Evening star., 1932-08-05
NEEDS SEVEN MORE
TO GAIN EXTRA PAY.
BIuege Big Gun as GriffS
Take Ten-Inning Battle
With JungaIeers.


~ ETROIT, Mich, August S.
Seven more and it will be
IL a fine season for me-
AL Crowder speaking,
after this three innings OF toll
yesterday, in which he scored his
thirteenth hill victory of the sea-
son as the Nationals took their
10-inning fracas with the Tigers,
IA to IL
I'm out for 20 wins this sea-
SON." chirped Crowder. Not be-
cause I'm on a bonus contract.
I'm not. But 20 wins will mean
something extra for me at the end
of the season, at that, according
to the talk I had with Mr.. Griffith
in Biloxi this Spring. And in this
kind of a year / can use that
something extra, believe me.
There's that restaurant down in
Winston-Salem not pulling in the
nickels it used to-" unused Al. And
there's that little tobacco farm down
State that isn't bringing in as much
even as in the old days before the
ladies inhaled, as they say they do In
the ads.
yep! Seven more and Ill feel much
easier" Then, THE wolves aren
hanging around the doors in North Car
olina, but they've been bowling IN the
pines"
r oOKs as though Crowder will get
IL those 20 wins, too. He's had his
troubles on the hill this season, but
he isn't depressed in the least That
win Yesterday brought Al up to 500
percentage only. He's won l3 games
and lost as many But he's In there
fighting whenever he gets the chance
His is the great spirit
At the outset of campaigning Crowder
looked a world beater He was far, far
better than in the early going last year.
Then he couldn't do anything right. II
seemed. Yet he managed to rally gal
lantly after swinging INTO the July pat
ting and he finished With record OF
18 wins against II losses.
And there's no reason to believe
Crowder will not rally again to get those
20 wins this season and show North-
while mark for the 1882 going, Many Of
his defeats this season have been due
to poor support He's displayed pitch
ing ability. but too often has been
poorly backed. ,
Crowder as a relief hurler, has been
remarkably successful this season when
assuming the pitching burden late In
the fray. When he stepped to the
hill at the outset of the eighth inning
yesterday it was the fifth time for him
as a reliever at or near the END OF the
regulation going In game. Ana 1our
times under such circumstances CroVder
has gone on to victory.
Maybe that 20-game goal isn't going
to be so difficult to reach.
THERE was plenty of wabbly pitching
L in the second game OF the series
here before Crowder took his place
on the hill Monte Weaver opened hre
for the Nationals, trying to register ms
eighteenth win of the year But Monte
oiyen q three-rln lead. couldn't stand
the eaf, so Fred Marberry went in.
Fred, too, had three-run advantage,
hut he also found the going too rough
and left after the seventh with the
Tigers two tallies ahead:
Buckv Harris also had his troubles
picking a pitcher. He first tried Elon
Hocsett. his prize left-hander this sea
son since Earl Whitehill faded: But
Elon took his in the second inning;
passed out when he developed wild
streak and filled the sacks IN the nun
Whitlow Wyatt, Bucky's second cnolce,
opened weakly, He was as WIG as tne
IN when SfI his first pitch was wild one:
Then after Marberry blew, Wyatt did
likewise in the eighth and George uhle'
who succeeded Whitlow, went wonder
fully until the tenth. Even Buck Mar
row, who came in with two out In the
tenth, was dealt with severely
rrrn r1,,nnn ha cr in the game only