Evening star., 1933-05-06
TWIN BILLS P|L|NG
UP FOR NATIONALS
Second Trip Inland Promises
to Prove Strain on Pitch
ing Staff.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~ ETROIT, May 6.-Base ball
uniforms and equipment
- were brought to this part
of the country by the Ma
tionals the first of the week. They
might better have brought fur
lined overcoats and arctics. The
Midwest does not know Spring is
here and that the national pas
time should be in full swing.
-Four playing days have gone by since
the Washington club left home, but,
with the elements interfering. only one
game has been played. That was plenty
frosty, too, both as to weather and to
result so far as the Nationals were COIL
cerned. The third washout came yes
terday. when rain end some snow,
whipped by a whistling wind. kept De-
troit indoors. And Spring, gentle
Spring still was around the corner this
morning.
There will be lot Of work for the
Nationals pitchers out this way next
month. The second Western trip likely
will be full of double headers. Three
already are due, and so unsettled IS the
weather more are in the ofhng. the
pitching stafs of the Western foes will
be Just as hard hit, though, as the
towns the Nationals have yet to visit
are getting f1ocks Of postponements.
Looks as though the American League
hurlers will more than earn their SAL
aries when the Eastern clubs come West
again.
THESE meteorological flarebacks are
i not making the DAYS total losses
for the Nationals. however. Joe
Cronin gets his charges on the field Tor
workouts even when games are 1mpos-
sible The boy manager had the gang
exercising on Navin Field here yester-
day between rainfalls and snow f1urries.
He plans to send them into workouts
on other days when competition Is can
celed. provided he can find a spot dry
enough to permit the toiling. This Is
something new for washington clubs.
In fact, it seems to be for the American
League So far as known. none OF the
other outfits when touring nave nao
workouts on gameless days.
Even the Detroit club didn't get out
Yesterday. The weather was so bad
shortly after noon that only a few OF
the Tigers reported at the ball YARD
early. The others telephoned head
Quarters to learn that play was on,
then settled comfortably in their homes
for an Afternoon of bridge or what
have you.
MANAGER CRONIN has a whole
w some respect for the Tigers, even
though he has not seen them IN
action.
II would say that the Tigers are a
men. this morning. The pitching staff
locks particularly good, with Bridges.
Hcgsett, Marberry and Fischer having
lot Of stuff. I have seen Marberry
long enough to know what he can do
and Fischer has won han0ily.
There have been complaints about
the Tigers hitting ability. Well. Stone,
Gehringer and this Walker fellow can
hit that ball. They've always man
aged to give us plenty OF trouble. I
really believe Detroit is a club to be
taken quite seriously"
Detroit fans are greatly interested
in the progress of Earl Whitehill since
he was sent from the Tigers to the
Nationals. They follow the left-hand
! hurler'S work closely, always looking out
! for a break in favor of Fred Marberry
and Carl Fischer, the pitchers Clark
| Griffith turned over to Frank Navin for
the Earl of Cedar Rapids. The Tiger
| town crowd feels 1t is well ahead on
| the deal so far.
Marberry has won three games and
lest two for Bucky Harris bunch. while
Fischer has left-handed his way to VIC
tory in his two starts, both against
the Browns, for which he hurled the
greater part of last season. Whitehill
has won two and lost one for the Ma
tionals.
But Washington is ahead of Detroit
in the standing of the clubs. That's
something to confound the Tiger touts