Evening star., 1935-10-02
Manush Sees Few Homers.


GONE base ball men. including Heinie
~ Manush, the Washington outf1eld-
er who was among the spectators at
yesterdays final practices, are in
clined to view the possibility of a
home run barrage lightly.
II don't think many homers will be
hit today with Rowe and Warneke
pitching" predicted Manush. Both
OF them, especially Rowe, are too fast
for batters to do much pulling The
new bleachers shouldn't hurt the
Tigers anyway"
This does not settle the point, how
ever, for Rowe must be right" to cut
loose with his devastating fast ball.
Ii he has an off day, the Cubs right
hand hitting lineup may deposit a
ball or so over the nearby screen.
No, rather than settling the point,
1t brings up another which may merit
even more attention. Noticeable dur
ing the Tigers morning workout yes
terday was the manner in which they
gunned for the left-field bleachers
Greenberg, who has gone hitless in
his last IS times at bat during the
American League season, was swing
ing his head of, and, next to Charley
Gehringer, was the weakest of the
practice hitters.
Walker Strong at Bat.
WALKER, a stronger hitter than
w White but not so f1ashy af1eld or
on the bases, was the batting star,
depositing half a dozen of Tommy
Bridges pitches into the bleachers in
succession. Cochrane was unimpres-
sive at bat. He was directing almost
all Of his shots to left field and none
reached the screen.
II their batting practice can be ac-
eepted as criterion of what they
plan to do in the series, then the Tigers
are treading on dangerous ground.
Overswinging is fatal, as the 1888
Washington Senators will attest. 1t
may be remembered that they hit 25
or 26 practice home runs in the Polo
grounds and never were able to get
the range when it counted.
The final workouts of the con-
tenders were not overly impressive.
The Tigers. with the exception of
Walker and Fox, did not meet the ball
consistently well. The Cubs, resembling
IN appearance college team, were
hitting considerably sharper in their
afternoon practice, some of which was
conducted during light rain. They
hit few drives into the bleachers. but
confined their blows to low, fiat pokes
A couple of rockies, Tom Casey and
Clyde Shoun, did the practice pitching
for the Cubs and before the workout
was over minor tragedy was recorded.
A line drive of Manager Charlie
Grimm's bat fractured Shoun's thumb.
Champion Ritter Back.
As THE big hour approached, the
"a motor city went berserk and in
dications were that Navin Field would
be filled to it's capacity of $4,000,
counting the $500 that the new left
Geld bleachers will accommodate.
As early as yesterday noon a sizable
line already was formed at the bleacher
gate, headed by Bill Cunningham, the
boy wonder of Kansas City" Cum
ningham claims the world sitter-in-
line championship for the seventh
consecutive year.
AL reserved seats have been sold
long since and there is no alternative
now except to fall in line behind
Cunningham in hopes of grabbing
room enough to sit in the bleachers, a
portion of which occupies the entire
street running just outside of the ball
park.
Despite the windy, rainy weather of
yesterday, the local forecaster has
promised warmer, If cloudy, day
today. The Tigers were expected to
be favored at Z to S at game time.