The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-08

Catcher Gray
Returned 10
Baltimore
BY FRANK BUCK" o,NEILL

~ o%O&OS VAO., julie os-SG1Bub
at this moment, Stanley Raymond
Harris would give $25, 900 for an
other Fred MarberTy, and praise
the powers that sent such an ace
relief hurler into his hands.
You might extend the list of
names of men for whom Harris
would pay kings ransom. You
might name Cy Moore, the knock
about ace Of the New York Yankees
when Miller Higgins dashed the
Rupert forces to three consecu-
tive pennants and two conSecu-
tive world series triumphs.
Or you might want to go back q
bit. You might want to include
Cy Morgan, Of the old Athletics,
one of the great relief artists.
Maybe you'd prefer a fellow like
Otis Crandall, of the Giants, when
the McGravian forces swept the
East from 1911 through 1918.
Harris would not bubble long
over the names, as long as the
man in question had the ability
Of any of the above pitchers.
ANY of them would be so much
better than the flotsam and jet
sam of baseball that cutters up
the Washington bench. that it is
almost baseball Sacrilege to men,
ton the current clowns in the
same breath with the heroes of
another age.
Easy for Starters
Those men named above were
relief pitchers, and around them
Connie Mack, John McGraw,
Miller Higgins and Bucky Har-
riS rotated their regular pitchers.
It was easy for the starters to
throw everything they had into
q game, knowing that when they
tired, capable hands would pick
up the ball and pitch through
to the end.
Harris called upon Eddie Linke
again yesterday. He will call
upon Linke again sometime, for
the very good reason that he has
no option in the matter. And
unless Linke changes his entire
pitching habits, the detonations
Of enemy hits will be deafening.
Twice within week now, Linke
on relief, has been hit for home
runs. Goose GoSlin crashed one
with the bases full in Detroit on
June 2. Two days later in Detroit
Linke was Socked for a couple OF
doubles and incidental singles
while on relief assignment.
Hit Home Runs
Linke relieved CaScarella yeSter-
day and Earl Averill hit home
run with Weatherly on base.
Weatherly had doubled with two
on bases. Incidental triples, doubles
and singles added to the hilarlty
Of the afternoon for Cleveland.
The story of Linke'S efforts at
relief pitching, with few notable
exceptions, is a story Of fiat, dismal
failure. The enemy just digs in
and knocks his ears down. That's
all there is to it.
Joe CaScarella was the starting
pitcher yesterday, and although
anything but an eye filing spec
tacle, CaScarella was a victim OF
some quaint and terrible support.
Kuhel made botch Of a simple
play in the first inning and before
you could say Jack Robinson. the
Tribe had four runs, only one OF
which was earned. In the third
inning Travis muffed a throw by
Kuhel, and one earned run was
charged against Cascarella. al.
though in that frame the Indians
made q total Of 8 runs.
Offensive Game
The game was pretty much Of
an offense to the olefactory
nerves, no matter how one con-
siders it, but like the professors
breakfast egg, parts Of 1t were
fairly good. u.
Johnny Mihanc played second
base in place of Buddy Myer and
made two clean hits. He drove in
the first Washington run with Q
double off the right-field wall. He
started the scoring activities IN
the ninth inning with a single. Al
Simmons continued his recently
launched hitting Splurge and wal
loped two singles. Simmons mace
a fine catch of a drive b. Odeu
Hale in the fourth inning.
Earl Whitehill scored his second
victory over the GriffS this season.
This time he went the whole nine
innings, whereas last time, on
May 81, Whitehill was relieved by
Joe Heving, who stopped thS
Griffs short in rally.
Gray Returned
Milton Gray, the young catcher
obtained on option from the Bal
timore Orioles, was shipped back
to the International League last
night, and the entire deal can
celled. Harris was not satisfied
with the youngsters throwing
Gray showed a lot of natural tai
emit as a receiver, but he held little
promise as a batsman. =
With Gray gone, the entire
catching situation revertS to the
status of April 10. Hogan and
Miles are the receivers, and
there's little prospect of any new
. catchers being bought or obtained
in trade. :
In fact, there seems to be httlk
prospect of anything developing