Evening star., 1939-08-09
Old Fox Jubi|ant
AsWashington
Crimps yanks
Big Three Of Pitching
Stoff Win ID Out Of
Last II Games

Uncle Clark Griffith is a gay man
these days as he regards winning
Washington ball club and an Amer
ican League pennant race which
isn't over yet. At press time he
thoroughly was enjoying the Mats
current series with the Yankees. It
seems to make him feel like a sort
of Don Quixote, personally under
taking to bring those big, bad Yanks
to justice and to give the Boston
Red Sox a chance for the flag.
The Mats won the series opener
from the champions, 7 to 4, and
ran their longest winning streak of
the season to eight in row. With
Ken Chase and Dutch Leonard
primed to hurl today and tomorrow
the old gentleman likes to think his
outfit is ready to do Son. -in-laW Joe
Cronin's Bostons another favor or
two.
The Yanks." speculated the Fox
OF Florida avenue, seem to be show
ing signs of wear" There appeared
to be a gleeful note in his voice.
Except when the Yanks are fight
ing the National League fag-Win-
ner in the World Series, Griff is agin
'em.
Bill Dickey, especially" added
Uncle Clark looks as if he's a-get-
ting tired. It's a tough grind for
that feller and Dickey is the biggest
guy in that whole Yankee outfit"
Mats Are Getting Pitching.
The Mats licked the champions
yesterday chiefly because Joe Kra-
kauskas and Pete Appleton held
them to seven hits and gave none at
all to Joe Di Maggie and Dickey.
Meanwhile, the Mats were pounding
Alley Donald and Spud Chandler
or 16 hits and capitalizing on four
Yankee errors 1t was an unusual
sight the Mats outslugging the
Yanks and the famed defense of the
McCarthymen splitting wide open.
Griff is feeling pretty happy about
his own club. too. When he Topped
OF the proud heads and lofty sal.
aries of AL Simmons, Zeke Bonura,
wesley Ferrell and other veterans
over the winter he confessed that
well be worse ball club before
we get better" He was perfectly
correct about the Mats becoming
worse, as many moody Washing
tonians will attest. The firm was
bouncing on rock bottom when, sud-
denly. Krakauskas, Leonard and
Cnase began to click in the box and.
presto, out came an eight-eane
winning streak.
That is quite a clip those fellows
have been travelling. Krakky now
has won out of his last 7 and
8 OF his last II starts. Once he had
single victory as against eight
defeats. Now he has wins and
IL losses. Leonard has won five of
his last seven and Chase his last
three in row That's IA out of the
last II for this trio and when
you're pitching for a sixth-place
club no apologies are necessary.
Bloodworth, West Key Men.
"Tain,t only pitching" objected
Uncle Clark. I've said this before
and Ill say it again-Vernon is the
best target for thrown balls that
I've ever seen on first base. He's
still in the rough stages, but, after
all, that boy is only 81 years old.
Well brush him up little on ground
balls and throws to the pitchers
covering first and we'll have a fair
young player.
But the big reasons right now
he continued, "are Bloodworth and
Sammy West-a kid who was sup
posed to be too slow footed and an
old-timer who was supposed to be
washed up as soon as the days got
hot and the ground hard"
The Fox seems to have something
there. -Four games ago Bucky Har-
ris gave up on his latest center
fielding recruit. Bob Loane. and