Evening star., 1932-07-17

audible to base ball at
tuned ears is an echo OF
the question dyed-in-the-Wool
Washington fans are asking
anent the pennant race-"Can
the Griffs do it?"
With the Yanks still 812
games to the good and less
than SO per cent of the season
remaining it seems an idle
question, but with the Nationals
winning eight games in a row,
and the last three OF these
against the Browns, we'd guess
that almost anything can hap
pen.
One of the chief reasons for
the indignation aroused by the
slugging of Reynolds by Dickey
the irreparable weakening OF
the Griffmen-Would seem to
be a bit out of focus consider
ing what they are accomplish
ing in his absence. But the
answer to that, of course, is
that were Carl on the job these
victories would have been
achieved even more emphati-
cally.
A LTHOMAS, in setting some
u thing of record by win
4 ming three games in as
many days, and four in a
period of six days, has made
one of those two laSt-minute
pitching deals look very good,
especially with neither Bump
Hadley, Carl Fischer nor Sam
Jones burning up the league.
On the other hand with Dick
Coffman routed in every one
of his five starts while failing
to record a single victory the
other half of the transaction
has an exceedingly sour aspect.
But don't give up on Coffman.
The young man has plenty of
ability, plus courage and unless
we miss our guess will yet
justify the high price paid for
him.
Co-incidental with that work
manlike shut-out of the Brown
les yesterday Heinie Manush
ran his string of straight hit
ting games to IA, Sam West
boosted to 7 his number of hits
in consecutive legal times at
bat, the crop including 4 dou-
bles and 3 singles, and Oss
Bluege went to his eighty-fourth
game before making only his
third error of the season.
NJ YER, who yesterday reach
w ed the century mark in
~ bingles, now is the only
Griffman who has not missed
a single game played this year
and, considering the all-around
excellence of his play, charge
of dynamite would be required
to dislodge him at second base.
An odds-on-bet: That Bucky
Harris, with his customary
obligingness, will pit a right
handler against the Nationals
next Tuesday so that the ath-
lete to be horored will be as
Sured of a place in the lineup.
Incidentally, the Nationals
and Tigers now are right in
the middle Of the stirring four
club battle for second place and
considering that all the fans
have to do to make Rice day"
a huge success is to attend the
game it should 60 over with a
bang.
Boxing fans of fghtless
Washington, who have shared
the interest of those in more
favored section in the much
discussed Sharkey-Schmeling
affair shortly will have an op-
portunity to judge for them
selves whether the Boston Cob
was entitled to the verdict or
whether the Teuton was jobbed
out of the heavyweight title
while sprawled on the canvas
so far as can be Judged from
viewing the celluloid record Of
the contest. This fight him Is
to be displayed at the Cameo
Theater, just across the District
line in Mount Rainier, Nd,
Monday and Tuesday, July Is
and g.
Advance notice to Sandlot
friends and admirers Of Larry
Boerner. who Friday carried the
White SoX to the eleventh in
ming before dropping a tough
4-3 decision in his first game in
a Boston uniform: Larry will
pitch the first Sunday game the
Red SoX play here" The infor-
nation is from his dad, who.
yesterday received a letter from
the boy to that effect. This
happens to be one week from
today.