The Washington times., 1936-04-15
NewsO,.m,
Knows No
Defeat
By FRANK BUCK" o'NEML

When earth'S last picture: Is
painted-yes, Kipling said that q
/ long time ago-and the tubes are
| twisted and dried, contemporary
artists viii point to the portrait Of
Buck Newsom and demand that
some other age, past. present or
future, produce his like.
Before the wondering eyes Of
81 900 maddened baseball fans at
Griffith Stadium yesterday after
noon, the Huntsville Breeze gave
another exhibition Of courage that
knows no fusing point. He was hit
ut the angle Of the jaw by ball
thrown by Ossie Bluege in the
fifth inning and knocked out on
his feet. But he never went down,
and the big fellow doesn't know
how to quit.
That ball, thrown with all the
power in Bluege's arm struck New.
som directly under the right ear.
According to physicians 1t missed
the mastoid bone by q fraction Of
an inch. The official medical re-
port submitted to President Clark
C. Griffith this morning said that
Newsom would be in condition to
pitch after his customary rest
period. .-
Spends Restless Night
Newsom spent q night Of broken
sleep. His jaw is swollen. Il is
sore. He probably will have q
cauliflowered ear. The wonder is
that he wasn't rushed TO an ope-
rating room. II that bali had
struc':: an inch higher and an inch
farther back, the maStoid bone
might have been bruised or
crushed. Three or four inches
higher and more to the front of
the head, and his temple might
have been crushed. Another Chap.
man case might have been written
into baseball.
Whe.4 the ball hit Newsom he
grabbed his head In both hands
and ran about In circles. There
was no acting there. In sheer
agony he staggered toward
Bluege, who rushed over toward,
the box. Newsom paved the
third sacker, whom he did not
recognize. Then, escorted to the
bench by Bucky Harris, Kuhel
and others Of the team, Newsorn
received first aid and returned
to the game.
The physician called from the
stand ordered him out Of the
game, but Buck refused to obey
orders. I wonder II that man
is all sheer courage or 6HlIttle
bit crazy?
Fool or hero, Newsom called
for the ball and continued to
pitch shutout bali and win
against o team that Is rated by
critics as one Of the most dan
gerouS in the American League.
Other Pitchers Struck
His exhibition surpassed IN art
iStry his performance against the
Cleveland Indians on May -20 last
year, when he pitched six innings
after Earl Averill's line drive tract
| ured his left knee cap. In passing
it may be recorded that twice pre-
viously washington pitchers have
been hit by throws by third base
men. Joe Leonard knocked Walter
Johnson down years ago. Maurice
Shannon stretched Harry Harper
out with a peg intended for. Joe
Judge. @
The Yankees pressed through
the last five innings and had ten
men left on bases. Throughout
the afternoon the New Workers rot
only four hits. and three Of them
were infield taps. All three Of the
dribblers were handled by the def
fingered Ossie Bluege. Tony Laz-
zeri got the only clean hit OF the
day, q single to center field,
In the fifth Dickey was safe on
q boot by Travis and Chapman
hunted. It was on this play that
Newsorn was injured. With two
men on bases and an injured
pitcher In the box, the situation
was fraught with danger. But
NewSom, rocked by q smashing
blow, his head scared with pain,
retired to the side. He struck out
Crosetu and handled Gomez with
ease.
In the sixth inning johnson
walked and Gehrig beat out hit
to Bluege. Diekey was passed in
tentionally and Bluege then made
Q mastery play on Chapman's
grounder.
Still in the seventh the Yam
KEGS rallied. LIazzeri singled to die
stealing. On this play Tony was
hurt. CroSetti scratched a hit, but
Gomez hunted and Rolfe lined to
Powell. In the last two innings
the Yankees had two men
stranded In each frame. Newsom
fought off the shock Of the blow
and the pain.
Always the fighter, always New
son the incomparablel
Drama with NewsOm
Where there is Newsom there Is
drama, but there were other actors
In that smashing presentation Of
Americas national game. Lefty
Gomez was the vanquiShed pitcher,
but he was not diSgraced in defeat.
Gomez passed Powell to bring up
Travis In the sixth inning and with
q brilliant display Of pitching
courage and ability. the gallant
Castilian struck out Travis with a
twisting curve ball.
Carl Reynolds came through
with the winning smash. In max.