Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
THE BASE BALL
BEAT
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Cronin Urges Repeat
BY BURTON HAWKINS

NEW YORK AUG. 11-Sam Rice asked to auto
graph baseball shortly before the Senators ldtimers
introduced Sunday at Griffith Stadium. II will
If keep my hands from shaking Sam said II don't
know how the other fellows feel but I'm nervous, Just
looking up in those stands at all those people gives
thrill. It's like another World Series to me-"
Moe Berg, the former catcher was asking 81 wonder
what those present players think of you think they
respect all those wonderful fellows gathered here do
they regard them lot of waShedup fuddy duddies?
From what we could glimpse there was solid admra-
ton of the past by the present.
Cal Griffith and the Senators publicity man. Herb
Heft deserve pats the back for the big league
in which they handled arrangements for the former Wash
ngton stars All of the former players received portable
radios from Griffith who urged by Bucky Harris and
Joe Cronn to repeat the affair
Invited to the old timers festivities but unable to be
present Bobo Newsom and Buddy Myer. . Aside to
Henry Broadbent: George Mcbride couldn't recall Walter
johnson hitting baseball the centered fence, but
he said Johnson would have been good enough hitter to
have played first base he hadn't been such wonderful
pitcher
HARRIS BOSTON'S GENERAL manager, plans to hire
Connie Marrero perSonable former Senators pitcher
Red Sox scout in Cuba. Harris never had chatted
for more than moment at a time with Bill urges,
former Washington COACH before hiring him as the Red
sox manager, but Bucky made the move on his own,
explaining He seemed to be the to fit the situation"
Russ Nixon Cleveland catcher showing plenty of
energy when he charged out of the dugout Baltimore
Sunday route to the plate in full catching regaa after
Billy Moran grounded out in the fifth inning But Nixon
also was demonstrating that he wasn't paying much atten
ton to the game for there only at the time
The late Clyde Milan al-tme Washington centerfelder
once told of playing in game when every man on the
field rotted into the dugout with two out The other
team took the field and batter stepped up hit before
somebody discovered the mistake . . If the Senators
average six SrkeouS for their remaining AZ games they'll
SurpaSS the American League record they set three
ago by whiting BIT times.
Harmon Kllebrew leading the Senators in strikeous
with "a, followed by Jim Lemon with rs and Bob Allison
with &c. The Senators have walloped exactly twice as
many homerS as the White Sox132 to 66-but the White
Sox have the best of in the standings by "a games
THE TWO GAMES THE SENATORS have won among
their last rs were shuouts. The last three shutous
in which they figured featured 90 scores j.. At the
same stage last season. when they finished eighth the
Senators had won four more games, lost four less
Truman Clevengers Shutout victory over the Indians
prevented the Senators from accommodating a 23-game
losing streak which would have been modern major
league record The 1889 Louisville club of the American
Association, then major league dropped 26 in a row.
Joe Mccarthy, who dour fellow when managing
the Yankees and Red surprised those who had
him for years when he stood before microphone Saur-
DAY night at gathering of the Yankees old timers and
sang George M. Cohan hit in a bouncy manner
Thrty-eight lefthanderS have started against the
Whlte Sox this season. but only four have finished . . .
BUD Daley accomplished it twice, and Don Mossi and
Billy ODel once each. prime reason for Chicago's
tenancy OF first place the fact that their relief pitchers
nave combined earned run average of 261