Evening star., 1933-04-16
WEAVER, IN DEBUT,
GETS AID APLENTy
Schultz, GosIin, BIuege and
the Sox Themselves Help
Warm Chilled Fans.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

NdEln pcIcllllldl lCdoC oAA oAAS
basement threatened by
some upstairs out West, the
Crimson Hose from Boston
resorted to a copyrighted pre-
rogative on the occasion of the
first visit of the season to Grif-
fifth Stadium yesterday. They
obligingly dropped a 81 decision,
thereby obtaining a firmer grip on
their cellar lodging and at the
same time elevating the Cronin-
lied Nationals to a .750 rating.
The Massachusetts, millionaires were
made to feel right at home by the
furtive fellah that dishes out the
weather, through good old Back Bay
breezes that held the paying clientele
down to a meager 1000, but which
failed to deter several hundred high
schoolers, who huddled in the center
field stands as the inaugural delega-
tion Of a series Of guest days instituted
by the management.
But for Monte Weaver, the erudite
ex-college professor, and Frederick
Schultz, the most potent to date Of
Washington's new krautfield, the Grim
son Hose might have won their first
ball game a week or two ahead Of
schedule As it was, Schultz blasted
a trio of safeties to augment his already
imposing total, and Weaver picked up
where he left off in 1882. when he
startled the trade with % triumphs as
q first-year feat.
60 far as bingles were concerned,
a q
handful, but Weaver had the bene-
At of sturdier brand Of support, and
this. with essence of horseshoe on one
of those Schultz safeties, caused John
Gordon Rhodes a big pain in his
weather beaten neck.
The erstwhile Yankee yielded only
one blow Of authority. This was evolved
by the eminent Mr.. Goslin and netted
three bases, but as Schulte's weakest
albeit most telling tap Immediately fol-
lowed, the Goose's egg hatched just as
large a chicken as Dale Alexander's
ponderous poke into the open-faced
stands, the medium by which the Hose
lodged a complete row Of ciphers.
Prof. Weaver, the leagues most ac-
complished mathematician, after his
customary indifferen. start. was all to
the Phi Beta Kappa. Hal Warstler,
midget Boston shortstepper and the first
to face Monte, greeted him With single,
and Manager Marty McManus wheedled
a free ticket. but after Weaver person.
ally had initiated side-retiring dou-
BILE play the professor was closer than
Scotsman during bank holiday, ex-
cept for that Alexander incident.
MEANWHILE the man who is rewrit-
lVl ing the "We-Want-W West" refrain
was doing his stuff, and in fine
style In addition to those three hits
and the tally he drove in Schultz per-
sonally toted over the first marker Of
the. fray in round 2, when johnson Jug
gled his initial bingle long enough to
make second base attainable, from where
he trotted home when Bluege rammed
q clean shot to right field.
The half-froZen customers were treat
ed to q last-minute kick, however. After
the more-than-anple Fothergill muffed
his pinch hitting \chance in opening the
ninth, and McManus ceased squawking
over the forceout that followed his sec
ond single, Weaver displayed so much
respect for Alexander's pill-pounding
proclivities that he missed the corners
four times.
This put the issue up to johnson, and
he met 1t and the ball for line drive
to right that was freighted with trouble.
This opportunity was seized by Goslin
to send the folks home numb, but happy,
with workmanlike clutch while on the
lam.