Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-15
BETTER PITCHING BOOSTS
PROSPECTS OF MACKMEN
Yanks Able to Check AS and ChisOx, However, De.
spite Injuries National League Race Still
Appears to Be All Pittsburgh.

has thawed out Uhle's arm; lOun*
Hudlin continues = win and LEVY
Miller, out of the game most OF last
year. again Looks ready to step out
and win a lot of games.
The Browns took quite soci:inS
in Philad .phia. where they lost four
straight to the Athletics. but have re.
gal soh.e gr d at the ,eN enSe
of the unfortunate Bostons. The Red
Sox are not doing as well against
the Westerners at T.nwG Park as
t., did last month on the road.
In the National Tyea ue. 1t still APP
pears to be all Pittsburgh. OF course.
the Pirate pitching weakness crops
out now and then. and they have only
four pitchers who are in any way de-
pendable. Aldridge, Meadows. Kremer
and Hill. When they get TO MOrri-
son. Cvengros, Bush and Yde, it
usually means a lot of trouble. No
one seems to know just what hap
pened to Yde. After his great start
in 1924, this chap now should be one
of the ranking lefthanders of the
game. AS for old Joe Bush, he seems
to be all through.
Pr: Still Swatting.
The p - bats continue to lombard
all pitchers. The end of last week
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.295 for the Giants, ranking Sc md.
and SO points higher than the world
champion Cardinals. The Pittsburgh
team also was first in fielding by a
good margin.
Those deals engineered by the Cubs
last week should enable that club to
make bold bid for the flag. Joe Nc
Carthy now has a big edge on
DOME Bush in the matter of pitchers.
and should Hal Carlson regain last
seasons form. it would make Chi
cage doubly dangerous. Andy PECK,
the new third baseman. is bound to
add to the teams hitting strength.
The Giants managed to hold the Pi-
rates to an even break last week, pull
ing out one game against Aldridge
with four-run attack in the ninth.
For the Giants that was quite VIC
tory, as they have been soft picking
for the Pirates over long stretch. The
inherent weaknesses which observed
in the Giants in Sarasota last March
now are showing themselves. / then
warned against the general tendency
to oVerrate the Giants and classed pre-.
dictions that New York would have
the pennants sewed up by July as
absurd
The Cardinals are not hitting as
nara as was expected, ana recently
there also has been a let down in their
pitching. The acquisition of Bob Nc
Graw. former Dodger. may prove q
master stroke for the champions.
When they acquired McGraw. many
persons said: What does that club
want with another pitcher?" Bob is
showing them.
Cincinnati has awakened and the
Reds gradually are rising. However,
they have a lot of lost ground to make
! up. and never will be the team they
were last year. Kelly left a New York
hospital last week and may be ready
| to play by July 4.
There have been rumblings that
| Davey Bancroft may lose out as man.
! ager of the Braves, but his team has
had a fair Western trip and "Banny"
no doubt will stick out the season. He
still has team which heckles the con-
tenders without getting anywhere
| itself.
| A year ago Brooklyn was Chicago'e
| jinx, winning IA out Of % from the
Cubs. So far Uncle Robby has played
s with Chicago and lost them all. The
Phillies now are adjusting their plane
| for the dip to the bottom. They got
| Cooney from the Cubs. but he had
| bad leg when he reported.