The Washington times., 1937-08-30
YOUNG BOXMEN
REGISTER LONG
STRING OF Wins
Three Others to
Report, Too
By FRANK BUCK o'NEML

BY FRANK BUCK O'NEHL
On the proposition that any two
pitchers who can win % games
straight and 81 games straight re
spectively, must have something
on the ball besides a wish, PreSi.
dent Clark c. Griffith has reached
into the Eastern Shore Of Mary
land and yanked John Kohlman
and John Comellas from the Sails
bury team.
These boys are two Of the mir
acle men on wonder team which
overcoming official ruling that for
feited 81 games, drove on to tie
for the lead in the league. They
probably will win the pennant.
Moving along with Kohlman and
Comellas are Jerry Lynn, a sec.
ond baseman; Mike Guerra, a
catcher from Cuba, and one Ire
shock, whose first name is not
known to the forgetful Clark Grit.
fifth.
These boys will report to the
Griffs on Wednesday when the
team comes home from this cur.
rent road trip. They will be in.
spected with utmost care by Harris
and Griff, to say nothing Of the
fans.
IMPORTED BY CAMBRIA
Guerra, the catcher is one of
the Cuban contingent imported a
couple of years ago by Joe Cam
bria. He was so green that fans
laughed when he went behind the
bat to catch. But recently the
Cuban has found himself.
He is smacking the sort of pitch
ing he faced, and he is master, the
arts of catching. 1t may be that
he will be of some service to the
GriffS, although Salisbury is far
from being a center Of industry in
baseball.
Prexy Griffith seems to be sold
on Jerry Lynn. The boy is only 20
years of age, but he moves around
second base in fine style, so they
say. He is hitting 1922, and he
cracks line drives most of the time.
He may be all right in a year or
so, for the Eastern Shore is not the
biggest place in the world.
TreShock is a ShortStop now, but
he can play second, and if he shows
more stuff than Lynn, of course,
he will get the call. A boy from
the Eastern Shore of Maryland
went to the Philadelphia Athletics
once, and became known as the
'home-run king" of the American
League, and he cracked a couple
Of homers against the Giants in
1911 and '13. He was j. Franklin
Baker, and he lives in Trappe,
down in that country.
INTERESTING TO FANS
Regardless of the fact that these
five boys come from a league Of
lower classification, the fact that
the Washington club has taken a
step in the right direction is Of
interest to baseball fans. Some
thing has to be done to bolster
this club, and something is being
done right now.
It is interesting to note in the
performances of the pitchers, that
both Kohlnman and Comellas both
surpassed the 10 consecutive vic
tories mark established by RUDE
Vanguard in 1912. Kohlman lost
his first game and then won % in
a row. Comeuas won 81 in a row
and then lost one. This is a lot
of pitching for any pair of lads,
and if they begin to do as well in
the American League they will be
all right.
Messages Of coincidence from
fans who followed the brilliant
career of Ossie Bluege, pour in on
the player in his hour of bereave-
ment. Mrs. Bluege passed away
on Saturday after a lingering i'll
ness. Baseball never produced a
more estimable representative than
Bluege, and Mrs. Bluege was his
devoted comrade.