The Washington times., 1935-04-30


Kirk Miller has mad .
something better than an au-
Spicious start.
In one case, a kid hurler's
bat prevented a no-hit game
by his opponent, and in four
others their pitching has
been so tight that they early
got their names blazoned
across the tops of sports
pages the land over.
Washington had the bitter ex'
perience of being Inundated by
one of these upstairs, Vernon
Wilshere, who went to the
Athletics only last Summer
and who turned back the Griff-
men by whitewashing them last
week with a two-hit job.
They're in Both Leagues
Another hurler, a National
Lacquer, Johnny Babichs who
in actuality is little more than
q newcomer to the majors with
only one year behind him at
Brooklyn, pitched one Of the
best games of the infant season
when he blanked the Dodgers
with one hit last Thursday.
Then there is the case of a
freshman hurler, Darrell ICY"
Blanton of the Pirates, who
turned back the Cardinals with
a one-hit shutout and later
came back to defeat the Gin
cinnati Reds by to 2, striking
out IL batterS.
The schedule had hardly COM
n1enced. before a White SoX
hurler in swaddling clothes an
nounced he had arrived" when
John Henderson Whitehead reg
istered one of those mound per-
formances which set the Chi"
cago fans talking to themselves.
He defeated the Detroit Tigers,
3 to 2 on 6 hits.
A rookie southpaw, Joe Sulli"
van, turned in the game that
snapped Cleveland's six-game
winning streak day before yes
terday. Add to that the coinci-
dence Of Rookie Orville Jor.
gems having got the lone hit OF
Sundays game against the
Giants, preventing Pitcher Hal
Schumacher from getting a no
hit, no-run game. in view of the
3 to 0 pasting the Giants gave
the Phils, and you have pretty
fair picture of what unseasoned
hurlers have been doing for
their cult this year.
/ Something of An Oddly
r Navy. going places on the wa"
ter this spring in view of its
sweep over Cornell and a pre-
vious victory at the expense of
Columbia, boasts an odd situa-
ton in its varsity shell. The
eight has two strokes in its per-
sonnet. Buck Walsh, the Mid
die. coach, says the coincidence
is practically unheard-of in his
association with the sport.
It is like this:
Captain Joe Hood was at No.
z oar a year ago, but this sea-
son has been moved to the
stroke oar. Dick Gray, stroke OF
the junior varsity last year, has
been moved to Hoods old post
at No. Z. In order to have
Hood still pulling a Starboard
oar and Gray a port oar to
which they became accustomed
q year ago, in reverse order, the
new Navy shell in which they
have been doing so well, was
built with a Starboard rigging
instead Of the standard port set
up. It hasn't held the Navy
back a fraction of a length-so
far.
Around Our Town
doc" Malcolm Gibbs is
headed for the Kentucky Derby
this weekend with a party of
friends-the Detroit Tigers re-
Gently asked for waivers on
Goslin and Hcgsett, but with
drew them when claims were
put in for the outfielder and
hurler-Clark Griffith, as man.
ager and pitcher for the White
Sox the first year of the Ameri.
can League, 1901, and was re-
Sponsible for winning over 80
games-Sunday baseball makes
its bow in Wilmington, Del, and
pastors say there was no falling
off in church-going-if you are
shopping for a long shot in the
Kentucky Derby, don't forget a
likely starter by the name Of
weston. Weston is owned by
Jouette Shouse-invitations are
out for the first night baseball
game to be played in Cincinnati
May % with the Reds opposing
the Phillies at what is now
, called Crosley Field. after the
present owner thereof.