The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
link Rides
Griffmen
HurlerS
By FRANK BUCK" O,NEH

ny MANN DUN " N0AN
Stanley Raymond Harris is
seeking the offices Of Minerva to
effect an alliance with Jupiter and
Cronus to aid the Griffs.
It will require the wisdom Of the
Greek goddess, deluges sent by
Jupiter and the kindly interven-
ton Of time to restore the ailing
Griff pitching staff to o peak
where games may be started with
something better than q forlorn
hop; Of victory.
AS the situation rests today, two
starting pitchers are available for
immediate call. Buck Newsom and
Eddie Linke are ready. Jimmy
DeShong and Earl Whitehill are
fighting off "flu" with not too
much success. =.
Jack Russell has q cold that
would send most men to bed, but
the Texan continues to flirt with
q poor record to serve the team.
The relief corps has shown little
merit.
Chase Promising
The most promising youngSter
Is Ken Chase. The best thing
that could be done witch this youth
will be t. send him to some good
club in the double A leagues where
he will have an opportunity to
work under careful instruction.
Chase car pour the ball into the
catcher with plenty Of stuff
aboard His chief trouble Is in
getting 1t over the plate. with
time to develop control, Chase
shou. become one Of the out.
ming southpaws Of the league.
Ordinarily, spring showers are
the bane Of q baseball managers
life. But right now Harris would
welcome a warm rain in the aft
ernoon. A bright clear morning
and good shower that would pre-
vent play. The bright morning
could be devoted to practice.
It requires little baseball expe.
rience to figure out the position
of the Washington club at this
time. With Newsom, Linke, White.
hill, Appleton and Deshong avail.
able for duty in turn the GriffS
could go out and turn in a pretty
good ball game any day in the
week. With two on the sick list,
assignments must be juggled so
as to give the starting pitchers
adequate rest. OF course the
starters are not always effective.
as witness Linke yesterday.
Resting Problem
The problem Of resting his
pitchers devilled Harris in the
opening game with the Yankees.
He might have called upon Apple
ton, who is scheduled to pitch to-
day. He could have rushed the
willing Buck NewSom In with no
rest whatever. But instead he
started Prof. Monte Weaver. Now
Weaver is slowly recovering from
a serious digestive disorder. He Is;
a lot better than he has been in.
the last long time but Is still far
from his 1892 peak.
Harris has until May IS to cut,
his squad down to % players. It Is,
likely that he will cast of q.
catcher and a pitcher.
The intraleague trading season
does not close until June Is, and,
Harris has high hopes Of swing
ing a deal or two to add power.
where it is sadly needed.
Tackle Mackmem
The Griffs tackle the Philadel.
phia Athletics today and tomor.
row. There's an open date on
Monday, one Of the few on this
years schedule, and then the
western teams come to the East.
The Detroit Tigers Spearhead the
Western advance.
That is not as bad as 1t might
be. The BengalS have had no
little trouble in getting their
pitchers to function. It was
pretty much the same story last
year, when the Tigers got off to
q linping start while the White
Sox blazed the trail. Once Coch.
rane's boys become organized.
however. it was something else
again.
The Cleveland Indians are play.
ing ball now. Steve ONeill. appar.
emily, is repeating In the Forest
City what he did In Toronto with
the temperamental Johnny Allen.
O'Neill's soft blarney can coax
Allen out Of his groucheS with the
greatest Of ease. Steve can be Is