Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-23

TN Hal irving HadIeN, VINO banked
the White Sox in fine fashion
Yesterday, has not enjoyed any
4 great success as q pitcher this
wear probably may be attributed
u s~etoo early start on the hill after
uac saSoing his operation for Appendix
cjtiSS
Last season the leading hurler of the
Ns0olEaiS staff, the Lynn boy this sea-
son is outranked by four mates Of the
clubs mound corps even though he
has done much more good pitching than
roort But Hsdley has lacked the
stan alma 70 withstand the strain Of
pitc hing and too often has faded toward
the close Of engagements started by
hinlA
Last year. his first full one in the
big show, Hadley worked 10 a record
Of Il victories and six defeats This
year s,1e can show but eight wins against
II laSSes. This failure of the young
hurlec TO produce is directly due TO a
too brief rest taken after his operation,
many base ball men contend,
They insist the Lynn boy should not
have ioeen started until around May Is
instead Of on April -. less than seven
weeks after he was on the operating
table. The too early start, these sharpS
say, eso weakened Hadley that even to-
day lhe is far from being in the fine
TRIM he was throughout last year,
Appendix Yanked in March,
IT. was at the end Of the first week
tn N arch that Hadley, apparently near
the I esk az condition after two-week
work. 1ut at the Tampa training camp,
was stricken by appendicitis and was
husu ed TO hospital late al night for
an immediate operation. He rallied
from the ordeal quickly, but after he
was discharged from the hospital Had
ley 2 as kept with the club instead Of
being sent some place where he might
set 4. good rest. On the way North with
the Nationals Hadley broke out with
rashSthat weakened him more and when
the American League championship
opened here April 10 he was in woefully
poor condition.
Yet on April %, less than two weeks
sfteTt ale reached Washington in such
poor ttrim, he was started on the hill
against the Red SoX. He did not last
two innings, being charged with a loss
after his offerings had been knocked to
all &C rners Of Griffith Stadium. Since
then Hadley has been an in-and-outer
In 50 far as victories are concerned.
Up To July he won 4 games and lost
S. Since he has won 4 and lost s.
Has Had Much Work.
HatIley has been pressed into serv-
Ice oftener this season than he was
last Although in 80 games in the
1927 campaign, he started but IA times
This year he has been in "a engage
ments. % times as a starter Yet TO
date ne has gone full route but II
times At that. he covered the dis
lance but Is times last season, and
still has nearly six weeks in which
% pfch three more fun games to set
O neT mark for himself.
However, since July i he has been
more ike the fine-pftchine Hadley of
The 1877 campaign. But even over the
latter stretch he has revealed little
stamina. Frequently the Lynn boy has |
stepped along for four or FIVE innings
In brIsk manner only TO break suddenly ,
and be deluged with opposition hits
Three times in the past seven weeks
HadIey has gone by the second out OF
the enenys ninth inning with lead
then, lost.
In all likelihood Hadley's lack of
stamina has cost the Nationals quite a
few games this season, games that
might have come the clubs way had
the Lynn boy had longer rest follow
ing his operation before going TO the
hin. The rest through the coming Fall
and Winter ought to help Irving WON
derfuliy He has much pitching ability
and with his strength regained ought TO
bowl EN- over in great style next season.