Evening star., 1930-06-08
6 6DOUBLE-HEADERS
|NOW FACING GR|FFS
HadIey Likely to Oppose
HI.Il the Indians in Opener
at Cleveland Today.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

perienced a lay-On OF TWO
successive days because Of in
clement weather and it is not to
their liking. IdleneSS in Detroit
Friday put them a half game
farther back of the league-lead-
ing Athletics, which is nothing a
Second-place club likes to take.
Furthermore, a game day now is
better than two games day later
on. And the double-headerS are
,piling up, six now being listed for
the Griffmen.
There was no help for it today,
though 1t rained here all morning and
all afternoon it showeTed intermittently.
It was quite cold. too, so there probably
would not have been more than cor
porars guard attending had there been
O contest.
Everything in the way of weather
favorable, Nationals and Indians will
start tussling Sunday with the latter
having a chance to wrest second posi-
ton from the Washington club. To do
so. however, the Indians would have to
sweep the set of three games. They
now are two and one-haf games out
of the second berth.
n IGHT-HAND pitching probably will
N be served the Indians by the Ma
tionals in all three engagements.
At least, 1t is expected right
/ will start. AS the Washington mound
corps has performed recently 1t never
can be figured just what kind OF
pitcher will finish a game.
There are in line for service here so
far as right-handers are concerned
Bump Hadley. Ad Liska, Fred Marberry
Io
about relieved himself of the arm sore
ness that troubled him for several days
and is likely to open the series.
Liska and Marberry loom as choices
for the succeeding tits.
It is believed by those who have to do
with the conditioning of the Washing
ton pitchers that this trio still can stand
much more work than it has been get
ting. The failure of Hadley, Liska and
. Marberry to perform impressively in re-
cent starts is attributed to too much
loafing by them. Looks as though these
boys from now on not only are to
get lot of turns on the hill, but also
a lot of toiling between starts.
WHILE plans made in Detroit called
w for Jones to start in this series
as well as against the Tigers tc.
days poStponement is apte to keep the
somber squire of WoodSfield idle until
Chicago is reached next Wednesday.
When the championship campaign
started it was announced that Jones
would be nursed carefully and have
spots picked for him. While Sam is
crafty toiler on the hill the old salary
wing is not so sturdy as it used to be
and needs plenty of rest between efforts.
At least four days of idleness should be
given it after a turn before being
pressed into service again was the early
calculation.
This may be right Jones opened fire
against the Athletics in Washington
last Sunday and was thumped from the
slab He tried to come back against
the Tigers four days later and took an
other humping. This is the sixteenth
season on big-league slabs for the
Woodsfield squire, and he cannot be ex-
pected to have the recuperative quail
ties Of a youngster in the game.
T LLOYD BROWN is overdue so far as
IL his pitching turn is concerned.
But 1t seems sending Brown
against the Indians might be risky. The
Tribe has penchant for knocking the
props from under left-hander In
jiffy. Lloyd opened fire against the
Tribe in Washington last month, but
pitched only to seven batterS.
Five of the seven got hits, among
which were a homer. triple and a
double. and one drew pass. Either
It wasn't Browns day or 1t wasn't the
club for Brown to tackle.
Brown does right we'll against other
clubs, so there seems no special reason
to sacrifice him to the Indians.
WHETHER the Indians are to con-
NV ranfanIin6
club in the American League title
chase will be known after their next "a
games. Their next series are with their
strongest rivals, the Nationals, the
Yanks and the AS
The Tribe plays three games with
Washington, four with New York and
three with Philadelphia at home and
then jumps to Philadelphia, Washing
ton and New York before entering a
rbreather" series in Boston.
If If Manager Roger Peckinpaughs club
clears these hurdles successfully 1t ought
to be in the race to the finish.
I'D IGHT now the Indians have not
IN their full complement Of players,
Il.Il- though the lineup that won five
I0f their last six games could hardly be
Improved upon. It is possible, too, that
both Bib Falk and Charley Jameson,
!MnO nave D6eD OUT Ol CUIIlHlloSlUIl, Will
be ready for pinch-hitting roles before
Ithe series with the Nationals is COM
pleted.
lTlIWhile they have a patched-up team,
the Indians pitching staff appears to
Iabe Strengthened out finally and ready
for any demand. In their last four
games the Indians used but fve hurlers.
liKesley Ferrell. Willis Hudlin and Clint
IBrown went the route against the Red
Eox. But Mel Harder needed help
from Pete Jablonowski
llii.Manager Peck has Ferrell, who was
the sensation of the younger pitchers
of the league last season, ready to open
against the Griffmen.
iHTASHINGTON'S week in base ball
wv biggest home crowd of season sees
lHa Nationals pushed out Of first
place by A's-first defeat of year for
Jones as world champs score fourth
sJvin in row over Washington before IS,
1000 on Sunday-Williams' homer in
eide Grifhth Stadium with two on
proves big punch for AS.
First trip West under way-big Sec
ond inning beats Whitehill and Tigers
IN Whitehill and Tigers licked
again-Nats get three runs in tenth to
turn trick-Jones takes second beating
of seaSon-Tigers slam him while Sor-
Eell stops Nationals-Goslin whacks
Sorrell for seventh homer of season.
drives ball over right-field wall neal
foul line-one of few batters to make
such a swat at Navin Field-washout
Friday-another Saturday-Old Mar
Rice keeps hitting-second streak Of
season Is straight games with safeties-
two wins-two defeats-wen below
average.