The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-15
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BY FRANK BUCK" oNEILL

10y II MANN ~ONN " NSAAA
Mr.. Ted Lyons shook his head
in q decided negative. He cleared
his throat and spoke upon base
ball, and when the Baylor boy
talks on baseball it is a very wise
thing to listen most attentively.
At least two generations in base
ball players have marked the rise
and fall. the rhythmic sweep of
Ted Lyons right arm. So when
Ted advises the baseball world not
to sell the Yankees short because
of their current tailspin, his
opinion carries weight.
yeah, we beat the Yankees
two straight" Ted said this
morning. 1--WE beat Johnny
Br0aca and Monte Pearson, but
that doesn't mean that the Yam.
KEGS have gone away. 1t may
mean that the White SOx have
gotten better since we were out
here the last time. Yes, that is
just what it does mean.
There's q lot of power on
that Yankee club. A lot of
winning drive. Joe Mccarthy
probably will get those pitchers
squared away and then the
New York team will drive
ahead. Lou Gehrig, Di Maggie
and the others smack that ball.
The sheer power OvercomeS
average pitching weakness. And
don't worry about Di Maggio's
confidence being impaired by
his bad luck in the all-star
game. That was just one day;
just one game.
"The White Sox have been
pretty tough for the Washing
ton team this year. We are
going to go right along on that
basis. We're going to try to
knock you out of third place.
"That will be quite tough"
Mr.. Lyons added hurriedly.
1--WE were out to see that final
game between the Griffs and
Browns yesterday. The Griffs
certainly packed the power.
They did about everything ex-
cept hit the ball out of the
lot"
What Mr.. Lyons did not bring
out in the fullest was that the
Browns finally discovered the
weakness of Ossie Bluege. Yes sir,
the old master can't fly. Hit
ball far enough over his head and
its a base hit, but woe betide the
grounder that tries to take the
overground route to right field.
Of course we have known for
long time that Unser Ossie is
about the best there is on the
major league infields, but we
finally came to the thing he can't
do.
In the fifth inning Moose
Solters ripped a smash toward
right. Looked like a base hit for
all the world, but Unser OSsie was
over and Solters was tossed out.
Then Beau Bell belted a hot shot
toward right. Surely that was a
hit. But somehow or other Bluege
got over there.
Cagey old Jim Bottomley who
fought the campaign of '26 against
the Yankees with the st. Louis
Cardinals had been watching and
studying. He decided upon a bold
stroke. He hit one up in the air.
It was only is feet over Bluege's
head, and would you believe it;
Bluege positively failed to make
the play. You never saw a man
get old as quickly as Bluege did on
that 'un.
It was a terrific burst of power
that the Griffs turned loose
against the Browns yesterday to
speed the departing guests upon
their ways. No fewer than 10
hits rang off the local bats. Kukel,
Stone, Travis, Bolton and Kress
doubled, while Stone and Walt
Miles tripled.
In the third inning the Griffs
batted Is men and scored nine
runs. That naturally was enough
to win the ball game. In fact, it
was as much scoring as the Griffs
have done for Joe CaScarella N
any three Of his games. That's the
way baseball luck runs at times.
That third inning will find
place in the archives of the Buck
Newsom family. For in the third
inning yesterday Newsom came to
the bat twice and made two hits.
On his second blow he drove in
two runs.
Jimmy Deshong probably will
pitch for the Griffs this afternoon,
the choice Of the White Sox being
in doubt.