Evening star., 1933-08-10
Weaver Is Improved.

-, had benched him early in June,
Weaver had attempted to come
back without making much of sue
cess. Even as late as last Saturday in
Washington, when he went the route
against the Red SoX, he was wobbly.
But he pitched a mastery game in the
wind-up of the Yank set, giving per-
formance better than anything he gave
during his highly successful freshman
season with the club.
So impressive was Weaver's peak
work yesterday that all who saw him
became convinced Washington, from
now to the finish of the race. will be
able to produce pitching of flag-win-
ming class. With Weaver in great trim
to share the hill burden with that old
war horse, Crowder, and the sterling
southpaws, Whitehill and Stewart, bar
ring injuries, there should be no stop
ping the Nationals.
Weaver was pitted against Vernon
Gomez over eight innings of the fitting
in the New York finale and he COM
pletely outclaSsed the southpaWing Cas-
tilian. Each yielded seven safeties. but
after the Yanks had punched three
blows to pick up run in the second
inning they were all but helpless
against Monte. The mathematically
minded professor pitched with the
greatest precision. once he settled to
the problem of subduing the bluster-
ing and oft-times bludgeoning New
Workers.
Picks On Big Ones.
yEAVERS did not show the strike
" out form flashed by the fiery
Gomez. The Yank lefty record
ed seven strikeouts. Weaver pitched
only four. Yet Monte's victims were
such renowned sWatSmiths as Ruth,
Lazzeri, Dickey and Walker. And he
struck out Dickey when Yanks were
perched on third and first bases with
only one out in the fourth, the only
round outside the one In which they
scored in which the New Yorks made
more than one hit. Weaver made only
four pitches to retire Dickey in this
crisis and the three strikes were called.
Weaver's control was superb. He did
not issue base on balls. And he
wasted little effort. He went to a
three e-and-two count with only two bat
ters, Joe Sewell and Lazzeri. Sewell
then lined out. Lazzeri swung for his
strikeout Monte finished seemingly
stronger than at the start. He was
perfectly fresh when Lazzeri lofted to
Manush for the final out. looking as
though he could easily have gone on
for several more rounds.
The run off Weaver m the second in
ming came from three successive sin
giles, one an inf1eld blow. Chapman
opened the round with a sharp one
baser to left, then with the hit-and-run
on Lazzeri dribbled one to the short
field Cronin's peg just failed to flag
Lazzeri, and Chapman, who had turned
second with the throw slid into third
barely ahead of Kuhel's relay. Dickey
then rifled hit to left to score Chap
man, but it got Lazzeri to second only.
Crossetti followed with a grounder to
Cronin that brought about a double
play and Gomez rolled out.
Gomez Hurts Own Cause.
"A FTER the fourth frame, which
~ Gehrig opened with a double and
moved to third when Lazzeri got
another infield hit after one was out,
the Yanks never had a scoring chance
until the ninth. Ruth opened the final
session with a single and gave way to
pinch runner Byrd. The sub never left
first base. for Weaver disposed Of
Gehrig. Chapman and Lazzeri in jiffy
Gomez contributed to his own down.
fall Dy issuing pass at Lne START OI tle
fifth inning and making a wild chuck
after picking up bunt in the sixth
The pass went to Schultz. 1t was fol-
lowed by Kuhel's sacrifice, then Bluege
singled to send over the tying tally.
Myer began the sixth with single and
Manush bunted. Gomez, hot after a
force play, grabbed the ball and threw
1t into the dirt in front of Crosetti,
covering second base. That put two
Nationals on.
The Yanks decided to give Harris a
base filling pass and take chance with
Schultz, still in the throes of batting
slump. So far as Fred was concerned.
the strategy proved sound. He popped
out. Then Gomez got two strikes on
Kuhel. But the left-hander chucked
one right down the groove and Joe
belted the ball to right to get Meyer
and Manush home.
To add to the Yankees humiliation,
the Nationals added another run in
the eighth when Manush singled and
rode home on CroninS three-bagger,
which caromed of the left-feld stand
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