Evening star., 1932-09-14
OPEN DETROIT SET
W|THBROWN IN BOX
White Sox Cut Nationals
String at Nine in Row as
McAfee FaIterS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

IL this morning for some en-
gagements with the Tigers,
but they didn't bring along their
winning streak. That expired at
the ripe age of nine yesterday in
Chicago, so the third placerS SIM
ply buried their regrets with the
remains and decided that they
might as we'll go to work building
up another. They'll have to re-
sort to such drastic procedure if
they are to make good on their
expressed intention of nosing
their way into second place be-
lore the finish comes 10 days
hence.
The job of trying to get this new
streak under way will be intruSted this
afternoon to Lloyd Brown, who was a
bit unlucky during the Chicago series.
He wasn't given chance to pad his
record at the expense of the feeble Sox,
and when pitcher is denied start of
that kind he is entitled to complain to
the bosses of the pitchers union. Try
ing to beat the Tigers is vastly different
than making similar attempt against
the Chicago entry.
Another thing the White Sox did yes
terday to Washington statistics involved
Bill McAfee, the young fellow who
slipped into a Griff uniform about a
month ago and proceeded to pile up five
straight wins without defeat. The
former University of Michigan athlete
started this squirt while pitching to Sox
SO possibly it was poetic justice or some
thing, that they should have the fun
CT stopping what they started.
ATcAFEE can charge his initial trim
1'1 ming to one Of those little things
that so frequently prove of vast
Importance in a game. He'd done pref
ty well for two innings and Milt CASTOR
opened the third with a dinky little fly
a bit to the left and back of the mound.
McAfee stepped over to make the catch
and just when he should have gone
through with it he pulled away because
Bluege was in the vicinity. Bluege
could have made the catch easily if the
pitcher had stayed where he belonged.
Anyway it fell for hit Then there
were more hits and McAfee, not unlike
control. He forced in the last two
runs of a four-run rally and was gone
when the next chapter opened.
McAfee now has been knocked out
in his last two starts, the previous
being last week at st. Louis, although
his mates later Salvaged the decision
Tor another finger. The feeling is be-
coming general that he isn't quite the
pitcher his record of five wins indicates.
His deficiency seems to be in speed:
AS a guess you would rate him the kind
of a pitcher who might beat team the
first time he faces them but wouldn't
have the same luck in the second
attempt.
NNE fellow who had no regrets over
~ the Chicago visit was Kuhel. He
staged a regular carnival in three
OF the four games there. He stepped
in with two doubles in four trips in the
first part of Sundays double-header,
scoring both runs that won for Mar
berry by 2 to /. Hits were plentiful IN
the second game but he didn't connect
On Monday he offered single and
double, driving in four runs and Scor-
ing two himself. Yesterday it was one
Couble and two singles but when he was
I'D in the ninth with two on he popped
out. Just before that, Judge, batting
for Luther Thomas, bounced into
double play with the bases full.
The Thomas fellow halls from the
YOUNGSTOWN Club of the Central League
where he won % against trimmings
He pitched two innings to the SoX
yesterday and only seven faced him
The odd man walked to open the eighth
but didn't get very far.
The Senators record for the trip to
date Is three in a row at st. Louis and
three out of four at Chicago.
Kuhers double yesterday was
humpbacked bounder which shot over
Billy Sullivans head He reached for
the ball and touched it with the tips
of his fingers. The reward for this
bravery was a ripped nail which forced
him to quit the game. His dad, the
one-time SoX catcher, was on hand to
watch the kid operate.
Coffman pitched three innings
against the Sox and did fairly well
by allowing only three hits. Two OF
these came in the fifth, but caused
no harm because Swanson. who made
the first of the pair, stole second and
then tried to steal third. Spencer
tagged him on the latter attempt.