Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

at Dunn Field, set of six games
is scheduled to start, and If Wal
ter JohnSon's charges battle the
Tribe as they have done, they
should bag four of them.
Past performances don't seem tc
mean much with the Nationals where
these Western clubs are concerned
though. They had the Tigers licked
seven games to three, before stepping
into Detroit this time, then proceeded
to lose a series to the Harris horde
With the Tigers pressing them fol-
fourth place the Indians recently have
braced decidedly. Well beaten in the
East and trimmed in a set after re-
turning to the West early this month
Roger Peckinpaugh's aggregation sud-
denly took a new lease on life. The
Indians have won seven of their last
nine games, which is better than the
Nationals have done. The Johnson
band will have to look to its laurels at
Dunn Field.
DOUBLE-HEADERS will open and
- close the series in Cleveland which
wiz make it severe test for the
Washington pitching staff. For one of
the games tomorrow Manager johnson
will send AL Crowder to the box, but
the pitching In today'S wind-up here
was to determine. the choice for the
other part of the Cleveland twin bill.
Should Fred Marberry idle today he will
share the mound task with Crowder.
Otherwise, Irving Hadley, who toiled
but two rounds yesterday, or Ad Liska
probably will get the call.
JOHNSON again has an idea of using
Bob Burke as a starting hurler oc-
casionally instead of keeping the
young left-hander in reserve for re-
lief duty only. Burkes performance
against the Tigers Sunday after reliev-
ing Sam Jones in the fourth inning
was so impressive that the Washing
ton manager believes the young fellow
can give his club a fine game if not
used too often.
Burke has much natural pitching
ability, but not the strength to enable
him to pitch at top speed frequently.
He has to have plenty of rest between
mound appearances If he is to have
more than the amount of speed he
ordinarily employs when emergencies
arise. Bob has a fair assortment of
stuff and is cool, but to be a success
full pitcher must have in addition the
ability to bear down in crises without
exhausting himself. Burke can do this
but only when his sessions on the hill
are widely spread.
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wv do much recently Manager john
son figured he will have to use
the submarine hurler in the Cleveland
series that his regular starters may get
back on schedule Two double headers
in four days are calculated to upset
any mound staff and that of the Ma
tionals seems in need of steadying. 1t
has slumped to some extent after more
than three weeks OF exceptionally fne
work
Jones, too, is to work in the Cleve-
land set and, according to Johnson,
will be used so that he may also hurl
in the series with the Browns and the
White Sox to follow. Johnson thinks
Jones, having pitched but three in
nings on Sunday, can come back after
the first day in Cleveland. Should he
start Thursday he could face the
Browns next Tuesday and the White
Sox week from Sunday in the wind
up of this Western invasion. Such a
program would give Sam four days of
rest between games, the amount he
appears to need to be at his best when
he steps to the hill.
nITCHING for club that was un-
unable to win half its games in the
International League last season,
Carl Fischer, left-hander, bought by
the Nationals yesterday from Newark,
shows a good record for his work in
1929. With an average yield OF STA
earned runs per nine innings he rated
IA among the circuits hurlers and with
10 victories against Is defeats he rated
twelfth on a won-and-lost basis. Pretty
good pitching in every way with Sec
ond-division outfit.
Fischer was the strikeout king of the
International League last year. In the
80 games in which. he participated he
struck out 191. And that in 248 in
nings He was inclined to be wild, for
he issued 112 passes, made four wild
pitches and hit 10 batters.
The new National in 1929 pitched Fl
complete games and finished one as a
relief hurler. Among his wins were
four ShutoutS.
10Th Manager Johnson and Presi-
- dent Griffith, who have seen Fisch-
er work, declare he has much
needed to make him a good pitcher and
when he perfects a curve and change
of pace he should be winner. He hac
by far the best fast ball in the Inter
national League. they declare.
Fischer, who left the Newark club al
Toronto to join the Nationals here, wa!
to hop into uniform for his first bis
league workout this afternoon.
AHYLES THOMAS. sent to Newark a!
lVl part payment for Fischer, prom
ised 10 be of much value to TIN
Nationals early in the season, but ate
the campaign was under way fev
weeks the right-hander lost much 0
his effectiveness and was as little nell
to the johnson band as he had been 10
some time to the Yankees, from which
by waiver.
Thomas, though, leaves the National
in splendid trim physically and prob
ably has enough pitching ability to d
good work for the class IA club I
which he goes. He left early TO-DAY I
join Newark.
COLVING the delivery of Irving Had
- ley with ease, the Tigers beat tn
Nationals for the third time in fou
starts in the current series, to
Hadley lasted only two innings, in eac
of which he was reached for three hit
pass and three runs. Then Lloy
Brown took up the pitching for Tn
Nationals and did good job of 1t. II
gave up seven hits and a walk in 81
innings, but in only one inning wei
the Tigers able to cross the plate {
his expense. They backed a walk wit
three hits in the seventh for two tallie
Brown looked very good on the hill.
OF the veteran George Uhle, who:
curve was in fine oredr, the Natioua
collected but eight safeties, and as the!
were confined to four innings they d
not help much. A triple, sacrifice fl
single and double netted but one mark
in the first frame, as Harris, the secor
hitter, was tagged at the plate wht
he attempted to count on the third h
A single, double and a single meal
q two runs in the sixth
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