Evening star., 1935-05-30
INJURY To bOlT TON
PUTS REDMOND UP
REGULAR Catcher Out tor
Few 0ays-Mewsom's
Leg to Go IN Cast.
frequent recurrence NJ an
did INJURY may necessitate an

"OO frequent recurrence NJ an
old INJURY may necessitate an
operation m a finger IN the
right hand of Clit Solton.
hYst string catcher Of. ihe Nationals.
but not until after the base ball sea
son ends,
The finger that was hurt while The
ball club Wss in training al Biloxi
was torn badly again Yesterday when
struck by one of Bob Burke's pitches.
causing Bolton 10 retire before The
game with The Yankees was three
innings old
H. is not believed the wound will
keep Bolton idle more than four DAYS.
but the digit is so sensitive because
of a malformation due 10 hone frar-
fure wears ago il is subject 10 Aasv
injury. An operation on The deformed
ioipL prObably would remedy this. &C
cOrding 10 those In charge of the
club
While Bolton is nursing inc sore
finger. The Nationals catching will he
done by lack Redmond. a purchase
from Birmingham last Fall Red
mond is rated the hest receiver with
The ball club, ou, his minor league
record does not show him ~ ne nearly
so strong g batter as Bolton
A CAST might he wrapped around
= he Injured LEG nj Buck NeWsom
TODAY, The swelling due 10 the knee
cap crack having suhsided 10 ron
cil n
tense pain during The DAY. rhe Wa Sh
ington pitcher out out of commission
Tuesday when struck by hatted ball
had fairly resttlil time If it last
ni9hI He UeS fheered. 100. hv the
arrival of his wife and child from
heir home in Harsville. 6 G.
With the split kneecap firmly On
cased. Newsom Will he able 10 anend
the hall games the Nationals sre 10
pIay at Crifith Stadium next week.
But moi until some lime IN ItIlv will
he bf able 10 take a f,lrn m rhe hill.
his attending surgeon says.
Arho,gn he Yankees. whose re-
cent drive makes rhem the greatest
pennsnt threat ,n rhe American n
Ltdkue. Nric Iichluk ''ir'i b'N ~
oesranca Of he season here. only a
few more Than 1000 turned out 10
greet them yest erdav.
Knhel'S failure 10 press for a "atch
of Hoses foul after shouting Boil on
out nf the chase in the second inn,nf
paved the uav 10 one Yankee run.
Toe pulled I'D within few feet nj
Cliff and the falling foul struck the
first basemar on The thigh. Hoa2
later walked % score.
Redmond and The Yankee thIrd
sacker. Rolfe. contributed circus
catches. Crosetti'S foul. lcfted In the
third round, was sVerved in several
directions by twisting breeze. Red
mopd staggered under the hall and
grabbed II as he ioppled. did a roll
on his ear and came no for The out.
In the fifth, Rolfe dashed toward the
field boxes lee ned across the rolled
lrf1eId larpsuEn and with nne hand
plucked Stones foul o,r Of The stand
REAN looked good in Inc little more
Than fvo innings he roiIed after
relieving Burke Oniv two Yankees
got IN base while he pitched Belve
struck out iazzeri IN the fourth TO
end New York rally that had &C
counted for runs He set back the
visitors in order in the sixth. Ruf1ne s
single in The seventh was the onlv
drive beyond the in1eld. Chapman
later drew pass, but Gehrig fouled
into the third out But Bean further
hurt an sIready charJeyhorsed leg as
he ran ont an inf1eld tap and may
have 10 Test several DAYS before ne
again will be available for relief work,
Coppola not only struck out Two In
the seventh. hut be also had Two
strikes on each Of The Two batters
that trjpled. And Henry was guilty
of Two halks, each due TO an extra
stretch he gave his arms after as
suminq a pitching position
j. g. K