Evening star., 1935-08-24
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LONG WIN STREAK
SENSED BY HARRIS

SENSED BY HARRIS
Manager Contends Law of
Average Will Aid Pretty
Good Ball Club.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
- HICAGO, August 24.-You've
4 seen people with the kind of
look that Bucky Harris was
~ wearing on his worry-wrinkled
face today. Over the breakfast table,
numerically attacking defenseless
grapefruit, Bucky was sporting an
1've-swallowed-the canary expression,
tail feathers an all.
WELL" he grinned, ''nobody's asking
If Washington's still in the American
League. At least, the White Sox aren't.
Furthermore, if there's such thing as
a law of averages, we're not through
at three victories in a row.
"If We don't have a winning streak
now or before this seasons over it will
be one of the few times I've ever
known a pretty good ball club to wind
up without streak. How many times
have we won three in a row? Five
times? Well. I wouldn't be surprised
II We strung this streak out a little
more and finished this trip with al
least 500 record"
Seeking the White Sox.
INDEED. Mr.. Harris optimism might
well be correctly placed. as the
Griffs, once again hot on the trail OF
sixth place, wind up what will be one
of their most successful series of the
season with the White Sox. If they
can whip the ChicagoS again. thereby
registering sweep No. l of the year,
the GriffS have fair chance of feed
ing their streak at the expense of the
Browns to be tackled next in six
game series.
base ball world has been, "Oh the
White Sox, they can't stay up there. "
No, they couldn't stay up there. "
But they did. April passed and May
came and was gone. Still Jimmy
Dykes had his Sex running one-two.
June and then July and the
legendary Fourth came and those Sox
were riding high in the first division.
When August came not few experts
and many more fans visioned the
White Sox replacing the fading
Yankees as public enemies No. l of
the champion Tigers.
Then the Nationals came to town
and for the first time the Pale Hose
were knocked back where they be-
long" Because of the Nationals, the
same boys who blasted the Yanks of
their top perch, it looks as if Chicago's
hopes of getting a first-division team
in the American League are blasted.
Today the Sox are down in fifth
place and the division which they've
occupied since 1920.
Second Baby Streak Of Month.
MOT to grow hysterical because
they've won three gSmes row,
1t nevertheless seems that in spite OF
the fact there is Ted Lyons to whip
today, Bucky Harris finally is due to
have more to gloat over than five
of this length. AS Bucky says,
it is rare when pretty good club fails
to show at least one sizable streak
and, right now, the Griffs are playing
good ball despite the loss Of Clif Boil
ton and minor injury to Red Kress.
BY way of throwing light on their
failure to show any kind of sustained
winning effort, April found the Ma
tionals best streak amounting to three
games. They didn't even do that well
in May. In June they made two of
the baby streaks. none in July, but SO
far this month they have two.
In contrast, Washington has un-
willingly fostered losing streaks Of
eight, four (three tines, and three
(three times) games.
Trip Record Of 500 Foreseen.
THE Griffs still are hitting-as wit
ness trip batting averages of .375
for Buddy Myer, a 1888 for Heinie Ma
nush, 1903 for Cecil Travis, and 1926
for Red Kress-but best of all they're
getting spasms of pitching.
For instance, day before yesterday
Phil Hensiek relieved Ed Linke, famed
Dykes with the bases full, and then
capably carried ON. Then yesterday
Jack Russell, disappointment No. l
this season, turned in his first good
bit of relief work since May to register
his third win of the campaign.
For six innings it looked as though
Carl Fischer was to chalk up another
victory over the Nationals, who prob
ably have kept him in the league.
The score was 80 in favor of the Sox
going into the seventh.
Then, out of a clear sky, Travis
doubled and Strange singled after
Powell's out. Holbrook also singled
and Kress batted for Bump Hadley
and delivered a fourth hit to reduce
the score to 80. Kuhel flied out
but Dee Miles, the rookie opportunist,
drilled fifth hit to tie the score.
The pitching from then on was up
to Russell and he did a good job, the
Nationals finally pushing over the
winning run in hectic tenth.
The triumph brought the Wash
ington record for this jaunt up to
seven wins as against nine losses. And
II their play of the last three days is
any inkling as to future form, they're
going to emerge from their first long
road trip of the year at least with a
500 average.