The Washington times., 1935-05-08

with the hide %S& ~ SSS&s
cover. This, Frank Buck" O'NeilI
the pitchers inform your prying
adds difficulty to
the already trying task of fool
ing good hitters.
"The ball this year is not the
same as it was last fall" said
one veteran pitcher whose rank
in the game entities his Opin-
ions to transmission to fans.
ut is as lively as it was when
/ first came into the league.
What is more, it is harder to
pitch.
THE seams are level with
the cover and you have very lit
tie purchase on the ball. When
you want to pitch a curve, es.
pecially in the pinch, you have
to squeeze the life out of the
ball, and that blisters your
hands. You have to hold the
ball longer and throw harder to
get the same amount of stuff.
81 suppose there will be
screams from the manufactur-
ers but I'm not working for
them. Pm a pitcher, and
know something about the balls
they give me to pitch. The '35
model is a thrOwback to the
rabbit of 49,"
STAGE FIELD DAY
Capt. Buddy Myer and Rocky
Stone had field day at the ex-
pense of the st. Louis Browns as
the Griffs won their first game
on Western soil and gave promise
of better things to come. Both
Myer and Stone each made four
hits and between them drove IN
three runs. Travis. Bolton and
Powell each drove in run snd
the seventh counter scored on an
error.
Myer topped off his hitting day
with a home run over the right
field pavilion in the sixth inning
with Earl Whitehill on base. He
opened the game with a double to
center, hitting the fence on the
carry; poled a single to center.
was conceded hit on grounder
that Strange should have put in
his pocket and then came the
homer in the sixth.
Stone had a single to right, a
double to right, a double to cen
ter and a single to center. His
first single scored Myer in the
opening inning.
Powell Scores
jake Powell hit double to left
and scored when Strange's throw
went wild. Bolton was on base
at the time. Travis hit triple
and a single, both to center field.
These hits really marked a
change in the batting technique
of Travis
Never before this season had he
hit ball to the right-field side
of second base.
For the day, and one of the very
few days of the season. the Wash
ington club was able to bunch its
hits. Only nine men we're left on
bases and these were forgotten in
the surplus of runs. Five pitchers
performed for the Browns. They
were, in order. Buck Newsom, Dick
Coffman, Johnny Walkup, Fay
Thomas and Ivy Andrews. The
last two we're not scored upon,
pitching one inning each as they
did. NeWsom took a lacing and
Coffman didn't fare any too we'll
Walkup was plaStered by Myer for
a home run.
In marked contrast to the high
school hurting of the unfortunate
Browns, who took their ninth con-
secutive pasting. Whitehill coasted
through to an easy win.
Just a Breeze
After the fourth inning, it was
just a breeze for the handsome
Pedro" and after the sixth in
ming he just pushed the ball up to
the plate. 1t was his second COM
plete game of the season in four
starts. Two of the hits, both by
Sam West, we're decidedly flukey
in nature.
Bucky Harris has selected
Monte Weaver to pitch for Wash
ington today and the probabilities
are that George Blaeholder will
twirl for the Browns. 1t doesn't
seem to matter much what
Hornsby does with the club this
year. His task seems hopeless,
and the fiery leadership that has
ever been an attribute of the
Texan burns with a cold flame
this year. The Browns haven't
won a game since April 20, when
they defeated the Chicago White
Sox.
They have won only one series
t'lis year, defeating the league
leading Sox two out Of three.
They've been belted with rain and
besieged by hard luck. There
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