Evening star., 1935-06-27
CLUBS SWATT|NG
BUOYS HIS HOPES
Feels NeWsom, Ready Again
Soon, Will Stir Entire
Pitching Staff.
BY FRANCIS STAN,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

second Time since Ills Nd-
VI tionals hit the highways and
i byways in search of base ball
victories Bucky Harris today blocked
o "concede-the- -pennant" rumor.
Not only did the Washington skip
per catch it neatly on the elbow,
but he countered with shot of his
own that should keep the rumor on
the floor for quite spell.
Definitely I'm not conceding any
thing" declared Bucky, noting the
report much sooner than similar
one three weeks ago was caught
with SO games to go and conceee
q pennant? Not much"
While the Griffs were in Chicago
a story was published in which Bucky
was quoted as saying the Griffs were
out of the pennant race, but should
make things tough, etc" This Harris
denied. The latest rumor did not
make print, but it was under way.
The situation today really might
have been an "out" for less de-
termined pilot. The Griffs are in the
lair of the pace-setting Yankees and
on paper have no pitching staff to
measure up to that boasted by Marse
Joe Mccarthy. But instead OF even
considering the possibility of an "out"
Harris climbed farther out upon the
well known limb.
Expects to Surprise Yanks.
"DITCHING or no pitching" Bucky
predicted on the eve Of a three
game series with the heavily favored
Gothamites, I'll guarantee one thing,
and that is that we are going to sur
prise the Yanks this series.
We were pushovers for them be-
fore. Then we weren't knocking the
hide of the ball. The YankS are sup
posed to have a great pitching staff.
Well, right now we've got a great
lineup of hitters. The New York
pitchers are going to run up against
something they probably didn't face
in their tour of the West.
we came out Of the West with the
worst pitching record in the major
leagues, yet the club darn near broke
even because our batters murdered
the ball in IA to Is games. Think
of it, IA of 16 games. We knocked
Mel Harder cut of the box, as well
as Tommy Bridges and Schoolboy
Rowe. Have the Yanks or any other
club any better pitchers than those
three?
Not Too Far Back.
I'LL admit that winning the pennant
- seems little remote now. but it
can be done by Washington and by
several other clubs. We're only 10
games back and the season isn't
nearly half over yet.
Back in Washington we've got
Buck Newsom working out. He
ought to be ready when we get home.
Jake Powell will join the club any
day.
Here are two fellows who not only
are valuable assets on the field, but
who carry an influence capable of
affecting the entire club. Look at
what Newsom did when he first
Joined the team. He made it go at
top speed. And he can DO it again.
THE pitchers know they're bad.
They realize 4 boost is needed. Well
the minute this big Newsome starts
'fogging' the ball in there, as he puts
it, then the whole pitching staff is
liable to forget all about what hap
pened in the West and start winning,
too.
Pitching Alone Needed.
@RELIEVE me, when we get pitching
~ to go with our hitting, look out.
In the meantime the Yanks better
look out. We're going to fool 'em
this series or miss my guess. The
Yanks should be frightened up after
that bad series in Cleveland. Instead
of coming back from the West with
a big lead, they're out in front the
same as before. To hold that lead
they may start pressing"
While Bucky was trampling on the
neck of that twice-kayoed rumor, his
ball tossers were recuperating from
two-weeks' jaunt of the Midwest.
They had an off day and the arm
weary pitchers and leg-weary infield-
ers and outf1elders focked in a body
to the Polo Grounds to see somebody
else work.
The non-playing members of the
Washington encourage spent the day
differently, but none trespassed be-
yond the realm of sports. Harris, Sec
retary Eddie Eynon, jr.; Trainer Mike
Martin and Coach Johnny Kerr
bought form sheets and hustled over
to Aqueduct. Nick Altrock, when last
seen. was digging a golf ball out of
sand trap.