Evening star., 1938-03-31
B0NURA TEACHING
ANGELO TO SWING
Harris Sold on Ex-BroWn
as Receiver-Tigers Beat
De Shong at Start.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 3l.-Still
faced with the obvious necessity Of
injecting punch into the Washington
batting order, Manager Bucky Harris
today outlined a special individual
course Of possible significance. zeke
Bonura, the big Italian slugger, has
been named by Bucky to teach young
Angelo Giuliani, the new catcher, how
to hit.
Harris is sold on Giuliani as a re-
ceiver and was saying today that
Angelo from ST. Louis will be retained,
along with Rick Ferrell. But he
ought to be better hitter" added
Bucky. Hes a good-sized kid and
he ought to have some power That's
why I've assigned Bonura to help him.
Maybe Zeke can make it clear in
Italian.
"Giuliani is just about as nice q
catcher as you will see," Harris went
on. "All he must learn is to put
little more punch behind his blows.
He pushes his hits now. If Bonura
can show him how to break his wrists
he should be lot of help"
Ferrelrs Not Hitting, Either.
Harris was asked if this special at
tention to Giuliani might mean that
Angelo is being groomed to replace
Ferrell as the regular catcher. Bucky
would say nothing definitely. so far"
he said, Rick hasn't shown much at
bat. Still, he's real picture behind
the plate. If the rest of the fellows
begin hitting as they should, Rick can
concentrate on catching and We'll do
all right. 1t won't hurt, though, if
We can put few more points on
Giuliani's batting average"
Today was a welcome day of COM
parative rest for the Griffmen. They
were dispatched to Tinker Field this
morning for long batting practice,
but, at least, there was no firing bus
ride to take. The bus trips to which
the club has been subjected may be
the cause for the lack of hitting
Harris inaugurated a new policy
yesterday when he left Al Simmons in
Orlando when the club journeyed to
Lakeland to play the Tigers. The idea
was to give Simmons full morning
of batting practice.
Il can't afford to do it with all the
regulars at once" said Harris. but
think III try leaving one man behind
on every trip so that he may bat all
he cares to against the rockies. It
may help. We've got nothing to lose,
anyway"
Lose Again to Tigers, 81.
The Griffs were not boasting about
the item, but in going to defeat
before the Tigers yesterday in Lake.
land, to l, they broke their score
less inning streak. Until the Wash
ingtons pushed across run in
the ninth frame, they had been held
scoreless in 80 consecutive innings
by major league opposition.
A pair of second-string Tiger pitch
ers. George Gill and Carl Doyle,
almost hung up the third straight
shutout over the Mats in their last
three games against other big league
clubs. Over the week end the Bees
had beaten Washington, l to 0, and
the Reds followed with 3-to-0 victory
the following day. Earlier, Detroit
also had shut out the Griffith A. c.,
13 to 0.
Gill pitched the first seven innings
and held the Mats to four scattered
hits. Doyle took over in the eighth
and got by safely but in the ninth
the Griffmen put together four hits,
OF which two were scratchy, and scored
run.
Can't Beat Major Leaguers.
1t was case of locking the stable
after the horse had been swiped, how
ever. for Detroit had jumped on Jimmy
De Shong for all of their runs in the
opening inning. A triple by Dixie
Walker, pass to Charley Gehringer,
home run by Frank Croucher and
singles by Pete Fox and Don Ross did
the damage
Thereafter De Shong gave only one
hit in four innings and Pete Appleton
distributed two hits in the last hree
rounds.
1t was the Mats fifth setback in six
games against major league teams.
The only big league outfit they have
beaten is the Cardinals in a 1913
f1asco. Since then the Detroits have
bumped them three times, the Reds
twice and the Bees once. Tomorrow
the Griffs hope to win a game. They
will play Chattanooga at Daytona
Beach.