Evening star., 1935-08-21
Figures Are Deceiving.

q 4-to-2 count 1t was Newsom's four
teenth defeat Of the season, as both a
Brownie and National. Against this
the self-styled Kingfish can show only
six victories. Truly, the record does
not smack Of 10000 potatoes.
Yet, figures do lie. The cold. black
type opposite Newsom's name does not
do justice to the talkative Southerner.
He's still q $40, 1000 beauty, says Buck,
and In this connection he has the sup
port Of no less an authority than Man
ager Stanley Harris. The why's and
wherefores hereby are cited:
In winning their thirteenth victory
In II games from the Griffs yesterday
tbs Indians were spotted three un-
earned runs in the first inning when
Red Kress and Johnny Stone went in
for q little costly drop-kicking. Thus,
instead of winning a 2-to-1 victory,
Buck was charged with q 4-to-2 loss.
Jinx Got Early Start.
DERHAPS 1t would be better to be-
L gin at the beginning in this tale
Of hard luck. Let's go back to the
opening game Of the season. Pitch
ing for st. Louis against the same
Indians, Buck was beaten, 2 to l, IN
IL innings. An error kept victory in
regulation distance from him.
His second start for the Browns re-
suited In q 6-to-5 victory for the White
sox In 10 innings. Only two Of Chi
ea1o's SIX runs were earned.
Then, tn his next four starts with
the Browns, Newsom lost every time.
But not o single run was he given by
his mates. The clouds were hanging
heavy. but Q bright ray Of sunshine
stole at this point and Newsom found
himself sold from the lowly Browns
to the Nationals in a deal which was
calculated good enough to give the
Gri1s q fighting chance for the pen
nant. Indeed. things looked up gen
orally when Buck, In his first start,
was given 10 runs by his new mates
while he blanked the White Sox.
Pitched Despite Injury.
THEN. once again, his luck turned
. l. on Newsom. In the process OF
rhinndna Cleveland the eccentric
right handlers knee cap was fractured
by q line drive. For nearly seven In
nines he pitched with . broken knee,
only to weaken and drop . S-to-4 de-
eidon.
Followed i've weeks Of idleness and
saen his new start. After dropping an
expected ll-to-l decision to the 4anks
upon returning to the team, Buck dis
covered that the base ball gods still
were frowning on him. Relieving
Leon Petit in q game against Detroit
he pitched brilliantly for two innings
onl to be charged with q 7-to-6 de-
feat when the usually dependable
Buddy Myer put the winning run on
base with an error. A sacrif1ce, an
infield out and . fiuke handle-hit by
Elon Hoggsett did the rest.
Undaunted, the big fellow came
hack to win an 11-to-7 decision over
the Browns. -Four of the st. Louis
runs, incidentally, were unearned.
Then followed 0 6-to-4 victory over
the WhbS OON, III Sp1Vc VI ewo eooVAy
errors, and again 1t looked IS though
Newsom was ready to 60.
DificuIt to Walk.
LIVE weeks and one day to recover
L from . broken knee-cap is a small
time for an injury Of this sort and
Newsom began to feel it-feels it now
as q matter of fact. It is all he can
do to walk after pitching ball game,
10 weak Is his knee. So it Is little
wonder he encountered trouble again.
Seeking to make 1t two wins over
Chicago in that game series late in
July, Buck lost, 4 to l, and then fol.
lowed one Of his two bad performances
of the campaign-a one-inning relief
trick against the Indians, who scored
i've runs and won q 13-to-8 decision.
In his next five starts he won
from the Yanks twice and beat Bos-
ton, while losing to Boston and last
week to Detroit. The latter tilt