Evening star., 1932-08-23
SHOWS GRIT, CLASS
IN ONE-H|T EFFORT
Griff Vet HurIs Best Game
of Career as He Shuts
Out indians.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

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while may be expected Of him the
remainder of the season.
Going back to the hill yester-
day with only two days of rest
after pitching a route to victory
for the first time this year, Mar
berry in limiting the Indians to
only one hit as he held them
ScoreleSS, hurled the most brilliant
game of his base ball career.
AS he scored his third triumph oi
the season. Marberry performed with
such precision and ease against gen.
orally strong-hitting club that Man.
ager johnson now. feels the veteran
pitcher may be looked to as regular
starter TO the finish of the Nationals
string.
Marberry got the starting assign.
ment against the White Sox in the
first game of the double-header here
last Friday mainly because his club
waS-and, in way, still Ls-shy oi
capable beginners of games. Fred's
previous record for the campaign die
not warrant his selection, but he
looked the best Of the second-stringers
to afford relief to the somewhat over
worked regular-turn talent.
Against the White Sox, Fred made
good in big way. Against the indians
yesterday his effort was remarkable
Marberry will get his starting turns
the remainder Of the season-for hes
earned them.
EOR a pitcher who through seasons
l. had been one of the most de-
pendable of the staff, whether
working as starter or in relief role,
Marberry has had a most disappoint-
ing season. His record now shows but
three wins against as many losses and
only three times has he pitched COM
plete game.
In all, Fred has been in Is games
He has started but seven. Up to last
Friday he had been heavily punished
by opposing batsmen. They had
nicked him for 127 hits in 1141a in
nings. That was for an average OF
nearly 10 hits per 9 innings.
Marberry in last Fridays game,
though, allowed the White Sox but five
safeties and yesterday he limited the
Indians to a solitary bingle. Six hits
off him in his last 13 innings on the
hiu. That's high-class comeback.
Despite his record for this season the
big Texan, who viii be SO years old next
November 80, has splendid one for
his big league career. Since coming up
from Little Rock in the middle of the
1928 campaign, Marberry in ass games
for the Nationals has scored ITO wins
against SO losses.
That makes Freds winning percent
age in the big show SIS. He's done
well by his club.
MOT until May 10 did Marberry get
IN his first victory this season, and
then when he worked as a relief
pitcher. He took over the hill task
from Al Crowder with one out in the
ninth lining Of the first game of a
twin bill in New York and the Ma
tionals went on to beat the Yankees
in the tenth.
Three times before that this season
Marberry had endeavored to make
headway as a starter, but he couldn't
get anywhere. He opened fire in the
Boston inaugural ON April 13 only to
retire after six innings in which he had
been reached for seven hits and six
runs. The Nationals managed to drag
that game out of the fire, but Fred took
his beating in his next start. 1t was
against the Athletics here on April II.
Then he passed out after pitching to
the first batter up in the fourth frame,
He had been battered for seven safeties
and as many runs. Here on May 9
against the White SoX he went six
innings to give up six hits and -four
runs. The Nationals finally got that
game, but they had to go into the
fourteenth inning.
Twice after his first win he tried the
role Of starter, only to fail. In the
morning game at Philadelphia on May
80 he went a route for the first time
to take a severe beating, for the A.!
nicked him for IA hits and 13 runs Ir
Chicago on June he faced the White
Sox in his fifth start Of the season and
went eight innings in which he was
found for seven hits and four runs
Then the Nationals fought on to triumph
in the eleventh round
Marberry looks the goods now
Though.
THAT lone hit of Marberry yester
i day came at the start of hostilities
Dick Porter drove lazy liner Il
short left for a single. but the mex
batter drilled into double-play ant
from then on Fred was master OF tn
situation.
He pitched to only 80 batters. Mar
berry gave three passes, two to Jo
Vosmik One came at the start OF tn
fifth inning, but the next two batter
were easy for the big Texan and VIII
Kamm forced out VoSmik to end tn
round Vosmik got his second walk will
two out in the seventh, but Ed Morgan
rolled harmlessly to the second baseman
Kamm walked with one out in tn
eighth, then watched Luke Sewell SIX,
out and Frank Powers, pinch-batter
pop to the third baseman.
Marberry struck out only two batters
but his control was excellent, and tina
was the main factor of his success. Mos
of the time he seemed able to put tn
ball where he wanted, and though h
was not particularly fast. the fast on
he mixed with his curves was goo'
enough to keep the Cleveland batter
of balance.
VIIILLIS HUDLIN was socked for tn
w Nationals win. In his seven in
nings he gave up 10 hits and on
pass, the pass issued purposely to Heini
Manush to fill the bases when two wer
out in the seventh. The strategem didn'
succeed, for Joe Cronin rifled a singl
to right to score two. With a doubl
in the third Cronin had driven acros
the plate Manush, who had hit a two
bagger, and in the first round 10
KuhePS single, his theft OF second an
a single by Manush had brought rur
Marberry not only pitched grea
game, but he also made two hits, Q
many as he had made before In the ses
son. 1t was his second single tbs
opened the seventh-inning rally. Kuh
followed the blow with double, h
third hit of the game. causing the II
dams to risk passing Manush. A rook
recently drawn in from Toledo, Ralr
winegarner, pitched the eighth for Il
Indians and gave nothing more ths
one walk. =
Buddy Myer slightly hurt leg du
ing the Sunday tussle, SO Johnny Ke
took care of second base yesterday. b
the regular middle sacker was expects
to be back on the job today.