The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-17

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barge along in IN 'aS'''''''A'
winning stride. Frank "Buck" o'Neill
Lame and halt at the beginning
of the season, the Bengals found
themselves as the Eastern teams
hit the West. Now they've &C
counted for eight out of their last
II starts and maybe they're going
to zoom right to the top of the
standing before they return home.
Mickey Cochrane thinks they
will do just that, and in very short
order withal. Cochrane is sending
out Schooboy Rowe this after
non to make it two in a row over
our strong-armed young men.
After watching the comical antics
of the Griffs yesterday, Mickey
ventured the opinion that maybe
he'd better save Rowe for tougher
competition.
Decides on Plan
On second thought, however,
Cochrane decided to go through
with his plan and start the big
boy from the Ozarks. Rowe needs
the work, and Cochrane is still
fretting at being below the 500
mark. The Tigers are tied with
Washington for fifth place, one
game below the $3.50 notch.
Mickey may still fret and fume,
for the local team is not nearly
as bad as that terrible piece of
Glowing yesterday would indicate.
The boys really can throw and
pick up grounders. In fact, their
second and third line of defense
the infield and patrols-have been
far stronger than their pitching
and their attack. They are not
going to give away five runs every
day. In any event, it is to be
hoped that they won't develop the
habit of giving games away with
free-armed throws.
Bump Hadlev deserved kinder
fate than that which befell him
in his first defense of home ter
rain since the opening of the year.
It was not until the ninth in
ming that the BengalS scored an
earned run. 1t happened that in
the ninth they scored two runs,
both earned. The writer contends
that a pitcher who can hold the
opposition to a brace of tallies
will win more games than he will
lose.
Frolic of Fearful Throws
The frolic of fearful throws
began in the second inning when
with two out Bolton made a
weird chuck into center by way OF
stopping Walkers attempt at
stealing. Powell, not to be out
done, made an equally bad throw
toward third. Hadley made bad
throw and Manush let an easy
roller go right through his legs.
Aided by all these fearful chuckS
and woeful boots the Tigers
skipped merrily around the plate.
But the fact must stand that five
Of their runs were unearned. AS
said in the first place, it was too
bad that Hadley had to lose de-
spite the fact that his pitching
was so much better than the score
would indicate.
Tommy Bridges pitched an even
better game than Hadley, and was
favored by support you expect OF
champions. He famed nine Of the
GriffS.
Thrice Victim
Buddy Myer was a victim on
three occasions. But in the ninth
Myer doubled and drove in the
first Washington run. Leave it
to Myer to come through in a
pinch. He redemmed himself
for his error in the second in
ming.
Up to the ninth inning it
seemed as if Washington were
in for it's fifth dip in the white
wash tub. Just three hits in
seven innings were made off
Bridges. In the third inning
two of these blows were punched
with two out, so the threat never
got beyond the threat stage.
Benching Lyn Larry has not yet
produced results. KreSs was a
strike-out victim yesterday, but
admittedly, one game doesn't
make a hitter; nor should one
game break hitter. jake
Powell continued his hitting
career with two blows, both
singles to left field. This young
man Is rolling along in full
stride now and looks every inch
the ball player.
And to think that jake was
almost benched a short while