The Washington times., 1937-05-06
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By FRANK BUCK" 0'NEmL

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 9.
Earl Whitehin will not toe the slab
against the Griffs today for the
very good reason that the veteran
left-hander has developed a misery
in his pitching arm. result Of be-
ing hit by batted ball in st. Louis,
But if Whitehill is out of action,
Lloyd Brown is very, much in
service, and he most certainly is
a Southpaw of merit and talent.
| Brown viii merely Spearhead the
attack of the left-handers on the
Washington club, an attack which
may be sustained for the rest of
the season. When the weather
settles, rival managers will start
juggling their pitching assignments
to work southpaws against Wash.
ington. This is the opinion Of
Bucky Harris. So far the Griffs
have faced Gomez twice, winning
once and losing once. They beat
Kemp Wicker, of the Yankees, and
routed Edgar Smith, of the Ath.
leticS.
Caster Halted Griffs
It happened that in the lone
game played with the Boston Red
Sox that Lefty Grove did not pitch.
Neither did Rube Walberg. The
pitcher who troubled the Griffs
most was not a Southpaw, but a
knuckle bau-throwing right,hand.
er, George Jasper Caster, who
made the boys look very bad, in.
deed. 1t is admitted that they
didn't look very good against
Lefty Gomez, but when the gal.
liant Castilian is in form no one
is going to look very good against
him.
Stanley Harris looks for left
handlers in Detroit, and, of course,
we may look for Italo Chelini in
Chicago. This fellow can't beat
anyone else in the world, but he
certainly can beat Washington.
Harris seems to fear left.hand-
erS, but for the life of me I can.
not share his apprehension. The
club as constituted is we'll bal.
anced with Chapman leading off,
Simmons hitting fifth, Bluege,
Mihalic and Riddle swinging in
order in the lower half Of the bat.
ting order. That gives you four
right-handers and four left-hand-
erS, exclusive Of the pitcher.
Against Cleveland, and this Is
hiS hnrNn fnuT1N TAkSA1ArY ARi1Aa1,A
looked just as good as he looked in
Orlando and the other cities on the
Grape Fruit League circuit. He
walloped the ball and played SEN
Sationally in the field. You can't
take him out Of the lineup, Myer
or anyone else, regardless.
Ben Talk of Town
Ben Chapman right now is the
talk of the town, thanks to his
spectacular play here on Tuesday.
The 'Bama boy was a guest artist
on the radio last night and diplo-
matically conceded a fair chance
TO the Indians to finish second, or
maybe to win the pennant.
The Indians right now are tax
ing an unmerciful riding from the
local press and fans. The wolves
who drove out Walter johnson
have trained their guns on Steve
O'Neill, and the Square-jawed
IriShman is on the spot. The vim.
dictiveneSs Of the attacks on
O'Neill seem to be entirely Illogical.
His team is shot to pieces with
sickness and injuries. Men are
playing out of position, but the
howl of the coyotes makes the
night hideous.
RumorS of trades with the In.
dams and one or two other clubs
fill the air today. Neither Bucky
Harris nor Eddie Eynon will ad.
NIT that any deals are In
progress, although it is freely ad-
mitted that any advantageous
deal will be welcomed.
So prepare for action.
The GriffS now have five double.
headers to play. The first will be
at New York on July II, and
then follow three in August. Phil
adelphia will play off one post
ponement at Washington on Au.
gust 10. On August II, the Griffs
play a twin bill at Yankee Sta
dium in New York, on August ~
they play the Red Sox at oBston,
they play the Red Sox at Boston,
Cleveland Indians here.
Buck Newsom says he can't I'm.
derstand how Solters hit that ball
so hard and so far in Tuesdays
game. Perhaps there wasn't
enough stuff on the ball to keep
Solters from hitting it that far.
Success in baseball is hard to
figure. Take, for instance, the
comparative records of Schoolboy
Rowe and Tommy Bridges against
the New York Yankees. Rowe has
won IA games and lost S against
the Rupert Rifles, while Bridges
won and lost 10. Yet baseball
men will tell you that Rowe doesn't
belong on the same lot with
Bridges. @
Stanley Harris thinks now that
Jimmy DeShong will find himself
and start pitching up to standard.
DeShong certainly looked great
after relieving Newsom in the
opener here. .
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