The Washington times., 1938-03-21
Wesley Flashes
Fine Form In
Orlando
FACES REDS
DeShong and Appleton
Will Also Take Turn
On Mound Tomorrow

ORLANDO, Fla, March 81
Yves Ferrell, Jimmy DeShong ano
Pete Appleton will pitch against
the Cincinnati Reds here tomor.
row when Bill McKecknie and his
young men come to town. FerTell
pitched fine ball in his start
against Kansas City, and Harris
already is pointing him to the
opening game of the season.
Harris was disappointed in the
showing of his young pitchers yes.
terday, but points out that they
are apt to be wild at this time.
Every third or fourth day, regard
less of consequences down here, he
intends to work them. Work and
lots of it is their only salvation.
I'VE might have done better
with Simmons and Bonura in
there against Detroit, but
Bonura is not here and SIM
mons has done all right so far.
I had to take a look at Case
against big-league competition.
He did all right at the plate, and
his error in left field may be
dismissed"
Those vaunted left handlers, Ken
Chase and Joe KrakauSkaS,
pitched three innings each against
the Detroit Tigers. Dutch Leon
ard pitched three innings.
Leonard might have shut out
the enemy had it not been for an
error by Travis, so we'll reserve
judgment on it. Harris says that
he is going to grind down his left
handlers to fighting edge. so we'll
take that for the time being.
The game was study in con-
trasts between two teams. Wash
ington had neither pitching nor
punch. York and Greenberg hit
home runs for Detroit, and Eisen-
stat, who won't even make the
team. Vernon Kennedy, who
looked great, and Eden Auker
who pitched to form, doled out
four hits, and shut out the Griffs
in midseason style. OF course,
Washington didn't have Simmons
and Bonura in the lineup. zeke
will not be here until tomorrow,
anc Simmons rested while Case
labored.
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Chase was simply pathetic. He
filled the bases in the first inning,
but escaped with one run. He was
ineffective because Of his wildness
and allowed six runs on five hits.
Krakauskas was in trouble because
he had to ease up to put the ball
over the plate. Certainly, those
boys have a long way to go. They
looked bad in the intra-squad
game. They looked worse yester-
day. Krakauskas allowed four
runs and six hits in three innings.
Phooie on such pitching!
Rudy York hit in hard luck in
the first. He drove Almada to the
center field fence for a prodigious
drive. which the Griff outfielder
caught. If that ball had been
pulled just a little bit, 'twould
have cleared the bases.
George Case clouted a single to
left field in the second inning
which Laabs fielded Smartly on
the first bounce. It was a well hit
ball. But Stone forced Case, and
Travis then hit into a double play.
The Tigers put on a show in the
second inning, thanks to the wild
ness of Chase. Cristman doubled,
Eisenstat singled, Cullenbine
singled and so did Charley Geh-
ringer. The bang-alls just waited
for Chase to put "a rudder on the
ball" then they banged it on the
nose.
York pulled the ball his second
time at bat; pulled it so sharply
that it rode completely out of the
lot, clearing the barrier by good
10 feet as Case tried vainly to
climb the concrete.
Bluege was as smooth as silk in
his handling of Cristman's slow
roller in the third inning. The
play was so effortless that you
lost sight Of its difficulties.
Stone made a sweet running
catch of Charley Gehringer's long
drive that closed the fifth inning.
The ball looked like a sure fire
double when it rode off the bat.
Stone didn't slide to second on
his rap to deep left. Wherefore
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