Evening star., 1936-07-20
ENDS TRIBAL WINS
AND MATS LOSSES
Vet Regains Starting Job
as Griffs Head West for
Long Sojourn.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


TN ROUTE WEST. July 20.-
- Monte Morton Weaver. whose
heart and not his pitching arm
~ seems to be his fortune, cele-
brated today a position of new dis
tinction and considerable eclat as the
Nationals roared toward Chicago and
the start of their third Western swing
OF the season.
On all sides Monte was being fe-
dictated for what appears to be n
new start N the profession for which
he gave up teaching mathematics.
With q courageous and highly sue
cessful effors, Weaver has sent the
Washington ball club on the road
with the stigma Of holding o losing
streak wiped away. In the proCess the
veteran pitcher, who Is catching all
these bouquets, hurled himself into
{. regular starting JOB
Monte oid il al yesterday Wen he
snapped the GIFTS hve-same losing
hlre4x by whipping ;.le Indians in the
second game Of . double header at
Grimth Stadium, 8 to 5. In fact,
Monte did q lot Of streak mapping.
His victory ended Eleveland's nine
game winning streak and, in addition,
broke an amazing If objectionable
Washington pitching record. When he
beat the Tribe Weaver stopped the
opposition from batting around in a
single inning for the first time in
i've games.
In the opener the Indians put on a
six-run splurge in the third inning to
orive out Joe Cascarella and win an
1l.to-3 decision. Ten Cleveland bat
ters paradcd to the plate in this In
ming, marking the fifth straight game
in which the other side has sent at
least every man in the game to bat In
one frame.
Win Is Boost for Morale.
1T WAS a life-saver, that game
L. Monte pitched The spirits Of the
club, considering the fact that Wash
ington had dropped from sc:ond to
sixth place In a week, were high as
they entlained this afternoon. Until
the nlghtcap yesterday It looked as
though they never would win another
ball game. Then the gaunt figure of
Weaver stepped into the picture and,
Seemingly. he helped not only him.
self, but the entire club.
Waived out Of TIE American League
last year, flop with Albany, Sparingly
used this season, and ften put Cn the
trading block, Monte fought for re-
establishment when Manager Bucky
Harris, hard pressed for pitchers,
started him in the nightcap. Grimly,
gamely he made his effort and the
sheer desperation If Weaver's per-
formance appeared to pull the Ma
tionals together. The ragged defense
for IS errors in Z games, became
downright brilliant. The offense
dropped its aimleSsness and produced
runs on II hits. In short, the Ma
Tionals reSembled the club that a
week ago was making talk throughout
al base ball.
Nobody was happier than Harris
over Weaver's showing. His victory
yesterday, plus an even greater sla-
inning relief shift last week, have
combined to elevate Weaver to the
position Of having pitched the best
ball of any Washington pitcher since
Buck Newsom shut out the Tigers
with one hit Cd July 10.
use him regularly?" repeated Har-
ris. Let anybody try and keep me
from it. Honestly, it's real thrill
10 see fellow like that come back
after dropping out of things through
no fault Qllness) of his own"
Weaver has proved in the last week
that he is getting stronger. His fast
ball again is what the boys call live
Once more it's his forte instead of the
curve. If he gets enough rest in be-
tween starts Monte ought to win quite
s few games. Even In victory yester-
day, Monte showed that this three
days OF rest since the brilliant relief
stint were not quite enough.
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