The Washington times., 1935-09-07

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Tigers are an FRANK DUCK y Ne"h
eye-filling team.
They have two of the ranking
pitchers of the country in Tommy
Bridges, the slender master of the
darting curve. and Lynwood
Notwithstanding" to the fans of
the land.
Elden Auker is another hurler
of the Tigers who has done more
than a fair share of the work in
winning a pennant.
Behind this powerful first line
ranges an infield that will rank
with the powerful combinations
of recent history. Maybe it isn't
great, but it is mighty effective.
1t has the quality of being dur
able, and championship clubs
need ruggedness almost as much
as they require power and deft-
ness.
Greenberg Slips
Hank Greenberg has slipped off
a few points in his battle for
leadership among the hitters of
the league. He took command
for a spell, but dropped back.
Let the league be led by some
stalwart, Greenberg will stand as
a hitter of parts. He has driven
in 81 runs up to date and has
sent "a homers arching over the
fences and stand roofs of the
America League. He leads the
league in doubles.
Gehringer, the swift and GER
tain fielder, so easy in his play
that he seems lifeless at second
base. rates in the opinions of
critics with those acknowledged
leaders of baseball Lajoie and
Eddie Collins. Gehringer with
Rogell form barrier at the
middle of the diamond that has
killed off many hit.
An old favorite of Washington
fans will return to action with
the championships old reliable
Goose Goslin. Funny bird, that
Goose. When Clark Griffith lured
Johnny Stone away from the
Tigers in exchange for Goslin, one
and all thought that Frank j.
Navin had gone loco. But evi-
dently the master of the Tigers
knew his stuff and wasn't so loco
after all. He surely lost moth.
ing in that trade, for Goslin, as
usual, is driving in runs in quanti-
ties; yea, he's right around the
100 mark, and that's the test Of
a hitter.
Drive to PhilIy
The HornSboys drive along to
Philadelphia tonight, their visits
to Griffith Stadium over for the
season. With two games to play,
they have split the seasons series
with the Griffs, winning 10 games.
They've won seven out of the last
eight games with Washington, and
in winning yesterday dropped the
Griffs back in seventh place.
One of the leading factors in
the recent discomfitures of the
Griffs in their struggles with the
Browns was Ivy Paul Andrews,
whose great pitching Stilled the
bats of local warriors. On August
Is he beat them, to 2, and came
back on August % to beat them,
2 to /. He repeated yesterday at
2 to /, giving the GriffS four runs
in % innings. That's lot OF
pitching any way you figure.
The GriffS wore themselves
down in the opening, overcoming
a long lead that the Browns piled
up in the first five innings. At
the end of the fifth the score was
7 to 3 in favor of st. Louis. A
five-run rally in the sixth put the
GriffS one tally in front, but in
the ninth Gifts homer with two
on bases, and a fourth run pro-
duced by Carey'S single and Burns
double gave the Browns their mar
gin of victory in a game marked
by mediocre pitching.
NewsOm'S Luck
The luck of Buck NeWSom pur-
sued him in the second pastime
right down to the end OF the
game. He battled the Browns
to a gasping standStill, going into
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