Evening star., 1936-07-31
Six Regulars Hitting 800 Plus.

ITO THE pitching, then, must go a
great measure of the blame. but
by no means does the curving corps
deserve all the scallions. If the hurl-
ing has cracked first, surely the
defense Of the Griffs has gone next.
Except for the manner in which the
Washington club has been hitting, it
has resembled, on frequent occasions,
o high school outfit.
The catching has been mediocre, to
put it mildly. Cecil Travis. in right
field, has produced some almost un-
pardonable fielding. Red Kress has
failed to cover himself with any
defensive glory.
Some idea of the shortcomings Of
the Griffmen IS defensive unit Is
easily gained. Bad as the Washing
ton pitchers have been, they actually
have outpitched the hurlers Of the
White Sox, Browns and Indians,
collectively. Whereas the Mats have
scored 81 runs ON the trip, 81
have been scored by the opposition.
Whereas they have belted 100 hits,
the opposition is 5 short Of this
total.
All in all, Mister Grifith's noble
athletes have been no great sights
to watch. Only at bat have they
maintained their early-season stand
ard and, In way, 1t hurts to review
the offensive accomplishments. when
Johnny Stone hits .406; Ben Chap
man, $50: Joe Kuhel, .354; Ossie
Bluege, .36e; Travis, 300; Walter
Miles, $50, and Carl Reynolds, .377,
1t takes q dizzy ball club to contrive
10 lose Of II games on a trip. And
that's Just what has happened.
Indians Win Finale, lis.
RY D1NT Of some poor pitching by
Jimmy De shong and Joe Cssca-
Fella, and some sandlotters-ish field
ing by Travis, the Mats dropped their
thirteenth decision in II starts to the
Indians yesterday before embsrking
for Detroit. Washington thrice held
the lead but De shong and Cascarella
both had chances to hold it, and they
blew to drop an 11-to-s tilt.
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handed q 40 edge in the first inning.
When the Tribe got through batting,
however, Jimmy faced AZ deficit.
Home runs by Hal Trosky and Bruce
Campbell helped to put the Indians
ahead.
In the third, Johnny Stone hit q
home run to account for three runs
and 5-4 lead. This margin De Shong
also lost by giving Cleveland the three
Guns back in its half Of the inning.
Cascarella came in to pitch after
chat and, going into the last of the
sixth, Crooner Joe was out in front,
3 tot.
Then he managed 10 pitch home
run ball to Lloyd Brown, whose belt
tied the score.
Indians Go Home Run Goofy.
THE clOut by Brown must have put
ideas into the Indians heads, for
In the seventh Sammy Hale and
Trosky hit q couple more homers and
In the eighth a double by Hale and
Averillis single finished the scoring.
The Griffs, once they lost the lead
third time, rolled over and played
dead before Brown, who was credited
with his second victory of the series.
The big difference between the
Griffs and Indians was defense and
home-run hitting. League Park in
Cleveland is made to order for the
Indians, to be sure, but Washington
has left-handed hitters to match
Cleveland's and yet during the series
only Kuhel and stone were able to
put O ball over the short right-field
fence. The Indians, on the other
hand, pumped IL home runs in the
four games.
The Tribal hurlers appeared TO Use
far better judgment in pitching to
hitters with a chance to sock homers.
Earl Averill, a notorious high-ball
hitter, was given perfect pitches by