Evening star., 1936-07-15
CLEVER TRIO PUTS
. TEAM IN RUNNING
WhitehiII, DeShong, New.
som Have Won ID of Last
16 Times on Hill.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

be an unWlSe time to bring
up the subject. but where, perchance,
are the calamity howlers who were SELL
ing the Nationals short because Clark
Grifith had neglected to supply them
with sufficient pitching?
Griff, of course, would like to have
another chucker. The way things
stand now the Washington club is
operating with a three-cylinder staff
instead of the usual quartet deemed
necessary to ball teams going places.
But, even so, the pitching belittlers are
noticeably quiet. Like Nah Jong ad-
diets, Eugenia hats and the st. Louis
Browns, they have gone away.
The Nationals today were riding the
crest Of a new high in Washington
waves of success this season. They
are half a game out of second place
and the schedule calls for New York
and Detroit, the top clubs, to fight it
out for the next few days. Washington
Is only 912 games back of the faltering
Yankees.
And, looking back over the last few
bright weeks, you uncover targets for
bouquets among the members OF that
much-maligned, freely libeled Wash
ington pitching staff.
Wins of Last I Games.
TAKING their regular turns, Earl
- Whitehill, Buck Newsom and
Jimmy De Shong quietly and unspec-
tacularly have compiled remarkable
record among the three Of them. In
the last Is times this trio has been
charged or credited with ball game
in the record books Messrs. Whitehill,
Newsom and De Shong have won IA.
Individually they have been perform
ing as follows: Whitehill has won three
straight games Newsom. counting his
twelfth victory that was gained yester-
day by a 13-to-3 count over the
Browns, has captured six of his last
seven games. And De Shong, the top
percentage pitcher of the outfit, has
won five out OF his last six.
There isn't much for the early-sea-
son calamity howlers to base their
arguments on now. The White Sox
may give them an opportunity, but in
the light of the big three's recent
achievements, it isn't any too likely.
II. somewhere, Manager Bucky Harris
could uncover fourth starter from
among such as Pete Appleton. Joe
Cascarella. Bill Dietrich, Monte
Weaver or sgd Cohen the Griffmen
would have to concede nobody's team
anything in pitching way.
Noted as Stretch Runner
NEWSOMS feat of winning six of
seven games is something to
brilliant start the big fellow looked as
though he was going to wind up as
just another pitcher. Now, with
sustained reversal of the poor form
he displayed in May and early June,
Blushing Buck from Hartsville again
seems to stand a chance of winning
the IS ball games he promised in the
Spring.
His twelfth victory that was chalked
up yesterday sent him to the front
among American League hurlers in
the matter of winning most games.
The season is only half over and the
Newsom form sheet, going back over
q period Of years spent IN both the
majors and minors, reveals pretty
definitely that Bashful Buck does most
of his good pitching in August and
September. Thus, needing 13 more
wins to achieve his ambition of Is
victories, it would seem that Mr. New
sor,, has chance
BY beating the Browns on the
strength of 9-hit performance. New
som aided the Nationals in picking up
ground on the Tigers, who were beaten
in Philadelphia. The victory, which
also gained the St. Louis series for the
Grifith A. c., furnished still another
benefit in that it enabled Washington
to pick up half a game on the idle
Yanks.
IRON the third inning on there never
- was any question of yesterdays
game. After taking a 10 lead in the
second inning the Mats jumped on
Former Teammate AL Thomas and
Russ Van Alta for nine runs in the
third frame. The Browns fine dis
regard for the defensive standards of
major league base ball aided the Griffs
In this rally. Seven of the runs we're
unearned, but it's said they still are
paying off on runs of all descriptions
Sixteen hits bounced off the Wash
lngton bats, Johnny Stone and joey
Kuhel each getting three. Stoney had
O single, double and triple, scored
three runs and batted across two more.
on Newsom the Browns got nine,
but only Sammy West was able to hit
safely more than once. Furthermore,
Buck handed out only three passes.
1t was, incidentally. Washington's
eleventh win in 13 games this year
against st. Louis.
The only things missing yesterday
were customers in the stands and
1872 pounds that had been on New
SONS frame when he entered the box
Buck, who lost 1411a pounds in game
against Detroit last week doggone near
matched the stunt.