Evening star., 1936-05-17
GIVES ONLY 7H|TS,
BEATSBR0WNS,4-1
Powell, FeIIed When Pitch
Lands SquareIy on Face.
Forced to Retire.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Sian Correspondent Of The Star.

~ lean League, the Transforming
Nationals licked the Browns again
today, to /, to hit the 500 mark for
the umpteenth time this season and
come within a niblick shot Of the
first division.
Young Jimmy De Shong, holding
the sad st. Louey contingent to seven
well-scattered hits. was the man of
the hour as the Griffmen continued
their climb toward the upper regions
by picking up a full game on the
fourth-place White Sox. The Chicago
club, after losing to the Yankees. now
leads Washington by only half a
game.
The affair today in Sportsmans
Park was not all milk and honey,
however, in that 1t may have cost
the Nationals the services of Outfield-
er Jake Powell for few days. Powell
was struck down in the fifth inning
Of the game by a pitched ball that
splatted in his face with a sickening
sound. Jake went down, but ap-
parently he was not seriously injured
for he remained in the Washington
dugout until the game was over.
AL Thomas, who turned in one of
the Browns four victories this year
by shutting out the Yankees earlier
in the week, turned in another good
performance, but he could not matcn
De Shong.
Lewis Streak Ends.
THE veteran held the Nationals 10
six safeties in the eight innings
he worked, but mediocre support and
the timely use Washington made Of
its hits proved his undoing. Tommy
did manage. however, to end the SEN
sational batting streak Of young Bud
dy Lewis at IS games. Buddy went
hitless in four trips to the plate.
Before he was battered out, Powell
personally saw to it that De Shong
was given a margin to work on.
Jake's job was made easier by the
collaboration of Lyn Larry, the
Browns shortstop. Lyn picked up
Powell's roller to open the game and
threw low to Bottomley, who dropped
the ball on pickup. Powell
promptly stole second, moved to third
after Bell had snagged Buddy Lewis
line drive and scored without aid
from anybody.
1t happened after Cecil Travis had
grounded to Bottomley and was
tagged out on the base line. Jake
held third on the play, but when Bot
tomley, Thomas and Catcher Tony
Guiliani went into an imprudent con-
ference, Powell lit out for home and
made it by a great slide.
The Browns tied it up in the third
inning in more legal fashion.
Thomas, himself, sponsored the big
event by doubling and scoring when
Julius SolterS Smacked single past
shortstop, after Larry and Gift had
flied and struck out, respectively.
Forge Ahead in Fifth.
THE Griffs in the meantime were
pretty helpless before the re.
juvinated Mr.. Thomas, nine straight
men going out in order after Reyn-
olds had opened the second inning
with a single. Not until the fifth
frame did Washington show sny SEM
blence of power. Then with one
down, Joe Kuhel slashed a single by
Bottomley and Walter Miles parked
a double to left-center which Solters
played like shoemaker, enabling
Kuhel to score. De Shong kept the
rally alive by scratching q single to
Larry and Powell, next up. filled the
bases by becoming the sufferer in his
nasty-looking accident.
Thomas whipped over q high, In
side pitch that struck Powell almost
full in the eye. Jake went down In q
writhing heap, but rose to his feet
almost instantly and staggered around
the premises like a drunken sailor.
Teammates and Browns rushed to his
side, forcing him to lie on the ground
while Trainer Mike Martin examined
him. After a few minutes OF rest
Powell got up and insisted on going
down to first base but, once there, he
staggered again from the reaction and
almost tainted. Jesse Hill took his
place on the runway.
The scoring of the next run, in the
same inning, was gift from Rookie
Guiliani. With an easy grounder to
Bottomley, young Lewis became the
medium Of forcing Miles at the plate.
first to home, but Guiliani winged the
ball back into right field in an at
tempt to double-up Buddy and De
Shong scored, making it 3 to ].
De Shong In Fine Form.
A GAIN. in the seventh inning, Mr..
Thomas was given some pretty
bad support and the Griffs scored their
final run. This, too, was rally start
ed by Kuhel, who singled sharply to
right to open the inning. Miles
flied harmlessly to Bell, but De Shong
sacrificed, and Hill, playing center
field in place of Powell, sent q drive
to left which fell for a single when
the numbering Solters stumbled as he
started for the ball. Kuhel, Of course.
counted on the blow.
That was all the offensive activity
for Washington. In the Browns
eighth Thomas was yanked for Pinch
hitter Ray Pepper, who took third
strike across the heart Of the plate,
Earl Caldwell, a Texas League prod
uct, pitched the last inning and es-
capped damage. despite hits by Red
Kress and Miles. The red head led
Of with q single, but Kuhel flied out,
Miles then singled, but De Shong was
called out on strikes and Hill nied
to Solters.
De Shong pitched himself q real
ball game. After the Browns had
a.
third inning Jimmy never was in
trouble, giving up only three singles
over the remainder Of the route and
being helped out Of what dificulty he
encountered by two snappy double
plays featuring Travis and Kress. Not
until two were out In the ninth in-
ming did De Shong walk . batter
During the game he pitched TO cnly