The Washington times., 1934-08-01

gratulations Of his friends or
a grounder by Frank Higgin
days ball game.
Had the ball hoped an inch
higher it probably would have
scattered Cronin's teeth around
the ball park.
Just a little higher still and
it might have broken his nose or
injured his eye.
"FOotwork'S Bad"
AS it is, nothing more serious
than a sore spot on the point Of
his jaw reminds Cronin of the
unpleasant incident. Said Cronin
at breakfast this morning:
"My foot work must be bad.
I can take it all light. l must
be able to take it, for the ball
didn't knock me out. I'll bet
Max Baer didn't hit Camera
any harder than that pill wal
loped me-"
"I'n tell you though, / escaped
worse injury than this, and few
fans noticed it. In the sixth
inning, if you remember 1 was
on base and Bolton hit into a
double play. Well, going to sec
Ond I didn't slide and my spike
caught in the bag. My leg
turned, but I pulled myself
clear, I was afraid after / got
clear that I had sprung a
charley horse in my calf.
OLD HARD LUCK
'BOy, that's all we need now.
Just one more injury and we'd
be playing the bat boy some
where. I've been around for q
time, but never saw anything
like this. Old Hard Luck has
taken a shot at every position
on the team. I thought for a
while I might escape, but 1t got
me too. Glad it wasn't worse"
Monte Weaver will start for the
Griffs this afternoon, and while
the astute Connie Mack would not
definitely name his pitcher last
night, the probabilities are that
Sugar Cain will get the call.
Lolling around in sixth place Is
irksome to the GriffS, but nothing
can be done about 1t until the
team develops a scoring drive and
some real pitching strength.
Scoring seven runs in their last
half dozen games, the GriffS have
been anything but terrors on the
attack, and as for pitching
strength, well, it just isn't to be
had, save on rare occasions.
Homer Ruins McColl
Alex McColl went the way OF
his contemporaries yesterday, al
though it may be said that the
veteran red head might have had
just a little bit better break in
the luck. In the sixth inning,
Just after Cronin had hurt his
leg at second base, Higgins shot
what ordinarily might have been
a perfect double play ball to
Cronin'S left.
Now a ball to Joe's left is just
the cream in his coffee, but this
one went into the outfield for a
double. Coleman then came UP
and smacked a homerun over the
right field fence.
This was very distressing, be-
cause up to that point the AS had
gathered only three hits and one
very spotted run off Of McColl,
who handled Jimmy Foxx and the
fence clearing Bob johnson with
out too much trouble.
Heinie ManuSh was put in to
bat for McColl in the seventh
inning, but failed to achieve any
thing of note, and then who came
into the game to pitch but old
Gin'ril Alvin Crowder.
Gen. Fails Again
Now the Ginril has done right
smart relief pitching of recent
turns, but yesterday was not his
day. Maybe Alvin felt that every
general has a certain number of
days to remain in his dugout.
In any event Crowder ran into
trouble in the seventh and eighth
inning, the AS making five hits
from him. good for four runs.
It may be said in condoning
these very regrettable facts that
one Of the hits that brought woe
to Crowder was Higgins smack
that dented the chin Of Joseph
E. Cronin.
It may be further said that
nothing but the uncanny genius
Of Johnny Gill in right field con-
verted a single by Berry into a