Evening star., 1936-07-23
WH|TEH|LL' FINE
:. HURL|NG WASTED
Eleventh of Is Tits With
. Chicago Goes as Bolton
=, MuffS Foul Ball.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.


~HICAGO, July 23.-Minutes in
Chicago were like hours to the
Nationals today. Seemingly
~ nothing can be done by the
Washington ball club to snap the SoX's
spell of supremacy this season. So,
despite still having chance this aft
ernoon finally to win series from the
Dykesmen, the Nationals eagerly were
looking forward to getting out OF town
and into st. Louis.
: 1t took brilliant bit of relief pitch
ing by Joe Cascarella to win the
opener of the Chicago set that ends
: today. Yesterday not an even
( greater slab effort by Earl Whitehill
was good enough. Chicago won its
j eleventh decision in 16 games, the
: Griffs lost a chance to sneak into the
first division again and, in short. the
Windy City became very distasteful-
again.
The four-game series with the
Browns promises to be more beneficial,
despite embracing a double-header on
Sunday. So far Bucky Harris band
has not dropped a decision in st. Louis
and only twice during the entire cam
:, palgn to date have the Hornsoymen
~ beaten Washington.
Travis Shines at Shortstop.
- IN SPITE of the disappointment
= = that went with dropping yester-
] days game by a 3-to-2 count in the
s twelfth inning, Harris was not without
y balm for his new wound. First and
= foremost, Whitehilrs performance
I stood out as his best of the year, indi-
J. eating that his dolorous effort against
= the Pale Hose in Washington recently
3 was nothing more than an off day.
= Earl deserved a better fate than was
: handed him. He had the game won
!, In regulation innings, but Cliff Bolton
:, suddenly lost his new-found knack OF
catching foul pops and a batter to
whom Cliff gave new life enabled the
Chisox to tie it up and eventually win
when Mike Kreevich doubled across
the winning run.
Then, too, there was to please Bucky
another fine performance by Cecil
Travis at shortstop. Cecil was drafted
trip to play short until OSsie Bluege
RECEIVERS from an injured side. Harris
has indicated he would like to have
Bluege playing shortstop for his Bucks
and Buddy Myer on second base. Red
Kress, who would be benched, would
step into Bluege's shoes when Ossie
shows he needs rest.
Now, however, Travis is making a
bid for the job which was taken away
from him In May. He has played flaw
less and, at times, brilliant ball during
the current series and, to all appear
ances, he is a better tnfielder than
when he was lifted and sent into. the
nIltfield s~~s-- - .c~-~r "-'7~'~+ -
May Instigate Lineup Switch.
PUCKY and Owner Clark Griffith
have been thinking seriously of
late about a shortstop for next year.
Bluege is great ball player for cou-
: pie weeks, but the veteran fades. -Kress
: Is getting no faster afoot and he, too.
( rapidly shows signs of fatigue after
steady play. They tried Travis once
and weren't quite satisfied. 1t looks
now as though they may have to try
him again.
If Cecil continues at his present
pace Harris may have a hard time
getting him out of the infleld, and if
this happens there will be more shift
Ing of the Washington lineup. 1t will
open the door Of opportunity to Out
felders Carl Reynolds and Jesse Hill,
who would then fight it out for the
rightfield job that was Travis. Kress,
the handy man who for the last two
years has been capitalizing on similar
breaks to crash the lineup, would find
the shoe on the other foot.
Reynolds, who took over the right
field job yesterday, shared the laurel
wreath with Whitehill and Travis.
With four hits in five trips to the
plate. Carl represented one-third Of
the Bucks offense against Johnny
Whitehead, whose slab duel with
Whitehill long will be remembered by
Chicago fandon.
Cliff Bolton Is Goat"