Evening star., 1935-09-02
NAT STARS PUNCH
NOT STRONG HERE
Buddy Fails to Hit as His
Club Beats Bosox, Rises
to Sixth Place.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.


~ OSTON, September Capt.
- Buddy Myer, who all season
n has been putting American
IL League pitchers on the spot.
will find himself in the same situation
for a sustained period when the
Griffs board a train tonight and head
homeWard to spend virtually the rest
Of the campaign.
Proceeding on the theory that fig
ures don't lie, Myer belongs in the
very select circle of Nationals who
are not confirmed believers in the
comforts of home-at least not dur
ing the ball season. Buddy has no
trouble at all pulling on his freside
slippers or digesting home cooking,
but for some distressing reason Buddy
hasn't been the slugger in dear old
Grifith Stadium that he has been on
the road this season.
Thus it stands that If Buddy yet
would win the league batting cham
pionship-which isn't beyond the
stocky little second basemans reach
by any means-he will have to main
tain, or closely approach, a sensa-
tional batting pace which he's been
able to set only on foreign fields.
Just Good Batter" at Home.
WHY Buddy should have trouble
w hitting in Griffith Stadium must
remain puzzle to all, even Myer him
self. The local ball yard would seem
to be made to order for the guy, be-
IN gone of the biggest in the circuit.
If Myer were a distance hitter his
inability to bat as well in Griffith
Stadium as in smaller parks could
readily be understood. But Myer is
q single and double swatter and his
home field ordinarily is paradise
for this type of batsmen.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that
while Buddy is battling up among the
leaders in the batting championship
race he can thank his position for the
II games, excluding today's, that he
has played on the road.
In the seven out-of-town parks
this season Myer has batted at a clip
of .357, a pace which probably will
be a good deal higher than the mark
which wins the 1885 stick title. At
home, though, Buddy has been "just
q good batter"-but not a contender
for the most coveted of all individual
Iaurels.
When Buddy went hitless in six
trips to the plate here yesterday
against the Red Sox Myers average
at home dropped to .3l0, mark which
Is three points under the previous
peak year of this batting sensation
Of the 1885 American League season.
Trio Taps Groves Pitches.
WHILE Manager Bucky Harris an
w nounced policy for the rest Of
this season is to concentrate on look
ing over 1886 prospects, it would be
o minor accomplishment to hang
onto sixth place, position they
gained yesterday for the first time
since July 4.
To do this, however, Myer must
hit, for without an abundance of
Buddy's base blows the Griffs are as
helpless as Vallee without micro
phone, Notwithstanding their healthy
stick average as team. So Buddy's
fate during this month doesn't exactly
involve only himself.
Buddy was no help, extensively, as
the Griffs made it two in a row over
the Red Sox in 14-inning scrap
yesterday at the ball park. The Wash
ington hitting. which embraced IL
hits of Lefty Grove, was done chiefly
by Cecil Travis, Jake Powell and Buck
Newsom, who made 10 of these hits
and finally broke up the ball game
when Newsom, himself, banged sin
gle to center with the bases loaded.