Evening star., 1932-09-13
M'AFEE AFTER 9Th
WIN IN ROW TODAY
Kuhe|'s Bat Potent Behind
Fine Pitching as Crowder
Notohes No. ~ for Year.
.H1CAGO, September 49,
The Nationals probably


a. some time late this eve
ming. and you can't blame 'em If
they do. They'll be saying good
by to the White Sox for the year
after a single battle this afternoon
and the regret will be caused by
the fact that the Washington
boys can't stay right here and
grow fat with victories.
They've won eight Of the 10 played
In comiskey Park. not to mention 10
out of II in Grif Stadium. With the
same, sort Of cooperation from one Of
the other clubs the Senators might
easily have rewarded the Capital City
with a pennant.
So long as Prof. Lew Fonssca Of the
White Sox base ball school has been
kind enough to work his youngster in a
couple of games during the present
series, Manager johnson intended to
return the favor by pitching youngster
today. He figured on Bill McAfee, the
ex-university OF Michigan athlete and
also former Cub. The hitch in this,
from the Sox standpoint, Is that while
McAfee is young he is no bargain. He's
won five in a row. The Sox can even
take credit for starting him ON that
streak. He beat them, 3 to /, on An
gust 10 at Washington.
IF McAfee should develop into as good
i . pitcher as he seems to be since
joining the Senator's, 1t will bear out
what Rogers Hornshy thought Of him.
McAfee got into the habit one Summer
Of coming out to the Cub rark here and
pitching in ba ing practice. Hornsby
wasn't manager at the time, he recon-
mended the lad be signed. Bill accom-
panied the Cubs on the training trip to
Catalina Island in 1880, and that he
subsequently was permitted to get away
was due more to the fact that the team
was overloaded with pitching talent
than to q belief that he wasn't half as
good as Hornsby thought.
It has been whispered around the
press boxes, since McAfee's surprising
showing, that Grin outfoxed the Boston
Braves to get the lad at the waiver
price. The Braves already had sent
him to Baltimore when Grih stepped in
with a claim but as Judge Emil Fuchs.
president Of the Braves. explains 1t,
Griff, after elainaing the man, picked
up the long distance phone and asked
that he would Just as leave be nice
about It and let Baltimore have the
player. But Fuchs replied that Balti-
more had already agreed to take the
$500 which was the waiver figure. If
this story isn't true Grifi Is advised to
see Mr.. Fuchs about it. The Braves got
McAfee originally in the deal that.
brought Pitcher Bob Smith y the Cubs.
In yesterdays affair with the Sox,
which made ,Washington's ninth
straight win, Gen. Alvin Crowder came
close to throwing one Of his choicest
games Of the campaign In recording
victory No. ~. He was 20 good that
for eight innings only one man reached
man, who double in the NTH. Eut -
that exceptional piece Of work CTe :ie.,
slipped on couple Of phoney hits to
start the ninth and before he could get
his house back In order three fellows
had skipped across the counter.
MANAGER FoNsEcA doesn't want
1v1 to be charged with trying to pro-
mote second place money for the
Senators by pitching freshmen. 50 will
shoot in Milt Gaston for the final to-
day. The Senators prefer CASTOR to
Ted Lyons. who OF late has been about
as effective as any finger in the
league.
Walter Johnson has q lot Of patience
with the autograph fanatics. The
zen. who entered free Yesterday,
swsIned around him on the f1eld after
the game and he signed score cards
until he brought on an attack of
writer's cramps.
The Sox are going to ring in one of
their new stars" against the Senators
today. He Is Evar Swanson, former
Red, who has been outhelding at Co.
lumbus, Ohio, with, the American ASso-
citation team. His batting mark this
year was in excess of .365.
Kuhers bat caused the Sox no end Of
annoyance yesterday. He hit Z double
to drive In q pair. sent home another
on ny and one moro on Z single
Besides. he walked once and scored
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