Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04


" base ball fandom will be in
~ town the next four days. He
is Stanley Raymond Harris, the
man who led the Nationals to two
leagte pennants and a world cham
pionship not SO many years ago. Bucky
will step In tomorrow at the head Of
his Tigers of Detroit, who are to stage
four-game series with the johnson
band.
Harris is having his troubles early
this season. The revamped Tigers, in
preseason reckoning accounted much
better than last year when they finished
fioundering about as though they have
nowhere to 60 and are bent on getting
there fast. They have been licked 13
times in Is starts, which is nothing to
make their manager or themselves
happy.
The Tigers this year will show some
changes. No longer does Harry He'll
mann wallop 'em at the plate and roam
the right pasture for the Detroit out
ut. Harry Is in another league now
and in his stead the Tigers are employ
ing Roy johnson, a hard-hitting and
faSt-moving youngster who was with
them last season. Harry Rice has
moved from center field to left and
Elias Funk, a purchase from Hollywood
of the Pacific Coast League, has been
doing most Of the center fielding.
Funk was with the Yankees once, but
he did not have a chance to crash an
outfield composed of Ruth, Combs and
Meusel. Funk is 81 years old and not
so big, but with Hollywood last season
ne hit Tor an average Of 1886 to finish
ha Lao hof
Dale Alexander, the powerful swinger,
Charley Gehringer and Marty McManus
still are in the infleld, but there's a
newcomer at shortstop. He Is Bill Ro-
CELL, who once was employed by the
Red Sox as utility player. Bill was with
st. Paul last season and did such good
work the Tigers snapped him up.
In Uhle, Whitehill, Carroll, Sorrell.
Graham and Prudhomme the Tigers
have thring of veteran pitchers. They
also recalled Barnes and Page, young
left-handers, from Toronto, and still
have Elon Hogsett, the big Cherokee
Indian left-hander, who did good work
for them the latter part OF last season.
On paper, the Tigers look long on
pitching. On the field thus far, they
have had little pitching. That's why
the Tigers today are in last place IN the
league.
NATIONALS and Browns are to con-
IN clude their series this afternoon,
with Myles Thomas pitching for
the home side and probably AL Crowder
or Dick Coffman for the visitors. Both
these st. Louis pitchers formerly wore
Washington uniforms. Crowder, who
set the American League afire for two
seasons with his hurting, has not Jared
so well this year. Lack Of control
seems to be his main trouble. Coli :
man, though, has done some excellent
work. The tall blond pitcher cut
down the Browns Western rivals In
surprising fashion. -:
Thomas, after a poor beginning, has
stepped along in pretty good manner
He was handed a severe facing by the
Athletics in the first week OF the season,
but here last Tuesday he gave flne
exhibition against the Yankees after
relieving Ad Liska. Tommy pitched
six innings against the dangerous New
Workers and held them to four hits and
one run. The little fellow, who was pro-
cured from the Yankees last season,
seems to be in better trim now than at
any other time In the past three years
Physically Tommy is quite fit and he
appears TO have more than ever on the
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