The Washington times., 1930-06-18
AL CROWDER
! WILL TAKE
!. MOUND
Goslin VS.. Manush
Their Records Since June IA
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By JOE HOLMAN

PITTSBURGH, June ia
brand new bali club and 100
: per cent American League pen
ilant contender, despite its poor
showing against the st. Louis
Browns, will be presented Wash.
ingtonianS tomorrow. When the
Griffmen enter the opening game
Of their series with the Chicago
White Sox at American League
Park, no fewer than three new
faces will be offered in the start
ing lineup. A fourth newcomer.
Dave Harris, may be called upon
to pinch hit during the course
of the game.
The two players who figured in
that memorable deal which sent
Goose Goslin to st. Louis, out
fielder Heine Manush and pitcher
nAlvin Crowder, will be among
i those to perform. Too, there
tWilI be the Great Art Shires. The
aggressive Art is to relieve Jack
Hayes at first base. While Man
ush and Crowder represented the
Griffs In the recent Brownie set,
Shires will be making his bow
with the washington club.
- Shires, incidentally, is likely to
get lots Of work this season. Man
ager Walter johnson declared
that the youngsters acquisition
would permit his resting Capt.
Joe Judge more frequently.
Though his bad left leg is
improving daily, 1t Is possible
that Judge may be missing
from action for q week or 10
days yet. And until he re-
turns, Shires is to hold forth
on the initial corner.
Manager johnson is undecided
regarding Shires' position in the
batting order. It Is probable thas
Cronin may be dropped to fifto
place and Art promoted to the
cleanup spot. On the other hand
II Crontn remains in his present
position shires is to drop one
notch lower. -
Because the Athletics were
equally terrible during their first
1880 swing Westward, the Wash
1ngton club yesterday completed
its invasion well within striking
distance of first place.
Today the Walter JohnSonS,
now tied with the Cleveland In
dians, for third place, are only
one game removed from the top
notch Athletics. Bob Shawkey'S
Yankees, who profited by the
lapse Of the Griffmen and AS
are firmly established in the Sec
ond perch.
Fifteen games in 13 days will
make UP the washington clubs
second home stand against west
ern clubs, which gets under way
tomorrow. A double header with
the Cleveland Indians, June %,
: Is the only overtime assignment.
To date the Griffmen have
played losing ball against the
West. In rs games against
intersectiOnal opposition, the
Griffs have dropped 13 YER
diets.
Manager Walter johnson we'll
realizes that his team must i'm
prove on this showing during its
impending home stay. And he
is shaping his plans accordingly.
Following their four-day series
with the White Sox beginning
tomorrow, the Griffmen are to
meet the Tribesmen in a quartet
! OF contests over a three-day
stretch.
The Detroit Tigers are then to
be dueled in a trio of combats,
while four tits with the poison.
5otis Brownies closes this stand
. against intersectional rivals.
sPlayerS figuring in trades which
fbrpught the Griffs their newly
Sacquired punch will be prominent
during these games.
4 Garland Braxton, Red Barnes
land Benny Tate may all break
3into the lineup during the ap-
4 Eproaching White Sox set while
Goose GoSlin will be seen in a
St. Louis uniform for the first
Etime early in July. Tate, it is
understood. is to get first call
8 behind the bat for DOME Bush
!. while Braxton. who has been do
ang relief work for Walter John
son, is to be pitched in turn.
Ad Liska and Fred Mar.
p berry were no match for
NJ Brownie bats yesterday, when
) the Griffmen lost the final
game Of their western i'm.
VasiOn, 1873.
A wild five.run rally in the
ninth, which sent George Blae-
holder into discard, failed to do
anything. Dick Coffman and Rip
Collins, who succeeded Blaeholder,
barely managed to pull through
with the nod. A pair of costly
errors by Marberry and OsSie
Bluege set the stage for an all
important six-run st. Louis rally
81 the eighth after Liska had re-
tired the losing pitcher.
Actually Goose Goslin sent the
Brownies ahead to stay in the
fifth when he laced his seventh
home run Of the season over the
pavilion in right center. He also
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