Evening star., 1938-08-29
STAFF WORN OUT
BY RELIEF WORK
Harris Experiments to Get
More Rest for Regulars.
First Nod to Chase.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

With fine disregard for neigh
boring windows and absolute faith in
the sturdiness of the right-feld wall,
Manager Bucky Harris today altered
the Mats pitching policy in = move
designed to remove them from the
tattered society Of the second division.
Henceforth the collection of throw
ers who have been blushing on pay
days will remain on the mound
| through bombardments, the idea be-
ing that at least some of the pitchers
will be rested thoroughly by the time
their regular turn rolls around. And
although mild murmur Of protest
may arise in the outfelding ranks. due
to the added duty Of chasing more
/ solid smaSheS. the idea seems worth
a gamble in light of recent events.
Having employed 10 twirlers in the
last three games committed by the
Mats. Harris is in mood to expert
ment. Forty-one hits have ratified
of their bats in those three tilts, but
/ the Mats have seen their sorry slab
bing nullify that productive pounding
/
Chase Slated to Toll Today.
| Ken Chase was to attempt to snap
that budding string of defeats TODAY
at the expense of the Indians and
Earl Whitehill and, unless Harris sud-
denly softens, Ken was likely to be In
/ there at the finish regardless Of the
score. The same will apply to Pete
| Appleton tomorrow.
| Recently Harris relief hurlers
chiefly have succeeded only in ex-
hausting themselves. Now Bucky is
determined he will allow the start
| ing pitcher to be shellacked. calculate
ing those remaining on the bench will
benefit from rest Lately the bull
pen has seen as much traffic A. the
Thirteenth and p street intersection,
but since no victories have resulted
from their steady march to the mound,
Bucky Is making a commendable
gamble
The Mats offered typical demon
stration yesterday in losing to the
Indians. SIS, slamming Mel Harder
for l3 hits in the process. Cleveland,
however. was hitting for distance,
sandwiching four triples and three
doubles in the II safeties collected of
Monte Weaver and Joe Krakauskas.
Harry Kelley hurled a hitless ninth
inning
And while the Mats have slipped
quietly into fifth place. half . game
behind Detroit. they still have their
glimmers focused on the third place
niche occupied by the skiddine Indians.
Continued swatting. coupled with that
currently absent commodity. passable
pitching. may get them there.
Indians Pounce on Weaver.
There was nothing particularly
mystifying about Weaver's assortment
OF pitches yesterday. however. and the
Indians greeted him enthusiastically
in the first inning. Lyn Larry. leading
on. vhacked double to right and
was propelled home by Bruce Camp
bells soaring triple over Samnv's
Vests head jeff Heath beat out
slow roller to Myer to score Campbell
and came in himself moment later
on Hal Trosky's looping double to
left. A crisp peg from Al Simmons to
Buddy Lewis squelched Trosky's bid
for triple
The Mats bounced back with two
runs in the second when George Case
rifed a single to center with the bases
crammed. but the Indians scored two
more in the third on successive triples
by Heath and Earl Averill and Buddy
Lewis error They boosted 1t to e-2
on Averill's second triple and 4 double
by frankie Pytlak in the sixth.
Sammy West singled 10 score
Buddy Myer, who had doubled in the
sixth. and the Mats added two more
in the seventh on singles by Case
and Cecil Travis. walk to Lewis
and Bonuras lengthy fly to right.
Zeke made valiant bid to tie the
score in the ninth, but his mighty
poke toward the bleachers fell Just
short into Heath's glove.
Witt Sweet on Case.
Gist Of the Griffs Oscar Witt,
Cleveland manager. rates Case a cinch
to beat Ben Chapman in their Labor
Doy idNO, dLu 10 liikll III IlLS praise
OF the Nat rookie I'D certainly
like to have him on my club" unused
Witt He can bunt 500 even if
you pull the infield in for him"
Today was designated as Ladies
Day by Prexy Clark Griffith
since the Mats will be in Philadelphia
Friday. after playing Chicago tomor-
row, Wednesday and Thursday
Johnny HUMPHREYS, Cleveland hurler,
was presented with a gold watch be-
fore the game by admiring citizens OF
Clifton Forge, Va, his home town
Harris was waved from the premises
for protesting too vigorously to Um-
pire Basil on a called third strike on
Buddy Lewis in the eighth.
Two bits of Washington strategy
clicked . Simmons, making no move
to advance from second on Vests fiy
to Averill in the second, suddenly
streaked to third when Averills throw
floated into second Although out
foxed on that occasion, Earl has shown
no indication to cease hustlins, ss
evidenced by his two triples, despite q
being ticketed for trading Rick
Ferrell called for a pitchout In the
third inning and nipped Pytlak's bid
for steal ~ saropd hv - %a>k