The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-18
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Correspondent


that scored rs runs for the Griff-
men in three previous games
stopped at three yesterday. That
was one short of even tying the
Detroit Tigers, who won, and, be-
cause of Cleveland's victory over
the New York Yankees, went into
the league lead by one and one
half games.
Opportunity Numbered it's sum-
mons to Cecil Travis, the 20-year-
old lad from Riverdale, Ca, in the
ninth inning. But Cecil, with a
batting average Of 1854, the second
best hitter on the Griffs, whacked
into a double play and ended the
game. A long fly might have tied
the score; a single might have
won.
Kids Done His Share
Travis has contributed his share
and a little bit more to the cause
of the Griffmen this year. It isn't
in the cards for a kid to come
through all the time.
Ossie ,Bluege, hitting for
Thomas, opened the ninth with a
single to left field, and, after
Schultz fouled out, Myer and
Manush walked filling the bases.
Mickey Cochrane peered anx-
iously toward the bull pen where a
horde of relief pitchers, including
Marberry, warmed up in haste.
Then Mickey went into a hud-
die with Carl Fischer, and after
patting the sout hpaw on the
shoulders, returned to his position
behind the plate, squatted, and
called for the pitch to Travis.
Stage Set; No Hero
Of course, the thing for the
juvenile Cecil to have done was
hit the ball to some distant point
in the confines of Navin Field, or
even beyond them.
The triumph of youth would
have been real in the drama of
the day, and tale of boy who
overcame his errors to triumph
would have been brought to soul
stirring climax.
It was a wild throw by Travis
in the sixth that gave one run to
the BengalS and put another. on
third base whence it easily scored.
Those two tallies were enough to
win.
In the sixth, Gehringer doubled
with one out and Rogell hunted
down the third base line. Travis
picked up the ball and hurled it
into right field. Gehringer skip
ped home and Rogell raced to
third. Doubles by Greenberg and
Owen followed and the damage
was done.
The events of that inning irked
Walter Stewart no little. The
left-hander pitched a better game
than the summaries would indi-
cate, but a little hitting and a
little bad luck brought about his
downfall. Thomas, mauled un-
mericifully in Cleveland on Sun
day, prevented scoring.
Carl Fischer escaped repeatedly
from situations set up by his own
wildness. He gave eight bases on
balls, and all three of the Griff
runs traced their origin to the
free-handedneSs Of the Bengal
Southpaw.
Washington had at least one
man on base in every inning, but
Fischer fought his way clear in all
but two frames, and in the ninth.
when he had to fight for his game,
he had enough on the ball to get
one of the best young batterS in
the American League.
Minor League Pitching
Fortune in baseball works in
queer and Mysterious ways. For
the past several days the Griffs
have scored enough runs to win
any ball game, but their own
pitching was so woefully weak, Of
such distinctly minor league quail.
ity, that they would not win. The
attack begged down yesterday
when the pitching was good.
Earl Whitehill will get the call
today, and in all probability
Tommy Bridges will pitch against
him. Whitehill hurled good
game in Cleveland, losing a 2-run
shut-out to Mel Harder.
The same sort of pitching
backed by a more robust attack
will win nine games out Of ten and
Joe Cronin is optimistic concern