The Washington times., 1929-07-16
EX RELIEF
HIJRL ERS
AMAZE
BY Bob Thaysr

CHICAGO, Ill, July 16.--
AThey'll never develop into
starting pitchers either Of
em. Ones too frail and the
other bears down on every
throw. Good relief meni
Betcha life, but that let's
,em out. They cant so the
full nine innings and that .
all there is to it. .
Smart baseball men, mind you,
we're responsible for such state
msnts only . year ago. Presto
notice the change.
Pitchers Fred Marberry and 2,
Garland Braxton. the players dis
D es,ased now are holding up the
niIching burden Of the washington
Griffmen. And they are doing 2
GOOD lob Of it too.
Working IN nine inning capaeiuee
they have between them, accounted
for 1e victories this season. Wnlcn
Is All the more conspicuous Wnen y
Il considered that their club mas
won. only 80 games.
~ Marberry. who was supposed to
depend on stuff alone, has developed
into one Of the headiest hurlers IN
the American League. And easily
one of the most effective.
iris record Of eight verdicta and
aix reversals is much better than
the actual statistics, reveal Many
af his losses have been Of. the
heart t-breaking variety while mis-
Stiumphs, without exception, nave
been clean cut and deserved.
Strange 10 relate . majority
81 his setbacIs have been dealt
while working In his original
setting-that Of q rescue man.
for which he has an expianatl0h'
S"I'm not as fast as once was,
Ypred confesaes, and therefore nnd
hard 10 step in and whizx them
"a ike i used to. At the same
Tsrne know lot more about
nItching than did then and can
finish nine inning game Witnout
feeling it. -,
ana Now i find my hook q big help
aad I'm also worlxingJin change
s. pace that's really my stock IN
trade.
riwht now than I've ever BEEN
And strange to say I had to lose
lot OF nv stuff to learn how 10
mitch. That might sound funny TO
Tnrne folks. but it's q fact"
Marherry's effectiveness a. q
afarting pitcher is proved by his
afrine OF wins. All eight OF MS
n,,coesses have resulted from games
- has started and finished
this with a club that has given him
neither an overdose OF runs or sup-
atantial support.
To make his performance stiI
more noteworthy II may be noted
that while coming thFOugh IN
this fashion he has beaten every
club In the iunl0r circuit save
the Browns, twice wallOptng the
Red SOx and Indians.
The Texan has not yet been
started against the Brownies THIS
wear. but will get his chance to
make q clean sweep when his club
visits st. Louis for q nve-game
series. starting Thursday. In MS
lone appearance against Dan HOW
lays tribe this season he saved a
.pame for Ad Liska while doing re-
The too frail Braxton. who also
WAS counted out by, the wise guys.
IL another who refused to be downed'
.asad that goes in more ways than
one.
After getting away to a winning
start this season Braxton taltered
With the approach Of warm weather
and finally was switched to his
former assignment, that Of saving
IN his first time out as q rescue
man he wasN belted around sayagely
ana seemed to have lost all his STUFF.
Explaining that he was worn down
and needed a rest he obtained a
weeks furlough without pay and
pnlled freight for his Burlington
On. CO. home.
This change seems 20 have
worked wonders with the sing
Ing SOutherner. In his two
starts since rejOining the Crit.
men he has granted only pair
.Df runs while boosting his stand.
ing 10 eight wins against five
dOWnfalls.
True 1t Is that he profited by
lucky breaks while marking up two
earIy season decisions as q relief
man but, all in all, pc Is fhcr-
oughly deserving Of a winning
leager.
SO here, folks, you have the two
pitchers who were never supposed
TO make the grade aa starting pitch
eFs. Yet. given the chance, they
have succeeded In winning over
half the games credited their club.
Which, one and al win agree, could
bs Verse.
II you follow the text Of this reader
and consult the Rental llatingS In -
days Classified ads you will save hours
Of woRry and needless search in lOcat-
arr yomP next apartment.
~ IS \ -. = W