The Washington times., 1935-04-25

KS must stop in &C.
y <s cordance with
Frank Buck" O'NeilIbaseball law, so
Harris will take time in making
his selection. He will recommend
that the rubber band be taken off
the ample Griffith bank roll, and
that the right men be bought.
And the right men can be
bought at the right price.
This washington team must get
some real hitting power on the
north side of the plate. AS mat
tiers stand, Powell and Larry are
the two right handed hitters
among the regulars. Neither of
these is cutting the ball with any
degree of power or regularity.
Powell has sruck out six times in
the seven games played thus far.
He struck out yesterday with Boil
ton on third base. He may yet
find himself anG bat to his minor
league form, but Harris is reSerV.
ing judgment.
It may be said that the entire
Washington team has not yet
started to tie into the ball with
their bats. The left-handed hit
tiers are sla- ping the ball to left
field for the most part. This IS
especially true of Cecil Travis.
When our third-sacker comes to
bat the opposing defense swings
far over to the left. There is a
vast expanse of unguarded terri
tory in right field, but Travis has
vet to pull the ball the way a
strong left-handed hitter should
pull it.
Are Hitting to Left
In the last two games, the left
handed hitters sent no fewer
than Is balls into left field. Sev-
eral more were hit into center,
but fewer than half dozen balls
were pulled into right field with
the vicious zing that marks the
well-hit drive.
The boys have not been sue
cessful yet in punching their
hits. They made II safeties on
Tuesday and scored six runs.
They got 10 yesterday, including
a triple and made three runs.
The tying run was scored on
Lary's push bunt which Warst-
Ter fielded after the ball cleared
the box. The winning run was
put over the plate on PowelIs
fly to center fled.
One way and another, nine
runs are not many when two
dozen hits are made. But II the
men can continue quantity pro
duction, regardless Of where the
blows may land, the laws of aver
age will start working in their
favor and they'll be putting on
big innings of the sort that
featured Detroft's drive for the
pennant last year.
Two Winning Pitchers
There now is genuine reason
for optimism concerning the
pitching staff, or in any event,
of certain members of the pitch
ing staff. Not only did Burke
20 the route yesterday, master
of the situation in eight of the
nine innings, but he looked the
picture of a victor. You knew
that every ball carried a world
of power, and today aside from
being a little tired, Bob's arm
is in fine condition,
Bump Hadley reported himself
as fit as a fiddle and ready for
work whenever called upon. Had
ley is thrilled to the heart over
the fact that he had his fast
ball blazing any time he had tc
put on little extra pressure
He now looks forward to big
year. Harris tentatively set Is
victories as Hadley's goal. Now
the big fellow needs 10 more
and he's sure he'll pass thai
mark. Here's hoping he does.
Bolton Hitting .349
With Burke a nine-inning pitch
er, thus established in the victory
column of the Griffs, another
worry disappears-worry that thi
agent refused to share. That con
Germs the catching. This far Bol
ton has handled himself behint
the plate in Grade A style. He j
throwing we'll and doing all as
signments in major league man
ner. He has been at bat % times
and made 8 hits which brings hin
right to the $50 border.
There are two good younl
catchers waiting to relieve Boltol
any time he is injured or the wea
and tear of regular work begin
to tell on him and tax his re
sources. The possibility of worl
and wear and tear getting Boltol
down seems remote at this time
But Jack Redmond and Samm
Holbrook are champing on the bill
We may see them in action bt
fore many days elapse if an
games reach a stage here victor
. seems certain, or game is def
nitely lost.