The Washington times., 1935-08-30

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just what man SSS''~' ~ $s's''S$Ns's''E
ner Of manager FRANK BUCK oNeah
this Rogers Hornsby is, to take a
minor league Shortstop, convert
him into a second baSeman, and
then with a group of cast off play.
ers from here and there, go Ber-
Serk.
OF course, it's a futile gesture,
this rushing of the Browns, If we
consider only the possibilities Of
the club in the league standing
for the season. At the same time,
the rush of the club is . teSti.
Monial to the great ability Of base
balls Man Of Steel" Hornsby
won't be licked, and therefore it's
mighty hard to beat him.
A development of interest
comparable to that Of the advance
Of the Browns is the rush Of Lou
Gehrig Of the Yankees toward the
top Of the American League in
hitting.
Scores Record Hit
Lou is proving to the last
swing of the bat the aphoriSm
spoken by Miller James Higgins
years ago: "A good hitter hits"
During the early days of the
season Lou was a push over for
any fair to middlin' pitcher. He
looked bad on fast ones, worse
on KNOCKERS but worst of all on
a curve. But he never grouched
and never moaned very much.
Then something happened to Lou.
The idea Of his crown going to
Hank Greenberg or anyone else
ired him no little. And he has
started to belt the hide off the
ball.
Louis crowning achievement of
the year in long distance slug
ging. and he has belted many a
ball in his life, came in Chicago
on Wednesday when he knocked
the ball over the top right field
pavilion in Comiskey Park. Babe
Ruth has cleared that pavilion
roof and records say that one or
two other batters duplicated the
feat. 1t is prodigious slam for
anyone.
Terry on Pan
Bill Terry is very much on the
pan in New York with sports
scribes and patrons alike. The
patrons, it may be indicated. re-
fleet the humor of critics. Terry
may learn at even this late date
that even the manager of the
Giants cannot insult all comers
with impunity.
And so by this circuitous route
we come to a consideration Of the
Griffs. They have a fight on their
hands to keep out Of last place.
Their lead over the Browns has
dwindled to two games. When
asked by the writer if he thought
the road trip would hurt his
chances of climbing, the iron
nerved Hornsby said:
'The games are nine innings
here or there, Arcnt they?"
Last place or seventh. seventh
or sixth. no criticism can attach
to Bucky Harris for the manner
in which he conducted the cam
paign in the west and the cam
paign of the season. The Struc-
tural weaknesses of the GriffS, so
apparent to anyone who even pre-
tends to know baseball and base
ball players, have manifested them
selves at all times. Pitching that
was no more resisting than marsh
reeds is responsible for the posi-
ton of the club. and will be re-
sponsible if it finishes in the eel
lar.
You can count on your fingers
and toes the well pitched games
we have had this season.
WellPitched Games
It was unusual that we had two
of the best pitched games Of the
season in the final battles Of the
Western campaign. Jack RusSellS
game was the best Of the trip
land one of the hurting master
pieces of the season, control and
all other elements Of pitching
considered.
It is not surprising that Buddy
Myer led the Griffs at the bat
on the last trip around the
league. Still to be considered in
the final scramble for batting
honorS, Little Ug" slapped the
pellet for approximately $50
from Boston to st. Louis.
Nor is it surprising that Cecil
Travis should rank second "a
Buddy. Travis walloped the ball
at a 1877 clip or thereabout and
never once did he look really bad
on a single swing. There Is moi
a doubt that the future holds
much for this young man II
baseball, and it is the hunch o.
this observer that Travis VII
find his greatest success in tn'
outfield. He NAV be q great frs