Evening star., 1935-08-11
-FOUR USED IN BOX
IGNORE 14-H|T AID
Harrismen Tie, Then Lose
in Eighth When Hayes
Is Hammered.
BY FRANCES E. STAN.

BY FRANCES E. STAN.
~ OSTON, August 10.-Thwarting
- the valiant efforts of eight
loyal teammates on every oc-
- casion, a quartet of what
laughingly is called Washingtons
pitching staff managed to hurl the
Red Sox to 9-to-8 victory today as
the Nationals opened 24-game tour
Of the American League circuit.
If the Griffs had only Boston's
pair of pitchers to lick, it would have
been easy, but the betrayal by Messrs.
Buck Newsom, Leon Petit, Jack Rus
sell and Whitley Hayes was too much.
So, in a heart-breaking struggle, not
decided until the final out, Washing
tons three-game winning streak sue
Cumbed
The Red Sox victory placed Joe
Cronin's up-and-coming club only
half game behind the third place
White Sox and cost the Griffmen a
chance to pick up full game on the
sixth-place Athletics.
Birthday Bad for Newsom.
TODAY was Newsom's 9th birthday
anniversary and Manager Bucky
Harris thought he would give Loqua-
cious Louie chance to celebrate Now
he hopes Newsom stops having BIRTH
days. The voluble right-hander. who
allowed he'd win 20 games for the
Griffs, was blasted from the box in
three innings, and the Griffs were
facing a 4to-0 deficit.
These runs, plus some more con-
tributed to the Red Sox cause by the
other three washington pitch-and-
duck artists, were a trif1e too much
for even the Nationals own well-bal-
anced 14-hit attack to overcome.
For two f1eeting moments. however,
1t looked as though Bucky Harris hit
tiers were going to get a decision over
his pitchers. In the eighth inning
for instance, two-run rally tied the
score for the first time during the
free-for- all. Only when Bill Werber
made a great catch of sizzling liner
by Jake Powell and converted it into
q double-play were the Griffs prevent
ed from forging ahead.
Then Hayes went into the box.
pitched the Bosox into 9-to-7 lead
in their half of the eighth frame, and
thus the Griffs finally we're licked.
Fred Schultz opened the ninth with
home run, but then Rube Walberg,
who relieved Fritz Ostermueller, Traced
to escape without further dishonor. e.
Cronin Starts Bosox to Win.
MANAGER CRONIN, back in high
favor with the excited Boston
fandom, gave the Red Sox a lead in
the first inning, when he singled home
Roy Johnson. who had walked and
contrived to reach second while New
som was picking another walker, Dus-
ty Cooke, of the same base.
Thanks to Red KreSs' great fielding,
Newsom got by the second inning
without trouble. but in the third, with
one away, Cooke drew his second pass
and Mel Almada. Roy johnson and
Cronin hit in succession to score three
runs.
In the fourth the Washingtons got
to Ostermueller. Powell and Fred
Schultz singled and Cecil Travis
walked. Kress grounded out. Powell
scoring, and Bolton produced a fly
which counted Schultz.
Petit was Harris next slab choice
and Leon was pretty terrible again.
Babe Dahlgren greeted Lefty with a
homer in the fourth and it took some
more good fielding by Kress, after
Cookies ensuing triple, to help Petit
out of trouble. Il
The Griffs got that run back in the
NTH on Powell's triple after Myer
was hit by pitched ball, but singles
by johnson and Werber off Petit got
Boston another tally.
Russell went to the box in the sixth
and with Dahlgren's single, Oster-
mueller's sacrifice. Johnson's single
and rardonable error by Buddy Myer
there was another Bosox counter.
Griffs Tie, Then Lose in Eighth.
TT LOOKED as though the Griffs
were licked here, but Myer and
Powell didn't think so. After Kuhel
had walked in the seventh, Myer
singled and then Jake doubled home
Dee Miles, who had replaced Kuhel
on base through a fielder's choice.
Schulte's fly counted Myer.
In the eighth the Griffs got another
pair of runs to knot the count. Singles
by Kress and Bolton. started the rally
and then, after Pinch hitter Ossie
Bluege was robbed of hit by Oscar
Melillo, up stepped Kuhel to fill the
bases with a single.
Miles beat out a scratch hit to
Dahlgren, scoring Kress and when
Cronin booted Myers grounder, Bolton
scored and the bases were loaded. But
fate took a hand. Powell, author of
three straight hits whammed his liner
toward Werber and it stuck in Bills
glove. All Werber had to do was stamp
on third base and Kubel was doubled.
Hayes was waved in the box by
Harris because Russell had been re-
moved for Bluege. He pitched a
double to Cooke, single to Almada,
walked johnson, and gave up a single
TO Rick Farrell. And there, ladies and
gents, was the ball game.
Schultz did his darndest in the ninth
by hitting his home run over the
center field fence, but it wasn't in the
cards for Washington to whip not only
Boston's pitchers, but also its own.