Evening star., 1934-08-14
Surprises acken Fans e2 Die Yankees
SPORT Scope
Some Cronin Dope;
Test for Chocolate;
AL Lippe's Status.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
GRIFFITH'S faith
in J. Edward Cronin's
ability to handle both the

~LARk GRlfF1ld . IdlIIl
4 in J. Edward Cronin's
Y 4 ability to handle both the
~ shortstopping and man
agerial jobs long since has been
justified to such an extent that
critics who yelped Griff was
running great ball player are
as silent as spectators at a Red
Barry fight.
But Josephus is not so immune to
hardship, it seems, as to escape i'll ef-
fects engendered through juggling
some of the American Leagues least
effective pitchers. Unless flggerS play
pranks Cronin's stick mark, which for
the last four seasons has been well
above 800, is taking beating while
other batsmen fatten their averages
at the expense Of the anemic curves
of the Washington throwers.
Our streamline, knee action STAT
istician Is responsible for this
piece of master -minding, inspired
by Cronin's failure to hit the size
of his hat during the soggy series
with the AS, which concluded yes
terday with a none for four" for
Joseph.
Blessed with a brand Of worry-free
hurting resembling that which he re-
ceived from his fingers year age
in the Nationals pennant march, the
figgers show, Cronin would be socking
the apple at a fancy clip. On the
proportionately rare occasions when
a Griff curver has lasted the route,
thereby absolving Joe of half a days
work of prodding his pitchers. Cronin
has smacked the ball at a .324 pace.
In sharp contrast to this nifty
pace is Cronin's .292 for the entire
season, and a .274 for those SO
other games Dhen his starting
hurler-or hurlers-trudoed of the
mound for an early shotUer.
At that, it would require some rare
stretching of the imagination on the
part of those same critics to again
voice the cry heard in the Spring OF
1888, for, managerial headaches or
not, Joe still ranks as base balls prize
Shortstop, places among the first half
dozen run manufacturers in the Junior
circuit, and if his hurlers could man
age to muster little better percentage
of games completed, he probably will
gain his fifth consecutive better-than-
300 mark.
But our fgger phenagler Just
thought you'd like to know how worri-
some those Grifithian grenadiers
can be.
WHETHER Kid Chocolate ever
w again will raise havoc in the
ring racket should be an is
sue on which Washington fight fans
may have a fairly definite opinion
when the ebony-hued ex-feather
champion invades Grifith Stadium
for a lo-round scrap with Andre
Sarilla. . 49,. .
1t is difficult to believe that .
fighter who less than 10 months
ago had lost only four scraps to
good fighters in more than 80 pro
starts should be through"
That is a belief expressed by critics
who watched him lose four more bouts
since last November.
Against kayoes scored by Tony Can
zoneri and Frankie Klick, and de-
cision defeats by frankie Wallace ano
Petey Hayes, the Keed has only a win
over Buster Brown of Baltimore tc
show since he stepped down from his
pedestal as one OF the games greatest
little fighters and biggest money
makers.
Sdrilld is something of an un-
knot0n quality, but he represents
more formidable opposition than
Brown. If Chocolate still has
something on the ball Sdrilld should
be good enough to bring 1t out.
We shall see.
TINE passive role of spectator
l. which 69-year-old AL Lippe has
assumed for the last five years,
will be dropped tonight at Grifhth
Stadium when the veteran managers
latest heavyweight hope, Don Petrin
battles Matte Brown in the l0-round
scrap prevented last night by in
clement weather.
Two decades ago active handlers
didn't come any smarter than Lippe
and the fighter who had Al in his
corner almost always had a distinct
advantage. AS half of the duo oi
Lippe and Jim Dougherty, AL was ma
tionally known by the fistic brethren
Now it's Lippe and Jimmy Erwin
who are pulling together, Lippe,
until tonight. working in the back
ground and Erwin, younger and =
keen judge of boxers himself,
taking the more active part.
But Browns scalp is triumph they
want in a big way because Matte, tc
quote the Lippe-E Erwin chorus. turned
us around and left us fiat for Bill
Mccartney after we made him against
Walter Neusel."
NT