The Washington times., 1935-08-23

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third base and Buck" o'Nel"
take doubles out of the air. You
know that the official scorer is
not chalking up those precious
base hits.
But when that ball IS shaving
the foul lines, landing on the
green: when the outfielders are
straining in their vain dashes for
the fences, then take a look at
the boys. You know that they're
hitting.
Heinie Manush is all ball player
in his reactions to the hazards
and vicisSitudes of baseball. He
is dour and grumpy when he's not
hitting. But right now he's sit
ting on top of the world, and base
hits are the cause of this new
elation.
For the first time this season
the big left fielder is cracking
down on the pitchers. Since
leaving home he is cracking down
on all kinds of pitching. He has
been in dozen games, including
one appearance as a pinch hitter,
and he's hitting cool 1850.
Clear Right Field
Heinie has been at bat so times
all told and has made 18 hits.
One of these shots cleared the
right field wall in Cleveland with
a mate on the bases. Heinie is
on a seven-game hitting streak
right now, and in only one game
that he has played right through
has he been stopped by the
pitchers.
When a ball player is hitting
as Heinie is rapping the ball now,
his entire outlook on life improves;
and his fielding improves with
his outlook. ManuSh is going
back to the fences for wallops,
and his throwing, ever weak
link in Heinie's defensive armour,
has improved greatly. He is get
ting the ball back to the infield.
Now all of this is very fine for
the team, and it is even finer for
Manush. The big boy had
couple Of hits yesterday and put
runs in position to score. In five
out of the last seven games he
has made two hits per game, and
one way and another, that's a lot
of betting.
1t is no secret to those who
have followed the fortunes of the
Washington club that the boys
can match bats with the best in
the league. They punish that ball
in fine style. In the last four
games. for instance, they have
made SO hits and almost 80 runs,
but they got just an even break
in those four games. They've
punished the White Sox in fine
style all right, winning two in a
row.
Eddie Linke. the rotund right
handler of the GriffS, started
against the White Sox yesterday,
but failed to finish. His whole
performance was uncertain. He
was in the hole to hitters all after.
noon; pitching up hill as they
say in the game. Finally, in the
seventh inning he was removed
in favor of Phil Hensiek. The
latter pitched shut-out ball, IA
vored by couple of breaks in the
eighth inning. However, HenSiek
made his own break in the sew.
enth when he went into the box
with the bases loaded and two
out to find Jimmy Dykes at the
plate.
Tough in Pinches
Dykes is good money player,
tough in the pinches and a man
who is apt to hit one out of the
lot. HenSiek pondered all of these
elements and proceeded to strike
out the manager of the Sox. 1t
was an outstanding performance.
Alan Strange played Shortstop
yesterday and gave a fine per-
formance. He was all over the
lot for everything that came his
way, and he got about every
thing. The Griffs are we'll forti-
fled with infielders now and
when Buddy Lewis comes up
from the Lookouts there's going
to be a fine scramble.
Carl Fischer is in line for
pitching duty for the Sox today
with Hadlev on the firing line