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WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938. C-l
Nats9 Soar as Ferrell Hurls Back to Class
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WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E. STONE SPARKLES Almada cf_4 1 1 2 0 <5 Lewis. 3b _ 3 3 2 2 2 1 Simmons. If_4 0 2 2 0 0 Stone, it _ 4 0 3 2 0 0 Bonura. lb_3 0 o 10 I o Travis, ss_ 4 0 0 1 A 6 Myer. 2b_4 0 112 0 TIE R Ferrell, e_ 4 0 0 0 CLUB FACES IN CLEAN-UP ROLE 0 0 W. Ferrell, p-4 1 1 1 5 o Giants Rank as Ball Club of Season So Far. Top Totals-34 ~S Ti) 27 15 ~l DETROIT. AB R. H. O. A. With Wes in _ E. Melton Headed for 30 Too. Again Fettle, Drives in Three Tallies in Fox. it _4 O 0 2 0 0 Appears Victories, Walker. It _ 3 0 2 1 0 1 Gehringer. 2b- 2 0 0 2 4 0 Bracket o By FRANCIS E. STAN. Chance of Top Debut—Wasdell Watches Greenberg, lb-3 o 12 0 O York, c _ 4 0 0 3 1 0 Staff Correspondent of The Star. Laabs cf _4 112 0 0 Finish Returns. Nats Whip Tigers. Ross 3b_ 4 0 0 5 2 0 Rogell. ss _ 4 0 3 0 0 0 May 19.—Brushing aside memories of the world series Poffenberger. p_1 o o n n n FRANCIS E. STAN. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. 0 0 last fall, baseball's ball club of the moment is the New York By Eisenstat, p _ 2 0 0 0 top of The Star. •White 0 Suit Correspondent CLEVELAND, May 19.—With seven -1 o 0 0 0 Giants. Even the fierce American Leaguers must be impressed by the CLEVELAND, CLEVELAND. May 19—Wesley more games to go on their Western Totals_ 32 1 « 27 13 ~I record the Giants are Nineteen out of 24 games hanging up. they Cheek Ferrell. Washington's handsome swing, the Senators still have a chance •Batted for Eisenstat in ninth have won: in exactly one month of play they have built up a five and one-half and unpredictable pitcher, today had to some l06t Here Washington JO] 030 non—5 salvage prestige. Detroit ooo into the 000 loo—-1 game lead over the Chicago Cubs, those for whom Uncle Phil hurled the Senators back to a series with the pampered pets open three-game Runs batted in—Stone <3t W. Ferrell, Wrigley spent $250,000 in buying Pitcher Dizzy Dean. thick of the American League pen- Indians, they will bank on Jimmy De Simmons. Laabs. Two-base hits—Rogell. Simmons. Three-base hit—Stone. Horn# nant race, to all outward appearances. Elon Shong, Dutch Leonard and Hog- runs—W. Ferrell. Laabs Double plays— I, for one. confess to a deep and profound bewilderment. The Ameriran the Griffs werp to Beginning today sett to carry the pitching burden. Rogell to Gehringer to Greenberg W. is Ferrell to Travis to League the better of the two major leagues, isn’t it? The all-star games one of those crucial series against Bonura. York to P.oss. j open De Shong, who was scheduled to Left on bases.—Washington. 5 Detroit. and the world series there was never a less more foolish the Indians. the First base on balls—Off say so, dramatic, Cleveland Ordinarily face Willis Hudlin in the opener W. Ferrell. 4 off Poffenberger 3. Struck world series than last when the the Giants in of would have out—By W. Ferrell, fall, Yankees romped over five; developments yesterday today, was to make his first start of u. by Poffenberger 2 Hus--Off Poffrr.- what s And the reason the affair than four was been forgotten. But Wesley berger in 4 innings 'none out in fifth]; games. only lasted longer games the campaign against the Tribe. Jimmy off as he Eisensta' 2 in 5 innings. Lo'in* Cheek did in Detroit yesterday, — — because Marse Joe McCarthy chose to pitch, on the fourth day, Mr. Irving was the most successful of the Griff pitcher Poffenberger Umpires Messrs. broke the Nats’ four-game losing Geisel. Grieve and Basil. Time—1:4H. a of back Mr. pitchers against Cleveland last year.■ (Bump) Hadley, second-stringer, instead shooting Lefty Gomez,1 in streak, lingers memory. Leonard's performance will be watch- j Who ended the series the next afternoon with a convincing victory. Peeved at news- uncomplimentary ed with Interest. The only time Dutch I said the Giants looked foolish and the consensus ! men. Ferrell grabbed the ball Everybody by comparison paper hurled against the Tribe he won, 1 to 0,, in an pitching assignment Inspired many things, such as Mr. Tom Meany's piece in the Saturday Evening ; unexpected in 13 innings. That was the day and with a six-hit performance he Post entitled "New Minor League—The National?" Leonard outpitched the sensational whipped the Tigers, 5 to 1. Ferrell, Bob Feller in Washington, giving up Yet here it is seven months and a few stray days later and the Giants whose failure against the Red Sox only six hits and no bases on balls in ; have won 19 and last five and the Yankees are with week started the losing streak, games struggling only j last the 13 frames. 