Evening star., 1932-05-23

i big business now getting
Manager Walter Johnson's
full attention. The pilot wants all
his hurting hands, battered SO
badly in New York last week, at
the peak OF condition for the string
OF seven tiltS soon to come with
the Yankees and Athletics.
Although the schedule calls for
no games tomorrow and WedneS-
day, johnson will have his charges
go through their PAGES in fore
noon drills in Griffith Stadium
and particular grooming will be
given the pitchers.
The Washington manager realizes
that lot OF pitching Will be needed
to overcome the New Workers in the
series of four games to be started here
Thursday. The Yanks made him I'M
derStand that last week And coming
along with a rush. as they now are,
the AS, too, will have to be shown
much first-clasS SlGbbing in those three
engagements in Philadelphia next week
ii the Nationals hope TO get anything
out of the series.
With the exception of next Monday.
when the Memorial day schedule calls
for morning and afternoon tusSleS in
Philadelphia, tht Nationals will have
only g game a day with their powerful
rivals. That's something to ease the
Washington managers mind, for his
hill corps certainly does not appear
sturdy enough to tackle much in the
way of double-headers.
Now that starting Washington
pitcher has gone a full route for the
first time in nine dayS-MOnte Wea
ver'S performance yesterday was the
first nine-inning stretch for a johnson
staff starter since Al CroWder set back
the Tigers here Oh May 13-Manager
johnson is hopeful that his hrlers
will give a better account Of them
selves against the YankS in the I'M
pending series than they did in New
York
He figures the tWo-day layof from
competition will benefit the mound
corps to such an extent that those
generally long-range sWatters of the
Clan Mccarthy will not be knocking
the ball so high wide and handsome
as they did up in the Bronx.
T7HEEE may be a swap brewing be-
i tween the washington and Boston
clubs. but Clark Griffith. president
of the Nationals, doesn't believe it. 1T
least. Griffith says it would be difficult
to engineer any deal because he he's
nothing to give the Red SOX in exchange
for anything he might deem worth
while.
Nevertheless. Griffith and Bob Quinn,
president OF the Red SoX, were c.CSeted
in conference yesterday for more than
three hours just a friendly chat"
Nothing in the nature Of deal was
discussed"
When Griffith, without a smile, sprung
that one On the newspaper crew there
were murrnurS Of oh, yeah?"
According to reports. several from
sources regarded authoritative. the
Washington club is bent upon lifting
Danny MacFavden, pitcher. from the
Red Sox. MacFayden is a moundsman
of considerable ability, and right now
there's nothing more needed by the
Nationals than Just such a mouHdsman.
Asked if he would like to get the be-
specialized hurler for his Nationals,
Griffith cagily replied. who wouldn't
like to get him for his club?" Quite so,
for there are several other outfits in the
American League in need OF an extra
seasoned slabman.
But Griffith intimates that no buSi-
ness could be done with the Red SoX
because he has nothing-that is. moth
ing he could SpGre-that might interest
President Quinn.
That doesn't mean I have sounded
Quinn on q trade" Griffith insisted.
I'VE talked about everything bat trad
ing. AS I said before, It was just a
friendly chat. Nothing more"
But a friendly chat" often swings
big barter in base ball.
TWO losing streaks were shattered
i yesterday in Griffith Stadium as
the Nationals trimmed the Red
SoX, to l. Johnson's club broke a
spell of defeat that had cost them
three games and Weaver ended a
string of four losses that had followed
one of four victories
In turning back the Red SoX. Weaver
treated them to almost the same bitter
dose he gave in FenWay Park in Bos-
ton on April IS. Monte in banking
the Red Sox yielded only four hits
just as hc did in the game down East.
The hits -tsrday were spread over
three innings, the first, sixth and
seventh. In the aforementioned, the
Red Sox clustered two, one made after
one was out and the other after two
were out. All the hits were singles.
Monte issued three passes. Two
were given in the fourth inning and
an error b. Cccnin following them
enabled the RED Sox to escape a shut
out.
WASHINGTON slammed 10 victory,
w collecting IA hits off three of the
four pitchers sent against them.
Everybody except Cronin crashed the
hit column, with Manush and Weaver
each cracking three safeties. Weaver's
two singles were somewhat flukv, but
his triple in the sixth was a real
wallop to right-center.
Scoring started right off the reel
when Jack Russell was on the hill. He
was driven from the slab in the sixth
with the Nationals four runs to the
good and having two runners en-.
Along came the left-h2nded John
MichaelS to pitch to West. John made
three throws and Sam hit the third
one for a double that pushed over two
more runs and chased John out of the
action. The veteran Moore finished
the frame, then Leheny, a rookie