Evening star., 1932-08-25
MONTE WOULD TOP
GOMEz'S 81 RECORD
Now Two Wins Shy OF Yank
HurIer'S Feat-GetS 18th
in Beating Tigers.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
ROF. MONTE WEAVER is

rookie" pitchers record OF
the American League and it
looks as though the professor
might make the grade.
The premier right-hander of
the Nationals hill staff has set
for his goal this year mark bet
tering that of 81 wins against 9
defeats made last year by Vernon
Gomez, a remarkable perform
ance for a hurler in his first sea-
son as a regular starter in the
big show.
The Professor now has to his credit
19 wins and he has been beaten times
so he has great chance to excel the
classy Castilian's 1891 achievement.
It's another month to the finish of the
season.
Weaver has licked every one of the
Nationals rivals and only the Browns
have the edge on him in the season
battling He has trimmed the Yankees
twice and lost to them as many times.
He has trounced the White Sox three
times and been beaten by them once.
He has toppled the Indians twice and
succumbed to them once.
The Athletics have been laced five
times by the Professor. the Red SoX
three times and the Tigers twice. Not
once has one of these three outfits
scored over Monte.
But the Browns have been trouble
some. He has licked them twice. but
Early in the season. Weaver lost four
successive games. However, he had
scored four wins in a row before that
slump and since he has gone along
smoothly. After his fall he came back
with five straight wins, lost game then
ran victory string to nine tilts.
That fine run began on July when
he beat the Yankees in Griffith Stadium.
After the lengthy winning streak he
droped two games, but he came back
yesterday in fine style to crash the
victory column once more.
IIJEAvER didn't score his nineteenth
w success yesterday as the Tigers
opened a four-game series in
Griffith Stadium without struggle.
Opposing him on the hill was the left
handed Earl Whitehill, and Earl, as
usual, was no bargain so far as the
Nationals were concerned.
Each pitcher yielded but six hits. To
make it tougher for Weaver, the
Nationals kicked in with four errors,
And Weaver granted four passes, while
Whitehill allowed only one.
Each pitcher spread the hits he gave
up over four innings, but each time the
Nationals punched as many Is two hits
in a round they tailed. while only once
did the Tigers do as well.
1t was bitterly fought game
throughout. but Weaver had the tougher
going and well deserved the 2 to l win
the Nationals got for him.
Had Whitehill been able to dispose
of Johnny Kerr all the way the result
might have been different. Kerr got
only one hit, but he also smote long
fly at a critical time and drove over
beth runs credited to the home side.
Johnny surely was the batter in the
pinch.
TWO scoring threats were made by
J. the Tigers before the Nationals
dented the plate for the first time.
In the opening round. Gehrlnger. sec
ond up. drew a pass and reached third
when West, after bagging Walkers fly
chucked wildly when attempting to
double the runner off first base. Here
Weaver frightened and Webb's best was
a grounder to the second baseman. In
the second session after two were out
Richardson, normally a light hitter,
dashed the ball to the angle back OF
right center. Not content with triple,
he tried to score only to be cut down
at the plate by Cronin's relay of Vests
heave.
A single by Cronin opened the way to
the Nationals run in the second. Rey-
nolds fouled out, but West singled Gro
min to the far corner, then Kerr hit his
hoist to the center fielder to tally Gro
mn.
1t was a single by Richardson that
opened the Tiger fifth. but Desautes'
endeavoring to sacrifice tapped into a
force-out. However. after WhitehilI
lofted out. Davis rif1ed triple to left
center to deadlock the fray.
In the seventh, the Tigers bid for
more scoring. Desautels bounded a
single of Weavers hand and Whitehill
get a single with a high bounder to
Bluege. Davis bunted and Bluega
grabbed the ball to get back to third
ahead of Desautels for a force-out
Gchringer, though. walked to crowd the
stations. Then Walker ended the threat
by drilling into double play
One was out OF the way Wnen West
slashed a triple against the scoreboaro
Ill the Nationals seventh batting turn
Along came Kerr with a single driven
between the third baseman and the
shortstop and the Nationals were in.
A FTER seven innings Of play, Reyn-
n olds tired, so Rice was sent tc
right field for the remainder o1
the game The Tigers used then
catchers, Hayworth and Ruel, as pincf
baCters in the ninth Both skieo
cut West and Bluege threw
wildly for two of the Washington er-
rOrs, while Kerr and Kuhel let ground
ers get away from them for the othel
pair The annual series be-
tween Nationals and Tigers now stanc
eignt-all Ladies' day today, tht
last of the season here Anc
Brown was to left-hand his way agains
the Tigers.