Evening star., 1933-06-16
.SOUTHPAW SEEKS
REVENGE ON MOUND
Griffs to Stand Pat for Flag
Race as Deadline on
Trades Is Reached.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

OF. LOUIS, June 16.-Earl
Whitehill will have the
- chance to get the Nationals
going in good pitching form
at the start of their all-important
second swing through the West
this season.
Tuned by the four innings of
toll he had in the exhibition en-
gagement at Wheeling, w. Va.
Wednesday, the Stocky southpaW
Will climb the hill tomorrow to
open fire against the Browns in
the first Of four tiltS scheduled
in st. Louis.
victory tomorrow would be doubly
sweet TO Whitehill. Not only would it
start MS club well in the struggle to
overhaul the league-leading Yankees
scmethlng that Manager Joe Cronin
believes will be done before the Ma
tionals get back home next month-but
It also would mean revenge for the
licking the Browns handed him here
in May.
Earl hurled corking game against
the st. Louis outfit on its own lot for
seven innings. yielding nothing more
than two measly singles. One was made
by the last batter in the first inning.
and the other by the first batter in the
second inning. After he had retired
the flrst man in the eighth. however,
the Browns got to the southpaw for
two doubles, two singles and two passes,
and in batting around scored five runs
for victory
That began string of three defeats
for Whitehill, and the temperamental
twirler Is burning to get back at the
Browns for the trouble they started.
THERE is another pitcher with the
L Nationals eager to hang a sinner on
the Browns. Like his brother
southpaw. Walter Stewart took beat
ing in Sportsman's Park last month,
and nothing would please him more
than showing his old club his best
brand of slabbing. Walter was beaten
by two home runs, each made with
Brown on the base path and the sec
ond coming after the Nationals had rail-
lied in the ninth for what they thought
certain win
! Some of Washington's right handlers
may get opportunities to redeem them
selves il the opinions of st. Louis fans,
/ too, during the series. Although both
contests in which orthodox fingers per-
! formed for the Nationals in st. Louis
were won by them, it was hitting and
not pitching that accounted for the
victories.
Alphonse Thomas made his first start
| Of the season In the May series
| in Sportsmanss Park, only to be
bumped off the hill before the game
was fairly started Then Al Csowder
was maltreated by his old pals. But
these two have gone far since that Nav
set and probably will see service in the
| impending SERIES
| The four games in ST. Louis are to
be played in three days, the engage
ment scheduled for next Tuesday hav-
| ing been moved forward to make
| synthetic double-header that may lure
to Sportsman's Park on Sunday enough
| of the shy Mound City fans to take
care of the Nationals hotel bill during
the brief stay in-town.
CTARTING their swing through the
- West just one and half games be-
hind the Yankees, the Nationals have
splendid opportunity to work them
selves up to first place in the early part
Of the trip. II that is done, though. it
will be with the same let of talent the
Washington club has been employing so
successfully since the middle of May.
No deals were swung by Clark Grit
fifth, president of the Nationals, to add
strength to his outfit before major
league rules placed a ban on intra-
circuit buying and trading at midnight
last night Griffith seems well satisfied
with the club that still could take on
another player before reaching the limit
Of % prescribed by the American
League laws.