Evening star., 1937-06-08
SERIES Of LOSSES
|SSOUR|NG HARRIS
After Rout in Cleveland,
Pilot Hints CascareI|a,
Linke Are Due to Go.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,

ut. LOUIS, June 8-The Ma
tionals skunk into st. Louis
today to open a three-game
~ series with the Browns. Con-
sidering their most recent misfor-
tunes, the Griffs finally are playing
somebody in their class for, at the
moment, the futility Of the Mats is
exceeded only by that Of the Browns.
Rumors Of few cases Of shell shock
were reported in the ranks of the
Washington club. In the ears of Joe
Cascarella, for one, there must be
echoes Of screaming slams by the In
dians. and Eddie Linke also must still
be hearing the whining noise Of long
distance base hits. This pair divided
the Nationals throwing yesterday as
Cleveland made of with a series by
nosing out the Harrismen, II to S.
This was the dismal climax of a
series Of setbacks that Is bound to
have some demoralizing effect. Al
though the Griffs' defense yesterday
was pretty sour, the trouble definitely
was objectionable pitching. And there
seems to be little Manager Buck Har-
ris can do about 1t, except to pitch
his current staff and pray.
Pitchers on Thin Ice.
THE walloping OF Cascarella yes
terday in Cleveland, despite the
fact that only two OF the Tribes first
IL runs were earned, may have been
Singin' Joe's valedictory as National.
At least, he is as close to the minors
as he ever will be while still out Of
them, and the same goes for Linke
As a matter OF fact. Harris, dismayed
over the kind Of pitching he Is get
ting. made blanket statement Of
significance the other day when he
said:
There are several Of them (pitch-
ers) hanging on by very slim thread.
And you can quote me on that"
The Mats chances Of making a deal
for a pitcher seem to grow simmer
with every passing day Harris ad-
mitted that Washington's only real
opportunity to deal fell through in
Detroit. Whether anything was done
in Cleveland Is not definitely known
and here the chances are against 4
trade due to the fact that Rogers
Hornsby's pitching stan. II possible,
Is worse than Washingtons
Newsom Back ~ Starter.
THINGS conceivably can pick up
for the Grif1s here, due to the
Browns own poor pitching The two
clubs, like a couple of blind men
fighting with sticks, might we'll stage
a stirring series even If it will be one
for hitters only. And if either club
Is due an edge, it belongs to Washing
ton inasmuch as Harris has Jimmy
De Shong ready for action in the
starter.
De Shong is ready because Harris
made \ final. desperate attempt to
wiring some high-class pitching out
Of Cascarella in the Cleveland wind
up. But between his teammates fail
ure to give him proper support and
his own lack OF CH-
cArella failed.
So hard up is Bucky for pitchers
now that he has rescinded his decision
to Nse Buck Newsom only as = relief
pitcher and will give the big fellow
another starting chance tomorrow
against Bucks old mates. Carl
Fischer, Monte Weaver and Sgd
Cohen-take your choice-will work
the finale.
Oh, the HumiliatiOn!
RY FAR the most humiliating day
OF the season was spent in Cleve-
land yesterday. Cascarella walked the
drst two batters and Joe Kuhel made
. costly error to help the Tribe along.
A double and q single followed and
Cleveland came up with a 40 lead,
although only one OF the runs was
earned.
In the third the bombardment of
cascarella started for fair, and be-
fore Linke could get the side out the
score was 1910, although only one of
the last eight runs was earned. In
this big inning Earl Averill got a
triple and = home run, scored two
runs and drove across three. Other
developments were l, an error by
Travis; 2, 4 wild pitch; 3 passed
ball; 4. a stolen base by Pitcher Earl
Whitehill; 5, walk to Larry, and 6,
singles by Trosky, Hughes and White
hill.
Harris let Linke take his medicine
Tor the rest Of the game and it was
pretty bitter. Whitehill, in the mean
time. coasted to victory after he was
given 40 lead in the first four
innings.
Ouch! That hurts, too. 1t was the
second time that Whitehill has beaten
the team that traded him away last