Evening star., 1936-08-24
Was Fielding Star of Series.

ITO JOE KUHEL, of course, went top
honors in the Philadelphia series,
but Travis ran him a close second.
Looking back a bit farther, Cecil has
been hitting better than anybody on
the club. In the last Is games in
which he has played, some of them
only as a pinch-hitter, Travis has pa
raded to the plate AZ times, to make
II hits for an average of .412. He
scored seven runs, and, as important
as any item, he drove IS runs across
the plate.
When a player hits at this kind of
Q clip there is no denying him reg
ular post and Harris has no intention
of doing so. Present plans of Bucky
call for Travis to hold down shortstop
regularly in the hope that, finally.
Cecil may make the grade.
This hope was given a tremendous
impetus in Philadelphia. If his hit
ting was sensational, Travis defensive
play was more so. Some of the Wash
ington pitchers may have different
ideas about his shortstopping, but in
Phflly he roamed far and wide to
prove the fielding standout of the
entire set. He seemed looser, more
relaxed. He went back of Lewis to
grab smashes and make brilliant force
plays at second base. He went to his
left to snag balls and whip out run
ners to cheat them of base hits.
Appleton Wins Opener, 9-3.
TRAVIS and Kuhel were the two
- big reasons why the Griffs were
able to beat down the Athletics threat
to break their string of series vic
tories. With the exception of Buck
Newsom's game, which was lost, and
yesterdays performance by Pete
Appleton, good pitching on the Wash
ington side was at premium. Only
q barrage Of base hits, plus good de-
tense, enabled the Griffs to outlast
the AS in taking 3-to-2 edge earned
yesterday by a double victory.
Kuhel's batting record in the series
was remarkable. The agile first base
man made hits in 16 trips to the
dish for q SOC average. He scored
seven runs in the five-game set and
batted across seven more runs. Joe
batted three homers over the right
field fence to lead in distance hitting
as well.
Appleton, registering his eleventh
victory as against six defeats, turned
in q near classic in the opener yes
terday. OH to q shaky start, Pete
nevertheless held the AS to five hits
one scratchy-while his mates came
from behind to win a convincing
9-to-3 decision.
Pete gave up two runs on two hits
and two walks in the first inning and
thereafter he faced only q Athletics.
The other run of Appleton was scored
in the eighth, when Chubby Dean hit
Q home run.
De Shong Wins but Needs Help.
THE Griffs, meanwhile. took the
lead away from Lee Ross in the
fourth, to 2, and then went about
sewing up the affair in the fifth, when
Johnny Stone pumped terrific homer
over the scoreboard with Kuhel on
base as result of triple that had
counted Lewis. Two more runs in
the seventh and another in the eighth
completed the Mats scoring.
The nightcap again found the
Griffs coming from behind to take a
0-6 game. Jimmy De Shong, credited
with his fifteenth win of the year, was
of to q poor start but was lucky to
escape the first couple innings with
only q 10 count against him.
In the third the Mats began to reach
Horace Lisenbee, who beat 'em on
Friday. and they scored two runs. In
the fifth the AS tied it, "a, but Wash
1ngton began to drag bunts to the in
experienced Dean at first base and
two Of these, plus a double by Travis
and . homer by Kress, scored four
runs. In the next three innings the
Griffs made run in each.
De Shong began to weaken in the
seventh, when the AS scored three
times. When he began to walk 'em
IN the following frame Harris yanked
him and sent In Cohen to retire Dean.
Joe Cascarella finished, pitching
l-2.S ninth inning.
HOME for their final home stand
= Of any length the Nationals
rested today prior to entertaining both.
Western and Eastern clubs at Griffith
Stadium :. Cleveland's second place
Indians, who will be played in three
game series, will invade tomorrow
and find that Washington Is casting
envious eyes on the runner-up posi-
tion Buck Newsom will do the
throwing.
Jimmy De Shong can find more