Evening star., 1937-08-30
Poues Mats Treasure Feer Is OVeiH$ 'Pobe Child
GETS EVEN BREAK
WHIPPING INDIANS
Ken Gives Fine Pitching
Performance After Loss
by De Shong.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent of The Star.
~ LEVELAND, August 3O.-The
de Shong Pitching Mystery"
or Whats Wrong With
jimmy" thickened in plot
today as the Nationals wound up their
final invasion of Cleveland. and thus
spoiled most attractive picture for
Manager Bucky Harris.
Like something dropped out Of
clear sky, Harris found this morning
thai he had real Al slab prospect
on his club in young Ken Chase, who
started, finished and won his first
complete bigleague game by out
pitching Bob Feller, to g
But taking the edge of Bucky's glow
was the fact that Jimmy De Shong,
top 1886 game winner for the Griffs,
now is seeking his first victory in five
weeks. For De Shong, making his
eighth start since the last time he
won ball game. dropped the opener
of yesterdays double-header to the
Indians by an 1l-to-4 score
That defeat of Jinlmy's hurt, for it
put the Griffs four games behind the
flfth-place Tribe. 1t came as great
surprise when Chase saved the day
with his fve-hit performance in the
nlghtcap.
De Shong Is Given Beating.
HARRIS did something he rarely
has done as manager when he
left De shong in the box to pitch the
full nine innings of yesterdays opener
before a crowd of more than $4,000.
The Indians pounded Jimmy unmer-
clfully, taking a 9-to-l lead in the
first five innings. Twelve hits bounced
of the Tribal bats over this stretch
and De Shong hopelessly was beaten.
But while the bull-pen crew kept
craning necks for "warm-up wave"
from Harris the Nat pilot sat quiet in
the dugout and let De Shong take it.
Johnny Allen. meanwhile, moved
down the Griffs until he had an i'm
pregnable lead
Bucky chose to advance no definite
reason for this treatment of De Shpng,
but two facts were obvious First
washington seemed to be completely
buffaloed by Allen, and running re-
lief pitchers in the game would have
been waste of talent, such as it Is.
And, secondly, Harris Is known to have
heard Of murmured protests by De
Shong against being removed from
the box.
The last time Jimmy pitched was in
St Louis on this Western swing. The
Gr1ffs gave him SO lead in the
frst five innings, but in the sixth the
Browns reached him for four earned
runs. When the Mats filed the bases
With one out in the seventh Harris
sent AL Simmons to bat for De Shong,
Five Weeks Win Famine.
I'D LINKE took over the Washing
ton pitching, lost the lead that
was De Shongs, but eventually won
the game for himself. It was then
that De Shong was supposed to have
said few words. Anyway, he was
not taken out yesterday.
The last time De Shong won
was on July 25, when he defeated the
Browns, IA to S. Since then he has
started eight times and has yet to
pitch nine innings, although twice
rain prevented him from continuing.
He lost to Cleveland, St. Louis and
Detroit in succession. Against the
AS the Mats won game that De
Shong started, but his relief pitcher
received credit. Then he dropped a
decision to the Yanks and was rained
out IN Boston, which start directly
preceded the st. Louis episode.
The Griffs never were in the first
game yesterday. 1t was the nightcap
that brought JOY to Harris & Co.
Chase Outpitches Feller.
CHASE. a non-winner at Chatta-
nooga and holding only victory
and defeat in the majors, pitched
. grand game to grab a well-earned
triumph from Fe1ler.
For five innings this pair OF rockies
battled in scoreless tie. Then, in
the sixth, Almada opened with a
single, Lewis walked and Cecil Travis
drove both across with double Cece
later scored on a single by Kuhel
Feller was taken out after the Wash
1ngton seventh and the last two runs
were scored against Lloyd Brown.
Chase was wild as blazes. He
walked nine hitters but with men on
base he was almost invincible. Only
one OF the Indians runs was earned.
It came in the seventh when Hale
walked and scored on a double by
Pnch-Hitter Roy Hughes. An error
by Buddy Myer in the ninth, with
two out, gave Cleveland It's second run
but Chase famed Trosky for the sec
ond time to end the game.
Monte Weaver and Whitlow Wyatt
were to pitch today.