The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-08
TEAM DRAWS
CROWDS To
GAMES
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Writer

were taking q fine Shellacklng at
the hands of the Griffmen yester'
day afternoon, but that fact, now
accented almost as a matter OIL
course. did not divert their atten'
ton from the left field score board
The score of the White Sox'
Yankees game was posted, show
ing that the Pallid Hose had taken
Lefty Gomez.
"Well, they got Gomez out OF
there" said Oscar MelillO, sec
Ond baseman Of the Browns. II
wish I'd been there. I can hit
Gomez"
The rest of the Browns ignored
the remark. Gomez is just a coun'
try cousin for Melillo at any stage
Of the game.
'It's q good thing for the
league the Sox are in the fight
regardless Of how long they stay
up there" said Sammy West.
"They will draw good crowds
and that will mean money for
all the clubs swinging in there.
But they can't expect to re.
main up there long" said
Grover Cleveland Hartley. '"They
haven't enough pitching
strength. Whitehead has won
four straight, but let's see what
he does the next time around
the circuit. There isn't an out
standing pitcher on the team
when you come right down to
1t, and you have to have pitch
erS.
"Another thing, Hayes isn't
going to keep up his crazy hit
ting"
Rajah Wants Some
"Craxy. hitting. Eh?". said
HOrnsby. I'D like to see some
on this club. I'd like to see some
runs, some victories. I'd like to
put over a victory. We won a
game on April 20. What'n ell
are we talking about the White
SOx. Lets see If we can't get
some runs for ourselves"
That disrupted the nid-game
tanning bee completely.
Buddy Myer clicked the second
ball pitched up against the right
centerfield fence for a double
Stone scored him at once by pull
ing a shot into right for single
There was a good start, and wher
Manush walked we had visions Of
o big inning.
Successives outs by Kuhel ano
Travis scored Stone, but there the
rally ended.
There's nothing wrong with
the Browns" Charley OIeary will
tell you. They've lost some very
tough one-run games" That, OF
course, is one of the things that's
wrong with them. Good ball
clubs win most of those one-run
games.
Larry almost tore the hands off
Buck Newsom in the second in
ming. His line drive smash took
the hurler's glove with it, but New
som recovered and threw to first
in time for a put out.
Heinie Mueller, former out
fielder of the Giants and Braves,
is with the Browns in utility role,
Heinie is the hero of many a
frolicsome tale. One of them still
stands out.
Heinie was with the Giants and
Tor some reason conceived the
idea that bunting a man to third
would be the right caper. He put
the ball down where the pitcher
could field it. The hurler threw
to third heading off the runner
and Heinie stood on the first
base line waving his arms and
shouting: Run. run, run
Coaching in Vain
His coaching and thinking were
all in vain. The runner was
tossed out at third and Heinie
was thrown out at first, by at
least 70 feet, still shouting and
still waving his arms.
Heinie is the hero of still an,
other tale. He was with the
Cardinals at the time, and a
certain hitter, VIGOROUSLY weak on
slow balls, played with the oppo'
Sition.
The first time the batter went
to the plate, Heinie came charging
in toward the plate. He repeated
this with each slow ball until the
crowd became aware of what was
happening and each time Heinie
started the fans yelled:
"SlOw ball"
So Heinie decided to fool the
fans. He started in pell-mell on
q fast one. The batter connected
and clouted the ball right over
Heinie's devoted head. It went
for a home run.
why did you do that?"
asked Branch Hickey when Muel.
Ter returned to the bench.
"Mr. Rickey,"' replied Heinie.
II wanted to fool the crowd"
Cecil Travis tripled to center
field in the fourth inning, the ball
Gearing the right-field side of
second base. This was unusual,
in that it marked Travis first hit