Evening star., 1933-04-06

"\lME 1Or MS Dall cluD TO SLOW
down bit in training,
i Manager Joe Cronin fig
ures. About week ago his
charges looked to be drawn
trifle fine, but they bucked up to
finish their Southern tour going
great guns and get home in the
pink. Now the Nationals are to
taper off for the bigger business
ahead-the American League
championship campaign.
Practice time was to be shorter to-
day than it has been for weeks and it
will be right down to the bell. The sole
aim of those in charge OF the club now
is to keep the players in the splendid
trim they are at present to the begin
ming of hostilities Then, if they get
along as expected, the daily drills before
the flag race games will be even briefer.
The boy field boss orders posted on
the bulletin board in the Washington
club house at Griffith Stadium call for
the batterymen to report daily at 1910
O'Clock, the reserves at and the regu-
lars at 20 up to next Wednesday.
That means about an hour of inten-
sive drilling for each member of the
squad before the exhibition contest
starts
AS the Nationals board of strategy
holds, just enough to keep the ath-
letes on edge.
WHILE Washington fandom is get
w ting a look at the Brooklyn
Dodgers and its old favorite, Joe
Judge, in strange uniform, Manager
Cronin will also show it some of the
hurlers who are banked upon to do big
things for his club this year.
After Monte Weaver, who today was
to be the first of the Natinals' pitchers
to go nine innings limits training sea-
son. clubs field marshal will trot out
Walter Stewart or AL Crowder for the
final fling at the Brooklyn bunch TO-
morrow.
The left-handed Stewart is in line
for duty. He hasn't pitched since Sun
day. when he toiled through six ses-
sions against the Lookouts as Chatta-
nooga. Walter left the club after that
hurting turn for his home at Crossville.
Tenn, where he picked up his family to
motor to Washington. He was to be
here bright and early this morning.
Crowder has his last session on Mon
day at Chattanooga, but he worked only
four frames. He. too, left for his home
in Winston-Salem, NJ c.. after that
test but was to rejoin the Nationals
today.
Stewart and Crowder appear far more
advanced than the other Washington
hurlers, and either probably could 60
the limit tomorrow.
A DID to Washington, boxmen in fine
IA fettle Earl Whitehill. On the hill
in formal competition yesterday for
the fourth time, the southpaw, shared
from the Tigers during the past Winter,
gave creditable account of himself in
the six innings he pitched against the
Boston Braves. Limiting the National
Leaguers to six safeties and lone pass.
the chunky left-hander never took any
real punishment until his last round.
He pitched with plenty of freedom, and
his improved control revealed that the
extra drilling he has done lately in an
effort to get his pitches where he wants
them to 60 has been worth something.
Whitehill was calm and collected as
he went about his work, too. In the
third and fourth innings, with men on
bases, he was unshaken. He continued
to work on the batters carefully and
wound up each session with Strikeout.
Three of the half dozen blows at his ex-
pense were punched in the sixth for
scores, but even then Whitehill was not
unpoised Following the third hit. a
two-bagger, he deftly disposed of the
next two batters to retire the side.
The ex-Tiger southpaw at the end OF
his turn appeared fresh enough TO con-
tinue several more innings under full
steam Earl may be regarded as quite
fit for heavy service in the more serious
going not so far away.