Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

" outfit, the White Sox, ar
n rives tomorrow to start a
four game series with the
Nationals. Although they have
not Slumped to the extent the
Tigers have, the Bushmen are
falling back fast. They head the
second division, true, but are on
the verge of losing their fifth
position.
During the past four weeks the White
SoX have played at only 1854 clip
which is not calculated to get them
anywhere worth while They have been
beaten in their last four starts, dropping
a game to the awakened Browns and
three to the world champion Athletics.
However. DOME Bush's aggregation
generally gets good pitching. It's mound
staff usually makes it difficult for the
opposition to get runs. But 1t has not
the scoring habit itself. When that
Kamm-for -Fonseca deal was put
through it was thought the White SoX
would become more formidable in at
tack. Fonseca. Reynolds and Jolley
were expected to increase the clubs
punch.
But Jolley has been out of action,
REYNOLDS has rot been used regularly
of late and Fonseca has hit only spas
medically. The White SoX still lack
run making power.
A L CROWDER at last appears to have
"A regained the pitching form that
made him so valuable to the Ma
tionals after they got him from the
Browns last June. The last three times
on the hill he has been more like the
pitcher he was expected to BE- at the
outset of the current campaign. His
performance against the Tigers yester-
dav was by far his best this season.
In turning back the Detroit club he
displayed much better control than for
merlv and kept his game we'll IN hand
all the way. When he was hit he was
hit rather hard but he used change
of pace that kept the Tigers from
hitting him often.
TT is we'll for the Nationals that
i Crowder is getting back to good form
Two of the mound staff are COM
planning of arm soreness Lloyd Browns
salary wing has been ailing since Sun
day. He had been picked to start yes
terday. but informed Manager Johnson
he could not make a go of 1t, Sam
Jones also is nursing p weak arm. Both
of these pitchers may be ready for serv-
ice in the White SoX series. but pitching
arms are tricky and it helps to have
Crowder right
Because Of the casuals on the hill
staff. Johnson was to pick as pitcher
for the Tiger series final today Irving
Hadley. for some time used onlv in
relief roles George Uhle was likely
to go for the visitors.
Next week Fred Marberrv probably
will be available for duty. The leg in
jury he sustained in New York more
than a week ago has about healed, and
yesterday in a workout he looked to
be coming around pretty well. Fred put
on a little weight while idling, but he is
exercising enough to have it off in
another day or so.
Tor the second time this season the
i Tigers have had losing streak run
to eight games, their 5-to-l defeat
by the Nationals yesterday bringing
this about. Should the Johnson band
win today. thereby sweeping the series
of four games, Stanley Harris may re-
sort to the method of arranging a
lineup he employed orca when manag-
ing the Washington club while it vas
losing steadily in the West Then
Harris wrote on slips of paper the
names of all players he intended to use
except that of the pitcher, chucked
the slips into a hat and settled upon
his batting order as they were drawn
out.
Unfortunately. it didn't work then
but may as we'll try it again. I have
tried about everything else to get my
club out of this slump" gloomed the
manager after yesterdays trouncing.
Nothing I could do would make mat
tiers worse"
Injuries have so reduced the avail
able playing personnel of the Tigers
that Harris has groomed himself for
infield service should another member
of the inner Gordon suffer mishap. The
Tigers are in bad way, indeed, and
it seems nothing short of miracle
could check their Skidding and start
them to a fair run of victories.
HARRIS tried to get his club some
i i where in the third game of the
current series by revising his bat
ting order. Other than the batterymen
not a player was assigned to the same
place in the list he had occupied in
Wednesdays engagement. But it did
not help. The Tigers got only seven
hits off Crowder. Had it not been that
two of the four passes Crowder issued
seventh there would have been no scor-
ing by the Harrismen.
Johnson got the first pass and Akers
the second. Then Grabowskis single
scored johnson. Before Uhle, batting
for Tom Bridges, famed. Akers tried to
steal third, only to be caught easily; so
prospects of another run faded.
Twice before the Tigers had threat
ened to do things to Crowder. With
two out in the second inning Johnson
got the first of his two doubles, and
Akers smote an infield single, but Ora
bowski grounded to the pitcher. In the
fifth inning hit and two passes-the
passes coming after two were out
crowded the bases. Here McManus
grounded out.
BRIDGES was no puzzle to the Ma
ID tionals They nicked him for 10
hits in the six innings he worked
and did all their scoring at his expense.
Singles by Myer. Rice. Cronin and West
were good for two runs in the third