Evening star., 1933-07-07
TWO GAMES LISTED
FOR JOHNSON" DAY
President Expects to Be in
Throng Watching League
Leaders in Battle.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

II pursuit of the American
I \ League pennant after a
three-day lay-off, the Ma
tionals will take the field tomor-
row confident of showing Wash
ington fandom just how great is
the ball club that in its recent
tour swept to IS wins in 18 starts
and to the head of the circuit.
The new dealers" have heavy
program for their first offering as
real league leaders before the
home folk. Two games with the
Indians will usher in a l7-game
stand against the clubs of the
West.
With interest in the Nationals at
fever heat the greatest outpouring Of
fans here this season is expected.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. the Nations fan
in chief. will head the throng unless
cares of State compel him to remain
at the White House. The President is
one of the busiest men in all the world,
but with the Capitals ball club up
there and running wild he is set upon
getting out to the double-header
The great throng will be out also
to give big hand to the most popular
man that ever wore Washington uni
form. 1t will be Walter johnson day.
and the greatest pitcher that ever
graced the American League and the
man who managed the Nationals the
past four seasons will be at Griffith
Stadium for the first time this year
He'll be wearing the road gray of
the Cleveland club this time, for he
now pilots that outfit, but always he'll
be "old Walter" to those who saw him
perform so faithfully through his many
campaigns with the Nationals Once
the pastiming gets under way Walter
necessarily will be an enemy to his
old club, but to the fans and his for
mer teammates, too. friendly enemy.
DEFORE he left New York for Chi
- cago, where he starred yesterday
with the All-American League club
that set back the All-National League
aggregation, Manager Joe Cronin began
making pitching plans for the week
end twin bill with the Indians At
that time he decided that Earl White
hill. his prize left-hander, would start
in one of the Saturday tilts.
He hoped to be able to use AL
Crowder, co-leader with Bob Grove of
the AS Of his circuits slahmen, also
as a starter tomorrow. The choice,
Cronin said. was conditional as to how
much Crowder might have to pitch
in the Chicago all-star game. The
General went through three good
rounds against the National Leaguers.
With day Of rest after such a brief
term Crowder might be regarded as
fit for service in the bargain bill here.
Cronin would like to carry on with
these two, for he wants to resume the
pitching rotation employed throughout
the successful Western tour. Then
Whitehill. Crowder, AL Thomas and
Walter Stewart performed regularly In
that order, except in Cleveland, when
the Nationals put on a double header.
Whitehill pitched the first game then,
but the Washington helmsman surpris-
ingly veered to Bob Burke, reserve
southpaw. for the second game and held
Crowder over for the next day.
Cronin may look to Burke for an
other shot at the Indians this time. Or
he may send in Al Thomas, who has not
toiled since last Saturday, when he beat
the Tigers IN Detroit.
johnson, who has been at his home
near Bethesda the past two days await
ing the arrival Of his club, expects to
throw his right hand stars, Yves Fer
1ell and Oral Hildebrand, against the
Nationals tomorrow. Both of these
pitchers, who were with the Ali-Amer-
1can League squad in Chicago yester-
day, were defeated by the Nationals in
encounters with the Tribe in Cleveland
last month. Ferrell getting beatings in
the first and last games of the set.
MANAGER CRoNIN Crowder and
1v1 President Clark Griffith of the
Nationals were to get back from
Chicago this afternoon, the players too
late to get into a drill held by others
OF the club today.
Neither Cronin nor CroWder needed
any workout after their performances
In yesterdays game between the all
star teams, however. Cronin played a
stellar game afield, the shortstop's run
ming one-hand catch of Chuck Klein's
hoist In the first inning and his stop of
Wally Bergers scorching smash In the
fifth being among the head lights of the
fray. At the plate four times, he drew
a pass and made hit The safety, a
single. blazed the way to the last run
put over by the American Leaguers
Crowder hurled three innings-the
fourth, fifth and sixth-alloWing three
hits and two runs in the sixth. Fred
Frisch got slashing home run off the
General. but with a faster fielder than
Babe Ruth in right. Lon Warneke's
triple might well have been an out, it