Evening star., 1937-03-28
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Myer Is Impressive at Bat
as Club Scores Eighth
Victory in Row.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

Utan correspondent OF Inc Star.
~ RLANDC, Fla, March 81
Nothing happened today to
correct the Nationals i'm
~ preston that maybe they
should be in the National League
The daily triumph today was over
the Cardinals again and by 2-to-o
count
Nothing else happened except that:
l. Prof. Monte Weaver and Pian-
ist Pete Appleton held the Gas-House
Gang to one hit.
2. Washington won its eighth
straight decision in the Grapefruit
League.
3. Buddy Myer showed signs OF
again becoming one of the Nationals
big batting guns
4. St. Louis highly-rated Gas House
Gang WAS whipped for the third
straight time.
S. The Griffs won their fourth
game in five starts against Ma
tional League club.
The victory was far and away the
most impressive yet registered by the
Nationals, chiefly due to Weaver and
Myer. the latter being the only Nat
to get more than one hit. From out
OF the dim past galloped this pair
today to share honors and immeas-
urably boost the Griffs' stock.
Wild Pitch Scores Lewis.
Iron the outset the GriffS took q
, lead which never was allowed to
be threatened, scanty as it appeared
at the time With one down in the
opening inning, Buddy Lewis pumped
q single to center and the venerable
Ossie Bluege, still subbing for Joe
Kuhel followed suit with another
single that sent Lewis to second.
Bill MCGEE, Cardinal right-hander,
showed signs of unsteadiness after
carefully on Fred Sington and heaved
q wild pitch past Catcher Mickey
Owen. While the Cardinal backstop
was chasing the ball Lewis scored
from second with great burst OF
speed and Bluege raced to third base,
where he was stranded when Johnny
Stone drilled into double play after
Sington had walked.
The Nationals got their second and
last run off MCGEE in the fifth inning.
This one was just as spectacular and
more legitimate than the first for,
with one out, Myer rammed single
to right and moved up when Pinch
tn iuh u-o1lod offnr
Shanty Hogan whitfield.
Ben Chapman, something OF a total
loss this Spring in batting way,
walked up and slashed a line drive
toward second base. Frankie Frisch
leaped for the ball, but 1t tore through
his glove and fell not 10 yards behind
him.
Myer. off at the crack of the bat,
did not stop at third but continued
toward home, barely beating Frisch's
throw with a great slide.
Face Only 80 Batters.
ONLY 80 members of the Gas
House Gang faced Weaver and
Appleton. Tom Padgett, the only
man to get base hit, was joined on
the base paths by four others only,
and two of these were wiped out in
double plays Padgett singled off
Weaver at the outset of the fourth
inning, only to be caught in a double
play. Three got on by walks and
another, Pinch-Hitter Don Siebert.
reached first by virtue of question
able error by Cecil Travis. AS a
matter of fact. Sieberts smash could
have been called hit, for Travis
made quite play to even knock
down the ball in back of second base
Weaver's fine performance was the
one the Nationals were looking for
He worked four good innings against
the Red Sox previously and his effort
was gratifying, but little else. Today
he looked the part of the pitcher he
was in 1882, when he was the fresh
man" slab sensation of the year.
Only once was Monte in trouble
IN his five frames. This was in the
second inning, when he walked
Johnny Mize with one out and fol-
lowed up by walking Leo Durocher
after second out was registered
Monte wriggled out Of it, however,
by making Owen send an easy fly
to Sington. Mize, incidentally, was
the only Cardinal to reach second
base.
Appleton was no less impressive,
but nothing more was expected OF
Pete In his four innings of toll he
pitched to only 13 hitters and except
for the ball Siebert hit the Cards
rot nothing resembling q base hit.