Evening star., 1934-06-25
SL|NGS TWO FINE
GAMES IN A ROW
First in Three Weeks to
Link Pair of Victories.
Masters Browns.
BY JOHN IL. KELLER

piercing tIle udlk ClOuuo
that have been settling of
IL late over the Nationals
curving corps, is the return OF
Walter Stewart to the pitching
form that made him such a
valuable cog last season.
Just when Manager Joe
Cronin appeared to be searching
in vain for some consistent
pitching, Stewart has presented
him with two impressive per-
formanceS.
Out of the game for three weeks
with a tooth infection, Stewart uem-
onstrsted last Monday that he was
prepared to carry on by deciSiVely
beating the Indians, & to ?. with a
nine-hit performance and yesterday
he was positively brilliant in scoring
his TO shutout victory over the
Browns, avenging three previous de-
feats he suffered at the hands OF the
St Louis club this season by holding
it to five hits.
Possessed of his native control and
throwing his wide breaking curve
across the plate from the general dl-
rection of first base Stewart was we'll
nigh invincible and for six innings
had a one-hit game to his credlt.
ONLY a hair-line decision by the offl-
cial scorer on hard-hit grounder to
Travis by Catcher CRUDE in the thlfo
inning erased early visions of no-hlt
game by Walter.
Stewart Squares Scores.
MOT until First BaSeman JACK
N Burns smashed single to CEN
ter field in the seventh inning
cid the Browns get clean hit OIL
Stewart. who now rates as the only
member of the Washington curving
corps to win two successive starts IN
the last three weeks.
With Monte Weaver having failed
twice to annex his long sought ninth
victory, with Earl Whitehill having
lost his fine pitching edge and with
Al Crowder seemingly unable to hit
winning stride. Stewards last two
performances stamp him as Cronin's
most dependable pitcher at this
writing
The Nationals yesterday brought
their seasons standing against the
Browns to more respectable figures
and they now entertain the possibility
of evening the score before the st.
Louis club leaves the Capital. Before
Yesterdays game the Browns had won
five of six played between the two
clubs In the next three days the
Nationals can square the seasons
series by making a clean sweep
Heads-up base ball, featuring timely
hitting in the pinches, was the order
of the Gay yesterday. The Nationals
solved the unorthodoX delivery Of
Buck Newsom quite early in the after
noon. the first inning, in fact, and
from that chapter on the suspense
was negligible.
Harris Comes Through.
~ AVE HARRIS provided the major
J detonation of that big Wash
ington first" when he tripled
to the triangle in center field with
the bases filled and two outs. Walks
to Stone and Cronin. plus a short
single into left by ManuSh, had
crammed Washington runners on
every station
There was hardly a whisper from
the Washington mallets in the second,
third, fourth and fifth. Newsom ap-
parently was thriving on the hot sun
of the afternoon, but the need for
runs was more urgent to Hornsby than
Newsoms pitching. so he was yanked
in the sixth to make way for Deb
Garms. pincl. hitter. Stewart
promptly unarmed Garms by making
hin, roll y,,aaklv IN Travis
Big Ed Wells, who took Newsom's
place, was the file on which Wash
ington honed its two runs in the last
half of the sixth. With two gone,
Sewell singled through the legs OF
Alan Strange, rookie Brown shortstop,
and went to second on Stewards fine
single to right A Wellsian wild ptch
moved both runners Up base, after
which Buddy Myer walked to fill the
sacks
Jack Stone then cracked a sharp
single to right that scored both Sewell
and Stewart with the runs that gave
Washington a 60 advantage.
Wild Peg Aids.
A WILD throw, this one by Frank
~ CRUDE Brown catcher, played
a definite part in the seventh
inning affair in which washington
gained another tally. With Cecil
Travis attempting to steal third after
having forced Joe Crenin and having
been sent to second on Kress' walk.
CRUDE pegged the ball wildly into lett
field. Travis scored easily, but kreSs
failed to touch the home plate on his
scoring slide and was an easy prey
for Grube'S tag.
Stewart ran into his hardest trouble
of the day in the seventh, When
singles by Burns and Cliff and a walk
to Hemsley filled the bases. with one
out. But Travis scooped up CRUDE S
roller. shot the ball to Myer, VINO
pegged over to Kress for brilliant
double play.
Kress. playing first base in place Of
tho injured Kuhel. fieided the posi-