The Washington times., 1936-04-20
Whitehill
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To Pitch
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

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other Of the Washington pitchers
is eliminated from the ranks of
doubtful starters. The latest one
to definitely establish his form
for the time being is Earl White
hill, who was hammered out Of
the box in five fruitful innings at
Yankee Stadium yesterday. It was
Whitehills first parade under col.
Iors since the season opened. There
was more or less doubt concerning
his condition. But that is settled
to everyone'S satisfaction. White.
hill will have to go to work on
his arm and really get ready. The
Yanks won, 8 to 0.
Floods, cyclones and injured fin
gers are more than apt to deter
a pitchers efforts to attain condi.
ton. The average hurler needs
plenty of sun and heat. Veterans
need more sun and heat than rub
Der armed kids who annually
storm training camps, and White
hill has been pitching for IA years.
The storms that swept the Gritfs
off the diamond in the South did
Whitehill no good whatever. Then
he had the misfortune to jam
digit on his pitching hand, which
set him back some more.
Until Whitehill proves that he
Just can't pitch we will have
to blame his lack of effective
ness this spring on the weather.
Whitehill set his own pace in
training camp. He didn't burn up
the grass. But we've seen Earl
do this same thing in spring
camps before, and pitch bril-
liantly in the season. He may do
this very thing this year.
Shelled From Mound
Regardless of what may de-
velop, baseball men cannot lose
sight of facts. Whitehill was
knocked out of the box by the
Yankees in five innings. That is
disturbing. He was clouted for
10 hits and gave three bases on
balls. The Yankees got seven
runs off him. Not so good, Wat
son; not so good.
Despite the fact that Linke
won his game, he was not so
good, either. Appleton removed
himself from the doubtful list by
getting his ears pinned back. On
Saturday Buck NewSom stormed
along for eight innings and then
blew I'D into tiny fragments.
Sure, the Griffs won. but you do
not expect Buck Newsom to blow
up into tiny fragments. He's the
Griff ace and he's expected to
win. De Shong pitched well de-
spite the fact that he was worked
lust three innings since leaving
training camp. He was wild, but
he was victorious. Wild pitchers
are not consistent winners.
With every game such as the
Griffs played yesterday, the warn
ing dinS in our ears that optim"
ism bred of early victories must
not be allowed to sway cold judg-
ments. What this ball club needs
is pitching, and plenty Of pitching.
The Griffs threaten a war Of re-
priSal on all clubs in the American
League for President Will Har'
ridges refusal to allow Ed Linke
to use his heating pad. They
probably will start with Walberg,
who has been known to dampen
the ball with the sweat Of his
brow and thus try to earn his
daily bread. If the Rube makes
any suspicious move today he will
have the entire Griff company
right on his ears.
Lewis Establishes Himself
BY the time the Griffs return
home Lewis will be established as
the third Sacker. After bouncing
the ball off the fences in Shibe
Park, Buddy got hit against
New York yesterday and drove in
a run. Harris again proved his
uncanny judgment in handling a
young player.
Buddy Myer is looking for
base hit. The 1885 champion
can't seem to get squared away
at all. Needless to say this
grieves him no little. If he could
develop q little bit of streak to
keep pace with Travis and Reyn.
olds, the run production of the
GriffS would beam no little.
Monte Weaver relieved White
hill yesterday and escaped with
two runs. Well, that was better
than anything the lefthander
showed.