The Washington times., 1935-07-08

Frank Buck" o'NeiII cap on May %
He was beaten badly as we meas
ure scores in baseball, but the
story of that game goes far and
beyond the score, and the history
:. of run scored against him.
90 The story of that game is OF
: Che fighting heart, and the cour
age that would not fuse, OF
pitcher who is going to pick up
. the Griffs and start them forward
if any man in the world can work
such a miracle. Newsom went the
nine innigs in the steaming heat
of a humid afternoon, after being
out of action for six weeks. He
fought the battle through to the
finish, and never once looked al
the bull-pen, to see if rescue men
were ready to take up the work
. and let him stink off to dark
: corner of the bench.
FEELS JUST FINE
e., s'I feel Just fine" said Buck.
''My leg is a little sore this morn
- ing, but I'm going out for q
long walk this afternoon and
get it IOOSened up . little. My
arm is all right, and let me tell
:. you right now, I'm thanking
Bucky Harris for letting me go
the nine innings. 1 told him 1
wanted to go, and he said:
SOkav EO ahead
'Tt's great to work for a man
ager like that.
II needed those nine innings
yesterday to get me ready for
the Tigers" NewsOm continued.
'Let me tell you. I'll be ready
for them when they come here.
NV arm feels just great. and
since I didn't get hurt again,
that's all : want.
+ II think the fans were swell
about the game. They never
once hollered Take him out
They knew was doing the best
I could, and that I needed the
work"
: Bucky Harris sat in the club
house this morning and smiled a
wide smile.
CAME THROUGH
"The best part is that he
came through all right" said
Bucky. "There is a thrOwback
to old times. They can talk
about the old Orioles, none of
them could have done any more
than NewsOm did. He was wild
at times, but any time he got
into trouble he was reaching
for the ball. He wanted to
pitch all the way, and he never
stopped. It was great to see
him plunging forward, hurting
his weight on that injured leg.
'There were times that it
hurt me to see him, but the guy
has heart; plenty Of heart.
"HOw lucky you are when you
get a pitcher like that" Harris
continued. "Just look over the
minor leagues and see the men
who are leading. They are
pitchers you know could not go
in the American League.
They're old men, men whO've
had their chance and failed to
click on the big time.
"That Il what worries me.
When you open negotiations for
q young pitcher, invariably you
find that he is the property Of
the Yankees or the Giants, or
the Cardinals. It il more often
the Cardinals than either of the
others, although the Yankees
own q lot Of players.
1--WE picked up Scrivener who
should be with this club next
year, or very soon at any rate,
and he comes down with a sore
arm and appendicitis. PeticOlas
had everything but the pip and
COppOla is minus his tOnsilS. 1
: never saw such tOnSils, and
while I'm not q doctor, I've
{ seen some bad tOnSilS. Cop
I pOla had a terrible case.
1--WE are not able to make
I any changes in our pitching
{ staff" continued Bucky. rus
sell has q broken knuckle, and
there Is real danger Of Linke'S
= arm trouble returning. He COM
plains Of loss Of power in his
right hand. / can tell you
right now, we did not offer to
send Bob Burke or any one else
to Chattanooga. It is certain
they would have grabbed him.
for right now they have only
fouP nitchefS,"