The Washington times., 1938-05-13
ALMADA KEEPS
MATS IN LEAD
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of a shot by Higgins. He made a
shutout possible for Leonard
against Cleveland by catching Hal
Trosky's try for q triple UP against
the center field fence. He bounced
off the center field fence in rob.
bing Bell of a three-bagger in the
st. Louis series.
NONE BETTER
The record books show that
Happy Felsch Of the White Sox,
and Iris Speaker Of the Red Sox
and Indians were two Of the great
throwerS. Bob Meusel was won.
der in getting the bali home from
deep reaches. None was better
than Almada.
The Nationals are in Boston to.
day, starting q two weeks tour Of
the hinterlands. Leaving the Hub
on Sunday night, the team faces
Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and st,
Louis in order, IL games in all.
# past performances Of the
team mean anything, the coming
fortnight is pleasant to centem
plate. The Nationals have de
feated every team they will face
before returning to Griffith Sta.
dunn to meet the Boston Red Sox
on May 28, with the exception OF
the Tigers. Detroit got an even
break.
The team defeated the Red Soz
two out Of three, did the same for
Cleveland. took care Of the White
Sox and Browns before the Tigers
arrived. During the stand, they
won seven straight games, lost
one, and then started anew.
NO QUESTION OF ABILITY
There can be no question of the
ability of the team. It hit well
and fought hard. It made the
most Of its breaks. The outstand-
ing figure of the home stand was
Dutch Leonard. The moon-faced
pitcher turned in one Of the
classics of the season against
Cleveland, shutting out the Tribe
in 13 innings.
Johnny Stone broke out Of his
batting slump and hit effectively.
Cecil Travis, a muchly improved
Shortstop, maintained his hitting
average. Buddy Myer, with his
health regained, is a terrific factor
in the success Of the club. He
got a home run inside Of the
grounds yesterday as Travis got
one over the right-field fence.
Lewis, too, has played fine ball,
and Rick Ferrell, invaluable be-
cause of his ability to catch
Leonard, is playing fine ball.
The terrific and well-balanced
attack Of the Nationals. with the
great defense Of Almada, has over
come some of the pitching defects.
Consider the game yesterday. De
Shong was drummed off the
mound. and did everything but
blow lead of seven runs. But
good old Pete Appleton rushed in.
a real pulmotor man, and the
counter attack Of the Tigers, fea-
tured by Greenberg's home run
was offset.
Melo Almada grabbed his share
Iof the limelight. His throw in the
second inning, doubling Greenbere
loft first base on line peg to Bon.
ura, was one of the classics OF all
defensive baseball.
In the third frame Melo from
Old Mexico came through with q
rip snorting triple that rang off
the rightcfield fence. A single by
Lewis scored him.
Buddy Myer stole second base by
five yards. He took a long lead of
first and York had no chance to
shoot him down. Same thing
when Lewis singled in the third.
Lawson, not York, was the cause
Of it all.
Gen. Peyton c. March was at
his accustomed place in the grand.
stand. The former Chief Of STAR
lis a first grade fan with q real
knowledge Of baseball.
Fred Walker was almost hit on
the head by Zeke Bonura'S fly
ball, which he lost in the binding
glare Of left field.
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