The Washington times., 1936-03-24
Arm Feels Fine,
Says WhitehiIL,
After Test
By FRANK BUCK" ONEML

BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEWA
ORLANDO. Florida, March "a.
Earl whitehill started bis first
game yesterday, pitching three
innings against the Montreal
Royals. II you stay right N1kain
the realm Of baseball, the per-
formance of the SouthpaW aaS
not one to excite undue praaSe.
He was niched for. four runs.
two of which were earned Five
hits were made off him and all
Of them were clean. A hit bats
man rounds ont the vital sE4tis-
tics Of Whitehill'S stewardship, on
the mound. 't.4& .,5.S ,,,as:.
In all truth IL was not q
great performance, and yet when
it was over, WhitehilI grinned
broadly and said he. was satisfied.
81 was wild" said Earl. "anA
that Is why 1 was hit. But
my arm feels fine, and I wSB
strong at the finish. So what
difference does q few, hits
make. Or q few. runs at this
time Of year. IN. 90 d little
longer the next time. My arm
was strong, and IN soon be
ready" ~
."WhitehiH was impressive"
said Harris. "Sure, Seeds hit
q home run eff him and he Was
wild, but he pitched Wen. He
was strong and came through
an right. I'm satisfied"
n It remained for Buck NeWsom
to steal the show as far as
pitching was concerned. The big
boy surely blew the leather across
the plate. Two hits in six frames
and one q rank scratch. when
Stone lost q pop fly in the sun.
That's the story Of NewSom. He
looks great and no fooling around
about it.
Jess Hill is limping much bet
ter, thank you; just a strained
ankle and not q chipped or
broken bone as was originally
feared.
Earl WhitehilI was In mid
season form from right off the
reel. Seeds raised a foul fly
which Bolton failed to Judge.
Go On, get going" stOEmed
Whftehin.
The first two innings were fea-
tured by brace Of Snappy double
plays by the Washington infield.
Lewis. Myer and Kuhel accounted
for one. Travis, Myer and Kuhel
clicked off another. -Az
Bob Seeds Socked q terrific
smash over Powell's head in the
third inning. The ball went, out
of the lot in extreme center field
for a walk around. Harry Smythe
was on base at the time.
Gus DugaS, who always could
hit, poled a double to left off
Whitehill and drove in the fourth.
That was q fair indication that
just so far as WhitehiIl was con-
cerned, the day was done.
Right about then wfitehiIl
really remembered that his arm
was sore.
Powell missed q double to left
in the fourth inning by inches.
Then he missed a double to right
by inches. After fouling off half
q dozen more pitches he walked.
=. A few Of the boys were talk
ing about Cy BIantOn. ':His
curve has eyes" said one Of
the Montreal players.
"HOw come" asked Jake
Powell.
'Tt sees the bat and
dOdges," said . member Of the
Royals.
Travis was hit by a pitched
ball and was chased all the. way
home when Stone socked q ter.
rifle shot to right center field.
Stone certainly intends to make
position solid. He's been hitting
like a wild man.
Talking Of hitters and all that
sort of thing, Buck NewSom came
through with a sizzling single to
center field that scored Bolton.
Jake Powell apparently beat
out a gromder to Charley Wilson.
but Nick Altrock ruled adversely
and that was that.
Stone was almost conked by
Sankey's sun-loSt fly in the
seventh inning and the bali
dropped in for a double.
Del Bissonette has lost nttle Of
his fielding skill. He made o
fine play on Kuhel In the seventh
inning and got his man at first.
Newsom toyed with the Royals.
He allowed only one hit, q fly
which Stone lost in the sun.
What is more, Buck got q base
hit.
Dee Miles got a life when
Thompson dropped his easy foul
and then turned around and wal
loped a terrific drive to the right
field fence. Jake Powell then
made that sock look like q bunt.
Jake cleared the left-field barrier
with rolaratu To snare This iS the