Evening star., 1937-07-24
ONLY Z T|[TS WON
OVER 22-DAY SPAN
Shutout at Start of Set
With Browns Is Third
Since July 4.
BY FRANCIS F.. STAN,
StafT Correspondent of Tn. STAY


= T LOUIS, July 24.-Of to
tragic start in their final
Western series and holding only
- a single victory in nine starts
for the tour, the Nationals today had
resigned themselves to another dolor-
Gus road record At home, the Wash
lngton firm is far from excellent, but
on the road it simply is hopeless.
The Browns helped to make this
point emphatic yesterday when they
swept to an 8-to-0 victory in the
opener of fve-game set that will
wind up with double headers today
and tomorrow. Elon Hogsett, who
had lost 10 of l3 games, left-handed
the Griffs into submission with a
f1ve-hit performance.
Bucky Harris pitching this year has
been anything but startling but these
days the Washington hurlers can hold
their heads up with the hitters. With
the exception of Al Simmons, none
of the Mats has done much at bat
during a losing stretch which has
embraced only two victories in the
last % days.
Cecil Travis is getting lot of base
hits, of course. but here has been
case Of all foam and little beer. In
other words, Cecil's hits have not
meant much. The others have no.
even represented foam.
Third Shut-Out Of Month.
TO GET to the core of things. yes
terday's was the third shut-out
OF the Griffmen since July 4, when
things suddenly went from bad to
worse for Mr. Clark Griffith's firm.
In Washington, the Mats we're shut
out by Lefty Gomez. In Detroit it
was done by Tommy Bridges. And
now Hogsett.
The last II games. which embrace
all since the Fourth of July, have
found the Washington hitting sink
ing below the level of even the pitch
ing. In short. the Mats have scored
only 49 runs over this stretch, which
is less than 3 runs per game
Compare this total with the l18 runs
scored by the opposition and it is not
difficult to see why the Harrismen
cannot win.
The most runs made by the Mats
over this stretch were the seven gained
for Jimmy De Shong the other day
In Chicago. when a 7-to-3 victory wa
recorded. -Four times the Mats scored
nVe runs, winning once, tieing once
and losing twice. They made -four
runs once. three runs thrice, two run
on four occasions, and were shut OF.
in the rest Of the games.
Hogsett Too Good in 80 Win.
WITH Eddie Linke and Ken Chase
working in the box today for
the first innings anyway, the Mats
were TO resume warfare with tn,
Browns in a twin bill Tomorrow De
Shong and Wesley Ferrell will try
their luck.
The latest defeat found Monte Wea-
yer pitching one OF his rare bad ball
games. The Professor had nothing on
the ball yesterday. In the second in
ming the Browns drove him from the
box with a flve-run rally, which found
the side batting around.
Bucky Jacobs, the rookie. tried his
hand next, but was something less
than a success. Jacobs record of
never having been scored upon by a
major league team was broken the
first full inning he pitched. The
Browns got two runs off him and an
other off Sgd Cohen before the game
was over.
Hogsett was too much for the Nat
hltters. The closest Washington came
70 scoring was in the first inning,
when Buddy Lewis was thrown out
at the plate after doubling. In the
fourth Johnny Stone doubled, in the
NTH Buddy Myer singled and in the
six and ninth Travis singled.
1t wasn't much entertainment.