The Washington times., 1933-09-22
BY DAVIS ]. WALSH

NEW YORK, Sept, % GN.S0.
Continuing what may seem to be
a somewhat eccentric treatment
of the world series situation, we
have the fact today that most of
the washington Senators will be
looking at a left-handed screw
ball for the first time when they
face Carl Hubbell in the opening
game of the world series on Octo-
ber 3. They also will be looking
at a new kind of knuckler from
Fred Fitzsimmons in the second
game. Likewise, an overhea
sinker from Schumacher in the
third game, this being distin-
guished from those thrown by
Wiley Moore, Mel Harder and
others by the fact that theirs have
a sidearm fade.
These statements, offered at
random and for what they may
be worth, probably look the part
of an eccentric approach to the
situation because they do not, in
the routine and perfunctory way,
deal with what has already hap
pened. Instead, they confine
themselves to what can and maybe
will happen two weeks hence, this
having appealed to my child
like simplicity as being important.
Pitcher Didn't Care
Whereas, if I'd gone in for clean
living and right thinking and kept
away from the car barns, I'd know
that what really was significant
was that somebody hit himself a
home run last week in a game
that didn't m at ter against a
pitcher who didn't care.
Anyhow, this apparently is to be
a series of many contradictions.
The Giant pitching would look
like the better of the two if it
weren't for the fact the Giant hit
ting can't make the other guys
look bad. At the same time, the
American League hasn't seen a
left-handed screw ball since Pruett
passed away some years ago, and
Fitzsimmons' knuckler ought to do
all right, in view of the fact that
at times the Senators haven't been
able to hit Ted Lyons with a bed
slat.
Altogether, they'll get three
kinds of pitching through the
early games, while the Giants will
see nothing that is at all unortho-
dox. Crowder, they say, is the kind
of pitcher the hitters like to go
back after a second and third
time, although his record hardly
indicates the hitters have bene-
fitted accordingly.
Whitehill is just one of those
straightaway pitchers with a fast
ball and a good curve. Stewart,
it seems, is one-game pitcher.
However, they tell me that big
Weaver may go in there and steal
the show. He seems to have every
thing, including what they call a
"downer," which I judge to be
something that finishes at the
knees. The boys don't fancy that
kind.
Giants Staff Better
Nevertheless, the Giant pitching
would seem to figure bit better
in this series, particularly with
the other staff feeling a little un-
happy about these pull" hitters
at the Polo Grounds, if it wasn't
for one fact. Weak hitting always
makes strong pitching.
So we run into much contradic-
tory evidence here and more in
the case of home" outfie'ding, it
being pretty generally agreed. for
instance, that Heinie Manush will
have bigger edge in the sun
field at Washington than the
Giants will have in the entire out
field at the Polo Grounds. which
look like something off a musi-
cal comedy set. However, the sun
field in Washington is said to be
the worst in baseball.
It's SO bad, in fact, that even
Manush lost one down there the
other day against the White SoX,
and they haven't found it yet.