Evening star., 1935-08-20
HURT GR|FF ACES,
BEAT CLUB OFTEN
Started Havoc by Shelving
NeWsom and Have Kept
1t Up Ever Since.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

1t Up Ever Since.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
0LEVELAND. August 20.-If
ever a ball club was glad to
shake dust from its collec-
tive tootsies that time was
Bucky Harris disillusioned athletes
today as they bid farewell to this In
dian village for 1885.
The razzberry chorus which I'M
doubtedly will mark the Nationals
departure from Cleveland tonight will
have had. as its source, plenty of
reasons. If the Griffs wind up this
campaign In even more dolorous
chance-much Of the blame can be
placed on the Indians.
It was the Tribe which definitely
blasted Washingtons flag hopes back
in May, when one of the warriors,
Earl Averill, thumped our Buck New
som so soundly on the knee-cap with
his tomahawk that Bashful Buck be-
came hospital case and an idler for
six weeks.
That was the beginning of the end.
Neither the Nationals nor Newsom
have recovered yet from that fracture.
All Hopes Gone Now.
NOR were the Indians through
wreaking havoc with our ath-
letes. AS recently as last Saturday the
Griffs held high hopes of climbing out
Of seventh place. The sixth notch was
within splitting distance. Fifth place
was not beyond reasonable hope.
What a difference a few Indians
and few hours can make Today
tie last vestige of hope, at least for
fifth place. has been wiped away.
Another blow from an Indian warclub
smashed Cliff Bottoms finger, and If
the Tribe wins the six-game series
finale today it will be Cleveland's fifth
victory.
For several years now the Indians
and their ball park have constituted
distressing jinx to Washington
teams. Injuries have been frequent
to Clark Griffith's tossers, but never,
probably. has a Cleveland team en-
loyed such supremacy in play. BY
winning yesterday. IL to S, the Tribe
made it IL triumphs in l6 games
with the Griffs this season.
O'NeiIl Injects Hustle.
GO 1T is little wonder the Nationals
joyously are looking forward to
moving out Steve ONeill has the
Cleveland club hustling these days.
Sand has been thrown on the chute
and the Indians once again are eyeing
not only the first division but a goal
as high as second place. They are
only half game out of fourth place
this morning and the basis for these
possibilities is the clubs record of II
victories as against defeats and a
tie since ONeill succeeded Walter
johnson.
The Nationals next stop is Chicago
and this furnishes reason to regard
the outlook in more pleasant light
The White Sox were the surprise of
the American League for well over
half the season, but now it looks as
though they finally are going into
that freely predicted tailspin. If the
Soxs recent record of losing 13 of ID
games and tying another isn't def
mite sign then Buddy Myer is a
palooka and the Browns will win the
pennant.
Play Chisox, Then Browns.
IRON Chicago, where the Griffs will
play a four-game series begin
ming tomorrow, the Washingtons will
move on to St. Louis for a six-game
series that will end the Harrismen's
western wanderings for the year. The
White SoX. as they are going now,
and the Browns are more in the
Griffs' class and the Nationals may
this swing and make it more pre-
sentable by the time Washington is
sighted at the end of this month.
Speaking of the Nationals record.
incidentally. brings to mind the fact
that unless the Griffs can play slight
ly better than 500 ball for the re-
mainder. of this campaign they are
going to finish with the worst won
and lost mark for a Washington team
IN is years. Last year the Griffs
wound up II seventh place, to be
sure, but they won 66 games and lost
s6 for a percentage of .434. Today
their record is Al victories and 66
defeats for a percentage of .416.
Job to Make 1884 Record.
WITH Al games left to play it then
will be necessary to win 81 in
order to better last years record by
one triumph
The loss of yesterdays fifth game
with the Indians was Washington's
eighth defeat in IL games during the
current tour. For a while 1t looked
as though the Griffs were "in," and
even as late as the eighth inning the
score was tied, SIS.
Bump Hadley, who had been heavily
hit throughout, then blew sky high in
the Indians eighth, when the Tribe
ran wild to score six runs and ice
Tie dudlT.
At that. a little better fielding by
Joe Kuhel might have saved Bump.
with two away and Knickerbocker on
third, Pitcher Thornton Lee raped a
high bounder to Kuhel, who drove for
1t instead of taking 1t on the big
bounce.
The ball struck his arm, bounced
saway. and Galatzer's triple. two walks
and Hal Trosky's homer with the bases
full did the rest of the damage.
Two Mary James
Race, Both Score
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