The Washington times., 1935-05-30


to lose, and NewsOm is one of
those men. Misfortune struck
us where we are weakest. Well,
we're going to keep up our
chins and go right ahead bat
Ting them all. We've lost q
starting pitcher who showed
us he could go the nine in
ningS.
HE, with Earl WhitehiII and
Hadley, would have gone along
pitching complete games for us.
Hadley has gone through his
last three games without re-
lief. WhitehiIl asked for relief
on account of the heat in his
last start. He pitched a full
game against the Browns. With
three nine-inning pitchers we
would be all right. McGraw
won a pennant with three good
starters. 1t can be done.
WILL SPOT HURLERS
GAS matters stand 1 will have
to work along and take pitch
ers who are ready for a game.
That has been done, and we
can work out a schedule that
should be effective.
Pm starting Petit against
the Yankees today. He worked
twO-thirdS of an inning against
the Cleveland Indians on Mon.
. day. He should be ready. His
previous start was against the
White Sox on May rs, when he
went four innings. Jack Rus
sell will go against the Athletics
in Philadelphia on Saturday
afternoon. He worked less than
two innings against the Indians.
Spotted properly, Russell will
win some important games.
What a man that NewSom
is" continued Harris, with q
shake Of his head. "He pitched
almost seven innings with an
injury that will keep him in the
hospital for nearly a month. It
was real courage. / hope it was
not fOOlhardiness. Sometimes
those qualities are mistaken for
one another"
Harris avoided a discussion OF
certain phases of his teams de-
Velopment. The puzzling case OF
Bob Burke did not come before
the house, but there is no man on
the Washington baseball club who
interests and battles those who
follow the fortunes of the club
than does this same Bob Burke.
Can This Be True?
His record shows that he ha:
been in eight games. He beat the
Athletics on April "a in Philadal
phia, pitching q complete game
That was the last game he won
He has been beaten six times
dropping his last three conSecu
tive starts. He figured in onG
game where another pitcher, JACK
Russell, finally got credit for vic
tory.
Facing Cleveland in Cleveland
Detroit here, and yesterday start
ing against the Yankees, Burke
has pitched Is 1-3 innings. He
has allowed 10 runs and 81 hits
In his last four starts the oppoSi'
ton has made 80 hits off him
and cashed them for Is runs
Burke's last two games didn't oc'
cupy much of his time. Detroit
routed him in 2 1-3 frames anc
the Yankees beat him yesterday
in 3 % frames.
Now all of this is very distress
ing to Harris and well-wishers OF
the team, but it is especially dis
treSsing to Burke. He looked like
a million dollars in the spring, anc
Harris inspired him by telling him
this year he, Bob Burke, was a
starting pitcher for the GriffS
When Bob won his second start
and went the route all hands were
elated. He lost to the Yankees
when Gomez shut him out, but
no one held that against him
Now, to be very frank, no one
knows what in the world is wrong
with Bob. He doesn't know him
self.
Records Stand Firm
But you can't get away from
the records. Burke has been
worked in turn, has been rested
and refreshed, and, after all, the
Yankees belted the life out Of him
yesterday. His rank as starting
pitcher cannot be regarded as Sc
cure in face of repeated diSap
pointments. He hasn't lived up to
expectations in a month.
Harris tried another experiment
with his batting order yesterday
He sent Heinie ManuSh into the
second slot, advanced Buddy
Myer to the third spot and put
Jack Stone in the cleanup. Il
just so happened that the boys
couldn't beat the Yankees yester
day, but Manush did drive in q
run with a double to right field
jake Powell is cursing the
weather this morning. His homC
,.,,,a ~ tina coUayafh inning mai