The Washington times., 1938-03-28
Appling, Hurt, To Miss
Two Weeks Of Season
Grimm Seeks
Russell For
Relief Role

LOS ANGELES, March 20.
Luke Appling, shortstop Of the
Chicago White Sox and one OF
baseball's greatest shortstops Of
all time, will be out Of the lineup
for the first two weeks Of the regu-
lar season, it vas revealed today
following a consultation Of doctors
in the hospital here after studying
X-ray pictures.
The Chicago infielder sustained
a fractured fibula, the small bone
Of the leg, when he slid into third
base in the exhibition game here
between the White Sox and the
Cubs yesterday.
The leg will be placed In . cast
tomorrow.
It was also announced BY White
Sox officials that Pitcher Monty
Stratton, who had been hurt dur
ing the game, viii be unable to
return to active duty for a month
Stratton stated thrt he hurt his
arm pitching in the ninth inning.
The injury Is q pulled muscle be
tween the shoulder and elbow.
The White Sox hurler suffered a
similar injury last August while
pitching in New York against the
Yankees.
ONTARIO, Cal. - Manager
Charlie Grimm, whose Cubs
dropped their first game to the
White ,Sox Sunday after winning
four in a row, was thinking about
something else today.
Grimm, much in need Of a
steady relief moundsman, was con-
sidering going after Jack Russell,
the tall Highlander whose relief
work won the American League
pennant for Washington in 1888.
Russell is now q free agent.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The
st. Louis Cardinals hold the "city
championship" here today after
defeating the New York Yankees,
1913. The Cardinals won the
series by four to two games.
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The
Giants enjoyed another victory to-
day after defeating the Cleveland
Indians, Go. The Nation q ]
League champs hold a 3-to-1 lead
in the 10-game exhibition series.
SARASOTA, Fla. with high
hopes for future prospects, the
Boston Red Sox went to Avon
Park today to take on the To-
ronto Internationals in an exhibit
ton game. Southpaws Lefty
Grove and Fritz Ostermueller
worked for the first time Sunday
against the Brooklyn Dodgers,
which the Sox won, 3 to /. The
Dodgers run was scored off Jim
Bagby, jr.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-PittS.
burgh'S Pirates were on the win
ming end Of their two-gane Sun
day schedule today, defeating
Oakland by score Of 9 to S in
the morning and then banking
the San Francisco Seals in the
afternoon, 8 to o. Featured hurl'
ers were Jim Tobin in the morn.
ing and Russ Bauers and Red
Lucas in the afternoon.
BILOXI, Miss-Jimmy Viii
sons Phillies today hold undis'
Iputed claim TO the baseball cham.
pionship Of Philadelphia. The
Phils captured the coveted
honor by winning three out OF
four games from Connie Mack's
Athletics. The score Of yeSter-
days battle was 8 to 5 in favor
Of the National League.
LAKELAND, Fla.-The Detroit
Tiger pitching problem, considered
solved as late as last Friday, was
a major perplexity today after the
lowly National League Cincinnati
Reds blasted their way to brace
Of victories over Detroit during
the weekend, drove Schoolboy
Rowe from the mound Saturday
and combed star sophomore Boots
Poffenberger for seven hits and
nine runs in three innings Of yes
terday's 1877 victory.
NEW ORLEANS, La. The
Cleveland Indians today were
looking for a batting attack after
their second successive defeat at
the hands Of the New York Giants
Held to three hits, the Tribe lost,
8 to o.
TAMPA, Fla.-The Cincinnati
Reds were to tackle another
American League Club today, the
w ashington Senators, after
trouncing the Detroit Tigers, Il
to z. The Reds second nine, how
ever, lost 14-to-4 decision to In
dianapolis.
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