In the five games here with the
West, Bucky Harris’ outfit has comb
ed opposing pitchers for 73 hits in
186 times at bat. These hits, totaling
I#7 bases, have netted 50 run—an
average of 10 runs a game.
Four times the Nationals have hit j
In double figures, waiting unrtrtyes
terday to chalk up their greatest
total of safeties. They socked four
White Sox flingers for 20 hits that
were good for 30 bases. Three triples,
four doubles and 18 singles leaped
from the bats of the Harrismen.
Mixed with these were three passes,
and every pass was converted into a
Prominent in this terrific onslaught
were Earl McNeely, Goose Goslln and
Muddy Ruel. Earl stepped to the
plate five times, and each time he
cracked out a hit. They were pro
ductive hits, too, for Earl drove
across the plate four runs in ad
dition to registering a couple him
self. The Goose helped himself to a
pair of triples and a single, scoring
twice and sending another tally
home. Muddy, with a double, two
singles and a brace of passes, did
not knock In any markers, but his
keen eye put him in position to
score -four times. •
Four White Fox pitchers took all this
punishment. A1 Thomas, who appear
ed to such advantage when he held
the Nationals to a couple of hits and
beat them in Chicago last month,
started, but failed to last through the
first inning. A five-hit bombardment
drove him from the the
round only one-third completed. MU
ton Steengrafe followed Thomaa but
quit under fire in the fifth. George
Connally pitched through the sixth
Mid Hollis Thurston finished the game/
Runs were made ofr- all except Con
hall y.
White Sox . Troublesome.
