Evening star., 1932-06-09
GENERAL IS BEATEN
IN LAST : STARTS
Fischer, Off Form, Due to Get
Little W0rk-HOSe Snatch
Game in Ninth.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

S1SogAy 4CouNCu III dllh
now, tomorrow will strive to throw
off the evil spell that for some
time has ruined him as a starting
pitcher.
Facing the White Sox in the
final game of the series of four
here, the General will seek vic
tory as the beginner of a contest
after five successive failures when
so employed.
Not since May 13, when he opened
fire against the Tigers in Griffith Sta
dium and went the route to score a
7-to-0 win over them has Crowder been
able to triumph after starting some
thing. A long time between successful
starting efforts, should you ask the
general.
Since achieving his last win as
starter Crowder has tried three times
to trim the Yankees. and also has faced
the Athletics and the Red Sox at the
outset of conflict. Twice in these five
games he went all the way in taking
the beating.
The unsuccessful srring began on
May 10 in New York Then Al went
along fairly well until the ninth inning,
when, with victory almost in his hands,
he blew up and let the Yanks deadlock
the game. Fred Marberry had to be
rushed to the generals rescue. and it
was Marberry who received credit for the
win that eventually came the Nationals
way.
On May 81, in the same series in
New York, CroWder attempted come
back. only to last three rounds. 1t was
a home run hit by Pitcher John Allen
when two were on the runway in the
second session that upset Al then.
CroWder took his next trimming as a
starter in Washington. and again it was
the Yankee Club that trimmed him.
He went all the way. but with the bases
full and two out in the sixth. Lou Geh-
rig reached him for homer that ac-
counted for the first scoring in the
tussle.
1t was homer that spoiled the day
for CroWder when he started against
the Athletics in Philadelphia the after
noon of May 80. Then the Nationals
finished their seventh batting turn in
the lead but with two out and two on
In the seventh Mack turn Jimmy FoXx
clouted for four bases. Al went into the
eighth round, but passed out before 1t
ended.
AIS last start was on June 4-last
Saturday-in Boston and he took the
count in the clash with the Red Sox.
He went all the way but one poor in
ning-the third-was sufficient to upset
him.
This business of starting something
only to take it on the chin is getting
o.
now, which may be for the better. Eager
as he is to get going in the proper way
the General ought to give the Whlte
Sox a tough time of it in the series
final.
THOUGH the Nationals are short
n on pitching talent there's one
hurler with them who hasn't had
much to do thus far who isn't
likely to get many assignments In the
near future. He is Carl Fischer, dur.
ing the training period hailed as one OF
the most promising of the washington
pitchers, but now greatly discounted.
Fischer, it seems, has lost to some ex-
tent the fast ball that made him such
a menace to opposing batsmen last year.
Nor has he developed the necessary
curve ball that those in charge OF the
tutoring of the Nationals pitching ma
terial figured he would during the time
spent in camp at Biloxi not so long ago.
Then Manager johnson was rather
confident that Fischer would be one OF
the Gependables of the Washington slab
staff this season. But Carl, who mas
been in only dozen games In the less
than two months that the campaign
has been under way and has IN tnat
time started but six games to a record
- defeats.
demonstrated real worth as finger.
1t hasn't been lack Of control that
has handicapped Fischer. In fact, his
control this year has been better than
at any time since he joined the Ma
tionals. Carl, though, has had with few
exceptions trouble in his pitching from
the outset of the battling this year, and
his pronounced weaknesses have made
Manager johnson deem it unWise to
take chance with him to any extent.
Fischer isn't going to do much pitch
ing for some time. That Capital fan
dom may figure on.
IF ever ball game was lost tina.
i should have been safely tucked away,
it was that one with the White Sox
Yesterday. There was no excuse for the
3-to-2 trouncing the Johnson band took
in the second game of the series here.
For eight innings Bobby Burke pitched
a corking good brand of base ball. He
completely shaded the veteran Ted
Lyons. In these eight innings Burke
yielded but three safeties and as many
passes and never was in danger OF haV-
ing a run scored against him.
Over a similar route Lyons took a
seven-hit pasting. and in the sixth a
pass to Rice. followed by successive sin
giles by West, Reynolds and Judge had
accounted for a brace of tailies.
There was everything in the world
for Burke to fight for. He had hurled
one of the best games of his career.
True. he had seemingly slipped a bit
when passing two pinch -batters after
two were out in the eighth, but he had
finished that frame nicely in pitching
to Sullivan.
In the ninth, though, after Myer had
made an error to put White SoX run
ner on the initial sack Burke seeming
ly forgot that a pitcher must fight to
the finish to protect his advantage and,
though he wasn't on the hill to give up
the hit, one came to undo all the Ma
tionals had gained through nine rounds
Of struggle.
HERE'S the sad tale Of that ninth
i l inning of yesterdays game: After
Lyons had yielded to pinch-bat-
ter in the eighth, Pete Daglia, rookie
right t-hander, who arrived in Chicago
from Oakland. Calf, only last Sunday,
hurled a hitless and passless round.
Then the White SoX got on the job.
Blue scared out, but Hodapp made
first base when Myer, after fumbling
a grounder. retrieved the ball and
heaved it over Judges head at the mi
tial sack. Selphs long fly to West
didn't hurt, but Fothergill came up
to 90 to a three-and-two count then
singled to move Hodapp to second.
Burke then threw two wide ones to
Kress. the second being so far wide Of
the plate that it was almost a wild
pitch That throw caused johnson
to lift Bobby and substitute Lloyd
Brown. The relief hurler managed to
Eet . pair Of strikes against Kress