15 wins and nine defeats. The difference in the two leagues couldn't be that ended it in a brilliant manner. By the same token he raised the bedrag- much, could it? If not, Mr. William Terry's Giants are the top ball club of RELENTLESS FIGHT Johnny Stone is to continue as the gled hopes of the Senators. The bell- the spring. National's new clean-up hitter for an ; cow of the pitching staff, you see. indefinite period, to proved himself to be something of a according Bucky Harris. Stone was With 263 Wins in H Years major league pitcher, after all. promoted yesterday- Mellon Will Win 30. Those Cubs really were disgusted. In protesting a sixth-inning decision in the game with the in Detroit, while Zeke Bonura was They Say Tiger Sluggers Easy for Wes. and shin Giants in New York yesterday they tossed towels, bats, paper cups, gloves guards from dropped to fifth place. Rocky eele- ; He Ranks With Greatest Mr. Speaking of the Giants, and a lot of people are doing just that thing. By now it may be old stuff but that the dugout. Their ire was aroused by Umpire Magerkurth's calling Augie Galan out for interfer- brated by getting two single and a; Clift Melton's name will be brought up sooner or later. Mr. High-up Melton game of Ferrells yesterday seems ence with Catcher Danning’s throw to first on the former’s sacrifice. All the Cubs got out of their triple in three times at bat and driving Lefties of Game. is a man who with his left hand and has a of artistic ears worth reviving for analytical purposes. demonstration was the trouble up the missies. Scoring two runs in the ninth the across three of Washington's five runs. young pitches pair of picking By the Associated Press. six on him. Because of these he is called Mouse Melton, and Wesley, who has been allowing Cubs won, 4 to 2. —Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto. appendages Mickey 19 earned runs per game, held the slug- Luba’ Homer Well Hit. CHICAGO, May —Robert Moses because he comes from hill-billy land in North Carolina, he also answers ging Tigers to a single run yesterday— Grove, with his lean left arm. is writ- to Mountain Music Melton. In fact, the latter title was popular until Mr. Chet Laabs’ home run, producing the a tremendous home run by Chet Laabs score off Ferrell was ing another brilliant In a Mountian Music Melton was drowned out the Yankee Band last only yesterday, chapter by Swing in the seventh inning. Wes had a Di Medwick a tremendous drive to the centerfleld story which already ranks as one of fall. One of the better descriptions of Cliff was given by one of the New rair fast ball, remarkable control, and Mag, Slug Freely MM bleachers. It traveled approximately ■York who "He looks like a taxicab with the doors a curve ball that had the Detroit the greatest in baseball's 100-year-old writing boys, remarked, 450 feet. on their heads. open.'' sluggers standing To Put Cards Across; collection of diamond romances. better Yanks, There have been games Anyway. Mr. Melton came to the National League last year as a rookie, Jimmy Wasdell, the young first i ’Ol Mose is almost 40 years old. His pitched this year by Washington and established himself as a standout 20 This baseman-outfielder belonging to the; hair is streaked with promptly by winning games. ourlers. but not many. Dutch Leon- to STILL BIG PUZZLE wavy gray. Long Cubs First Doivn Hubbell visited Stadium in is a cinch to Senators, Briggs year, according to the boys who ought to know. Mickey Mouse ards 13-inning shutout over the since, it would seem, has the elasticity Detroit yesterday to watch Wes Ferrell win 25 and a downright threat to become the first major league pitcher to Indians was. of course, a better game. Bv SIP FEDER. was a holdout. But now that they're tame the Tigers, Wasdell is playing of youth departed from his spindly 30 victories since 1934, when Dizzy Dean did it. So might have been Ferrells 4-to-3 Associated Press Sports Writer. back again, the fireworks are. popping. grab to Go When Ordered, left field these for and no does that lean left Yankees the Ready days Indianapolis legs, longer lictory over the during time as for Di Homers Decide. Today Mr. Melton has six victories and no defeats, and on a pitching Now's rs good r any big