The Washington times., 1935-06-05

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But on that Frank buck" O'Neil
day, my hearties, Irving Bump"
Hadley will not be pitching. No
sir, he will be in bed with scarlet
fever, or maybe measles.
It was Hadley, author of five
complete games so far this season
who was the victims of another
miserable break in the luck yes
terday with the Griffs blowing off
tight game to the Boston Red
Sox. The losing streak was ex-
tended to eight straight and it
was the fourth consecutive beat
ing suffered at the hands of the
Boston Red SoX in this city.
Three out of five of Hadley's
complete games have been entered
on the wrong side of the ledger.
Not once has he allowed more
than four runs that could reason
ably be called earned. But he just
can't seem to get the rewards that
his talents deserve. just think
this over. Hadley has pitched five
complete games consecutively. The
rest of the team has pitched seven
complete games. Wherefore this
writer contends, Hadley has a
break coming his way.
Stone Misses Single
It was the very Woodworking
Jonathan Stone who put the hoo
doc on Hadley yesterday after
noon at the ball orchard. Stone
permitted what looked like per-
fectly normal single off the bat
of Carl Reynolds to roll away
from him while the runner Went
to third base. The ball, it may
be said, hit one of those football
ruts and bounced away.
Joe Cronin had walked and Me-
lilo followed with single, so
that two runs crossed the plate.
1t was a very sour break for Had
ley, who might have carried the
game into extra innings, and
might even have won sooner OF
later.
If there could be an Indictment
ready against Hadley it would be
based upon his work in the fifth
inning when he walked Yves Fer"
rell after Dahlgren singled with
two out. Armada singled and
scored Dahlgren, who had adj
vanced to second on the pass to
Terrell.
Just suppose we step back over
few games pitched by Hadley in
the past several weeks. Well find
some games that were won, and
we're going to find a few that
were thrown away by high school
defense and grade school hitting.
So, as we've said, some men are
born to defeat, some acquire it,
and Bump Hadle.- has defeat
thrust upon him.
There was that nightmare on
May is when Bumps encountered
the Detroit Tigers, with Tommy
Bridges bowling along mercilessly.
ManuSh, Powell and Bolton got
together and let two runs score in
one inning. KreSs, Manush and
Hadley himself engineered a few
atrocities that helped runs to
count. Twas no wonder he lost.
Beat Browns Easily
He beat the Browns easily
enough, and he also beat Cleve-
land. Then he tackled the
Yankees and blew a shutout
game, 2 to 0, in which the Griffs
had II men left on bases, and
then came the slap in the win
ming average of yesterday. It's
just too bad that good pitcher
can't win a few ball games now
and then.
We are going to have a duel of
southpaws on the mound today
with Earl Whitehill facing Lefty
Grove. The veteran fire-ball king
of the Red Sox is still factor, as
witness his shut-out victory over
the Yankees, whom he beat easily,
allowing half a dozen singles.
Whitehill, who has pitched three
complete games. has not gone the
route since he trimmed the
Browns on May % with eight hits.
Whitehill gave five passes on that
occasion.
Both of the Washington runs
we're made possible by extra base
hits. Stone doubled to count on a
shot by Travis, and in the ninth
inning Bolton hit a long triple to
score on an infield out.
Fine, but not enough.