Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-20
BY JOHN II. KELLER.

four-day stand tomorrow with
a doubleheader. Pitchers Ed
Wells and Charlie Willis, just pro-
cured from the Tigers and Athletics'
resnectiyeIy. through waiver, are eN'
pected to report to Manager STANLEY
Harris But what these southpaW
slabmen are to mean to his clup the
pilot has no idea. .-
That the Washington headquarters
of the Nationals had claimed poth OF
these men when their names appe"tsu
on waiver lists circulated ahlois wy
American League clubs was news 70 an
officials travelling with Clark Grlfh'h
aggregation. They knew nothing OF
the matter until informed by the
laacue offices here that the NauohaiS
had won both of the hurlers IN ques'
ton.
Just what playing value they couIo
be to the club now is hard 10 inquire
Wells. who has been with the llSets
throughout his brief major league ca
reer, never has been considered sue
ressful slabman and this season mas
been of very little use to MANAGE
George Moriarty. Willis has peen en-
ployed to some extent as reilel hui
Ter by the Athletics through a COUPE
of campaigns, but he has started oniy
feu, times. In one of these rare oc-
casions this year he toppled the Ma
tionals.
With Fred Marberry and GarlanH
Rraxton doing so we'll, Manager Har'
ris does not believe he needs another
relief worker and he looks to Tom
Zachary, lately returned from the
Browns to his old club. to provide the
experienced left-hand hurting the Ma
tionals have lacked for some time;
Just where Wells and Willis wouIu
fit in as active pitchers with the cluo
has yet to be discovered.
May Be Used in Trade.
OF course, President Griffith may
have claimed these men with intent 10
use them as trading material. For
some while. the Nationals preXy has
been casting about for likely-looklnS
southpaw slabman and even with
Zachary added to the staff Griff might
want more promising moundsmen OF
this tvpe. It is understood that at
Harris request Griff has been making
advances to the Milwaukee Club or the
American Association concerning the
purchase of Orwolt, a portslde
finger of note in that circuit. But
milwaukee, it is said, spurned any
proposition that does not INCLUDE the
transfer to it of one or more nigh
grade left.hand hurlers. Mayhap the
prexy of the Washington cup thinks
he has in Wells and Willis the bait
needed to drag the big fish out of the
Milwaukee pool.
In the meanwhile Harris seems con-
tent to get along with the mound
talent he now has during the re-
mainder of this Western trip at least.
The present crew, even though all eX-
cent Zachary has been pressed into
service up to today, has pitched the
Nationals to a record Of 10 victories
in the first Is games OF the SWING
through this section of the circuit. SO
the pilot does not think he needs any |
cast-offs of other clubs.
In scoring the tenth victory or this
second Western invasion of the sea-
son yesterday, two pitchers were
called into action by Boss Bucky.
Hollis Thurston started against the |
White Sox, he gave up seven hits and |
took two tough bumpings and before |
the second humping had done more |
than put the opposition a run ahead
of the Nationals. Bucky yanked his
starter and sent Marberry to the NH.
Marberry breezed through the last
four and two.thirds innings without
yielding a safety and got credit Tor
the victory to 3.
Lacked Punch i'm PiEches.
The Nationals should have won by
a much more decisive margin. They
got IL hits and three passes in hve
and one-third innings off Elmer
Jacobs, who opened fire for the White
Sox. Yet they needed two of the three
White Sox errors made during that
time to help them toward their four
tallies. They had so little punch at
critical moments that IL OF the men
What got on the runway at Jacobs
expense were stranded.
They got five hits, swelling their
xame total to 16, and pass on the
ief.handed Charlie Barnabee, who sue
ceeded Jacobs in the sixth inning, but
no scores. Six more runners were
stranded while Barnabee toiled, max
ing the Nationals left on bases Tor
the game total IT. nothing to crow
over.
Bucky Harris bunch had to battle
all the way to bag the game. The
Chi-Sox more than matched an early
National lead and right after the con-
test was deadlocked stepped out IN