Evening star., 1935-09-01
JACK, "CO[D," NIPS
RALLY BY BOS0X
Gives But Four Hits After
SuppIanting Whitehill,
Banished in First.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

terday at Griffith Stadium with per-
haps the greatest effort of his To-
year career.
Before 10000 empty pews the hand
some Texan climbed out of the damp
dugout in the first inning to step
into a breach without benefit of even
q warm-up. An hour and a half
later he walked off the field, 3to-1
victor over the Red Sox in a game
in which he allowed only four runners
to reach base.
In this private homecoming,
touched with drama which only 1000
spectators witnessed, the Griffith A. G.
returned to its own bailiwick and in
the brief period of single afternoon
saw not only Russell come back" but
the cellar position in the American
League fade away and sixth place
come within reaching distance again.
WhSe the Nationals were downing
the Red Sox so impressively, Detroit's
champion Tigers walloped the eighth
place Browns, putting the st. Loueys
three games back of the Nationals,
and the Yanks took double-header
from the sixth-place Athletics, who
now head the Griffs by only a half
o game.
Whitehill Throws Glove Away.
ID USSELL, whose future with the
A~ Griffs practically was inky even
after a six-hit performance in st.
Louis a few days ago, walked onto
the slab after Earl Whitehill, in a
righteous fit of rage, had thrown his
glove 40 feet in the air and cut
loose a few choice epithets on the
subject of American League umpiring
in general and that by Bill Dineen
in particular.
So well chosen were the Whltehlll S
words that Dineen up and thumbed
the southpaw to the showers. leaving
the Nationals without warmed-up
pitcher, an enemy base-runner on
third, and the Red Sox in possession
of a 1-to-0 lead.
Into the fray stalked Russell,
twitching his right shoulder to get it
loosened up. With a mastery that
smacked of his relief pitching in 1888,
Jack disposed of the side without
further damage and from then on
subdued the Bosox. He walked no
body, and in the last six innings he
faced only 10 batters, one over par.
Meantime, his mates wiped out the
10 deficit by scoring twice in the
sixth frame and adding another run
in the seventh.
Redmond Fearless in Dive.
THE game opened in an uproar.
= Whitehill, wild. walked Spinach
Melillo and then, after Almada had
drilled into a force play and Roy
johnson had grounded out, Earl also
walked Joe Cronin. Pitching to Rick
Ferrell, the rotund local southpaw un-
corked a wild pitch, Almada moving
to third and Cronin to second, and
then another dubious pitch slipped
through Jack Redmond's glove for a
passed ball.
Almada broke for home when the
ball got by Redmond, who hurriedly
picked it up 10 feet away and dove,
face forward, into the cleaning spikes
of Almada. From the stands it looked
as though Redmond already was lying
with his chest covering the plate and
holding the ball when Almada, sensing
that he could almost cut off Red
mond's arm by slide, checked him.
self and skidded around the rookie
receiver.
Dineen waved Almada safe and
then the storm broke. Rushing in to
face the umpire, Whitehill ranted at
great length until, finally. he was sent
to the club house. Then Russell came
In, threw few practice pitches, and
forced Rick Ferrell to pop up to Kress.
Red Sox Charge Dineen.
JOHNNY WEIGH was pitching for
the Bostons and, inasmuch as
Johnny throws one of those nothing
balls" it looked as though Washing
ton was due for sad Homecoming.
He faced only nine batters in the first
three innings and, while touched up
O bit in the next two frames, man.
aged to keep the Griffs from scoring.
In the sixth he lost control and
walked Manush and Myer in success
sion and Manager Cronin waved in
Walberg, Facing Walberg was young
Miles, whose attempted sacrifice
forced Manush at third. Then up
came Cecil Travis, who beat out an
1nfield hit to fill the bases.
Jake Powell, next up, slapped a
lazy roller to Werber at third base
and Willyum whipped the ball to
Catcher Ferrell in an attempt to
force Myer at the plate. When
Dineen ruled Myer safe because Fer
rell's foot was not on the dish, an
other storm broke loose, this time
from the Boston side, but as usual
the umpire won.
Walberg then put the rally to q
sudden end by making Kress fly to
Carl Reynolds, the fleet Miles scoring
after the catch. and tanning Pinch
hitter Fred Schultz, who was up for
Redmond.
Kuhel Scores in Seventh.
ID USSELL started of the Nationals
in the seventh, their other scoring
inning. Holding his bat through
sponge to protect recently Clipped
bone in his right hand, Jack bounced
hit off Walberg's glove. Kuhel tried
to sacrifice Russell to second but sue
ceeded in forcing him.
Kuhel atoned for this failing, how
ever. by promptly stealing second and
then Myer whacked a long triple to
the center field scoreboard, scoring