The Washington times., 1937-05-29

know that you're going to get a
At this hour when things are
as dark for Bucky Harris as a
baseball situation can be for a
manager, he turns to Weaver as
the man around whom to rotate
his pitchers. Right here you pom
der the vicissitudes of baseball,
for two years ago Weaver was re.
leased to Albany, and it seemed
as if his major league days were
through.
Weaver made no obeiSance then
to the hammer strokes of adver'
sity. He packed his bag and went
to Albany, and he didn't do too
well. He came back to Washing.
ton, made no complaints and did
the best he could. Considering
the fact that his health was poor
he did well, but he never asked for
anyone to consider his condition
Weaver has not uttered a CRY
this year when some Of his more
robust contemporaries are putting
the finger on everyone on the bal
club, excusing their shortcomings
on the grounds that 1.-The team
amt getting me runs"
So the boys want runs, do they!
Well, let's look at Weaver'S record
He has been in seven games to
date, pitching So 1-3 innings, and
the boys have scored exactly %
runs for him. They have averaged
3 2-7 runs per game, but despite
this paucity Of counters, Weaver
has won three games and lost two
Two Runs Per Start
He did this by allowing 10 runs
in all, IA of them earned. That
is an average Of two runs pei
start, and less than three earned
runs per nine-inning game. 1t il
winning ball. He had to be good
for the other pitchers, allowing
less than four runs per nine
inning game, theoretically were
pitching winning ball.
81 am going to try to give
Weaver four or five days rest"
Harris said this morning as we
discussed the pitching situation
on the GriffS. "He has shown
more ability to pitch real base
ball than anyone else. There are
the figures, and you can't get
away from them.
"DeShOng, who has won four
| a0wana hos oIVNxuoH % naPnoA
runs in 81 innings, and that Is
all right. of course, We could
stand little bit of real hitting.
We haven't been sending runs
over as we should have. Hitters
upon whom we depended at the
start Of the season are not crack
ing the ball as they should. But
we're not getting any pitching,
and that's that"
LACK PITCHING
Yes, indeed, the team is no
getting any pitching, and that
pathetically enough, is that. Thu
boys worked behind the grea
NewSom yesterday. That is, they
worked behind him for the foul
innings that he was absent from
the pillow, or the truck, or wherever
ne should have been YESTERDAY
afternoon.
The great NewSom was off thu
aforementioned pillow or truck lonj
enough to allow six runs, six O
which were earned. He allowed 81,
hits for eight bases, and he CAV
six on balls. That sort Of hurting j
at a rate of IN earned runs
nine-inning game and you couldn'
beat the Hinky Drinks pitching tina
way. Eddie Linke relieved New
som and did right well, allowing
one earned run in four innings
Linke allowed our singles, strucl
out five men an passed only one
The Gri:fs escaped the white
wash tub until yesterday, whel
y Jimmie Marcum gave them
thorough daubing. One man y
to third base. He was AL Sim
mons, who went to the turn TO
home in the second, thanks
douk'e and wild pitch. In tn
third inning Chapman singled ant
reached second on a single b,
Lewis.
Fail to Hit
After that the boys might Jus
as well have taken whisk broom
up to the plate. Their bats wer,
not much good to them. At that
it took a glittering catch b!
Colonel Mills chats his name, no
title) to keep the boys from scor
ing. Al Simmons blasted one GU
to the barriers with Sington OF
base, but Mills ran and leaped, ant
the ball landed in his glove.
We've heard a lot about lack o
punch, and it's true beyond an
contention to the contrary. Tn
four outfielders who appear il
the averages: Stone. Chapman
Simmons and Hill in 800 time
Of hot houa driven IN 20 runs an