Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-23
HARRIS SEES RISE
SPEEDING ATTACK
Joe Advances 48 Points in
5 Games-Paves Way to
Win Over Browns.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


DDITION of Buck Newsom,
~ fast-balling right-hander, to
~ the Nationals pitching stah
Is not all that cheers Bucky
Harris these days. The purchase OF
the chesty chucker, who was to take
the hill in the opener Of the series
against the White Sox this afternoon,
has the manager in a happy mood,
but so does the recent rise OF Joe
Kuhel from batting depths.
With Kuhel again in a hitting
stride comparing favorably to his
performances in other seasons when
he was a prominent factor in the
Washington offensive, Harris foresees
a squirt in attack that will put his
club in the thick of the running Tor
the flag.
Kuhers advance at bat following
closely on that made by Cliff Bolton,
who like Joe had wallowed in a slump
for weeks, should 60 far toward max
ing his club the run-making outfit
1t was expected to be at the outset
of the campaign. Now only Cecil
Travis, still hitting well below last
seasons form, has to come along to
make the Nationals one of the most
powerful aggregationS in the league,
Harris feels.
Gains 48 Points in Games.
UHEL has emerged from his slump
n swinging freely. In his last i've
games he has larruped the
leather so soundly as to gain AZ
points and bring his average up to
.295. For Joe that appears to be
batting to form, for he entered the
current campaign with major league
career average Of 1894.
The Washington first-sacker began
this year as though he would tear
into the pitchers with fire and fury
In the five games of the opening
stand at home Kuhel slammed for
the smart mark of 1868. But while
touring foreign fields Joe's eyes failed
him and that average withered
quickly.
Through II games on the road the
best he could do was hit safely II
times and he returned to Griffith
Stadium last week wondering what
it was all about His batting rating
had shrunk alarmingly. To make it
worse, the first day at home on this
stand Kuhel faced Tommy Bridges
of the Tigers three times without
hit. He was down to PAT and doing
his club no good in attack.
Starts Splurge Last Friday.
r Asst Friday, though, when the Ma
tionals put on their greatest Of
fensive of the season to score
their lone win over the Tigers here,
Kuhel snapped out of it. He got to
Rowe and Sorrell for three hits, one
q two-bagger, and he has not missed
in a game since. Joe has faced three
left -handers in his batting splurge and
the portside batter has slammed them
Just as solidly as he did the right
hand hurlers.
Kuhel hit safely in his fifth consec-
utive game yesterday and for the
fourth consecutive time got as many
as two hits in a game. He also has
begun to hit timely again. He drove
across a run in the final of the series
with the Browns yesterday and last
Sunday he sent across two against the
Tigers, then for the first time in three
weeks being responsible for showing
elubmate across the plate.
It was Kuhel's first hit, double,
yesterday that started the Nationals
on the way to the 5-to-2 victory,
getting them sweep of the two-game
series with the Browns. Coming after
blow blazed the way to a three-run
rally that sent the Washington club
ahead to stay.
Mats Get to Weiland for Win.
"HE Nationals got nine hits off
three of the four pitchers
Hornsby had on the hill. 1t was
the southpawing Bob Weiland who
took the beating before the game was
five innings under way. Then Jim
walkup and Ivy Andrews came on for
their almost daily appearances to yield
runs. Only Fay Thomas managed to
blank the Washington club when he
toiled in the eighth.
Eight hits were made by the Browns
OF Earl Whitehill and they were first
to find the plate. A single by Cole
man, one of the newest of the .Hornsby
horde, opened the second session.
Pepper doubled, then Coleman went
home as Heath was thrown out.
Whitehill gave up five passes that did
not hurt him, but the Browns ham
mered him more severely than their
score indicates. The attack on the
Washington left-hander was wound up
in the eighth when Pepper rif1ed a
home run into the sun parlor.
The Nationals, though, had done all
their scoring before this homer was
hit. A pass to Manush followed
Kuhel's two-bagger in the fifth, then
Myer singled, Schultz doubled and
Travis hit for base to put over three
runs and chase Weiland. Bottoms
triple and Kuhel's single got run of
Walkup in the next inning. In the
eighth Schultz, hit by a pitched ball,
crossed when Powell singled.
| Criffs' Records
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