The Washington times., 1933-08-25
DETROIT SHOWS
NEED Of GOOD
PITCHING
CBy Times staff COrrespondent)


DETROIT, Aug. 25.-There'S
been an old saying around base
ball circles for many years that a
team can't possibly win unless it
gets the right sort of pitching.
An idea of this was conclusively
demonstrated in the Griff-Detroit
Tiger game yesterday in which
the Griffs triumphed, 13 to 8,
after one of the most unimpressiVe
pitching performances turned in
by the Tigers in years.
Carl Fischer began on the
mound for the Harrismen, but
was removed for a punch hitter
in the sixth because he failed to
hold the Griffs at bay at an ear
lier moment in the contest when
the Tigers could have copped the
decision themselves with some
good pitching.
Vic Frazier relieved Fischer,
who in turn gave up the duties to
Eden Auker, a young lad of whom
Manager Bucky Harris, of the
Tigers, is trying to make a pitcher
this late in the campaign.
Downright Bad
Fischer gave up five runs dur
ing his stay on the mound, while
Frazier and Auker granted the
eight other markers the Griffs
totaled before the ninth inning
rolled around. And it might be
said the performances Of all three
hurlers were downright bad" if
anything in the world could be.
The Griffs clinched the game
off Frazier's shoots in the seventh
when five runs we're coined, while
they made it even more certain
by counting three more off Auker
in the ninth. In all II hits were
clattered out, two of which hap
pened to be home runs off the
bat of Goose Goslin, who stepped
into the game in the seventh as a
pinch hitter for Dave Harris.
Now, as to the Griff pitching,
it was just as bad in spots as
that turned in by the Tigers.
But fortunately, Manager Cronin
had the presence of mind to call
upon Jack Russell, his ace relief
man. in the third inning, and
Jack, although hit pretty hard
later on in the going, had enough
in reserve to hold the Tigers at
bay despite all their efforts to
get back into the ball game by
their three-run rally in the
eighth.
Earl Whitehill was the Griff
starting hurler for the day. It
was apparent from the very out
set that Earl wasn't quite right.
But Cronin stuck with him un-
til the Tigers had taken a 3-to-2
lead in the third and looked in
the mood to score even more runs
before the frame ended. Thus,
Earl was sent to the showers and
Jack Russell brought into the
pasture to stem the tide.
Whitehill stalked to the mound
at the start of proceedings in the
hope of adding No. 18 to his en-
viable record for the campaign.
Also his eighth straight. But he
is thinking about the future now.
Thinking about how much better
he will be the next time he's
given an assignment and how,
maybe, he'll turn in that eight
eenth triumph by another one OF
his excellent efforts.
In Russell's defense, it might be
said he loosened up somewhat in
that Tiger eighth when they
scored their three runs because
the Griffs, only an inning before,
had taken such commanding
lead. This proved to be the case
as Jack retired his foes in order
in the ninth, although a fast
double-play helped him after he
had walked Doljack with one out.
And so, dear friends, the Griffs
won a ball game yesterday which
looked as if it we're going to be
lost in the early innings, all be-
cause the Tiger pitching was so
bad. And the Griffs learned by
their victory that ball games
hardly ever can be won unless
some good pitching is served up
from beginning to end.