Evening star., 1938-06-12
DETROIT TRIPLES
R0UT NATS,7TO
Four Mixed in Making Of
5 Runs as Lawson HurIs
First Win of Year.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.


The accommodating Nationals
quenched the thirst Of victory -parched
Roxie Lawson yesterday at Grifdth
Stadium, meekly succumbing, Ia. a.
the Detroit right-hander eagerly
quaffed his flrst win Of the season IN
prolonging the agony Of the Washing
ton ball club.
Emil Dutch" Leonard, who
earned the distinction of becoming the
first Washington pitcher to survive the
full distance in eight games, yielded
only eight hits, but that hardly re-
lates the story. Half of those wallops
were lusty, disastrous triples, which,
combined with the Mats fielding de-
ficiencies, manufactured the margin,
Lawson, who captured 18 games for
the Tigers last season. fruitlessly had
been searching for victim In the cur
rent campaign until humping into the
charitable Nationals, who Clipped in
with three costly errors and weirdly
misjudged fly ball to snap Roxie's
streak of dubious consistency.
Nats' Fielding Feeble.
In slipping precariously close TO the
second division the Nationals also
buoyed an unenviable output Of errors
to 16 in their past nine games, but
those extra-base blows chiefly were
responsible for their sixth loss in eight
tussles.
The Nationals giAgerly pounced on
the rangy Lawson, blasting six crisp
singles in the first four innings, but
not until the fifth did their threaten
ing gestures pay off results. In the
meantime the Tigers had fashioned
two runs on one of those terrific
triples.
After the menacing Hank Greenberg
had launched the second inning By
lining to Simmons, Rudy York drew a
walk and Immediately was propelled
to the plate as Pete Fox fondly crashed
triple past the outstretched paw Of
Goose Goslin to the left field corner
Fox scooted home as Chet Laabs was
retired by Buddy Myer on . lazy
roller.
The situation improved down the
stretch, with Leonard's butterfly ball
taking its toll In the next three in
nings and actually looking promising
as the Nationals tied the score in the
fifth. Their jubilance was brief, how
ever. as the Tigers slashed back
viciously.
Myer Starts Tying Drive.
Myer, fined $40 for his heated verbal
exchange Friday with Umpire Rue,
soothed his disturbed feelings by lead
ing of the fifth inning with loop
ing triple that caromed off the right
field wall and logged in when Buddy
Lewis followed by slicing single to
left. Goslin walked after Taft Wright
had forced Lewis at second and big
Zeke Bonura responded by singing
sharply to left, scoring Wright with
the tying run. Goose and zeke were
stranded, however, as Cecil Travis
lifted a fly to Jo-Jo White and Al
Simmons forced Bonura.
From that point it was no contest,
with Lawson turning back the pages
to last year and the Nationals merely
turning back.
Another Of those pesky triples
zoomed off Bill Rogell's bat to start
the sixth inning and the Tigers scored
their third run on three hits when
Rogell crossed the plate as Charley
Gehringer grounded to Myer.
Tigers Go on Rampage.
After Fox had been whipped out
by Lewis in the seventh. Laabs gained
first base when Travis throw pulled
Bonura of the bag. Mark Christman
pumped another damaging triple down
the right-field line, scoring Laabs.
Leonard temporarily delayed the up
rising by tossing out Lawson, but
Rogell spanked q single to center,
scoring Christman.
Wright then inserted the days daffy
maneuver by racing back to the wall
for Whites fly, which fell IS feet in
front of him for a double That
scored Rogell, but as the game de-
veloped 1t wasn't important.
In the sixth inning Lawson re-
verted to the type of last season
and, with the exception Of . walk
to Pinch-Hitter Johnny Stone in the
ninth inning, subdued the Nationals
in order.
Detroit added a superhuous run in
the ninth when Laabs blasted a triple
to the center-held corner. He scored
as Christman beat out q hit to
Travis, who fell while fielding the
ball and then threw from a sitting
position yards high over Bonura s
head for an error on which Christman
streaked to second. Christman ad-
vanced to third as Myer threw out
Lawson, but perished at the plate
attempting to score as Myer tossed
out Rogell, with Bonura Tipping q
strike to Ferrell
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