The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-06
Ex-XankS
TurnUPon
OLdMateS
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

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Ben Chapman emerged from his
first battle with the New York
Yankees, his colors flying, his
honor indicated. The Flaming
Arrow of Alabama" walloped the
ball for an average of .307 in the
three games with his former
mates, and his lone hit IN yester-
days battle sustained a rally that
did not stop until the Griffs had
scored three runs, matching the
Yankees, this battle that came to
Beyond hitting nicely-and the
regret of his life is that he did not
knock the cover off the ball in
the ninth inning of Saturdays
game-Chapman gave a fine eX.
hibition of fielding. He floated
under every ball and threw so per.
fectly that the Yankees did not
even attempt to move for an extra
base.
It was a very nice series for e.
Yankee, this battle that came to
a glorious finish yesterday. James
Brooklyn DeShong turned in one
of the fine performances OF the
year in beating his former mates
in handy style. DeShong pitched
complete game, and in that, the
writer takes less account OF the
number of innings worked than
of the style of the effort.
Wanted DeShOng Back
For eight frames Deshong al
lowed the Yankees just one run
He allowed seven hits. Now, this
is a fair sort of effort for a boy
who was tossed in on the trade
that brought Jess Hill to Wash.
ington. OF course you know that
DeShong was relief pitcher for
the Yankees. Well, he's a great
relief to Bucky Harris, but the
term is applied differently. The
only barometer we have on the
feelings of the Yankees is the
thoroughly ridiculous offer they
made in an effort to buy back
DeShong.
Battling indeed is this very
goofy national pastime. The
Griffs fairly belted the ears off
Charley Ruffing, one Of the ace
pitchers of the American League.
They knocked him out Of the box,
bouncing half a dozen hits off him
for five runs. Then they got three
runs off KleinhanS.
But they were helpless before
the slants and drops Of Johnny
Broaca in the final game of the
independence Day double header.
Broaca had not finished a game
since sometime prior to Decora-
ton Day, but he never was more
brilliant in his life than against
the washington club.
FancieS Newsom's Pitching
Broaca's feat in banking the
Griffs fed the fires of discussion
and debate for some of the fans.
In that same game one of Buck
Newsom's fond conceitS was Ut
terly ruined. Newsom had made
the statement that DiMaggio
would not hit any home runs off
him, and made the statement
without reservation. Well. Di-
Maggie hung one on a clothes
line into the left field stands. Di-
Maggie rather fancies Newsom's
pitching. So far he has made 6
hits in 9 times at bat off New
som, an average of .666.
And so we come to conSidera-
ton of the happenings that de-
lighted a crowd of $4,000 fans at
Griffith Stadium yesterday. The
longer 20 ulook at Red KreSs and
Ossie Bluege cavort around second
base, the more you marvel at
their great skill. Kress made a
stop on drive by Selkirk in the
second inning and threw to Bluege
for a force on Dickey. Now that
play just wasn't in the book. That
is, it wasn't until Kress put it
there in indelible characters.
Kress made only one hit, but
what a honey it was! Came with
couple of boys on bases and
drove in two runs. It was because
he debated the decision on this
play that Lazzeri was put out OF