The Washington times., 1929-06-08
USES.
WITS ON
MOUND
BY Bob Thayer

pitcher because he's different!
So thinks Capt. Joe Judge,
veteran first sacker of the
Washington Griffmen.
amy time you try to match
wits with that bimbo you've got
VANISHED job" Joe declares. He's
full of tricks and can cross up
batters like nobody's business.
ASK the players who's the
toughest pitcher in the American
League to figure out and three.
fourth of them will bring up George.
That goes for yours truly anyhow"
Uhle, who changed his Cleve.
land uniform for a brand new
Detroit Tiger suit this spring.
has WOW exactly nine games
while losing only one. That
lone defeat was handed him by
the league leading Philadelphia
Athletics after 13 inning
struggle his last time out.
"That was one Of the toughest
losses ever saw" a Detroit scribe
contends. "If a certain Tiger in
fielder had been on his toes the
big boy probably would have won
by a shutout. AS it was that bozo
kicked in two errors officially and
was responsible for a pair more
that didn't go down in the books.
I'm not trying to take anything
away from Lefty Grove, but there's
no doubt in my mind II he had
gotten the breaks, George would
have won thumbs down. He's got
Il
after all, the luck can't break his
way all the time"
Uhle's pitching philosophy differs
from that of any curver in the big
wheel today, according to Judge,
his pitching in the pinches being
particular original.
"When the average pitcher
works up a three and two count
he usually lays q fast one In
the groove" he explains. "Tak-
| ing this for granted the hitter
! sets himself and usually swings
on anything coming up.
"Uhle's different. When he's in
hole he puts everything he's got
on the ball, figuring that the bat
ter is just as anxious as he is.
Generally he's right!
ION the other hand, though, he
| seldom wastes a pitch when he's
got a jump on the batter. Give
/ him a two-strike edge without a ball
! he's apt as not to groove the next
! one, whereas other pitchers would
fool around and try to cut the
corners. That's the way George
works and, to my mind, it's one big
reason why he's generally a win.
! ner"'
| Having grabbed two of three YER
diets from the Griffmen thus far
the blood-thirsty Bengals today will
be banking on Uhle to win game
No. 10, and, if his mates continue
| yesterdays ferocious hammering,
he'll probably succeed.
Attempting to gain an even break
in this series closing today, Man
ager Walter Johnson intends coun-
tering with AID Liska, his under
handler. Liska, who attempted a
| come back early in the week after
an absence occasioned by a sprained
ankle, believes he's ready to win
and is opeful of proving it.
OF yesterdays burlesque the
less said the better. A final
count revealed that the Griff-
men had fallen one touchdown
short, losing out, II to II.
Going into the ninth with an
11-to-11 tie, the home crowd lost
out when cheap hits cost Fred Mar.
berry two runs, while Lloyd Brown,
who succeeded him, was raked for
four more before Walter Beall
stepped in and retired the last two
men.
The Griffs twice rushed from be-
hind to take a lead, scoring three
times in the fifth and six more
in the seventh, before the Tigers
came back to knot the count off
Marberry in the eighth and win
! out in the final round.
Braxton, Marberry, Brown and
Beall worked for the Griffmen while
Prudhomme. Stoner and Yde rep
resented the JungaleerS. Charley
Gehringer socked three doubles and
single, Bob Fothergill collected
two singles and an equal number
of two baggers, Dale Alexander
swatted home run into the center
field bleachers with one on in the
seventh while Red Barnes, eubbing
for Goslin, led off the seventh for
| Washington by following suit with
a round trip over the right field
wall.
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