Evening star., 1933-09-21
SCREWbALL STOPS
CAPITAL CL0UTERS
Braxton, Hurting in Manner
of HubbeII, New York Ace,
Easily Foi|s Batters.
VOW the Nationals know
something of what Carl
\ Hubbell's screw ball is like,

/ Y Hubbell'S screw ball is like,
if they never knew before.
Garland Braxton, once a wearer
of the Washington uniform, left
handed some nifty screwballs to
the league leaders yesterday in his
3T innings of toll for the Browns.
And Braxton, the batters who know
Hubbell's stuff say, has the nearest kind
of pitch to the one at which the Giant
ace specialiZeS to be found in the Amer
ican League.
Heinie Manush and Joe Cronin, the
first two batters to face Braxton when
he relieved ROLAND Stiles in the fourth
frame, solved his delivery for singles.
After that Braxton went through
three innings with little effort,
giving up nothing more than two
passes. Just three of his pitches
In these three innings were driven
beyond the infield.
Once Braxton was settled to his task,
his screw ball had the Washington bat
tiers looking silly. And after they had
been in a great hitting mood, too.
TT now comes out that Crowder won't
have to pay the S25 fine Manager
Cronin plastered on him. after all.
For his pretty pitching in Bos-
ton game this month the Washington
ace was forgiven for having kicked over
the traces during Detroit tussle last
month.
Now the general may get himself some
foy- ta
S25. He was complaining after yester-
days game that his present footgear
is so worn he can't stride properly as
he pitches.
ut uds those D0bbly shoes
that made me lose control and
oipe those tiDo passes in the
sepenth," Al explained NTH great
seriousness.
As soon as the Nationals clinch the
pennant the radio people will whoop it
to the world right from the ball park.
The NBC stations-WRC and WMAL-
have arranged hoOk-ups with micro
phones in a box near the Washington
club dugout and in the Washington club
house and have announcers and eng1-
neers at the ball park daily awaiting
the opportunity to flash the happy It'd
ings Of the Capital clubmen's success.
From the club house after the pen
nant-winning game the announcers will
present Clark Griffith, club president;
Manager Joe Cronin and others Of the
new champions.
Burns pulled . leg muscle
slightly when he jumped for Man
ush's bounce In the third and re-
tired after the inning. Manager
Hornsby shifted Gullic from third
base to first and sent St0rti to
the far corner.
BIuege Gets Brief Respite.
WITH Bluege somewhat worn,
w Boken was sent to third base
for the Nationals and was likely
to be in there again today. Bob col
lected two hits and walk in five trips
to the plate yesterday.
Shea toas the only pinch
batter to be pressed into service.
He pent up to the busting block
in the BroUns' eighth turn to
suing for BrdIton and rifed q
t,Do-bagger to center.
Only Myer and Crowder failed to
break into the hit column. And Crowder
his grounder to Gullic in the sixth had
not been rated a hit. The first base
man was charged with an error when
after scooping up the ball he chucked
wildly to Braxton, covering the bag.
After the wind-up of the
Browns series this afternoon, the
Nationals will have nothing to DO
until Saturday when the Athletics
will drop in to start two-game
series.
Then will follow three-day rest for
the league leaders before they 60 to
New York for q final fling at the
Yankees. j. B. K.