Evening star., 1940-04-07
All Starters Hit
As Safeties
AreCracked
Chase Lets Crackers
Tie EorIy, but Is
Strong on Hill
81 q Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

81 Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 6.-Again
unleashing their new-found punch
before shivering handful in Ponce
De Leon Park, the Nationals today
extended their winning streak to
four straight exhibition games with
an 11-to-6 decision over the Atlanta
Crackers of the Southern Associa-
ton.
1t was the second defeat in two
days for the Crackers at the hands
Of the Mats and their seventh con-
secutive beating by the three big
league teams which have passed
through-Brooklyn, Cleveland and
Washington.
Every Griffman in the starting
lineup hit safely at least once in
the l4-hit attack against two young
Cracker pitchers, Right-hander Lewis
Carpenter, a knuckler who started,
and Southpaw Bob Chapman, who
finished.
Flaws in Mats Fielding.
On the defensive side of the ledger
the Mats did not look so we'll They
made four errors, all except one
helping Atlanta to score, and Ken
Chase, who hurled the first seven
innings. was troubled by his old
bugaboo, wildness, in one big
Cracker inning when four runs were
scored to tie the game, SIS. The
deadlock, coming in the fourth in
ming, promptly was broken as soon
as the Mats came to bat again. and
thereafter the Griffith A. C. steadily
drew ahead.
The Mats opened today's game
as they did yesterday's-by virtually
ramming the ball down the enemy
pitchers throat. George Case led of
with a walk and Jimmy Wasdell
and Buddy Lewis singled success
sively to score Case. On Gee
Walkers infield out Wasdell also
scored and then Cecil Travis sent
Lewis home with long fly, making
1t 80.
The Crackers came back in their
half of the second to cut the score
to 81. They did it after the first
two hitters went out Then Rookie
Connie Ryan doubled, took third on
Walkers error and scored when
Catcher Manager Paul Richards
singled
Chase Has Wild Streak.
The Mats made 1t 5-1 in their
half of the fourth on singles by
Travis, Jimmy Bloodworth and, OF
all people, Chase, but Ken's hit,
second in a row for the southpaw
singer, seemed to upset his equi-
librium. Anyway, he came out for
Atlanta's half of the fourth round
as wild as a March hare.
One one hit, a single by Out
fielder Emil Mailho, two errors, two
bases on balls and hit batsman,
the Crackers scored four times to
tie the count at SIS. BY way of
starting the inning. Bill Marshall,
left fielder, was safe when Short
stop Jimmy Pofahl's throw pulled
Wasdell off first base. Then Roy
Smith was hit on the foot by Chase.
The next two men went out, but
Chase walked Pitcher Carpenter and
Anderson and here Mail
no whacked a sharp single to right.
1t was, at least single in the
box score, but the way Lewis played
the ball, Mailho wound up on third
base and Smith, Carpenter and An
derson scored. These runs, together
with the score Marshall made early
on Richards infield out, added up
to four.
Griffs Turn on Juice.
But from a Cracker angle, the
days pleasantries ended here. The
Grif1s scored twice in the fifth,
twice in the sixth and after resting
for two innings, turned on the juice
again and added another pair Of
runs in the ninth. It isn't neces-
sary to 60 into the details.
Except for that one bad inning.
Chase was pretty good pitcher
today. In seven innings he allowed
only six hits, we'll scattered, and
Bucky Jacobs, who relieved him
looked better than in earlier trials.
Bucky gave up two hits in the last
two innings, one of which was a
465-foot drive, counting roll, by
Catcher Jack Williams, who had
relieved Richards. Williams scored
on an inf1eld out with Atlanta's
sixth and final run.