The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-10

place to sec. ~
sames behind frank Buck" O'NeiII
the hard driving Yankees to one
game.
They're 81 points in back Of the
pace settlers, but two trtumphs for
Detroit and two defeats for the
Yankees will reverse the positions
Of the team.
Tommy Bridges, master Of a
fast-breaking righthand curve ball
that is the despair and wonder
Of his rivals, will pitch for Detroit,
and Earl Whitehill, whose last
start, against the Athletics saw
him in his finest form, will hurl
for Washington.
Detroit has travelled a hurri.
cane pace for the last month.
On the morning of June II as
the Eastern clubs opened their
second invasion of the West,
the standing Of the clubs showed
that they had won "a games and
lost 20, and were in fourth place.
trailing the Yankees, White SoX
and Indians.
Play 100 Bali
AS we scan the percentage
column today, Detroit has won
46 games and lost 20. In the
last month. then, the Tigers won
% games and lost 9, for a per
centage over the period specified
of TOO.
The Yankees in that same
period won II games for a per-
centage of $50. The Indians.
favored by some critics to win
the pennant at the start of the
season have played 500 ball for
the month, winning IA games and
losing the same number. The
White Sox were slightly better.
winning IA games and losing II
games.
The same ruthless, crushing
power that carried the Tigers to
victory in the American League
last year is surging now as they
start another drive for the top.
That attack which presents no
! soft spots except in the ninth
slot, has battered down all oppo-
sition. In passing it may be said
that with Schoolboy Rowe in the
lineup, not even the ninth slot
offers any great respite for
rival pitcher.
Hank Greenberg was not Sc
! lected as first sacker for the all
star game, but if you ask the man
in the street, he will tell you that
Hankus is the probable successor
to Babe Ruth as home run king
of the universe. The mention Of
home run record is anathema to
Greenberg, who refuses to admit
: that he has a chance to set a new
standard. He's just taking his
normal swing, he will tell you, let
the ball drop where it carries.
: Greenberg is driving runs home
5 in clusters, and is climbing toward
| the 100 mark with the season. He
/ has an excellent chance of crowd.
: ing Hack Wilson'S record of 100
: runs driven in, and he may break
!. it. Lou Gehrig's American League
i. record of 1874 runs driven in Is
also in Jeopardy.
Gehringer, GOslin Swat
With Charley Gehringer swat.
ting the ball and Goose Goslin out
of his slump as the drive started,
it was small wonder that the
Tigers rolled along at smashing
pace.
"We're just going along In
stride" said Mickey Cochrane
as the Bengals rolled into town.
I'VE had difficulty hitting our
true stride, but we seem to be
going along all right. Bridges
is in form and the big boy
that's Rowe-iS all right. Hurt
his shoulder and may be a bit
off, but all right.
"We're going to pass the
Yankees on this trip" said Cy
Perkins, coach Of the Tiger
pitchers. "They went as far as
anyone could ask them to 90,
but now we're going to take
them.
1.-THE Indians went into a bad
slump in the last month. Just
didn't have the power 70 stand
the drive that we launched
against them. 1t was an in.
teresting 90 m b ok by the
White Sox, but, first division Is
about all anyone could ask Of
r them. II they land there Dykes
, will be in clover in Chicago, the
fans won't ask anymore. ="
1 The Griffs and Tigers have
/ played eleven games this year and
: the Tigers have taken seven Of
them. The most heart breaking
of these, from a local standpoint
was that IA inning brawl in Do
troit last trip when the GriffS
went into a three-run lead in the
, thirteenth, only to be blown down
in the fourteenth as the Tigers
rallied to tie and then drove
through to win.
Whitehill faced the Tigers
twice this year and bowed each
time.