Evening star., 1932-04-03
WEAVER BOX STAR
OF 2-T0-1 VICTORY
Yields Only Two Hits in Six
Innings-Friedrich Also
HurIs Effectively.
BY TOM DOERER.

- ELMA, Ala, April IA
steady piece of hurting on
~ the part of the reformed
professor, Monte Weaver,
your Uncle Clark Griffith's latest
pitching pride, figured promi-
nently in the Nationals victory
in the opener of three-game
clash with Bert Niehaus' Chatta-
nooga Lookouts here this after
noon. The score was 2 to l.
Monte went after the Southern Asso-
citation hitters from the tap of the
gong, and stayed under fire for six
innings, all but one of them smooth as
a new car. He faltered to the extent
of allowing a base on balls in the third,
and then gave up a hit to Jim Mcleod,
the Lookouts' ShortStop, which account
ed for the farmhands' lone tally.
It was a well played ball game on
both sides, the Lookouts' opening hurl-
er, CLYDE Barfoot, skidding slightly in
the third and fifth innings, but, never
theless, holding up strong enough to
keep the new National attack from
functioning in normal fashion.
Two Hits In Six Innings.
Monte turned over but two hits in
six innings. Friedrich, the young
right-hand rook, gave up but one hit
against him in his tenure upon the
hill
While the National attack was able
to rap out eight hits off the combined
defense of Barfoot and Mccall, it
failed to come through on several occa-
I'd fria
Myer and Reynolds smacked out q
pair of doubles for the only bits Of
hitting brilliancy on the part of the
Griffmen, but it was only Buddys blow
which meant run.
The opening run was scored by the
Griffs in the third inning on an er-
ratio play by Harley Boss, Chatta-
nooga first baseman. who ran yards of
the bag unnecessarily.
Weaver breezed through the first
three rounds, permitting but one man
to touch first base and that when Har-
ley Boss caught one on the elbow.
other than that interruption in the
opening, Monte was taking Bert Me
faus' mountaineers in order. When
Bert's hitters caught the ball it went
sailing into left field, where Heinie
Manush was under them.
But the Lookout defense was backing
up Clyde Barfoots hurting in neat
fashion. Thompson, Chattanooga center
fielder, made a tumbling catch on
Manush's fly in the opening inning to
prevent scoring attack.
A single by Bolton and an erratic
play by Harley Boss on Myers rap to-
ward second ended in Bolton scoring
en- Manush's single in the third.
The first man to crack Monte's hit
less hurting came in the fourth when
Mcleod slapped single to right. A
base on balls to Thompson. issued pre-
viously, resulted in the latter scoring
to dent the ex-professor's smooth
hurting.
Myer and West Do 1t.
Sir Walters men showed power again
In the fifth when Myers double down
the first base line and Vests long
single resulted in Buddy scoring, while
Weavers steady hurting was almost
monotonous in its smoothness. Thomp-
son registered a single against him in
the sixth when he beat out scratch
blow to Monte's right
Bob Friedrich took over Monte's task
in the seventh and yielded only one
safety in the last three frames. Maple
went behind the bat and Johnnie Kerr
went out to third to replace Bluege.
Mccall took over the pitching burden
for Chattanooga.
Maple gave the customers a thrill
when he nailed Bloxsom trying to steal
second, following one of Friedrich's two
walks.