Evening star., 1938-08-17
THREATENS MARK
|NFANN|NC YANKS
Two to Go to Tie Seasons
Record, He Is Relieved.
Pop Bottles Banned.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

NOI even une IrlIS penCndDG 1Ol
winning ball games at home is suf.
f1cient to overcome their penchant
for losing to the Yankees and so to-
day. with their three-game winning
streak transformed into a two-game
losing streak. they faced the neces.
sity of starting all over again in theil
efforts to gain third place.
Uncle Clark Griffith, who owns the
local firm. walked out of the park
after the Yankees double header VIC
tory convinced of two things. First
he isn't going to let the fans throw
pop bottles any longer He has de-
cided to stoop to progressiveness ano
serve the soft stuff in cups. Secondly
he Is convinced that Joe Krakauskas
the reformed rugby football player
now is ready to make his major
league pitching bid.
The Krakauskas item not only ISM
new but there is nothing definite
about it. It may be recalled that
Griffith was saying the same things
year ago after Joe had won foul
out Of five games. including one
from the Yankees. But in the Spring
Joey didn't pitch back to that form
he showed late last season.
Joe Near Season Record.
Krakky was no bum out there yes
terday, at that. After the Yanks
had pounded Ken Chase. Elon Hog
sett and Pete Appleton for a 16-to-
l victory in the first game the bow
legged left-hander did a pretty good
pitching job in the nightcap. He
was soundly beaten. giving up eight
hits and five runs in seven innings
but he also struck out 10 hitters and
If he had been permitted to pitch the
full game he might have tied OF
broken the American League season
record for strickouts. Buck New.
som set it the other day when he
famed an even dozen Krakky was on
his way toward a new record when
he was lifted for pinch hitter And
Joe was whiting the most dangerous
hitters in baseball.
The Mats double defeat. for all
of their recent success, came as NJ
surprise The Lindbergh PeeTees
disguised in Yankee caps. probably
could whip the Griffs, who have
dropped II out of IA to the champions
this year and are not Dragging about
their record against New York fol
the last several seasons Lefty Go.
mez held the Grifiith A. c. to si1
hits in the first game and Red Ruff.
ing threw another six-hitter at them
in the nightcap.
Nothing the Mats did was right
They couldn't hit. they couldn't field
and they could not wiring any pitch
ing out of the same staff which had
just held the Red Sox to l9 hits
and three runs during a three game
series.
Buddy Lewis. the young third base
man who had been known first as
a fielder and then as hitter. put ir
another bad defensive day. The kid
collected couple, of doubles and q
single but he committed four errors
to run his total for the last eight days
to 10. Nobody, least of all Lewis
seems able to explain it. II can't
even catch pop flies" lamented John
Kelly, jr
The afternoon. marked by the use
of Gomez and Ruffing by the champs
and by frequent showers of pop bot
ties aimed at Outfielder Jake Powell
of the Yanks, made for an interesting
set-up today. Mccarthy was to start
Wesley Ferrell. who, like Powell, is
an ex-Nat. Ferrell, released uncon-
ditionally by Griffith few days ago,
was to start the Yankee pitching and
was to be opposed by Dutch Leonard.
1t would be ironic If Ferrell whipped
the Mats for, you see, Griffith still
is paying his salary. When a player
is released Internationally he collects
his salary for 10 days from the club.
IT he licks us" said Griffith, COM
menting on the game, I'VE ought to
pull in our necks''
First Game Not Close.
There was nothing much about
either of the games yesterday to rec
ommend from Washington view
point. That is, with the exception
of Krakkys strikeouts. The Yanks
clinched the first game with a nine
run inning in the fourth, when 13 of
the New Workers paraded to the plate
and Lou Gehrig collected a double
and home run in the same round.
The second game was close until
the sixth inning, when the Yanks
broke a IL tie against Krakauskas
and began to score. The victory for
Ruffing, incidentally, was his six
teenth of the season as against only
four defeats.
The Yanks collected "a hits off
five Washington throwers in the two
games. Included among these hits
were Gehrigs twenty-second home
run and d. Maggio's twenty third.