The Washington times., 1933-05-22

} But there has been one alibi
to fall back upon as the games
have slowly but surely entered
themselves into the records. It's
been the bad weather Of the
past-bad weather which seem.
ingly has thrown every hurler on
the staff out of his proper con.
dition. just when his services
have been needed most.
Now, however, none of the
Griff moundsmen should com.
plain about the poor atmosphere
as it's been all that could be de-
sired, even better than that, 81
offtimes it stays cold until the
first part of June.
In this connection it might he
said the Griff twirling has taken
a turn for the better during the
past week or So True. one or
two games have been lost because
of a continuance of that poor
hurting, but the general success
has been quite noticeable ever
since the warm breezes have
blown. and. what's more. hsa
promised to become even stronger
as soon as the several veterans
on the staff feel that they're
ready to open up" again with
their curves, fast ones, changes
Of pace, and what-have-you.
Earl and Walter Should Go
Particularly should this work
to advantage in the cases of Earl
Whitehill and Walter Stewart.
the two left-handed veterans OF
the Griffmen These hurlers
have been terribly handicapped
by the inclement weather of the
recent past. and although they
have managed TO turn in one or
two passable performances, have
been kept fro mdisplaying their
true fettle because of that GER
tain lack of condition.
Both hurlers have reported
themselves in far better shape
now, however, as they've not let
a day pass without getting back
into expert fettle since the warm
weather has been around.
Therefore both should give ex-
cellent accounts of themselves
during their next assignments,
which almost certainly will come
in the current Detroit Tiger series
beginning today. At least the
pair are hoping to grab them.
selves a victory apiece when they
get out there on the mound
again.
Both twirlers encountered some
rough going the last time they
began as starters. Stewart par
ticularly. The Griffs. fortunately.
were able to win the game he
began-that against the Cleve
land Indians last Week-hut not
before IL innings had elapsed and
two or three other pitchers were
called to the mound to stem the
tide.
They Will Faher
Stewart began the game as "
he was going to down the In
dians easily. But he ran into
trouble midway during the pro-
ceedings and before he or any
one else could realize it the In
dians had cut down a Griff lead
to practically nothing. the extra
innings being the result and Wal
ter's effectiveness suffering.
Whitehill, in his game, turned
in performance that might
have been successful nine times
out of ten had his mates been in
one of those hitting moods that
they've been known to enjoy on
several occasions this season. AS
it happened, Whitehill's opponent
on the mound. Oral Hildebrand.
of the Indians. was not that
kind of a pitcher for the day.
and it made the Griff SouthpaW
work all the harder with unim,
presSive results because that best
condition was not there.
But with the weather good A.
last and little prospects Of ID be-
coming poor again, no doubt
Griff fans will witness some extra
fine pitching from Whitehill and
Stewart in the future. It's a
cinch the pair can pitch when
in the right sort of fettle and
will, maybe in the Tiger series
during the next three days.