Evening star., 1935-07-07
HOLBR0OK'S SOCK
HELPS IN VICTORY
HarriSmen Down Yanks,
8-3, Toss Away Nightcap
in II Innings, 7-10.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

IN II innings, f-lU.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
w YHAT Uncle Clark Griffith
M needs, it would appear, are
wv more bridegrooms on his
Washington ball club-and
more brides sitting in box seats watch
ing bubbles play ball.
A brand-new benedict, Catcher Sam
Holbrook slapped screaming double
with the bases filled yesterday at
Uncle Clark'S Florida avenue orchard
1nasmuch as the Yankees were leading
at the time, 3-to-1, it was a pretty
good present for Sammy to give his
bride of a few hours. The 5000 GUS
toners thought SO, too, because it
brought a smashing 8-to-3 victory
over the league leaders.
But just when the trade in the
pews began to wonder which team
was the flrst-place club and which
the Seventh-place outfit, couple of
bachelor boys, Ed Linke and Bobby
Burke, dispelled all doubts by kicking
away the second game of double
header, 10 to 7, in II innings.
Same Old Habit.
RUT for Linke and Burke the Griffs
might well have set up a season
record by winning both ends of a
twin bill, something they have not
gone in for this campaign. But, after
making fabricators of the writing boys
for more than four hours, the home
coming Nationals reverted to a dis
tressing habit they picked up in the
West and kicked a chance to climb
out of seventh place down the we'll
known sink.
They were pretty sights to watch in
the opener. After dolorous start,
chunky Bump Hadley began doing all
the things Washington pitchers have
done in a month. He pitched himself
a swell mess of base ball and. thanks
to Bridegroom Holbrook, the Nationals
waged gallant uphill fight to win
out
They waged the same kind of a
fight in the sundown scrap. too, and
should have won out twice. Unfor-
tunately, however, neither Mr.. Iinke
nor Mr.. Burke had what it takes.
Bump Great After First Frame.
"a T THE very outset of hostilitieS
Hadley resembled an overstuted
lamb about to be led to the slaughter.
Gleefully the YankS hoped upon the
balls Bump was able to get over the
plate and when the first inning was
ho ho \, o1
three bases or balls and three runs.
Vito Tamulis. one of base balls two
Lithuanians and Southpaw to boot.
was chucking for the New Workers.
and for three innings he set down
the Griffs in order. But Hadley was
doing the same thing to the Yanks.
In fact, he didn't permit man to
reach first base from the second to
the seventh, snd after that his bril-
liant fielding mates took care of the
situation.
Then in the fourth frame the Griffs
staged their fireworks. Bluege poked
one Of Tamulis pitches to left field
for single and Jake Powell followed
suit. Buddy Myer flied out but
Heinie Manush skidded grounder
past CroSetti t. score Bluege.
Then, after Travis had flied out,
Fred Schultz walked to fill the bases
and set the stage for Holbrook.
Kuhel Hits First Homer.
THE 22-year-old rookie catcher,
whose work in the last month
Just about has established him as the
Nationals best catcher, picked out a
fast ball and whammed 1t on a line |
to the center field barrier. If the ball
were not so well hit 1t would have
been home run. AS it was it hinged
on dead lire and rebounded with
such force that Powell, Manush and
Schultz scored to put the Griffs
ahead, 4 to 8
That was all the Washingtons
needed, though nobody suspected it
at the time Even Hadley's own
teammates were fooled, because in
the eighth inning Joe Kuhel stepped
to the dish with the bases loaded and
belted the ball over the fence for his
first homer, winning himself a
quadruple- suit and making the
final score read 8 to 8.
Powell Hits in Pinch.
THERE was nothing similar to Had
- leys six-hit pitching in the night
cap except Johnny Murphy's work in
the first five innings. Johnny limited
the Griffs to one hit, a looper by
Buddy Myer, and faced only 16 bat
ters.
Meanwhile Lefty Leon Petit was
throwing for the Nationals and not
doing bad job. He was very much
in the game after the sixth, in which
the Griffs, aided by a walk and Red
Rolfe's wild throw, managed to- score
q run and reduce the Yanks' lead to
2 to /.
Even though the Yanks came back
to make it 1 to in the next inning,
the Griffs weren't whipped. Myer,
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