Evening star., 1933-09-27
2rS End Week Battling Yanks World Foes Buarked Back
TUSSLES IN BRONX
T0PO|NT HURLERS
Champs Given New Uniforms
for World Series-Work at
Ball Park Rushed.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

BY JOHN B. KELLER.
~ IRECT preparation for the
impending world series
IL with the National League
champions will be aban-
doned by the new champions of
the American League the next
three days.
Instead they will attend to some
strictly league business that has
to do with the old champions of
the circuit in New York.
The new DEAL Nationals still have
three games with the Yankees remain
ing on their schedule and these games
must be disposed of by the week END
if at all
Regular league engagements, they
will be in the nature Oh practice affairs
for the pennant winners at that
Manager Joe Cronin has said he prob
ably will use three of his pitchers IN
each of the games that all the regulars
and reserves of the mound staff eligible
for service in the world series may get
Q final tune-up.
And Joe is hoping the Yanks
will hurI their star left-handers,
Gomez and Van Alta, at the
champions in the series. He'll
have the regular lineup in action
in part of each game and wants
his men to look over all the
southpaw slants they can.
The boy manager figures such prep
ping would get them in good trim to
do things to the left-handed stuff Carl
Hubbell is expected to send up Tor the
Giants in the world series inaugural.
New Sphere Delights Hurlers.
TN the games the Nationals will re-
sumo the use of the American
- League brand of base ball in which
they have not been particularly in
terested since last Sunday. They may
need some practice with it after their
three days of drilling with the thicker
covered and heavier scanned National
League brand.
The champions fell upon the
National League spheres Uith
force and fury in their first drill
1uith them Monday to driDe many
from the park and batter so many
more in tpGy to render them
unfit for further use that none
Uere left for yesterdays batting
practice.
Another lot was to be delivered to
Griffith Stadium for use this alter
noon, though.
There were some of the heavier
scanned ones left for use by the pitchers
Yesterday and these gents heaved them
about enough to learn of much that
can be done with these somewhat
softer covered spheres.
Earl Whitehill did lot of left-hand-
ing with the strange brand of ball and
liked the way it responded to his style
of chucking his fast one. Al Crowder
right handed the new sphere plenty
and decided it was just the thing for
his curve.
Walter Stewart and Monte
Weaver liked its "feel," too. But
they postponed their thorough
trials of 1t until today
New Uniforms for Mats.
VXIHEN the Nationals step on the
w field at the Polo Grounds in
! New York next Tuesday for the
opener of base balls annual champion
ship struggle they'll be sporting brand
new road uniforms. The suits, cut in
the same style as those worn by the
champions in their games away from
home this year, are to be delivered 10
them in New York Monday afternoon.
THEY'LL also have new white unies for
the home games the latter part OF next
week. These will be more trim than
the ones fans have seen worn IN the
Griffith Stadium engagements.
Frank Barter, club house super
fntendent, cuts in on this neD
Uniform stuff. He'll sport neD
Washington shirt and cap p1th
slacks matching in color.
Being one Of the best physical condi-
tioners in base ball, Senor Miguel Mar
tin quickly rid himself of the illness
that laid him low Monday. The Wash
ington trainer was back on the job yes
terday, not SO spry as usual, but able to
care for his champions.
Finding the sultry day somewhat
irving. Herr Manush and Big Chief
Goslin affected a new style in dress for
the Tuesday practice. A sWeatshirt, base
ball pants worn unrolled as longles and
shoes were enough for each.
Lowering skies got the cham
pions one break anyway. 1t made
the light yesterday unfavorabie
to the cameramen, and for the
first time since they won their
title the Nationals were able to
70 about their work without in
terruption. No posing was done.
Another day and all the temporary
structures being built in Griffith Sta
dunn for the world series will be COM
pleted. Circus seats have been set up
In front of the sun parlor back of left
field, and the bleachers in right field
were we'll started yesterday. The press
line atop the grandstand needs only a
few finishing touches.
Griffith Stadium looks quite
toorld- SerieS-y.