Evening star., 1938-05-15
NATSARE BANKING
| ON WEAVER TODAY
Vet Will Battle Grove in
Bosox FinaIe-Simmons
Again Regular.
By q stat1 Correspondent Of The star.


By staf1 Correspondent Of The star.
BOSTON, May 14.-Monte Weaver
stands between first place and a COM
plete rout by the Red Sox tomorrow as
the Nationals wind up their Eastern
campaigning until the end of the
month.
Weaver, who has been something
less than sensational since his first
start and victory against the Athlet-
ice on April 10, will start for tho
Washingtonians tomorrow in the Bos-
ton finale. He will be opposed by Bob
Grove. ace Of the Sox pitching staff
end winner Of five straight games this
season.
Tomorrow night the Mats will en-
train for their first Western trip,
opening on Monday in Detroit against
the Tigers. So far they have lost
f1ve OF seven games on the road.
AL Simmons, whose two home runs,
triple and single were responsible for
his batting across six runs and scor-
ing three more today, will play left
field again tomorrow and, as far as
Bucky Harris is concerned, will con-
tinue as an outfielding regular.
Rule Rough on Leonard.
Simmons home run in the first
inning was a glorified pop fly which
was caught and carried by a biting
wind. 1t struck the top of the short
left field fence, seemed to hesitate a
fraction Of second, and then dropped
into the high wire netting behind.
How to score the Leonard knuckle
balls that get away from Catcher Rick
Ferrell, permitting runners to advance.
Is the problem of American League
off1cial scorers. With Cramer on first
base, Leonard threw a knuckler to
Foxx. The ball was slightly inside.
but it was good pitch. Ferrell how
ever, missed the butterfly" and it
got away. allowing Cramer to score,
1t was called wild pitch.
The rules say a wild pitch shall be
called If extraordinary effort is re-
quired by the catcher to stop the ball.
This applies to all of Leonard's
huckle balls, even those across the
heart OF the plate. But it isn't fair.
Almada Robs Chapman.
Melo Amada is up against classy
field as a defensive center fielder. what
with Di Maggie, Cramer. West and
Kreevich around, but if the Mexican
isn't the best you can sue the Mats
for thinking 50. In the Boston third
today, Ben Chapman hit a line drive
of the center field fence and conf
IDENTIFY raced for a triple. Almada
made remarkable catch of the carom
off the fence and whipped a long,
perfect throw to Buddy Lewis for the
putout.
Simmons second home run, COM
ing with the bases loaded in the fifth
inning. was no wind-blown pop fly.
1t barely cleared the left field fence,
too, but 1t was with the speed of a
bullet.
The ovation Joe Cronin received
when he drove across the two tying
runs in the ninth inning must have
been among the greatest he ever heard
Cronin was thrown out trying to
stretch the blow.
Joe still is one Of the real money
players Of baseball. Two men on
base. his club trailing by TO, and he
drove against the fence to tie it up,
Myer No Puzzle to Rookie.
Young Emerson Dickman was the
fourth Red Sox pitcher. picking up the
hurting in the tenth inning. It was q
ticklish situation for the kid, but he
did a grand Job. especially when
Buddy Myer batted for Harry Kelley
with one out.
Dickman's first three pitches were
balls and not even close to the plate.
Then he whipped across three called
strikes and every one split the heart
Of the dish.
Thirty players were used by the two
clubs. Washington usirs four pitchers
and a pinch-hitter ard Boston using
five pitchers. three pinch -hitters and
spare outfielder.
Zeke Bonura kept the Mats in the
game with his fielding. Of all things.
zeke made pip Of a play in the tenth
inning. With two down and Bobby
Doerr on third base. Pinch-hitter Eric
McNair slashed grounder to Buddy
Lewis. The kid took the ball. but
threw high above Bonuras head. Leap
ing, Zeke made one-hand catch and
then recovered his balance in time to
tag out McNair. F. E. s.
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