Evening star., 1936-07-18
White SOx Are MercileSS.

THE 16-to-5 trimming the White Sox
- ramned down the Mats throats
Yesterday to sweep the series was a
merciless thing that gnawed to the
very innards of the Griffith A. c. No
club could be as bad as Washington
vas yesterday and be rated big
league outfit. The Griffs really aren't
- terrible, either, but unless they snap
out of it shortly they are doomed.
AS they stand today the White SoX
ere the better ball club. That was
Chicago's tenth victory in IA games
against Washington and while the
Dykesmen probably aren't that much
better than the Mats the fact remains
that they are charging upward and the
local athletes are slipping downward
Chicago now is only game behind
the Mats and while the Sox today were
in Philadelphia the Harrismen face
the uninviting prospect of meeting the
Indians today and twice tomorrow.
For his pitching Bucky has Buck
Eewsom ready. After him Harris
probably will choose from among
frankie Baxter, the club house
maestro; any sandlotter who is spotted
In the stands, and Phil Furr. Soft
music, professor.
Whitehill, Cohen Soundly Walloped.
EVERYTHING about yesterdays
~ debacle was a joke except the
way the White Sox slugged the ball.
"A 2l-year-old rookie southpaw from
Keokuk, one Italo Chelini, breezed the
route for the Chicagoes and won his
second victory in row over the
Griffs. He limited Washington to IL
hits, 6 in the last three innings when
he could have drop-kicked the ball
up to the plate and won.
The Sox blasted Earl Whitehill
ffom the start and made merry with
his immediate successor, Rookie Sgd
Cohen. When the smoke had cleared
Che Chicagoes held 14-to-1 lead at
Ahe end of the fourth inning. Pete
Appleton came in the box to finish
The game in creditable fashion but,
20 what?
Behind Messrs. Whitehill, Cohen
and Appleton the Nationals made an
error for every run they counted
Ave. Ossie Bluege, of all people, was
charged with two errors in the space
ef go seconds They were his first
boots since he took over second base
on June 3, which might give some
idea Of how this crack-up is spreading.
Kress booted couple of balls to
bring his total Of errors for the last
20 games to Is. Cecil Travis, in right
3eld. gave swell imitation Of a beer
Eiddy Elk in the annual picnic game.
'Nooga Pitchers to Be Secuted.
TT, WHEN and how it ends is some
thing that's purely a matter of
conjecture. The Washington club,
Inundated as it stood on the thresh-
hold to second place, now faces its
acid test, an exam that will test every
heart hidden by Griffith A. c. uni
form. If it cannot come back Owner
Clark Griffith has intimated that ex-
perimenting might be in order with
view to next year.
When the Nationals leave for their
third Western trip next week Griffith
will leave for Chattanooga to look
over what the Lookouts are showing
in the box. Advance reports are not
highly colored but Griff may take a
flyer on one or two slabmen rather
than continue to swallow the kind of
throwing his present pitchers are per-
petrating.
Support or no support, there is lit
tie excuse for pitchers getting their
ears pinned back to the extent of
allowing the opposition to make a
dozen hits in the first three innings.