Evening star., 1936-07-16
VET CHUCKS WELL
IN RELIEF FAILURE
Work in Loss to White SOx
Shows HurIer Is Ready
to Start Games.
BY FRANCIS f. STAN.

M long quest for a fourth start
V ing pitcher may have been
d u ended today. From out OF
nowhere the gaunt figure OF Monte
Morton Weaver has reappeared on
the scene and, believe 1t or not, there
Is about the scholarly former college
professor strong resemblance to the
guy who once held the success OF
Washington ball clubs in his right paw.
Today, in the Nationals latest mo-
ment of darkness, there was only
Weaver to provide cheer. For the
third successive series the Griffs have
dropped the opening game, and yes
terdays defeat meant tailSpin into
fourth place. Yet Notwithstanding
the latest setback, Washington's dia-
mond forces appeared to have gained
q new force where it is needed most
sn the pitching department.
Weaver, overlooked all season and
unused by the Nationals in an Amer
lean League game since June 28 In
Chicago, staged q comeback yesterday
at Griffith Stadium that scarcely can
be overlooked. For one Of his greatest
pitching efforts Monte got nowhere in
the record books, the White Sox win
ming a 6-to-4 decision despite his
gallant effort, but for the first time
since the curtain rose on the Amer
lean League show Weaver today fig
ures in Harris plans.
May BE Fourth Starter.
ENTERING the pitchers box yester-
day with his club facing 5-to-0
deficit, Weaver stopped the slugging
White Sox cold In courageous ex-
hibition that should need nothing
more to clinch a near-future slab
start for the one-time teacher Of
higher mathematics The Nationals,
with only Earl Whitehill, Buck New
som and Jimmy De Shong rated as
dependable starters, long have lacked
q fourth starter able to flash a degree
Of consistency. In Weaver, more than
Joe Cascarella and Pete Appleton. they
may have discovered that all-import-
ant cog.
Few mound performances are likely
to stand out over the effort by
Weaver yesterday as the White SoX
sent the Griffs tumbling behind the
Indians and into a virtual fourth
place tie with the Red Sox. Thumbed
out Of even important relief roles,
Weaver took over the Washington
pitching in the first inning yesterday
and for eight and one-third innings
turned in . five-hit effort that~by all
rights should have been a game-Win-
ming performance.
The Sox, in dead earnest from the
outset, batted De Shong out of the
box In the first inning yesterday. Be-
fore Jimmy could get more than two
batters out the Sox had built up a
6-to-0 lead and, finally, Harris had no
alternative but to send in Weaver
And, with batting attack so per
cent as timely as Monte's slabbing,
Washington today would have been
tied with the Tigers for second place.
Monte Shows Good Fast One.
IRON the time he took over the
Washington pitching Weaver was
inning, the fourth, were the Chicagoes
able to score of Monte and then aid
ing the visitors was fluke hit by Ver-
non Kennedy, who hurled the White
5ox to victory and himself to his
seventh consecutive win of the year.
In q way Monte's effort was a re-
markable thing. They said his fast
ball was gone when he managed, by
the skin of his teeth, to retain place
on the Washington club. Yesterday,
In whiting heat, Weaver never was
faster than in his corking days OF
1s32-3S To mix it up, Monte also
had 8 curve ball that was breaking
with all Of It's old-time sharpness.
De Shong, seeking his twelfth VIC
tory OF the season, never had chance.
Six hits, plus base on balls, sent five
White Sox scurrying across the plate
In the first inning. Finally, to end the
frame, Harris sent in Weaver.
Griffs Blow Chances Galore.
MONTE got rid of the last batter in
~A the first inning and from then
on the Griffmen had nothing upon
which to concentrate except getting