Evening star., 1932-04-28
ARM WELL, HUR[ER
TO OPEN TILT HERE
viii Go in Yankee Series,
Beginning Sunday-A's to
Face Slab Stars.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

larruping Yankees in three days,
which will mean lot of work for
Manager Walter Johnson's pitch
ers. BY that time, however, the
Washington club should have an
other hurler in good trim for
service as a starter of games.
Lloyd Brown, who has claimed
his arm was out of Whack, at last
is about ready to take a regular
turn on the hill, according to Boss
Johnson, and during the next few
weeks he'll get enough work to
round him into condition for the
L leader program.
Brown would have toiled in New York
this week had inelement weather not
curtailed the series Now he is to do
his daily dozen while the AS are in
town, then make his season bow as a
starter when the Yanks stage their
three -game-set opening here Sunday.
With Fred Marberry having failed to
produce thus far, the addition of Brown
to the corps of starting hurlers ought
to benefit the Nationals considerably.
Last year the southpaw was a great
Spring performer even though not a
consistent winner. In fact, Browns
record for the 1881 campaign was Is
wins against IA defeats, but he was
a much better pitcher than those fig
ureS indicate.
Brown was unfortunate in that his
mates were unable to get runs for him
when he stepped to the hill He took
a lot of 1-to-0 and 2-to-1 beatings.
l. i L.
ings against a pitcher.
When he goes to the hill as a starter
this year he'll have back of him club
quite likely to give him some runs to
work on With the expected better sup
port the left-hander should be winner
this time.
DROWN no longer is worrying about
- his salary whip. Only cold an
noys him now. "It's o. K. at last,
I believe" he said of the arm yesterday.
81 have had no pain in it for more
than a week now and in the workout
went through in the bull pen in Yam
kee Stadium the arm seemed really
strong for the first time this year.
But it was a sore arm for a long
while, I'm telling you. fell on it while
the club was in training at Biloxi and
at first I feared had Clipped bone.
I had practically no use of it for nearly
two weeks. Every time I threw a ball
the arm panied from wrist to shoulder.
That treatment I got at Chattanooga
helped it greatly, though, and have
exercised it carefully since to bring it
around to shape.
II am confident it is in f7rst-rate con-
dition again at last and that I'm ready
to get out and start a game"
And if Brown thinks that he prob
ably is just right for start.
JOHNSON has Fischer, Weaver and
Crowder in line for starting the
games against the Athletics in the
current three-gane series, and on past
performances that seems a good pitch
ing squad to hurl at the league cham
pionS.
Fischer and Weaver did excellent
work in their last engagements. The
1eft-hander stood the Red Sox on their
heads in Griffith Stadium last Satur-
day, and though the Red Sox are not
to be compared with the AS SO far as
offensive power is concerned Fischer's
performance in that game was of such
high order that he may reasonably be
expected to give Connie Mack's bunch
a good argument. Weaver has twice
defeated the AS in convincing manner.
He pitches the kind of ball they don't
cotton to, full-breaking curve mixed
with a puzzling change of pace.
That work done by Crowder in the
game with the Yanks Tuesday may be
cast aside when reckoning the Gen
erals mound ability He was off in his
control in those two innings and that
brought about his undoing. In all other
starts, even in that at Philadelphia
when he was trimmed by the Athletics,
Al had about everything needed to
make a good pitcher. He isn't apt to
repeat that New York failure often.
THOSE Yankees may be headed TO-
J. ward a pennant this year, as many
base ball critics seem to think, but
If their game against the Nationals on
Tuesday provided a fair sample of their
defensive strength it Is difficult to un
derstand how they can be so highly
rated
No club that wasn't a sturdy club
defensively has been a pennant winner
In recent years at least. League cham
pions have been right fast on their feet
and good afleld. The Yanks last Tues
day were neither And those supposed
to be in the know, the base ball experts
who have been looking at the Yanks
since the start of the campaign, admit
ted the club had not been impressive
defensively at any time.
OF course many figure the New York
ers will pound their way to a flag
That's hard way to get champion
ship. There are lot OF pitchers In
the American League clever enough to
halt the Yankee batters more often
than not. Check the New York attack
just trif1e and McCarthy's club will
tlnd the going right rough.
At present the Yankee attack is
going great guns. In their 10 games
1nIr1 krIa
for total of l12 hits, an average Of
1l2 per game. OF the 112 hits, 81 have
been home runs. And the Yanks have
averaged nine runs per game. They
have completed So innings, SO they have
averaged slightly more than one run
per inning.
THIS a hot pace, but when the
weather becomes warmer and the pitch
ing steadier those YankS will get many
bumpings. They set a modern record
for season scoring last year when they
made 1,067 runs in l55 games. Yet
they didn't win the pennant by long
shot
1t takes more than humping to get
that flag.
EUR coats and ear muffs would have
l. been needed by the Nationals in
New York yesterday had the
Yankee management insisted upon stag
ing a game There was a snow furry
at noon and after the players got TO
the ball yard another snowfall came.
That ended everything for the day
Morning drills for the Washington
club will be continued, Manager john
son says. He told all hands TO be at
Grifith Stadium this morning at 1890
o'clock The pilot insists that the Ma
tionaas build up their punch.