Evening star., 1933-05-18
BACK IN FORM, VET
BALANCES HURL|NG
Ready to Bear Hill Burden
With LeftieS-Sets Back
| Indians HandiIy.
Ely JOHN B. KELLER.

L needed Tor weeks at last
appears at hand. Al
Crowder finally is in stride and
ready to relieve the left-hand
detail of the curving corps of
some of the heaving burden it has
been bearing while the orthodox
fingers houndered about.
The old General admits this
himself and his last two starts
make him sound right. He
looked great when he went 10
innings to beat the White Sox in
Chicago last Saturday. He
looked even greater yesterday
when he set back the Indians in
regulation time.
Between these starts Crowder found
time to jump into a pair of games and
cop one for himself He's a most will
ing worker. and. being so, he has built
up record of six wins against two
defeats in season little more than a
month old. The General once more is
the Nationals pitching mainstay, for
he is credited with pitching them to
one-th:rd of the victories they have
scored
The Generals record is exactly what
1t was at similar stage of last years
campaign, and fandom will recall that
last year he ran up 26 wins, more than
any other pitcher in the majors was
able to achieve. Furthermore, he has
scored his last five wins in succession.
He's shooting early to repeat his rec
ord of Is straight, hurled in the '32
campaign.
ITS not that the General has this fine
i early victory record. though, that
gladdenS the hearts of those in
charge of the Nationals. Instead, it is
his impressive showing in action in the
past five days.
Over this stretch Crowder has been
in four games-in two as starter and
in two as relief role. He went 10
rounds against the White Sox last
finishing as fresh as the proverbial
daisy. The next day, when the ChisoX
began belaboring Bill McAfee in the
ninth inning of the second game of the
double header, the General rushed into
the breach to repel the attack.
Right back came the General Tues
day to take over the last two innings
of that lurid overtime affair with the
Tribe. and cnly six batters faced him.
There was lot Of kick to his pitching
in that pair of innings, and Crowder
felt so good after that brief workout
he insisted upon being sent against the
same club again Yesterday
The General took up where he left
off and neatly polished the Indians
again. He had about everything in a
pitching way. so much that those di-
recting the Nationals are as confident
as is Crovder himself that the right
hand veteran is ripe for action, ready
to give the left-hand pitching group
the aid it has so sorely needed.
CROWDER had to be good yesterday
~ to score over the Indians for the
second time in succession, for he
was pitted against Wesley Ferrell, one
of the best right-hand hurlers in the
business. But when in proper trim
the General welcomes work under
pressure and yesterday he was bearing
down from start to finish.
1t was 2 duel we'll worth seeing that
Crowder and Ferrell put on. The Gen.
eral limited the Indians to eight safe
ties spread over five innings. OF Fer
rell the Nationals got 10 hits scat
tered through 6 sessions. Each gave
made a wild pitch. but that was off,
set when Ferrell pinked batter with
a pitch
Each pitcher twice had hits punched
off him for scores, but in one Of the
clusters Ferrell inserted his lone pass.
It was given purposely. but 1t proved
the Indian pitchers undoing.
THE pass went to Myer in the sixth
one out and Travis had singled
with two out to put over run. The
Tribal leftfielder's failure to check
Travis hit cleanly had enabled the
runner to reach second. Myer, next up.
had cleaned a double off Ferrell in the
second inning. so the Tribe board OF
strategy decided to frank Buddy to
first and take chance on Seweu Tor
the third out.
Sewell crossed them by slashing a
single to center to get Travis home with
the run that turned out to be the big
one of the fray.
With Goslin's triple, bounced of the
righ. field fence, and Cronin'S two
Dagger, both coming after two were out,
the Nationals had scored in the first
frame. The Indians had tied IN the
fourth with Averill's double, made after
cne was out, and Vosmik'S inf1eld hit,
rammed after two were out
The Indians found the plate again
following the Nationals two-run rally.
Vosmik began the seventh with sin
gle. took third as Knickerbocker hit
for a base, then scored on Myatt's ny
to Gcslin before Knickerbocker, who
also tried to advance after the catch,
was shared on side-retiring double
play.
So strong was the General in the last
two innings only one Indian got on ana
he got no further than second base.