The Washington times., 1933-06-24
s QUICK
RELIEF PLAN
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CHICAGO, June 24.-There's
many a trick in the baseball
trade, but Manager Joe Cronin is
pulling the best of them these
days. And with the Griffmen
winning quite regularly they
make the youthful pilot look even
better than that after all is said
and done.
Take the last two games
against the Chicago White Sox,
General Alvin Crowder was Mana
ger Joe Cronin's hurler in the
first of these two special in
stances while Alphonse Thomas
was the pilots finger yesterday.
In both cases, Cronin discussed
the game with the pair of hurlers
prior to their respective begin.
nings and had it mapped out TO
relieve them at once in the lat
ter innings if either or both felt
that the heat of battle was going
to become too rough for them to
finish.
Give Their Best
Their duties in the meantime,
were to go to the mound and give
their very all in an effort to pull
the Griffs over the winning block
during the early innings of the
game, lasting the route if they
possibly could, but calling for
help if their tired arms could not
finish out what are being called
tough games to win these days
because of the strain of keeping
pace with the New York Yankees
at this stage of the race.
The system for the past two
days has worked like a charm.
Crowder, on Thursday, hurled ex-
cellently for eight innings but be-
came so tagged" in the eighth by
the strain that he had to retire in
favor of the fresh Jack Russell,
who finished out the string in
high-geared fashion.
Yesterday. the same thing hap
pened in the case of Alphon3
CTommy) Thomas, who after get
ting two out in the eight filled
the bases, then granted a single to
BykeS which scored two runs.
The result found Russell "in" and
Thomas "out," and the Griffs the
winner again when Russell who
had been the fourth member Of
these pre-game discussion, stepped
into the box, fresh and ready, and
took" the SoX in order as fast as
they could step to the plate.
Lyons Pounded
The Griffs won yesterday.
quite like the day before, because
of the hitting they produced be-
hind the better than average
pitching of the hurler on the
mound for the day. Sixteen
base knocks were delivered and
they were cleaned off one of the
supposed aces of the White Sox
staff, Ted Lyons, who went the
route for reasons known only to
Lou Fonseca, manager of the
Sox. The final score was Z to 3.
The Griffs started scoring in
the second inning off Lyons
when Schultz walked, Kuhel and
Bluege singled and ThomaG
singled after Sewell's infield out.
Manush Hits Homer
In the third Heine Manush's
home run counted one more
marker, in the seventh Schulte's
triple and Kuhel's life on Kress'
error scored another, while three
more in the eighth put the game
safely in the bag when SeWell
singled, Thomas sacrificed, and
Myer, Manush and Cronin singled
in succession.
The Sox got off to 1-to-0
lead in the first when Hayes sin
gled, went to third on Haas dou-
BILE, and scored on SwanSon's in
field out. Their last two runs Of
the game came in the eighth after
two had been retired when Sim
mons singled, Appling walked.
KresS got life on Cronin's tumble
and Dykes singled. Here Jack
Russell rushed to the scene and
it was "all over" as the young
righthander halted the scoring
and proceeded to take his oppon-
ents in order in the ninth.