Evening star., 1935-08-18
MYER IS OUSTED
ASST|CK LEADER
Bolton and KresS Injured as
Indians Triumph by
8 to 7, 5 to O.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN

)LEVELAND, august l7.-In
full view of 5000 eye-wit-
nesses, an almost defenseless
~ band Of Nationals were sur
prised and rlassacred by Indians to-
day in pair of bloody battles which
probably sounded the death knell OF
tude in the American League pennant
race.
In the cleaning at old league park,
where so many Nationals have met
misfortune in the last few years, a
forlorn figure, identified as Manager
Bucky Harris, counted the dead and
wounded and admitted the following
losses:
(A)-Catcher Cliff Bolton for q
month. due to a broken finger.
(B)-ShortStop Red KreSs for at
least week, due to sprained ankle
(C)-The American League indi-
vidual batting leadership.
D)-Two ball games by 8 to 7 and
5 to o scores.
Myer Held to One Hit.
OSING the ball games was hard
enough to take, especially since
the double-header featured another
relapse Of the Washington pitching
staff, but, coupled with the losses of
Bolton and Kress, it was terrific
shock to the Griffs, who fancied them
selves well able to cope with the
Indians after earning O stand-off with
the Tigers.
Buddy Myers loss of the batting
leadership also was quite blow. mas
much as it represents q threat to
Washington's last chance of gaining
one important sprig of laurel
These two injuries, which must be
rated as among the major mishaps of
the season for the Griffs, occurred in
rapid succession during the first game
In the Washington eighth Kress
singled with two out, and when Boil
ton grounded to Berger the veteran
inflelder turned and painfully twisted
his ankle rounding second base.
Bolton was hurt In the Cleveland
half of the eighth when a foul tip
off Bozie Berger's bat broke cleanIy
the fourth finger of his right hand.
The tragedy of Myer centered
around his failure to get more than
one hit in nine times at bat, while
Joe VoSrlik of the Indians made
three safeties in seven trips to take
the batting lead from Buddy by a
single point, .348 to .345.
Two Streaks Broken.
THE first game proved infinitely more
painful than the second tilt in
every respect. In addition to the
injuries, the opener marked Earl
Whitehill's failure to add his fourth
straight victory and the breaking of
Myers 10-game hitting streak. Then
again remains the fact that the
Griffs should have won it with any
kind of relief pitching.
Apparently not sufficiently rested
following his victory over the Tigers
earlier in the week, Whitehill gave up
a run an inning for the first four
frames before going out for Pinch
hitter Heinie Manush in the fifth.
Jake Powell's line-drive home run in
the second frame, with the bases
empty, enabled the Griffs to enter
the fifth with run to show against
Clevelands four, and when kress
walked to start round and Bolton
singled him to third, it looked bright.
Manush drove across Kress with
fly to the outfield, and then Jack
Russell took lID the Ditchinp He
managed to turn the Tribe back
scoreless in their half of the fifth,
and when the Nationals came to bat
again, Dee Miles single, Myers in
field out and a one-baser by Fred
Schultz made it 4-3.
Russell Out of Gear.
ID USSELL then reverted to his form
of this season in the Cleveland
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