The Washington times., 1931-08-20
THREW BALL
AWAY WHEN
YANKED
By GARRETT WATERS
Times Staff Correspondent

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CLEVELAND, Aug. 20.-There's
an epidemic Of the blues in the
camp of the Washington Griff.
men today, following yesterdays
two defeats at the hands of the
Cleveland Indians, 10 to 5 and 10
to 8.
The filming of Carl Fischer,
youthful left handler, is one good
reason for the above mentioned
doldrums, while the woefully weak
work Of the pitchers during yes
terday's ordeal against the In
dians is another.
Fischer was plastered with o
S100 fine late last night by Man
ager johnson, following his &C
tionS after being taken out Of the
box in the seventh inning Of the
second game.
johnson, it seems, withdrew
Carl because the youngster did
not look any too steady while
pitching to Montague, Cleveland
shortstop, the first batter up in
the seventh. Also the score was
close at the time, 8 to 8 in favor
of the Indians. and Walter had
ideas of winning the game II he
possibly could.
Therefore, after Fischer
walked Montague, johnson
nodded to Carl to hold every
thing in order to allow Lloyd
Brown to take the mound. Carl
50 enraged at being withdrawn
after having pitched to only one
batter, wheeled and threw the
ball to center field before stalk
ing to the clubhouse for the
usual showers.
In the clubhouse after the game
johnson told Fischer to pack his
grip and get back home as
| quickly as he could, so mad and
disappointed was he Of Carl'S &C
tionS. But later, when Fischer
asked permission to stay, johnson
granted his request, but stuck to
the fine imposed.
81 hate to take such meas
ures with Fischer or anybody
else on the club, for that mat.
ter" said Walter this morning.
''b.t / cannot tolerate such &C
tiOns from anybody. think
everybody understands that
now, even Carl, who is pretty
sorry over it."
Fischer had nothing to say
when accosted concerning the in
cident- He gave out the impres-
sion that it was closed chapter
with him, however. Johnson.
when pressed in regards to
further action stated that he did
not plan to suspend Fischer, but
in giving the left-hander another
chance said that Carl would
have to deliver or it meant cur.
tains for him and his big league
career.
In conclusion, it's easy to see
why there is an epidemic Of the
blues in the camp of the Griff.
men today.
It's had such an effect on
the players that they're asking
themselves: whats the trouble
with us?" The pitchers are
asking themselves: whats
wrong, has everything left us?"
And, finally, Manager johnson
is asking himself: 'Ts there
such q thing Is . pitcher on
this club besides Marberry?"
Plainly, johnson is discouraged.
This last question seems to an
swer things a bit. Seemingly, the
only real pitcher the Griffs
possess this year is Fred Mar
berry. The Texan apparently Is
the lone member Of the teams
staff who can go in there and
deliver whenever called upon.
The others haven't the knack
or else a bad season has struck
all of them at once. Yesterday,
no matter who Manager johnson
gave the nod, none could de-
| liver. Which easily explains why
two games were lost instead Of
two won.
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