Evening star., 1935-06-09
3 TALLY IN NINTH
AFTER GIFT PASS
WarstIer's Double Follows
WaIk-Cramer Cuts Down
Home Side Rally.
BY FRANCIS Z. STAN.

BY FRANCIS 4. STAN.
8 SUDDENLY as it was born,
~ Washington's baby winning
~ streak expired In some fu-
laden weather at Grifith Sta
dunn yesterday, but when the autopsy
was performed after 4-to-3 victory
for the Athletics, 1t merely was q
case Of sthe Nationals mistaking o
n'arcat for q rabbit.
Aiding in the error Of identity was
weather unfit for man or beast or
even a double header between second
division teams. but o bigger contrib
uting factor was that little Hal Warst.
Ter of the Philadelphiss really is called
Rabbit" SO when Eric McNatr
strode to the plate in the ninth in
ming with two Athletics on base and
Washington leading, 2 to /. It was
deemed wise to pass Eric purposely
and take 6 shot at Rabbit warstler.
1t was then that the driffs dis
covered their error. The hammered
down second baseman. who weighs
about $50 pounds soaking wet, and
owns a batting average Of about the
same figure. belted the water-soaked
ball into left field for q double, and
blooey went the Nationals fond hopes
Of making it four in row and picking
up half a game on the ftth-place
Red Sox.
HadIey Pulls "H0udini's."
AT THAT the Rabbit didn't knock
"A over the winning run. although
his two-baser seemed to have pro-
vided it at the time. Lefty Leon
Petit. who was pitching for the
Washingtons then, walked in the
third and final Philadelphia run be-
fore the AS finally we're retired in the
hectic ninth.
The Nationals should have won that
game yesterday (the second half Of
the scheduled double -header was
rained OUT. Even Lady Luck seemed
TO be on the locals side throughout
the fray. for Bump Hadley. who was
given a 2-to-0 lead in the second in
ming, kept escaping from the dog
gondest situations imaginable. The
Philadelphia total of Is men left on
bases offers testimony to that.
Bump was handed his lead by
Johnny Stone, Clif Bolton and Ossie
Bluege. each of whom singled of Le-
roy Mahaffey, and by Joe KuheI,
whose f1y Tailed Bolton with the sec
ond run Of the inning. In the Phila-
delphia third little Warstler saw to
It that the lead was cut down to q
to ! when he followed the suit of Roy
johnson and McNsir by singing.
driving across johnson. but that was
all the Philadelphia fireworks until
the ninth.
Petit Presents Winning Run.
ITO START that frame, Hadley, who
= would give you the shirt of his
back or q base on balls at almost any
time, walked johnson. Then he
pitched q single to James Emory Foxx,
sending johnson to third. Manager
Bucky Harris, peering through the
rain, thought he detected q weaken
ing In Hadley and waved Petit into
the box
Leon opened auspiciously. He tossed
out Pinky Higgins after holding John
son on third, Foxx, In the meantime,
scurrying to second and removing the
chances of a double play. That was
part of the reason. why McNair was
walked, filling the bases. Rabbit
Warstler and his batting average was
the other part of the reason. But
Rabbit crossed EN- up with his dou-
BILE into the inch of rainwater In left
field, scoring johnson and Foxx and
sending McNair to third.
Undaunted by the failure of this
particular bit Of strategy, Harris
ordered Petit to Intentionally pass
Paul Richards in hopes of finally
achieving that double play. Leon did
just that and 1t looked as though
Bucky's second strategical move might
be crowned with success when Alton
Benton, who took up the AS pitch
ing in the eighth, obligingly famed
for the second out. But Petit up
and threw his boss down by walking
Wally Moses, forcing in McNair with
what then seemed an unnecessary run.