The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-12
GROVES CHIT
Win BOOMS
BY PAT ROBINSON

Stock in Joe Cronin's Boston
Red Sox took decided boom to.
day as an aftermath Of the five
hit pitching of Lefty Grove
against Mickey Cochrane's Tigers.
Since the start Of the season
ball players Of other clubs have
said Grove was all washed up, that
he had lost his stuff and that he'd
be lucky to win 10 games.
But Lefty must have had some
thing more than a glove and a
prayer to hold the Tigers to five
hits, and If that performance is
a criterion Of his real ability, the
Red Sox will have to be considered
a serious contender.
Lefty had to be good, for the
Sox got only six hits off Sullivan,
Auker and Hogsett, but he came
through 3 to / and in the night
cap, Yves Terrell duplicated his
five-hit effort to win, S to 2
against old General Crowder.
AS the American League stands
today, every team except the
Browns must be considered to
have a fair chance at the pen
nant. The Tigers are far down
the list but a sustained winning
streak could easily put them on
top and the team has too much
class to remain long where they
are. Auker and Rowe have been
disappointments. An excuse for
Rowe's mediocre work came to
light yesterday in the birth Of a
son to his wife. The young man
may have been worried as other
men have been before him in SIM
liar circumstances.
Worried Too Much
The writer recalls one year
Hack Wilson, then a Giant, wor-
ried so much over prospective
parenthood that the late John J..
McGraw was forced to send him
to Toledo.
The AS improved their posi-
ton by taking a pair from the
Indians, 40 and 81, with Blae-
holder and Mahaffey in the
points against Hudlin and Brown.
The AS settled the second game
by building all their runs in the
first heat around the fifteenth
homer of Bob johnson. If old
Connie Mack ever gets q little
consistently good pitching he'll
breeze through those other teams.
The YankS won a pair from the
Browns, "a and go, with Ruffing
and Tamulis operating and the
Senators split with the White Sox
by taking the opener 60 and
dropping the second, SO.
Simmons homer with three
aboard was wasted in the first
game, but his next with two on
helped cop the second tilt. Babe
Phelps, an old Dodger who learned
his stuff under Uncle Wilbur Rob-
inSon, went the route for the Sox
in their winning game.
Reds Take Pair
The Reds threw a bomb into
Bill Terry's dugcut by taking q
pair from the Giants, Al, and 81,
behind the SEVENTH pitching Of
Tony Freitas and the five-hit tos-
sing Of Leroy Hermann. This was
quite a shock to the natives who
expected to see the Giants win as
they pleased.
The Pirates punched eight hits
on Uncle Tom Zachary to trim the
Dodgers, 4 to 0, the victory moving
them to q tie with the idle
Cards for second place. Guy Bush
kept the Dodgers seven hits well
spread.
The Cubs ran into q rude sur.
prise in Philadelphia where the
Phils plaStered them, 10 to 4, de-
spite two homers by Galan and
one by Harnett off Syl johnson.
The Cubs don't seem to have
enough to GUST either Cards,
Giants or Pirates but the addition
Of Brant and Berger from the
Braves surely would make them
serious threats. Nothing Is more
certain than that the Cubs will
make q tremendous bid to get
either or both before the week