Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-08
REGULAR BOX lob
IS EARNED BY BOB
Showing This Spring, Topped
eff by Work Against the
Braves, CIinCheS Post.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

Wv pitchers for the Wash
ington Base Ball Club
one Robert Emmett Burke of Joliet,
Ill. This young fellow, who has
been sticking along with the Nat
tionals for several years, since ne
was drafted from Little Rock OF
the Southern Association, GER
tainly looks the goods this year.
He has become a really clever left
handler on the hill and Manager
Walter Johnson now has ideas or
making young Robert a regular
Of the staff.
How Burke has pitched this Spring
training season, has been one OF the
remarkable developments OF the period.
Heretofore he has started only occa-
sionally and been rather successful IN
regular championship campaigns, but
this Spring he has hurled some OF the
finest ball that has been seen in the
games against major and minor league
clubs.
Burke apparently has everything now
to make him regular pitcher. Only
yesterday, in Charlotte. he gave a great
display of his pitching prowess In the
first five innings of the game in which
the Nationals vanqutShed the Braves,
S to 2.
Lashed for two runs in the first
inning which gave the Braves an ad-
vantage of one tally, Burke came back
after his side had tied the score in the
second session and gave the Hubmen
a great battle All-told, they CLEANED
eight hits off this young left-hander
and only one was mixed in the making
of the two runs of the first inning
Then he passed a batter and hit one
and a double followed. That was the
sum total of the Braves, effectiveness
Fans Four in a Row.
Thereafter they got seven hits OF
Burke, but got nowhere. His finest
achievement was the striking out Of the
side in the second inning. The first man
up in this round was none other than
Rabbit Maranville, batter who knows
his pitchers and knows how to bat. The
Rabbit was completely baf1ed-and a
right-hand hitter, too. He let third
strike go by. Ken Smith, another
right-hander, swung futilely for the
third one. Cunningham, another right
handler, also let the third one go by.
And starting the third inning Burke
calmly proceeded to strike out Johnny
Neun, Johnny waving for the third
Now, Johnny is a turn-around hitter
and against Burke he was batting right
by what Bob sent up.
Thereafter Burke kept the game well
in hand. At times the Braves had as
many as two on bases with only one
out, yet this youngster from Joliet was
never at loss in his five innings to
hold them at bay.
Johnson was quite impressed by this
exhibition Of Burke's and announced
later that he was confident that BOZ
HOllrn6 a starting T1ifPhnI
for the club this year.
Following Burke, Myles Thomas took
the hill and Myles did mighty well
He allowed but four hits and passed
but one batter. But once during his
term was he in any apparent difficulty
This was in the sixth inning, his first
on the hill. Then the first two Bos-
ton batters singled but the third man
drove into play that got the runner
at the plate and thereafter everything
was smooth sailing for Myles. At that
Thomas was impressive on the mound
but not quite so much as Burke.
The Braves started with rush yes
terday. They garnered two runs off
Burke in the opening frame, with a
base on balls to Earle Clark, former
Washington sandlotter, and pink on
the wrist for Jimmy Welsh followed
by a singing double against the CENTER
field fence by Walter Berger.
The Nationals came through in the
very first inning. Two were out when
GoSlin doubled. Myers single that
followed pushed him across. In the
second session single by Hayes, base
on balls to Tate and another walk
came for Burke. Then West tapped to
the pitcher and when catcher Ken
Smith dropped Cunningham's throw,
Hayes slid across with the tieing run.
In the fourth inning the Nationals
went ahead. Bluege singled, Hayes
sacrificed and, after Tate went out,
Burke smote single that put over
what proved to be the decisive run of
the game.
Thereafter the Nationals collected
two runs. In the eighth inning a
double by Mcleod and a single by Tate
produced tally, and in the ninth, with
two out, Goslin with his third homer
In four games accounted for the last
marker. The Goose's hit was a fine
drive over the right-field barrier.