Evening star., 1935-05-30
FEAR HILL STAFF
UNFIT FOR GRIND
Crucial Test Seen IN As
Games IN AZ Oays-Yanks
Batter Burke.
Rv .I0HN a. KELLER.

: THEY were to 90 INTO me
n Memorial day double header
y NTH rher arch-r,vals, The
Yankees. weather permitting,
Gucky Harris and his charges bitterly
realized how devastating TO thelr
cause was the cruel stroke Of fate thai
deprived them int at least SIX weeks
of the services of Buck NeWsom.
On the Colorful Newsom, a pitcher
with : strong heart as well as STURDY
arm. the Nationals we're depending 10
make Of fhem formidable cham
rlonship contendlnG outfit through
success in The stretch nf games eX-
tending from TODAY 10 midway of the
sea son.
This stretch, rnlCkly smdded with
double headers and carving the Ma
ilonals mostly 10 foreign fields. had
heen looked 10 as rhe make-or break
-chNdule with the Sralwart NewSom.
raoahle of assuming relief roles as
well taSInc his regular uIrn on the
rlll. added 10 The pitching sraF &C
the teSult nj the transfer of $50 .000
10 the Browns housver Harris and
hL hands were confident ot a male
rzl advance in Standing The next six
weeks
Eu NepSor. hosp,r l17ad neca nSe
~ broken l-nee-car rhai has his les
80 swollen NO cast can VET nc pli
eround II IN insure ne proper Knitting
oc The none. is lost 10 The Nationals
through fhe moSt important par Of
then rompftltive schedule.
piav AZ Games in 1. DAYS
INCLUDING, the TWIN bill slated TO-
day, the Washington oal club Is
down for as games IN AZ dayS Includ-
tnT The Memorial day Twin bill. there
ere eight double -head ders 70 he played
IN the ~ 6ays For such testing
string. Harris has at his command
onlv eight pitchers and hut TWO of
these Earl Whtehill and Bump Had
le,--hare revealed winning form
The outlook for The Nationals. tn
deeo. IS gloomy With their effective
rltchng seriously reduced hey must
look to their batting for most Of their
success, and rarely has their batting
been strong enough 10 get them ahead
when their mlno, huriers have been
on The mound Fate certainly dealt
the Washington rib a fearful blow
when IT contriued 20 have Earl Aver
Ills drive land solidlv against New
SONS left knee last Tuesday.
Harris admitted today he is az a
ioes when n rcmes 10 preparing a
cItchips program for the irving dsvs
ahead He has assigned rhe left
ka1 - L.
Saturday douhle-headert that will open
: three game series in Phiadelphia.
After that he probably will have to
send to the mound whichever of the
lot he has al his command tha, hap
rens 10 appear impressive in the work
outs That is. excepting Hadlev The
rnunky chUcker VIII he cal lied on reeu-
larlv for his turns,
Burke Takes Raa,ins.
THERE mas little impressive about
the Washington pitching vester-
dav other Than that done hV Relve
Sean, the reServjst called on after the
Yankees mad huffeted the left-ha nded
6oh Burke from the hox. In their first
appearance nj the season here the New
Workers knocked the ball high. wide
snd handsome to walk aVav with a
1-'o-4 game sent back to the sixth TO-
hlnG by rain
-Eurke looked heaIen prcher from
the time he stepped 10 the rubber and
the Yankees quickly made him one.
They cot tn him for nine hits and all
their counting runs in the first four
frames, scoring in earh frame.
Over their first six innings. the
Nationals also got nine hits off Charley
Euffne, but only twice could thew do
anything with the hits. Singles hy
Myer. Stone and Travis. after two
were out In the third. produced a
score
Powell and Redmond beean the sixth
With singles and The bases were
crowded after lszzerI cropped = throw
from Crosettl. trying for a force play
following SCOOP of Blueee's bounce
Schultz grabbed Scans bat and
struck nut, hut kuhel's Hy scored
Powell and advanced the two other
runners Redmond counted as Djckev
let one NJ Rulings pitches get away
and Manush's double tailed Blue9e.
toWeh Loses r0nef.
TWO homers marked the legal DOR
tion of The game, both driven into
ihs left field stand by Yankees. Rllffing
hit the frst with one aboard in the
..econd session and Gehrig made the
second to score Chap ahead in
the fourth.
Henry Coppoie WAS prchins when
The Vanks came no for their seventh
turn The rookie struck ont Two, but
he made two halks and the Yanks
made single and two triples TO get
three runs that we're washed off the
record nv rain,
The ram robbed Jake Powell OF a
homer He had. nlst driven the ball
INTO the open stand when Umpire
MCGOWAN finally ended hostilities.