The Washington times., 1937-02-09

Rockies Seek
Pitching
BerthS
This is another of q pe-se0-
son series on the is major
league baseball teams.

IIS Is announcer OF q pTG-SeU-
son series on the is major
league baseball teams.
BY FRANK BUCK" D'NEILL
The New York Yankees may best
be described as revolving title hold
ers-champions no matter from
what angle you regard them. They
won the 1886 pennant by 1912
games, breaking or tying some-
thing like 30 records in their rush
to the championship. One by one
they crushed their contending riv.
ais as they met them The Tigers,
Red SoX. Indians; all challenged at
one time or another during the
season, and were repulsed.
In mid-season the Yankees went
into what was called slump. Per-
haps there was facetious tone in
the word. The Yankees Slumped
all the way to .576 for a spell, and
the staggering field could not
match the pace.
This crushing victory of the
champions was maintained with.
out any great aid from Senor Yer.
non Miguel Pedro Santiago Ell
Florio Gonzales Guerra Gomez,
the very gallant but exceedingly
goofy Castilian. Gomez, and well
call him Lefty" for short, wolI
13 games and lost 7, but actually
he was long, long way from be.
ing the Gomez of other years. At
least three of his games were
saved by the frolicsome Perce Pat
Malone. Lefty failed to finish
majority of the games he started.
Not All Strangers
With the exception of half
dozen pitchers-and not all of
them will be strangers to Broad
ways blinking lights. the Yam.
KEGS will start the 1887 season
pretty much as they entered the
'36 campaign against the Giants.
Spurgeon Chandler of the New
ark Bears won IA games and lost
13 for the Yankee minor league
subsidiary. He was deemed good
enough for spring inspection, and
he may be good enough to hold a
place. Jack La Rocca, who pitched
for Oakland, is back with the Yam.
KEGS. This boy won fame in the
New York high schools as hurler,
and may follow Lou Gehrig as one
of the Big City boys who made
good in his home town.
Frank Makosky, of Boonton,
N. j., won ten and lost five for
Newark, and may make the grade.
Steve Sundra, Vito Tamulis, both
of Newark, and Jim Tobin of Oak
land are aSpirants for places on
the staff. Tamulis and Sundra
had previous trials with the Yam
KEGS.
Tobin won Is games and eight
for Oakland He is righthander
and may be ready for the big
tent. He is 5 feet IL inches in
height and scales ITS pounds.
Others Are Familiar
The rest of the pitchers are
familiar to fans. BroaCa, Brown.
Gomez, Ruffing, Pearson, and so
on down the line. Pearson and
Ruffing were stalWart workers for
the Yankees last year, Ruffing
winning 20 games and Pearson 10.
Bump Hadley sneaked in with IA
victories.
Bill Baker, the sturdy young
catcher from Newark, challenges
the hold of Art Jorgens on the
catching staff. Baker is a good
receiver and hit .288 in the Inter.
national League. Bill Dickey is
the first-string catcher, and Joe
Glenn may be the second receiver
because of his batting punch.
The infield stands as it was last
year with Lou Gehrig at first, Laz.
zeri at second base, frankie CroS-
etti at short and Red Rolfe at
third base. Saltzgaver and Heff.
ner are the > reserves. The only
question involved there centers
around Lazzeri's legs. If the old
"Walloping Wop" can stand the
pounding of playing 100 games,
there need be little anxiety on
the score of Tony.
KOy and HOag Threats
In the outfield we find the situa.
ton about the same. Joe DiMagglo
will be the leader out there,
flanked by George Selkirk and
Jake Powell. There is challenge
for both Powell and Selkirk in the
person of Ernie Koy, an Indian
boy who starred with Newark last
year. True, Koy hit only .298, but
his form is said to be so good that
he may improve against major
league pitching. Some hitterS fare
better against major league pitch
ers than against the wild men OF
the minors,
Myril Hoag has recovered com
pletely from the accident that
ended his career so abruptly last
year. 1t may be recalled that Hoag
and DiMaggio were in violent col
lision in Detroit, and Hoag SuS-
tained fractured skull. The sur.
geons say that Hoag will be as
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