The Washington times., 1934-07-30
Ed L|NKE FACES
SOX IN FIRST
4 REAL TEST
BY FRANK 'BUCK" ONEILL

The rain that fell in Slantlng
lines over the valley Of the
Potomac yesterday, bringing re-
lief to parched farm lands in its
welcome downpour, washed a ball
game out of the Sabbath and
into your arms today.
The Boston Red SoX and Griff-
men remained in town, and will
play the postponed game at Grif-
fifth Stadium at 3:15. 1mmedi-
ately after the game the Red Sox
leave for the North, with the
Griffs leaving for Philadelphia
tomorrow morning.
Ed Linke, the cherub faced
young man who beat the st. Louis
Browns out in the blistering heat
of the corn belt one week ago
yesterday, will be on the rubber
for the Griffs.
Ferrell on Mound
If the customary rotation OF
pitchers is not changed for the
day, Wesley Ferrell will pitch for
Boston. If the former ace of the
Cleveland Indians does not get
the can, then Henry johnson,
erstwhile Yankee, will be in
action.
Facing Ferrell will put Linke
to a real pitching test. The Bos-
ton warrior is the nominal leader
of American League pitchers with
seven victories and one defeat.
He has pitched seven complete
games in IA starts.
Linke's lone, game with the
Griffs since joining them in st.
Louis was all right as far as it
went. He won, and its hard to
get away from results. There are
many things to sonSider in
Linke's victory, however, and
after they've been considered, you
may conclude that he was lucky
to win in st. Louis. He allowed
10 hits, which included a home
run and a double by Campbell,
doubles by Strange and Melilo
and triple by West.
Today Will Tell
There's nothing to cause thou
sands to stand up and cheer
about that performance. On the
other hand, there was some me-
diocre outfielding behind Linke,
which made extra base hits pos
Sible.
So, as we state, maybe the
boys genius was streaked with
luck, and maybe he pitched the
sort of game that Mathewson
used to pitch.
In all probability we will know
more tbaut Linke and his real
abality after today's game.
While we're on pitchers, and
Washington fans have heard
almost enough to last them for
a year, it was refreshing to see
Tommy Thomas come back in
such fine style on Saturday.
It was too bad he had to be
relieved, but Cronin switched to
Crowder quickly, and the Gin'ril
held the fort in fine style.
You will see more Of CroWder
in relief roles, for Cronin is con.
vinced that Alvin can take care OF
emergencies. BY using him in this
way, perhaps Cronin will restore
the veterans winning confidence.
Real Opposition
This Boston team is one to give
any team in the league battle,
and it is my opinion that with any
thing like an even break in the
luck, it would be up there fighting
for the pennant.
Lefty Grove has been out all
year, and Walberg, laid up with
an infected finger on his left hand,
has been of scant help. But the
team is hitting .293 in the aver
ages and it is playing baseball.
It has one of the most colorful
and best of the young ball play.
ers in the league, and incidentally.
this lad happens to be a native
son of Washington. He is no one
in the world but Willie Werber,
who is the leading base runner Of
the league and is hitting 1924.
That's a whole lot Of baseball
for a kid who was traded because
the manager of the Yankees said
he wouldn't do for New York.
Something tells this agent that
the Yankees would like to have
Werber right back for the big
push for the pennant.