The Washington times., 1929-06-19

m1Week s lay-OII WItHOuC pay dI
Braxton requested permission this
Omorning to go to his home in Bur.
lington, N. c., to rest up bit and
forget baseball. He made written
application to Manager Walter john
son as follows:
Realizing that for some reason
or other 1, cannot do myself or the
r Washington bah club justice as a
Abpitcher, l hereby request a week 8
:fayoff without pay in order to go
home and relax. and thereby he
better able to pun myself into pitch
ing shape"
- Braxton told johnson and. Clark
"'Grifftth he has been weak and run
down and that he is unable to- ac-
scount for his inability to round into
some thing Of his former pitching
Condition.
20 The request was granted, and
Braxton leaves today for his CarQ-
Tina home. His miserable showing
as relief pitcher against the Ath-
7letics in the fifth inning yesterday
was the climax. and today BraxtOn
Confessed he is at loss to 'exptain
his failures.
- Clark Griffith today said the
Neutrality-suspicious. baseball deal
is finally off and that unless r. =.
Spieler. Atlanta owner, returns the
$1,000 binder money, he will sue him
In Atlanta to get it.
: Manager Walter Johnson, team
director Of the Washington Griff-
men has Just about cached the end
Of his string.
Normally patient and believer Of
,o the honor system. the national idol
u eis not at all pleased with the prog
'. ress of his ball club and intends TAX.
-. Tag whatever measures are needed
reto bring his players around.
-, :. "1've, been good to the hoys 80
~, far. he declared last night. While
), gnost Of them have shown the right
,ac apirit all along there are some who
seem to need lacking up"
II don't want to be severe with
any Of my men hut if, fines and
:. suspensions are needed I'll waste no
time pIastering them on. I've
- learned only too we'll that it doesn't
pay to waste your time on certain
players and I'm not going to do it,
Sir Walter has been confronted
with many problems since launching
. his career as big league leader this
season. And let 1t be said here that
Accepting his breaks WncOm-
plainingly and assuming blame
- for many mistakes made by hts
= club, he nevertheless refuses tn
be made q goat by anyone and
is- ready to apply discipline where
-. II is needed most.
It is obvious to the most casual
:. Griffmen have not shown the proper
-. hustle at times and it is these
=. players who must either watch
themselves or accept the conse-
,Guences.
So johnson first evidenced signs OF
sadispleasure yesterday when Garland
eH Bra xton, last year the American
leagues most effective pitcher, fell
down in relief role.
lss.- Recently shifted from q starting
Rnlrler to rescue work the southpaw
.serewballer relieved Irving Hadiey
with the bases chucked and nobody
..pat in the fifth. ClOuted for five
runs before checking the league
leading Philadelphia Athletics he
returned for more in the sixth.
~ 1t was then that he aroused the
., managerial ire. After Boley had
j." cpened with single to center Wal
berg and Bishop both beat out
:, bunts to the box in such fashion
Sas to make the Carolinan look
- very bad indeed. Though Lloyd
Brown was inserted at this point
:. and escaped being scored on, Brax'
). IONS performance had taken it's
s-ctoll.
~ Declaring that the veterans dis
= like for relief pitching had made
>, shim indifferent, many cash custom
rsers filed out of the Georgia Ave-
:. nue. ball yard convinced that he had
failed to bear down with the game
at stake.
noe Having NO such idea himself,
a johnson nevertheless was
aroused by the lean pitchers
90 failure to field those bunts.
"You can say for me, !" he re-
marked after the game. that I'm
Altogether disappointed with Brax-
" toms showing. Having been a
pitcher myself can understand
what It means to he knocked out Of
: the box. hut the least q man can do
- is to hustle while covering the
position.
"I don't think there's any ex.
cuse for Braxtou's falling down
r-lil1e he did today. There's one
| thing I'm going to demand from
| S&il my men and that is the right
spirit. And this goes for fielding
| hunts or anything, else"
I Leaving the impression that fur
ther action may be taken in this
matter today Johnson had nothing
more to say. 1t Is believed, how.
! ever, that BraxtOn's case will be
dealt with immediately.