Evening star., 1935-05-06
FIND WHITE HOSE
MUCH TOO CLASSY
Whitehead Is Slab Master,
a,Burke a Quick Failure
., ~. in Chicago Finale.
BY JOHN B. KELLER,
aff Correspondent of The Star.

- i. boU1S, May o.-f1appy W pe
out of Chicago, where they
4 were so harshly treated by
the amazingly improved White
Sox, the Nationals were looking for a
better deal here in the three game
set with the Browns that was to get
under way today.
Rogers HornSby's club has been
kicked and cuffed about so much that
the Harris hands feel it might be
much easier to tackle than the gang
IN Chicago. Also the Nationals do
not believe there is anything in the
pitching line here likely to make
them appear so foolish at bat as John
Whitehead did yesterday at Comiskey
Park
The 25 year = old right handler
brought up from Dallas of the Texas
League, certainly pitched up to all the
glowing tributes to his mound mas
terry as he limited the Nationals to
four hits while the White Sox were
beating them. to o.
1t was polished performance
Whitehead gave in scoring his fourth
victory of the young campaign. He
showed "sinker" that all but COM
pletely mystified the Washington bat
tiers. The great feature of his work,
however was his unusual control.
He issued only one pass-that to
Pinch Batter Fred Sington in the
third inning-and only twice there
after did he throw as many as three
bad ones to a batter.
VXIH1TEHEAD struck out only
;" one. Jake Powell waved for
a third strike in the fifth
frame. But more often than not the
Texas League product had two strikes
on the man at the plate. Then in
desperation the batter would swing,
only to slap the "sinker" half heart
edly.
Just three of the Nationals figured
In the making of the four hits off
Whitehead. Two safeties were made
by Jack Stone. He opened the fourth
inning with a single and singled again
after two were out in the sixth. Cecil
Travis scratched single by the pitcher
after one was out in the second inning.
Joe Kuhel hit for a base with one
out in the fourth.
It was in this fourth inning that
the Nationals had their only scoring
chance. Stone moved from first to
third when Kuhel hit to become the
only Washington runner to get farther
than first base. And that was the only
time the Nationals had as many as two
on the runway. But Travis grounded
to the second baseman and double
play enSued to prevent tally.
Thus did Whitehead, the recruit,
join the lot that has made the Ma
tionalS look so ridiculous at bat in
the four shutuotS the club has suf-
fered in a season just rounding out its
third week today. He takes rank with
Jack WEIGH of the Red Sox and Lefty
Gomez of the Yankees, who hurled
founthitters against the Washington
club, and shares in the shutout laurels
with Whitley Wilshere rookie with the
AS, who let the Harrismen down with
two hits.
The ball game went to the White
Sox quickly because Bob Burke was
lust as bad as Whitehead was good.
Pitcher Is Generous.
n IGHT off the reel Radcliff, whose
X homer had beaten the Nation
ais the day before, greeted the
stringbean southpaW with a triple
lashed against the right-field stand
wall. and score went over as another
batter was thrown out.
o,r,-I Ir1f- los
In it the Pale Hose backed a pass
with three singles to get three runs.
One of these scores was pure gift
from Bob. Successive hits by Dykes
and Sewell tailed the walking Ap-
pling. Then Whitehead sacrificed.
Radcliff bounced to Burke, and
Dykes, tearing toward home, would
have been an easy out, but. with Boil
ton and Cap Myer shouting to him to
throw to the plate. Burke calmly
wheeled and tossed for the out at first
base.
Hayes followed with a hit to send
Eewell home, and the scoring was over
for the day.
Manager Harris trotted three more
pitchers to the hill the remainder of
Tile way, dllu tilcy gave SOOu dSCOuilto
of themselves. Henry Coppola had a
three-inning turn, in which he yielded
two passes and a hit. The passes
were issued after two were out in the
third. At no other time did the re-
cruit show any tendency toward Wild
ness.
Eddie Linke looked especially good
in his two innings. He disposed of six
batters in succession and never wab-
bled in control Harris believes Linke
now may be ready to help the club
some as starting pitcher.
Leon Petit went out to left-hand
the eighth inning. He gave up a
single and walk after one was out.
Then a double play checked the White
Sox.