Evening star., 1935-08-30

singular as the aDlllty OF washington
scattered cast-offs to make life miSer-
able for their former mates.
Home again after a final tour. Of
the West, Bucky Harris bedraggled
band gratefully welcomed another pc
riod Of idleness today before resuming
warfare tomorrow against the Red
Sox in Griffith Stadium. All through
out the West, starting in. Detroit and
ending with volley in st. Louis, ex-
Griffmen have waylaid the Nationals
like squad of snipers who reach the
peak of their effectiveness at the sight
Of a Washington uniform.
What the complete absence of Clark
Griffith's discarded hirelings would
have meant to the Nationals this
season there issno way of telling, but
1t Is safe to say that, directly or in
directly, ex-Nationals have been re-
sponsible for at least 20 victories over
their old mates.
Crowder, Goslin Biggest Pests.
WERE there to be vote today by
w the Nationals on their No. l
trouble team. ticket Of Goose Goslin
and Alvin Crowder probably would
win hands down. Following this pair
in the balloting undoubtedly would be
tickets composed of Sammy West and
Lyn Larry of the Browns, Lloyd Brown
and Walter Stewart Of Cleveland, Joe
Cronin and Bing Miller of the Red
Sox and Carl Fischer and Luke Sewell
OF Chicago.
Hero of the pennant- winning cam
paign of 1888, Crowder was deemed of
no further use to the washington club
early last year and was disposed Of
via the waiver route. Whether he
outlived his usefulness to the Ma
tionals may be q debatable question,
but the aging General, among other
performances Of value to the Tigers,
has beaten Washington three times
and has yet to lose to our side.
Like Crowder, the venerable Goose
GoSlin was cog in the champion
ship machine of two years ago, but
during the Winter Of 1888 1t was be-
lieved that Johnny Stone would be
q greater asset in right field than
Goose and so a swap was effected.
Stone has done his part in filling
the Goose's shoes, but, in the mean
time, Goslin has seen to 1t that Wash
ington feels the change in another
way. Although low 800 hitter for
the campaign, Goslin has batted at
.4l3 clip for Is games against the
Nationals.
West .375 Hitter Ag'in Griffs.
MOVING from Detroit to st. Louis
A'A we find West lowering around an
even 300 batting mark, but skipping
through the scorebook, it is discovered
that when opposed to the Nationals
he Is a .375 slugger. Larry hasn't had
quite the opportunity yet to threaten
seriously Goslin, Crowder and West
for the nuisance championship, but
afleld, at any rate, Lyn must be classed
as q potential candidate.
Also in the West lurk Fischer and
Sewell, wearing the garb Of the White
Eox. Always a confirmed less-than-
800 hitter, Sewell has batted at a 1877
clip while facing the Griffs, of whom
he also was an important player dur
ing the successful 1888 campaign.
Fischer has whipped the Griffs two
out of three tries, once holding them
to a single hit.
Passing from Chicago to Cleveland,
another pair of nemeses are unveiled
IN Stewart and Brown, with the vet
eran Eddie Phillips a willing helper.
Their aggregate damage to the Ma
tionals' cause this year has been two
pitching victories for Brown as against
no defeats, two out Of three slab wins
for Stewart and 1888 batting aver
sge for Phillips, who otherwise Is
strictly q $50 hitter.
Cronin Tough on Old Mates.
NEITHER the Athletics nor the
Yankees present an outstanding
nemesis, probably because neither
team boasts a former National, but
up in Boston there are three gents
who have been troublesome to some
degree. With the Red Sox now, Joe
Cronin is struggling through his
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league star, but If Washington was
the only club Joe was to face he'd
have no trouble at all. Cronin's
batting average against the Grifis
Is .329.
Bing Miller and Carl Reynolds can
show only respective averages of ESQ
and .213 for infrequent appearances
against the Nationals, but each can
take credit for q victory apiece over
the Washington club.
Some idea Of the damage accom-
panying this ay-like-h-ll-against-
Warrington habit Of the ex-Griffs
may be gained by q brief, though in
adequate, review Of just few games.
Goslin, for instance, directly led to
two triumphs by the Tigers, batting
over five runs with three hits back
in June as Detroit won 10-to-s de-
eision and then following up this per-
formance not long ago by socking q
homer and q triple and scoring three
runs in q 7-to-6 win.
Lary's Fielding Hurts.
nURING the st. Louis series Just
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