Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-20

Jones arm was still badly
swollen this morning. The flesh
about the elbow is black and blue
and every bend of the joint is
painful. Yet Jones went through
a throwing drill yesterday and
planned to take another this aft
ernnoon. That's the kind of ball
player Sam is, and, if he can use
the arm at all tomorrow, he'll be
on the hill for the beginning of
the game.
Even with a sore arm. Jones probably
can give the Nationals better bit OF
pitching than any of the staff other
than Marberry of Braxton. What. Sam
may lack in the heaving wing he makes
up with pitching knowledge. Pitching
knowledge, by the way, is something
few of the young fellows drawing sal
aries as pitchers these days seem to
possess.
Have Natural Ability.
Many of the youngsters have natural
pitching ability. They are able to put
plenty on the ball, but few of them
know where the ball is going after 1t
is pitched. They use little head work
in their hurting. Whenever they get
into difficulty they seem only to think
of sticking a pitch through the heart
of the plate and they don't get away
With this kind of pitching often. There
are too many free swingers In the
league.
The knack of working on the bat
ter, which is the way base ball folk
speak of an endeaVor to outgueSs the
man at the plate, isn't possessed by
many of the present-day crop of pitch
ers, it seems. Usually If the young hurler
accomplishes nothing with his t1rst
two heaves to a batter he chucks the
ball lin there" and trusts to luck. The
young Washington pitchers certainly
haven't been lucky
Two really heady pitchers were OPP
ponents yesterday at the outset OF the
second game of the series between the
Nationals and the Browns. Garland
Braxton, though, was not in the oess
Of trim. He complaiped after the sec
ond inning that he was unable to get
anything on the ball, yet he stuck TO
his task for five frames and with good
support would have yielded only three
runs. Walter Stewart. hurting for the
home side. was just the same JlnX that
other lefthanderS have been to the Ma
tionals recently. He had them spell
bound until the last two sessions, when
they got five of the eight hits credited
to them during the fray.
Braxton Starts Poorly.
Braxton was off to poor start,
being nicked for four SafetieS and two
runs after disposing of the first batter
to face him in the initial inning. Five
more safeties were made off him dur
ing the remainder of his term, then
Ad Liska took fling at hurting. He
gave up three hits, uncorked a wild
pitch and allowed a tally in three ses-
Sions.
Singles by McNee1y and Manush, a
double by Schultz and one-baser by
Kress accounted for two st. Louis runs
in round one. In the fourth there were
two on and two out before single
driven through Myer by Terrell filled
the sacks. Then Stewart whipped the
ball past Myer and down the left-f1eld
line for a double that drove over three
markers. Schulte'S single and KreSS'
two-bagger off Braxton gave the Browns
another run in the fifth. Ferrell's one
baser, wild pitch, Stewards sacrifice
and an infield retirement meant a tally
off LiSka in the sixth.
Not National passed first base until
the eighth inning Cronin began that
round with a double and moved up as
West was put out. Hayes strolled then
Spencer and Boss cracked singles to put
over two runs. Myers double, Gooch'S
single and Brannon's wild chuck ac-
counted for the run made by the Ma
tionalS in the ninth.
Brannon and Kress guarded the key
stone sack for the Browns. Brannon 60
ing to second because Melillo hurt a
hand during batting practice and Kress
to short because of Roetz's poor showing
in that position Thursday.
Boss probably will stick around first
base for the Nationals for some time.
Judge has a sore left arm that does
not affect his throwing, but prevents
him swinging well at bat.
Schultz ran all over the field keeping
hits from Nationals. His catch of
Cronin's hoist to deep left center in the
ninth was q corker.
Hayes made a fine play in the fifth
when he jumped to his left for a one
hand pickup of ORourke's hot smash
at'the edge of the grass. Jack tagged
his man, too.
FIGHT rs POSTPONED