Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-08
BUSH HAS SCRAPPY
COMBINE ON FIELD
yoIIey Most Prominent of New
PIayers-WhitehiIl Checks
Nationals.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


for Washington fandom to-
morrow at Griffith Stadium
"a new band of White
Box. With a new manager, lot
of new players and, It's rumored,
p new spirit, the Chicago South
Siders are to open series Of four
games with the Nationals. The
ChiSox, who came East with a
record of six victories and four
defeats, haven't done so well along
the Atlantic seaboard. In six
games played, they have suffered
defeat four times. However, in
other years when the Chicagoans
were not regarded so strong they
generally managed to give the
Nationals an interesting time.
Now, with a scrappy, rebuilt outfit,
ehey may be more difficult to
down.
The big new number Of the Chisox
Hne-up is Smead Jolley, outfielder. This
husky, who towers feet 315 inches
and weighs well over 200 pounds, was
Bought from the San Francisco club,
and at training camp this Spring
quickly earned a regular berth with
the team. Jolley throws right-handed,
Uut Swings Illc pdt tlOLi IiiO teAU SAoc
Nnd swings 1t powerfully, too, 1t seems.
1t was his hitting prowess that landed
him the right-field job.
Jolley first was a pitcher and per-
eormed as suchrwi Shreveport, Green
vile, Miss; Texarkana and Cor
sicana. It was at Texarkana that he
batted so well he was used in the out
kield when not pitching. With that
club he hit for $40, making IA homers.
I,iN
that club sold him to San Francisco
In 1925. He reported to the Seals to
bat .447 in 38 games, gathering dozen
home runs. During the next four sea-
sons with San Francisco he hit in
order .346, 1897, .404 and 1886. All told,
he collected $50 homers while with
the Seals.
Last year he fade s14 hits and scored
a72 runs, making 81 doubles, eight
triples and 35 homers. Quite batter,
ehis Jolley. No wonder the White Sox
grabbed him.
"a FORMER washington player is
"A taking care of the shortfield berth
for the White Sox. He Is Ernie
pionship season for the Nationals, for
khey shipped him to Birmingham when
she 1928 training camp at Tampa was
broken. The Washington club had
bought him from Kansas City the Fall
before. Smith, who is nearly 80 years
old, had a fine season with the Barons
tast year and the White Sox could not
resist purchasing him. He not only
helded well, but DATED for 1913, Scor-
ing Ill runs and making ITO hits. OF
bis safeties, 40 were for extra bases.
He drove In 81 runs and was a clever
basertmner, pilfering 26 sacks.
DILL CISSELL, who was such a flash
- at shortstop for the White Sox
through several seasons, has been
ehifted to second base, and, according
70 word from the Western sector and
those cities along the Atlantic seaboard
On which he has played this season, he
p even better at second than at short.
u true, Bill must be a WOW around the
middle sack. He's hitting the ball won
Qerfully well, too. For q time, Clssen
was leading the league with o mark
above 400.
! A RI SHIRES, well again, is back
"A at first base for the White Sox and
Willie Kamm clings to his old post |
at the far corner. In the outfield, Carl
Reynolds and John Watwood, hold
overs, have alternated in center, and
Dave Harris, drafted from Portland of
$he Pacific Coast League, has worked
N LETT.
Ted Lyons, the ancient spitballer;
Red Faber, Ed Walsh, jr.; AL Thomas, |
Hed biankenship and Harold McKain
Ehe bulk Of the slabbing thus far. The
White Sox also have been using Pat
PARKWAY. left-hander purchased
from Topeka, and Dutch Henry, an
other left-hander acquired by waiver
from the Giants: Most of the catch
ing to date has been handled by Mar
Gin Autry, who went from the Tribe to
she White Sox year ago, and Riddle,
picked up by the club not so long ago.
The peppery DOME Bush, once a
player with and manager of the Ma
elonals and later a pilot at Pittsburgh,
seems to have the White Sox on their
Goes. Despite their poor start in the
East, they must be accounted a sturdy
lot. Any club Bush directs has to be a
fighting club, or there'll be no club.
They have to hustle for DOME. If they
don't he makes EN- over.
IN their third tussle Of the year with
i the Tigers, the Nationals yesterday
had an opportunity to regain first
place IN the league, for long before
&hey were through with the game fig
ures showing the Athletics and the In
pians had been defeated were hung up.
But the johnson band could not solve
che left-handed pitching Of that arch
enemy Of the Washington club. Earl
Whitehill, took 3-to-1 licking and re-
manned half game behind the pace
settlers.
TUHITEHILL allowed the Nationals
wv only six safeties and two passes
and spread these over six innings
The passes were issued in the same in
ming and then no hitting was done.
Only once did the Nationals cluster as
many as two hits. That was in the
fourth. Then Sam Rice ran his con-
Secutive games hits to 10 by banging
single at the opening of the round.
Goose Goslin's sacrificial bunt and
Buddy Myers one-baser put Sam over
with the lone Washington marker. But
the Tigers already had counted three
times and after the fourth the home
side found Whitehill too much entirely
MANAGER JOHNSON tried to stop
HV1 the Tigers with Irving Hadley on
the hill. Irving was wild and be-
fore the fourth inning was over yielded
six safeties, pass and hit two batters.
He was reached for a run in each of the
three innings after the first. A double
steal by Fothergill and Rogell while
Hadley held the ball helped greatly
Fothergill In position to tally from third
after Loepp caught Rensa's hoist for
che second out. A hit-and-run play
with McManus driving the ball right
over the spot Cronin had left to 60 10
cover second base let Gehringer, who
had been hit by Hadley, race from first
tn third in the third inning and Charley