Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
FISCHER AND CHILD
WILL GET CHANCE
Washington Takes Only 18
of a. Games Played
in the West.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

M ONTREAL, Quebec, Sep
M TENDER 22.-This week two
4 ' L Washington pitchers who
have done little more than
hurl in batting practice will see
service in championship contests.
In addition to the exhibition
games they are slated to pitch
here and in Hartford, Carl
Fischer, rookie left-hander, and
Harry Child, orthodox mounds
man, probably will be sent into
action in the four-game series
with the Red Sox in Boston. Capt.
Joe Judge has tentatively sched-
uled them as starters in the Hub
set.
Fischer since coming up from Newark
of the International League, has been in
as starter before. For Child, however,
Boston start would be his first in the
big show. Harry has been employed in
a relief role several times, but has
pitched few innings as a major Lacquer.
Fischer may start the game Friday and
Child is apt to make his starting debut
Saturday.
The other games of the Red Sox
series may be handled by AL Crowder
and Irving Hadley. Crowder. now at
his home in Rochester. N. Y, is to
rejoin the Nationals in Boston We'd
nesday and Capt. Judge figures to use
the General that day. Hadley will be
due to pitch Thursday.
Now that Lloyd Brown, lefthander,
has been excused for the remainder of
the season the Nationals have a staff
of only six pitchers. Bob Burke and
Ad LiSka are the reserves who will do
any relief work that may be necessary
in Boston. Brown for some time has
had a severe cold and while he pitched
creditably in Detroit Saturday the effort
weakened him greatly and it was
deemed advisable to let him go to his
Tennessee home.
d EFORE the Nationals return to
- Washington next Sunday their
catching staff may be reduced.
There's no reason that the club should
cart around four receivers the last week
of the season. 1t seems, so two of them
may be ordered home before the set
with the Red Sox gets under way.
Muddy Ruel and Pat Charity may be
the catchers relieved of duty.
a RI SHIRES is to crash the lineup
"A the final week of the campaign
whenever the opposition employs
a left-hander The Great One has
been yearning for shot at the pastime
and 1t looks as though he will partici-
pate in the entire Boston series. The
left-hander they would be likely to send
in against the Nationals. Art ought to
look over some clever pitching from
Lisenbee, CASTOR, Russell and Mac
Fayden.
Shires has not had much Of an OPP
portunity to show his worth since join
ing the Nationals He very likely is a
much better ball player than many
have credited him with being. He has
appeared to advantage almost every
time he has managed to swing into
action with the Washington club and
though remaining on the bench much
of the time Is more than irksome to
Shires, his spirit never has tagged.
He's done his bit In the coach's box
and helped no little warming up
pitchers. Art generally finds something
to do while the game is on, even though
not in the lineup. A good hustling
type of ball player.
THERE was little in the West for the
i Nationals this season. They wound
up their campaign in that sector of
the league yesterday well beaten by its
four clubs. OF a games played out
that way the Johnson band bagged but
1S, poor record for second-place
OUTFIT
The nationals were of TO poor start
in their first invasion in June. Then
they were licked five times In a dozen
starts. In July they Jared even worse
when they played in the West, winning
but seven of 19 games. In the Septem-
Der invasion just ended they won six
games and lost seven.
Only in Chicago did the Nationals
get the edge. There they beat the White
Sox 6 times in the 11-game series. In
ST. Louis the Browns defeated them.
games to 3. in Cleveland the Indians
stopped them in of the II games and
in Detroit they bowed to the Tigers in
6 of II tits.
THERE was some glory for the Ma
L tionals in their final defeat in the
West. They kicked In with an odd
triple play, helped greatly by the dizzy
work of Alexander on the runways. Al
exander was on second base and DOL
jack on first in the third inning when
Akers attempted to sacrifice. The run
ners left bases at the crack of the bat,
put Akers' bunt was pop and Alexan-
der evidently fearing catch by Hadley,
turned back to the middle station. There
he found Doljack and both runners
stood and the sack while Hadley, un-
able. to make fly catch. picked up
the ball and tossed out Akers.
Judge was about to heave to second
to get Doljack when Alexander, clearly
entitled to the sack decided to leave
1t and try for third. Judges throw to
Hayes checked Alexander and Jack
whipped the ball to Cronin, who got
Doliack step of the first base side of
second.
Again Alex headed for the far corner,
but again throw blocked him, this
time a heave from Cronin to Hayes.
Back toward second went Dale only to