The Washington times., 1935-06-21

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may not re- Frank Buck" O'NeiII
main there.
With Jimmy Foxx returned to
his position at first base, Bill
Dickey ranks as the best, or
certainly the second best, catcher
j. the American League. Not
only is he wise behind the bat,
a fine receiver and fine thrower,
but he is a blasting hitter of
home-run range. He produces
his quota OF runs.
AS the Yankees winged along
setting a furious pace with their
brilliant young pitching staff, they
put no little pressure on the
heavier hitting Tigers. There is
no love lost between the teams,
and the games in this series were
fought to the last put-out. The
Yank success brought out the
temper Of the Tigers. Despite
the fact that there was feeling,
baseball men here are not in.
clined to think that Sullivan
threw at Dickey.
Bill has been hit before, and
his style of spread stance batters
have difficulty in keeping away
from the ball in the event that
they lose sight of it. The best
Of hitters sometimes lose sight
of a pitched ball.
Indians Interested
The Cleveland Indians nat.
ally are interested in the extent
of Dickey's injury. The Tribes
men stepped past the White Sox
into the second slot yesterday
when they gave the Griffs their
daily licking. Walter johnson
feels that with Dickey on the
shelf, enough power will be out
of the Yank lineup to enable his
warriors to hack a couple of
games off the New Workers lead.
The Griffs leave for Detroit to-
night, where they play over the
weekend with a double-header on
Saturday. So far as this writer
can observe, the two best teams in
the American League to date are
the Yanks and the Tigers. The
Bengals will roll along through
Auugst and September. Their
power is bound to make itself felt
sooner or later. If there is any
handicap in finishing on the road,
of course, the Tigers will suffer
that handicap, but good teams
win at home or abroad. The
Tigers are a good team.
If you're searching for reasons
why the Tigers are bound to be
up toward the front in the late
summer, look at Hank Green
berg's record for driving in runs.
He is just over the 300 mark in
batting, but he's so far in front Of
Jimmy Foxx that it isn't even
funny.
Wholesale TallieS
He's producing tallies in whole.
sale lots, and runs win ball games.
Another reason is Tommy Bridges,
master of a curve ball that would
knock your ears back. When
Tommy pitches the Bengals win.
So far as the Griffs are con-
cerned, you can wash them up
for 1885 and look to another
year. They can lose ball games
in ways that would drive you
dizzy if you didn't retain imper-
sonal view of things. It is not
the province Of this writer to
wax fanatical in baseball, but to
preserve the status Of impartial
analyst.
With a single exception every
game on this trip has been lost
by miserable pitching. The Griffs
could not have beaten Ted Lyons.
So with that exception we stick
to the Stateme-l that our pitchers
have been the tenth man on the
opposing ball club.
Let's go down the line and
look over a fev figures on the
toSSerS.
Earl Whitehill was beaten yes
terday for the third consecutive
time on the trip. He has pitched
10 innings and has been nudged
for 80 hits. He passed Is men
and allowed 20 runs, something
better than 9 runs per nine-in-
ming game.
All Battered
Hadley has been in two games,
ii % innings, and has been hit
20 times for 13 runs. Burke has
relieved twice. getting one deci.
sion in 3 1.3 innings in which
he allowed 6 hits. In a dozen
innings Ed Linke has allowed is
hits and 9 runs. Russell aver
aged better than two hits per
inning and was hit for more than
one run per inning in his sorties
to the mound. Petit won two
games although allowed a hit
per inning and a pass per in
ming. Bean allowed more than
one run per inning and IL hits