The Washington times., 1935-07-27

There was aFrank D"oN A'o--
slight conclusion of the brain, but
Linke, in the prime Of his youth
and with great recuperatlve pow
ers, is rallying from that condl'
ton. He will be able to resume
pitching next week.
It may be said that Mnke
missed death by an inch. IT ne
had turned his head by that mar
gin in the follow through OF his
pitching delivery, Hills liner
would have struck him squarely
on the paper-thin bone of the tenn
pie and would have crushed MS
skull. It is possible, physicians
said, that had the blow struck MN
in the temple compound trac'
ture of the skull would have re-
suited. ,;
It was recalled that when Carl
Mays hit Ray Chapman, Of the
Cleveland Club, with a pitched
ball on the temple that Chapman
also sustained a fracture at the
base of the skull from the impact
of the ball.
Done Few Times
This is one of the few times on
record where pitcher has been
hit on the head by a ball driven
back through the box.
On May % Buck NeWsom was
hit on the left kneecap by a line
drive off Earl AVerill's bat. and
the bone was broken. NeWsom has
not yet recovered winning form.
Babe Ruth almost killed Howard
Ehmke some years ago in Detroit,
hitting a line, drive back through
the box s
AS a result of this most unusual
accident, one Of the freak double
plays Of baseball history was writ
ten. Ben Chapman was on sec
ond when Hill made his hit. The
ball struck Linke and bounced
fifty feet in the air into foul ter
ritory. Jack Redmond with the
cat like speed that marks his
play, caught the rebounding ball,
and stilling the impulse to run to
Linke's aid, Redmond threw 10
Kress and doubled up Chapman.
That completed, he rushed to the
box to give what aid he might TO
the fallen Linke.
The Griffs knocked the Yankees
right. out of first place, and no
one in the game played a more
prominent part than Helnle
Manush. Heinie hit two home
runs, His blow in the fourth
inning came with no one on bases
but that crasher in the seventh
was one of the dream blows OF
all ball players. The bases were
loaded with Griffs just hoping
for some such happy circumstance
TO deliver them from tbs EunlgnI
of the base lines.
Drives In Five Runs
It was one of the few times
in his entire major league career
that Manush had driven five
runs over the plate in two hlts.
Whitley Hayes was rushed INTO
action when Linke was injured,
and the Chattanooga boy turned
in a fine performance. He
weathered storms in the second
and third innings before he was
fully warmed up, but in the last
five innings he allowed only
three hits. Hayes had good
speed, but he had something
more than that. Under the cap"
able guidance of Jack Redmond.
Hayes made clever use OF q
change of pace. He famed
Chapman on a slow ball that
came out of a well masked mo-
ton.
The Griffs made the most OF
their hits against the faltering
Yankees. In the first inning
jake Powell raped a triple to
deep center field. They got an"
other in the second on pass. one
hit and freak double play. The
canny Ossie Bluege left base too
soon on a fly and was doubled
out. In the fourth Kress and
Hayes hit behind ManuSh'S home
run, and two runs developed.
It was Washington's fourth vic
tory over New York this year in
10 starts. It was a victory that
may end for the season the hold
of the Yankees on first place.
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