The Washington times., 1936-09-12
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Today

CLEVELAND, Sept. IL. -Wash-
ington was in third place in the
American League today after a
stirring 7-to-2 victory yesterday
over the Cleveland Indians here.
The team that manager Bucky
Harris made no spring prognosti-
cation for other than to say that
it would keep fighting was higher
than it's most optimistic sup
porters had hoped it would be.
Behind the six-hit pitching of
the veteran Earl Whitehill, the
Senators had no difficulty beating
the highly touted Indians, five
runs in the first inning off Dennis
Galehouse settling the issue be-
yond all dispute.
Manager Harris must have
cleaned some personal satisfaction
out of the victory because it was
only on the last Griffmen's last
visit here that he said the Indians
pitching staff would fall apart
and that his team had a fine
chance to land in the first division.
Since his prophetic utteranceS
of July, the Griffmen have won
three out of four games played
with the Indians and the pitcher
who was lambasted today was one
who was blasted off the mound
in Washington last month.
Short Stay for GalehOuse
Cleveland pitted Dennis Gale
house, the young star who has
done his best work against the
Yankees this year but who never
has started against them, against
Whitehill, who was after his
twelfth victory of the season.
The Griffmen disposed of Gale
house in the first inning, making
six hits and five runs before Thor
ton Lee came in to stop the rata
tat-tat of base hits.
On August Is, in washington,
the Griffmen made nine runs off
GalehouSe in the first inning.
Yesterday they didn't do as well
but they made Steve ONeill OF
the Tribe sorry he took another
chance with his rookie.
Ben Chapman opened the game
with a double to right and scored
Immediately on a single to left by
Buddy Lewis. Then followed a
fusillade of hits that sent the In
dians staggering back on their
heels. Joe Kuhel scratched a
single off Galehouse'S glove, Stone
belted a clean single to center,
Cecil Travis doubled and Fred
Sington doubled before O'Neill
could rescue Galehouse.
Lee to Rescue
After Sington doubled, Lefty Lee
was substituted for GalehouSe and
he stopped the Griffmen dead
until the eighth when Whitehill
singled after Shanty Hogan had
doubled. Another run was added
| in the ninth on passes to Stone
and Sington and Miles single.
These runs were off Oral Hide
brand, the third pitcher the In
dams used in a futile effort to
stop the Washington attack.
While the Griffmen were bonn
harding the Cleveland hurlers, the
Indians were running up rapidly
mounting deficit against White
hill. The lefthander BANKED the
Tribe until the fourth when Earl
Averill drove the ball over the
right-field wall for his twenty-Sixth
home run of the campaign.
This hit helped Averill retain
his League batting laurels, the
Cleveland outfielder getting an
infield hit in the sixth and
drawing base on balls in the
eighth that led to the Red Skins
second tally. There were two
out when Averill walked. Lewis
booted Hal TroSky'S grounder
and Averill was able to complete
the circuit on Joe Vosmik's double
over Stones head.
Because it was ladies day at
League Park, 10000 eople
viewed the ball game, but 5000
of the customers got in for moth
ing. The women cheered every
move the Indians made, appar-
emily failing to understand that
team that had been counted
out of the running in March was
standing favored pennant
threat on its already bashed-in
noggin.
VOTE AMERICAN
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