Evening star., 1933-06-06

connie Mack is worrying
i over his pitching. Fears it
has worn out. Big George
Earnshaw, the playboy of the Ath-
ietics, is giving the venerable pilot
a lot of trouble So, too, is Gowell
Claset, the rookie southpaw, who
has been a great pal of Earn
shaw's. Lefty Grove isn't annoy
ing the Grand Mahout of the Ele-
phant Herd, though. He picks on
the Nationals instead, and worries
them plenty.
Beating them three times this sea-
Don, Grove has done more than any
pther pitcher in the league to throw
wet blanket over the Washington clubs
pennant hopes.
When Grove first came up to the
Athletics from Baltimore of the Inter-
national League back in 1925 he had
lot of pitching power tucked in his left
arm, but he was mark for the wearers
of the Washington uniform, and SO it
went for three seasons. Even in 1927,
Groves first big year as big Lacquer,
he was not successful against the Ma
Eionals. Then he suddenly cast off the
spell held over him by Grifith's hands
hnd since the start of the 1928 cam
paign the Nationals have found Grove
about the most troublesome Of the many
pitchers they encounter.
They may hit him hard and often
usually they don't-and still find them
selves on the wrong end of the score
at the games finish. Like other great
hurlers, Lefty has his poor days, but
even in one of them he seems able to
turn back any crowd in the Washington
livery, and there's no accounting for it.
This season the Nationals have faced
i Grove four times, three times as
starter, and in each start he
scored a victory. They beat him in
Washington when he went to a falter-
ing staffmate's relief in the ninth inning
hnd pitched through the twelfth, but
kven then the twelfth inning run the
Nationals got was of the unearned va
kety.
In the first two games in which the
Nationals faced Grove they got just 10
hits and two runs. They didn't put
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the ninth inning, after the AS were
comfortably ahead, and in the second
game there lone tally was due to a
home run hit by Luke Sewell in the
seventh inning.
Again yesterday the AS were well in
front before the Nationals found the
plate. In opening three-game series
here the Nationals found Grove far
from top form, yet he held them in
check while the AS went on to 7-to-4
victory. It was their best scoring ef-
fort against the great left-hander of
The Clan McGillicuddy this season, but,
despite an off-day, Grove still was good
Snough to prevent much scoring by the
Nationals until his side had the tussle
tuckcd away.
Eleven hits were made off Grove by
the Nationals yesterday, and they were
not puny hits. Two were doubles by
Joe Cronin and Fred Schultz, one was
triple by Goose Goslin and one was
a home run by Schultz, his first of the
season. With one exception, the singles
were well smacked
But Mack's pride-"He is my right
and left bower" said the manager of
the AS of Grove after the game-excspt
IN one instance kept the long hits well
Fcattered. And he did not issue a
bsse on balls
Al Crowder, who opened fire for the
Nationals, did, and the two ne gave
flurt him no little when the AS put on
fheir thlrd-inning splurge to grab the
game. The General in this round was
picked for five safeties, four being
tnixed with the two passes after two
were out to account for five runs.
The first Of the hits was a single by
Grove made after one was out. Bishop
lined out, but Cramer hit for a base,
then johnson drew a sack -crowding
pass. Up came Coleman to double
against the left field stands and three
runs crossed. The Nationals first inning
run was completely put in the shade.
foxx singled to score Coleman and
after Cochrane walked Higgins singled
to score Foxx.
All keyed up by his third inning
eingle, Grove opened the fourth by
knocking home run over the right
teld barrier. He also knocked Crowder
arom the slab. So Bob Burke went in
70 be reached for three fuky hits,
Phich resulted in the AS getting their
seventh and last run without knocking
the ball through the infield.
Burke yielded to a pinch batter in
the seventh, which let Bill McAfee
6nlsh the game. The AS got four hits
of Bill to make their total for the
day II.
only in the sixth inning did the
~ Nationals threaten to do Grove
lot of harm. With one out in
this inning Goslin tripled and after
Eronin famed Schultz clouted his
homer over the barrier back of right
Harris singled, so did Bluege and the
bases were filled when Bishop muffed
a throw from the shortstop. who tried
for forceout after picking up Berg's
bounder. Here Sam Rice grabbed
Burke's bat. but his best was a roller
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