The Washington times., 1933-04-21
MYER
AND MANUSH
LEAD OFF
BY GARRETT WATERS
Times Staff Correspondent

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PHILADELPHIA, April 21.-Al-
though very little success was had
against the offerings Of Robert
Moses Grove, that great left
handler of Connie Mack's Phlla-
delphia AS, the newest batting
order change, effected by Man
ageF Joe Cronin for yesterdays
first game of this current three
game Philadelphia set, promises to
work out very well for the Grltts
in the future when every angle
is considered.
Before anything else is said, the
new arrangement has He1nle
ManuSh placed in the most ad-
vantageous position since the start
of the season. Heine, as hitter
No. 2, is probably the best hit
and-run man in baseball. also a
player who'll do his team lots Of
good when batting rallies need to
be started or finished, such as the
case may arise.
Next, Buddy Myer is in the best
spot for him as che lead-off man
because of his ability to get on
and his speed afoot behind such
a batsman as Manush should that
player be given the signal to work
the hit and run play.
Murderer's Row
The supposed "murderers row"
of the teams makeup follows
Myer and Manush. in the persons
of Goose Goslin. Manager Joe
Cronin, Fred Schultz and Joe
Kuhel and although these men
haven't been hitting as they
should lately. they will shortly as
every man is too good a batsman
to be kept at standstill very
much longer.
Manager Cronin made this
change yesterday for the simple
reason he figured he had to do
something to shake off the slump
which has been following his team
since last Philadelphia game in
Washington last week in which
the same Mr.. Grove called a halt
to a two-game winning streak.
He also figured that the psy-
Geological effect would benefit
his men to the extent that they'd
break out in that hitting rash
that's been long overdue, or
since they've been made as tame
as lambs up there at the plate
before the pitching Of such
luminaries as Grove, Andrews,
Rhodes and johnson, the latter
three of the Boston Red SoX.
Against Grove yesterday, things
didn't work out as satisfactorily
as Cronin hoped they would, but
he is still confident that better
times are ahead and that the
players, now that Grove is out
of the way, will begin Socking the
ball like they should against any
body or everybody Manager Con-
ME Mack, of the AS, might send
to the mound in the remaining
contests of this series.
Grove Unusually Tough
In defense of the Griffs, it
might be said that Grove was
unusually tough to hit in yester-
days game because the wind was
behind his pitches throughout
his performance. This made him
just the more speedier and diff"
cult to solve as every player was
willing to relate after having
faced him during the progress Of
the one-sided game which re.
suited.
Getting back to the new bat
ting order, Cronin stated today
that he expected to continue its
use for some time now in the
hope that it would eventually
begin clicking and get his team
out of the apparent slump pre-
vailing.
If it does not, the young pilot.
will figure out another and en-
ploy it until he hits upon an
order that'll really click and win
those games that mean so much
at this stage of the season. The
chances are bright. however.
that this particular one will get
going soon as the respective posi-
tions of the players are so very
well "fixed" that they look right
at home even though Lefty Grove
made them look like lambs dur.