The Washington times., 1934-08-07
YANkS
MEET GR|FFS
HERE TODAY
By FRANK ('BUCK") ONEILL
Tines Staff Writer


alone, Of course, is Babe Ruth,
the most glamorouS figure OF
baseball's golden era.
You won't see much more OF
the Babe, and unless you achieve
the years of Solomon you may
never see his like again. He is
playing out his last season as an
active figure in the game that he,
almost single handed, elevated to
the realm of big business.
The Babe and the Yankees
open with a double-header today.
Monte Weaver and Wallie Stewart
will pitch for the Griffs. In
all probability Charley Ruffing
and Jimmy DeShong will go for
the Yankees.
DeShOng q Hero
The last named is the hero Of
q one-hit victory against the Ath-
letics recently, Jimmy Foxx ruin
ing a shut-out and perfect game
with one terrific slam over the
left-field bleachers.
These four games mean much
to the Yankees. Trailing the
Tigers by one game, they deploy
against the Griffs while the
Bengals of Detroit are fighting
the st. Louis Browns, who are in
sixth place, one game behind the
Griffmen.
The Yankees need three out OF
four to hold their own with the
Tigers. Joe Mccarthy said this
morning he expected Detroit to
take three out of four from the
Browns.
On the other hand, the Griffs
have no intention of impersonat'
ing a circus pet that will roll over,
sit UP or play dead at the sound
of a masters voice or the crack
Of an arena directors whip.
Browns Pack WallOp
The Griffs know full well that
the Browns pack a wallop, and
they know, too, that the Browns
have q habit of uncorking that
wallop at the most unexpected
moments.
If Hornsby's men should work
the miracle of knocking off the
Tigers and the Yankees took the
series here, the Griffs would be in
sixth place and the Browns in
fifth. Cronin's warriors have no
hankering for that sort of thing.
As a matter of fact, the Griffs
are in a better frame OF mind for
this battle than they might have
been at any other time for the
past month. They showed they
could win the loose games and
the tight ones in Boston, Strug-
Cling through 10 innings of medi-
ocre ball to beat the Red Sox on
Saturday and then winning a 2
to / game that was a classic.
Linke stopped three Boston men
at third base, and that's good
enough pitching for most OF us.
Herr Versus Herr
The strategic Importance OF
this battle of the Yankees and
Griffs with it's possible effect upon
the result Of the pennant race is
enough to make it attractive to
the fans on that score alone. But
there are offsets and angles, per-
sonal side shows, and battles to
add to its lustre.
Herr Heinrich Louis Gehrig -
Iust Lou to you-will meet that
other slugging Teuton, Heinrich
Manush in a hilt-to-hilt battle for
the batting championship this
week. Gehrig is in the midst OF a
mad rampage that has carried
him into second place, just half
A dozen points behind Manush.
Ball players will tell you that
Manush is one of the greatest
hitters in the country. Even if
they didn't, the record books
would. Those same ball players
will tell you that Gehrig is one
of the greatest hitterS in all
time, and they point to his rec
ord as a run producer to sup
port their statements.
Edge On Heinie
Louie, it would seem, ap-
breaches this battle with just a
little edge on Heinie. Those
Yankee pitchers have emerged
from the staggering bob stage
into the cussedest pack Of hit
strangers in the league.
Here is the very gallant but
exceedingly goofy Castilian,
Vernon CLefty"O Gomez, letting
the Athletics down with one hit
on Sunday. That is the second
one-hit triumph for Yankee
pitchers within ten days. Jimmy
Deshong pitched the other, as
noted above.
It stands to reason that it is
harder to get hits off one hit
pitchers than it is against some
Of the work presented for view
by our gallant band of earnest
If somewhat inept curvers. Well,
ManuSh is conceding nothing
and on the other hand, the Wash
1ngton pitchers have sworn a
vow among themselves to curb
this Gehrig if it takes all week.
And what of Ruth? Just this.
The Babe, the man who stands
alone may not be what he used
So ha h11t he still ran GOLF a hall