Evening star., 1938-03-25
ROCK NOW milne
FOR REGULAR lob
Ken Wild in Only One oi
Five Innings-WasdeII
Shines at Bat.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Cnrresnnndent of The Star

ORLANDO, Fla, March 25.-The
Washington baseball firms hopes for
the 1898 flag chase rose today and the
reasons were threefold. Zeke Bonura
was hard at work in his third day of
training and already asking for a
taste of Grapefruit League campaign
ing. Angelo Giuliani, supposedly the
much-needed reserve catcher, was
nearing training camp. And. at last,
Pitcher Ken Chase was beginning to
resemble major Lacquer.
Mr.. Chase. a young man who has
been trying for some time to find him
self in the spring of the year, finally
got clue yesterday at Daytona Beach
The wild southpaw from Oneonta, N.
Y, made up for two disappointing
shoWings so far this year by holding
the Minneapolis Millers to three hits
in five innings as the Mats broke their
three-game losing streak and got an
8-to-1 victory.
Only once during the affair did
Chase lose his control That was in
the final inning, when the Griffs held
an 80 lead. With two out Ken walked
two batters to fill the bases. A single
sent the only Miller run across, but
here Ken braced to end it.
Ken, Krakky Still Contenders.
With Chase back in good standing
Manager Bucky Harris today was to
send his other young southpaw, Joe
krakauskas to the box. Like Chase.
stocky Master Krakauskas has been
consistently ineffective and unimpres-
sive so far. At that, Krakky has
looked better than Ken. Until Chase
threw that five-inning stretch at
Minneapolis yesterday Krakky was
rated above the upstate New Yorker
among the Washington pitchers.
Today's foemen were to have been
the Columbus Red Birds. winners of
the American Association pennant last
year. The Red Birds were to invade
Tinker Field and. after getting a taste
OF krakky. were to face Emil (Dutch)
Leonard, the mellowed rookie right
handler.
SO far both Krakauskas and Chase
still are contenders for a starting as
slgnment on the Nat pitching staff.
Wes Ferrell and Monte Weaver are
certain starters and Jimmy De Shong
practically has clinched the No. 3 lob,
1t now is between Krakky, Chase,
Leonard, Elon Hogsett and, maybe.
Pete Appleton
Hogsett originally was regarded
only as a relief pitcher, but the Chief
mas shown well thus far. 1t was
Hogsett who worked the first four
innings against Minneapolis and who
shut out the American Association
OUTFIT with three well scattered hits
Wasdell Finds Batting Eye.
The pitching was not the only item
that was making talk in camp today.
Jimmy Wasdell, who had looked
almost pitiful until two days ago. had
another big day with the stick. Jimmy
is due soon to forfeit the first base
job to Bonura. but the doughty
youngster is proving he is a fighter
After going hitless in the first four
games. Wasdell began to find himself
the day Bonura arrived. He made a
single and a triple in five trips to the
plate against Detroit, scoring a run.
Yesterday he really put on a hot
hand.
Jlmmy's first-inning double helped
IN the coming of five runs off Guy
Fletcher OF the Millers. In the seventh
inning he singled and in the ninth he
hit tremendous home run with Cecil
Travis on base In short. Wasdell
punched out three hits for total of
seven bases, got walk. went out
once, scored run and drove across
four. Really, he wasn't bad.
1t wasn't much of a ball game at
Daytona. After getting five runs in
the opening frame the Griffs took it
easy until the seventh, when AL Sim
mons triple and Wasdells single made
it 60. Wasdell then took care of the
last two runs with his homer.
Not until the ninth did the Millers
reveal any batting attacfl Then, with
one out, Spence singled. The next
hitter went out, but Chase walked
Danny Taylor and Williams. He
pitched a single to Chapman, scoring
Spence and leaving the bases loaded,
but Harry Taylor rolled to Johnny
Mihalic. ending it.
The win broke the Griffs' three
game losing streak. Now Washington
has 500 record for six Grapefruit
League starts.