Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-29
AGAIN STUB TOES
IN CH|SOX MATCH
Harrismen Dizzy on Bases
as They Try for Berth
in First Division.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

ESPITE all the careful efforts |
Of Owner Clark Griffith. who !
frowns gravely upon such in
- nate characteristics in ball |
club, Washington'S base ball firm def
nitely seems to have streaS Of Brook
Ign goodness in It's system. 1t was deter
mined long ago, OF course, that better |
National teams have taken the field
than the current outfit. but in light
Of recent happenings 1t is doubtful
II Fighter bunch ever was gathered
under the Griffith A. c. banner.
BY dint of consistent success of late. |
the Nationals worked their way to the
threshold of the first division the
other day and then prosperity must
have gone to their heads. At any
rate, by exuding consistent spasms of
goodness during the last couple days,
the Griffs have managed to stay out Of
not only the money division but also
out of third place. That Is approx
mately where they would have been
today but for these expressions OF
giddiness, the most recent resulting in
q 6-to-5 defeat yesterday at the hands
of the White Sox.
Only the day previous the Nationals
managed to refrain from tying the
fourth-place White Sox by kicking
away decision to the Indians, who
walked of with a 1919 decision because
the Mats ran the bases like shoe
makers and insisted upon fielding like
BARRIERS. The defeat sustained yes
terday in the opener of the White Sox
series was even harder to take because
they not only did everything wrong
again but also committed their wrong
doings in better style.
Even Bluege Disciple.
IT HAS been thus since the start OF
the season. For one or two weeks
at q stretch the Griffs have borne
all the earmarks Of high-class team.
Then, for two or three weeks, they'd
be pushovers, but always there was
the thought that, after all, new and
youthful cogs are functioning and
they are bound to make mistakes and
bound to improve.
The last couple games, however,
would not indicate any improvement.
Yesterday, for instance, they reached
Johnny Whitehead for four straight
hits in the eighth inning and threat
ened to grab the decision but, at the
height OF the rally, Ossie Bluege man
aged to be picked off first base, end
ing the inning. So general is the cur
rent goodness that even the aged Mr..
Bluege has become a disciple. He
failed to distinguish himself the day
before against Cleveland when he was
ON the base paths.
In the ninth inning the Mats again
had Mr.. Whitehead on the run. Buddy
Lewis, Joe Kuhel and Johnny Stone
singled In succession to chase Johnny
from the slab and force Clint Brown
to come a-running to the rescue. With
Q run across, the tying score on third
base and the winning tally on first
base, Carl Reynolds received signal
to bunt with two down. 1t probably
was one of the screwiest signals Carl
ever received, and he laid down a
sucker" bunt, an easy affair directly
to Brown, who threw him out by Is
feet.
Browns Invade Tomorrow.
THUS the Mats again thumbed their |
collective noses at opportunity.
Just the other day Cleveland tried to
hand them a game and Philadelphia
obligingly whipped the White Sox SO
that washington could tie the Chica-
goans. The chance was muffed. Yes
terday the Yanks routed the Tigers
twice and Washington, by winning,
could have settled within easy reach
ing distance of third place and picked
up half game on the second-place
Indians.
Still this hardly is the time to COM
pletely sell the Grif1men short. If
they can gain an even break in the
current series with the White Sox by
winning today they will be in posi-
ton to gain ground when the Browns,
beginning tomorrow, invade for q
three-game series. Then, after the
hapless Brownies leave, Detroit's floun-
dering Tigers will come into Griffith
Stadium to wind up the Nationals en-
tertainment Of Western clubs for the
year.
The series with the Browns, who
have been pushovers so far for the
Mats, will consist Of double-heade1
tomorrow and a single game on Tues
day. The series originally was to be
played in three single games, but a
synthetic twin bill was drafted for
tomorrow and Monday will be an
Of day.
Pete Deserved Better Fate.
PETE APPLETON was the victim
yesterday In the White Sox OPEN
er which, incidentally, gave Chicago
its thirteenth victory in Is games with
Washington. Pete deserved better
fate than to be charged with his sew
enth defeat of the year.
The Mats overcame a 10 lead the
sox established in the second inning
by scoring pair Of runs in their half
Of the frame. In the third the Sox
came up with three more runs to make
1t AZ, but Joe Kuhel committed an
error and made two Of the runs I'M
earned. II Kuhel had come up with
Q slow roller hit by Rosenthal the
best the White Sox would have done
was to tie the score at %.
Appleton matched the sensational
pitching Of Whitehead until the sew
enth, when the Sox made their last
two runs. After that 1t was all WASH
ington. The Griffs did all the threat
snin0 and pl1lAd all the bonerS