The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-13
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Shoots
By FRANK BUCK" o,NE1LL

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place is the ultimate in that di.
rection. But there IS no restric.
ton of space forced upon the
pitchers, and they carried on
nobly. Four Of the boys paraded.
o record for the season, locally,
and just to take some Of the
knock out of what might be called
q diatribe, we hasten to state that
Carl Fischer did very well as
relief man.
It might be said-if you can
laugh with tears in your eyes
that Joe Cascarella pitched an
almost perfect inning. He faced
seven men in the eighth inning,
after Linke had struck out by way
of pinch-hitting for Fischer. Six
Of the hitters who faced Casca.
rella made hits, and what hits, I
might add.
There was Mike Kreevich. He
clouted q home run into the deep
est corner of center field and
rounded the bases before Hill and
others could get the ball back to
the infield. After all, returning
the Spheroid was a silly bit Of in
dustry, for walker knocked the
ball right back. Bonura, Appling,
Piet and Sewell kept knocking it
back, despite the determined eff
forts Of the Griffs to keep it within
the confines of the inner circle.
Hayes Spells JOe's Record
The only flaw in Cascarella's
performance developed when Min
ter Hayes came to bat. Minter, it
may be said, tried nobly to assist
Cascarella in the negative perfec.
ton of his performance. Minter
smashed a wallop to the left center
field fence, but Al Simmons made
q leaping catch, and everybody
felt very badly over the incident.
But the broken sequence was very
much like Humpsy Dumpty. There
really was nothing you could do.
Alibi Rail, that sector where
beaten pitchers gather, rang in a
low minor after the game was
over. The Hartsville Breeze
started the game. The Huntsville
Breeze, of course, is Buck New
som. Now that he has been iden-
titled, it may be related that
Buck contends he had Fred
walker and Tony Piet struck out
in the very first inning. Buck
further states that George MORT
arty used to be the very best UNI.
pire in the American League.
That, Newsom haStens to en-
tighten you, was many a year ago.
Further listening to Newsom
will develop the fact that both
Fred Walker and Tony Piet, afore-
mentioned, walked in that first
inning. Newsom admits that MO
riarty had nothing whatsoever
to do with the wild pitch that
Newsom made.
NewsOm Walks Seven
In all, Newsom walked seven Of
the White Sox, and Zeke Bonura,
a man "Who never should hit
good pitcher" spanked a home
run into the left, field stands.
Right jolly, you might remark,
and after fashion, it was. We
will end this recital Of the ordeal
Of Newsom by remarking that the
Sox made eight runs off him.
seven of them earned, through
the agency Of four hits and seven
passes.
The White Sox scored one I'M
earned run off Carl Fischer, who
walked one man and struck out
one, and allowed two hits. Fischer
was the only hurler Of the day
who was worth a pinch of snuff,
and this includes Vernon Kennedy,
who was wild, but lucky.
Joe Kuhel spanked home run
into the right-field stands, a ro-
bust line drive that carried all the
venom Of Kuhel's outraged soul.
In fact, Joe states with feeling:
'It Is surprising how outraged a
soul can become, watching three
and two pitchers"
Fans have been told over and
over again that the Griffs aren't
hitting. The truth is that the
Griffs aren't winning. The hit
ting, save in two notable instances,
has been good enough to win, had
it not been for the fact that the
other team hit just a little bit
better. And the others hit better
because the pitching was not good
enough to stop them.
There was not much TO- say
about the first game Of the trip,
in Philadelphia. The boys got
three hits and just one run. In st.
Louis the other day they made
five hits and scored three runs.
That hitting admittedly was not
robust.
GriffS Score Runs
Statistics show, however, that
the Griffs In 10 games have made
90 hits. well, that Is an average
Of $50 hits per game. Surely no
one will charge that team is in
q slump If it averages $50 hits per
game.
Jimmy Deshong, who has al
lowed one run in the last II
innings he pitched, win start
against the White Sox today. II
the pitchers do not spend the en-
tire afternoon in the three-and
two notch, the team win catch
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