rler. 1t was made in the fifth frame
OF Ray Prirn and after that three
more Red Sox runs were registered be-
fore Filley managed to end the frame.
The chief troublemakers, though.
were Bill Werber, who first learned
his base ball with Tech High Schools
nine in Washington, and Carl Reyn-
olds, erstwhile wearer of the Nationals
uniform. Werber surprised with a
triple, three doubles and a single in
the two encounters, making two of
the two-baggers in the morning.
Reynolds got nothing more than a
double in the morning, but in the
afternoon he pounded each of the
three pitchers sent in by Manager
Cronin for two triples and as many
singles.
1t was an astounding display of
batting power by Werber, Reynolds and
the remainder of the Boston band.
Griffs Fight Back.
TN THE morning contest the Ma
tionals twice fought back TO a tie,
both times at Walberg's expense.
After their first-inning run had been
overcome, singles by Berg and Myer,
with a sacrifice by Stewart and a
fielder's choice, knotted the game.
Then after Reynolds double off Stew
art had backed another double and
a two-bagger to get the Red Sox
two runs in the sixth, Harris batted
for Stone when there were two on in
the seventh and raked Walberg for a
double to make the game even again.
Nothing more thereafter until Sol
ters' telling homer in the ninth.
In the second set-to, the Nationals
did all their scoring in the third in
ming. There were two on and two out
when Manush tripled, and Heinie rode
home on Cronin's one-baser.
The Red Sox picked up two tallies
in the same frame from singles by
Walters and Cissell and Werber's
three-bagger. They tied the score in
the fourth when Reynolds tripled and
Ferrell doubled. After Cissell's homer
in the fifth, Werber doubled, only to
be run down when Morgan grounded
to Cronin. Roy Johnson walked, and
Prim gave way to Filley. Reynolds
triple accounted for two tallies, and
Carl counted when Solters singled.
That was all-but more than enough.