Evening star., 1930-06-20
A|LING TW|RLERS
GETTING IN TRIM
CroWder, LiSka, Brown and
Jones Should Be Able to
Gain Many Victories.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

NM tlonalS again may have
v v a pitching staff able to
carry on at a good pace.
al Crowder, grabbed from the
Browns last week, apparently is
ready to do deal Of good hurting
for his new club, although he still
is a trifle below par physically.
Ad LiSka, although complaining
of slight soreness in his salary
wing, has been pretty good from
the start of campaigning, and his
present ailment is not expected
to handicap him to any serious
extent. Lloyd Brown, left-hander,
is in form for regular hill service,
Manager Walter Johnson figures,
and before long Sam Jones ought
to be toiling in turn.
Crowder, Liska Brown and Jones in
good working order ought to turn in
many victories for the Nationals. And
If Bump Hadley comes around and
pitches as all connected with the Wash
1ngton club believe he can pitch, the
Mats should make trouble aplenty for
the batsmen of opposing clubs.
That Jones will be on the firing line
again soon was learned late yesterday
by Manager johnson. The somber
squire of Woodsfleld wired President
Clark Griff1th that he was leaving his
Ohio home, where he had been i'll in
bed for 10 days, for Washington and
probably would be here this week end.
1t seems that Jones was painfully. but
not seriously i'll and that a week or
two Of conditioning work at Griffith
Stadium after he arrives will put him
in trim to resume pitching
Jones came up from the South this
year in fine fettle. That he proved by
stepping out and winning in his first
six starts. What's more, Jones was in
such great shape he finished five of
the first six games he started. Then
he was attacked by the illness that
later was to sweep him of his feet and
he took two successive hckings. The
AS drove him from the slab and so did
the Tigers. After the loss in Detroit
Jones became too i'll to remain with
the club and went to his home in
Woodsf1eld for treatment.
If Jones regains his strength as
quickly as expected and is anywhere
near the form he was at the outset of
the season when he resumes his toll
on the hill, the Mats slab staff will be
wonderfully bolstered. While waiting
for Sam to "come back" Crowder, Liska
and Brown very likely will have plenty
10 do, but they are willing workers.
With fair breaks they are apt to keep
the Mats well up in the running.
"A RI SHIRES may ring in lot of Is
"A while conversing, but the young
fellow from Texas generally knows
what he is talking about. The newest
Nat knows his base ball well. He dis
cusses the game intelligently and while
he has some pet theories as to how 1t
kAIo fAA Ha@
team game, not an individual PROPOSE
ton, and that his own ideas of play
may not be put into practice by col
lection OF nine men. Above all, Art Is
q team" player.
For one who has been In the profess
sional game such q short time-this is
his sixth season In paid ranks and but
his third on big time-this Shires evil
IDENTIFY knows much Of his pitchers. He
modestly admits he has studied pitch
ing considerably, for he was once q
pitcher himself. In fact, 1t was as O
pitcher that he sought a Job with the
Nationals back in 1925. He used the
name OF Robert Lowe in base ball then.
Having studied pitching, Shires feels
qualihed to analyze the capabilities of
various moundsmen he has faced OF
watched In action. This analytical ef-
Tort, according to Art, has helped him
greatly at the plate.
He points out that he was mo great
shucks" as batter when he first went
up TO the Waco club in 1925. "I. was
accustomed only to the college brand OF
pitching then" says the great one, land
how different found the professional
brand. The college boys don't have
much OF change of pace. They have
q fast one and some nifty hooks. but
they don't slow 'em up like the wise
leaguers
well. set about to look 'em over
and tried to catch on to the odd de.
liveries. After believed had learned
some Of the pro pitchers tricks I en-.
deavored to benefit through my knoWl.
edge. experimental with my stance
at the plate, and was more careful ir
timing my swings. Before long wa.
getting my share Of hits. I am con.
f1dent I'll continue getting my share
too. And I'm sti1 watching those fel.
lows out on the hill"
CHIREs got more than his share yes.
~ terday when his new club beat hi:
former teammates, the White Sox
TO !, In the opening game Of the sec
ond long home stand of the season. HI
picked up three Of the nine Safeties tht
Mats cleaned of Dutch Henry in tn,
seven innings the left-hander toiIed
All OF Arts hits were singles, and tn,
nrSt OF them drove over run.
Art was not the only new Nat {.
shine yesterday. Crowder drew tn
pitching assignment. and what a Job h
made Of it. The ex-Brownie held tn
Chisox to four hits and one pass. Al
but one OF the hits we're singles, the ex
ception being responsible for the lon
counter against him. It was Carl Rey
nolds tenth homer Of the season,
drive into the open stand hack of left
center made after the first batter lip II
the fourth inning had famed.
Crowder pitched to but 80 batter
and in but three innings did he pitcl
to as many as four batters In tn
third inning a batter who had single,
was forced at second for the final out
Reynolds home run was hit in tn
fourth, as mentioned, and Bud Clanc
walked at the start of the eighth +
get no farther than second. Twice
Chisox Single-hitter' was nipped in
double play.
Heinie Manush, another new MAJ
got two hits In three times at bat, on
a nifty bunt and the other a loope
over the middle base. Both Shires an
Manush fielded well All told, the me-
members of the johnson band CAV
the 10000 fans present q fine after
noon.
TRONIN and Shires pounded owe
~ the two runs made by the Nat
in the first inning. With Manus
u