Evening star., 1933-07-20
jUNGALEERS FOND
| OF GR|FF PITCHING
Here for Four-Game Series.
Find Cronin Slab Staff
in Creaky Shape.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

y 1S greaC 10 De up CIleIe dSdAu,
the Nationals feel, but they're
doing no loud talking over
their league-lead tie with the
Yankees. They're more concerned
with the business of keeping their
heads up in the four-game set
with the Tigers that was to get
under way this afternoon.
Manager Cronin and his charges
frankly admit this promises to be
the biggest task they have had on
their hands since their return
home early this month. That goes
for them, despite the extremely
rough time they had the past 10
days.
Cronin is hopeful that the hitting
power displayed by the Nationals the
past two days after a sorry slump will
become even greater, but his pitching
has him on pins and needles. Gener-
ally weak at bat against other clubs,
the Tigers have picked on the Wash
ington pitchers lin a mean way this
curverS even when the latter were good,
which is something they have not been
consistently of late.
He plans to use AL Crowder, Earl
Whitehill and Walter Stewart in three
of the games. Crowder was to 60 this
afternoon. The General, though, was
licked in his last two starts and today
Q finger on his pitching hand, hurt
when he was shagging flies in q con-
ditioning drill last Sunday, still was
very sore.
Whitehin Due Tomorrow.
VX1HrTEH1LL probably will get the
wv call tomorrow. In each Of his
last five starts he was driven
from the slab, although he was credited
with one win and charged with only
one defeat In three of the games the
rounds. Stwart will be due for service
Sunday. In two of the three games
pitched in the current home stand he
had to be relieved because the opposi-
ton took quite fancy to his stuff. He
hurled one fine game, however, to get
q win.
For one of the games-likely Satur-
day's-Cronin will have to gamble to
an even greater extent with his pitch
ing. He'll have Monte Weaver, Bob
Burke, Jack Russell and AL Thomas to
choose from. The pilots selection will
depend mainly on what relief pitching,
big gamble arrives. Maybe Whitley
Campbell, the new member of the Cap
ital clubs curving corps, will shoulder
the relief burden and give the more
experienced reservists a break.
His pitching has Cronin's brow fur
Sowed, but if the Nationals happen to
swing back into the rare batting form
that lifted them to the top Of the
league for the first time little more
than three weeks ago everything will
be right. The man in the middle for
the Washington club would need little
more than a uniform and a glove to
get by.
Pound Way Back to Lead Tie.
IA S they wound up their series with
A the Browns yesterday, the Ma
tionals had no pitching to brag
about. They were swinging in fine
style again; though, to outslug the gang
from the other side OF the Mississippi
and cop, 8 to Z.
They pounded Ed Wells, the left
Anander, who had allowed them but six
,safeties when they overcome him last
tSaturday, for IA hits including a trio
lcf triples. In four of their eight batting
turns, the Nationals hammered hand
somely to catch up with the New
Workers, who dropped decision to the
chicago crowd.
It was well the Nationals were in
such a hitting mood for the Browns
did some seeking on their own account.
sfhey collected 13. hits. Eight were
made off Stewart. They finally drove
the left-hander to cover in the NTH
when they tied the game. Then Al
Thomas came on to give up i've base
Lfits before the victory was his.
That Stewart faltered was largely be-
cause he had almost run himself into
exhaustion on the base paths. Walter
cracked triple in the third to blaze
the way to tie-breaking score and he
ran from first base home in the fourth
inning. He was leg weary after that
which made him mark for the Browns.
Rally In Eighth Tells.
IN UDDY MYER figured prominently
TX In the making of the first six
Washington markers. His single
IN the first inning paved the way to the
run that offset the Browns early score
and his long loft in the third got Stew
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