Mag’s and in the arm fire the fast ball which once made were the batting clean-up spot, first week of play. But they to start in their Each is a dose of staff that embraces one Carl Hubbell he is the ace. A year league pitchers pulling complete pitchers' Dean, but Grimm Is “I'm doing all right,” reported batters flinch. acknowledged that stood above Wes’ Says inly games ears and heading for the storm cellars. poison all wrapped up and ready to Melton had one as against three defeats, and yet he finished Jimmy, “but I’m not learning to play Great Record This Year. ago today victory game yesterday. From looks of Joe Di Maggio and Ducky Medwick gi. the things, they've Cautious With Star. the sun fields 20 wins and 9 setbacks. very rapidly. You see, | Yet Grove is much a with rerreu sioppea vuiarur ueiiruiKcr, where left off today. very are on the warpath again. picked up right they we about six a week.” ; and York as Arsoeiated Press. play night games of baseball's annual picture. In Hank Greenberg Rudy last year. By the part It gets somewhat tiresome to point Jimmy, incidentally, is all excited he has scored :ompletely as any pitcher could hope it seems natural to see NEW YORK, 19 —A seven-game appearances, have Somehow, May surprising- over He out every so often that here you something besides baseball. six victories lost no He He Isn't Even Good in o do. He forced Gehringer to hit each his in and games. Spring. if not the leading league batting, ly meek and silent Dizzy Dean is await- is married to a did the two greatest outfielders, getting tomorrow has 60 allowed an into a double play. Greenberg Di with a pitched innings, business Mag neat .431 mark, and lass. The most expert and imaginative mathmaticians of baseball have two greatest players in this ing the first test of his ailing arm and Chattanooga of two earned runs not get a ball out of the infield. And, with a .426. And average only per But It's one Ducky .lust-a-claccy that if Mr. Melton continues his present pace he will 42 games. This of balls and strikes today. no not even 21 bases on balls figured is for York like last never can one, Manager Charley game, granted only to be just year, you tell it too much. Mouse's ears will be back a few to four of those things that has done, Andy FarkBS, the great University of and struck out 38 *01 Mose Is stretching Mickey pinned Well, Rudy walked the plate when either one of them is to Grimm, knows when the Cubs’ costly swingers. to the dentist or putting going Detroit halfback who will with season. if the is forced to use railroad imes. Once he fouled a ball. He like going play Is giving relentless time a great battle. times this Even enemy spikes. pick the next pitch to break up a in car. You just can't over- : hurler will return to action. the Washington Redskins this year, one down- to the third base gas your ball Grove scored his 263d triumph in But there is no with Detroit's Vernon opped game. it denying that Melton, along Kennedy look it. Although hurts, “Banjo Charley” also sat in a box in back of the Sena- in ine, foul by many yards. That was Take 14 years the majors the other day and Boston's ancient Bob Grove, at the head of the pitching class yesterday, for instance. The is following the doctor's orders to the tors’ belbngs he time his bat nicked a ball. less and dugout yesterday. Andy already and should he never win another game only One thing, though, you get Yankees were having a time of so far this When Melton first came to the Giants the man who sold tough letter. has his Redskins' contract. year. He fanned four times and left the less these days over the signed he’U go down as one of the greatest argument, it with the St Louis Browns. Then “Dean has been told to do no more him, Mr. Jack of Baltimore stepped forward and said: have batted and "I got mors than I expected, too,” left-handed in the Ogden, mprcosion that he could ; merits of the Yankees' deadpan along came Di in the fifth pitchers sports Maggio pitching for a couple more weeks, and revealed the scholarly looking, be- “This fellow can but isn't in the So don’t let his | lor a week against Ferrell without1 the gas house gang's free wheeling frame, knocked one of Buck history. pitch, h^, good spring. Newsom'a he may not go then if he doesn’t spectacled athlete. '1 naking a base hit. Folks are slowly but surely failures in the early part of the season bother you.” walloper. pet pitches out of the lot and the appear all right when I begin to let in favor of some Wes Still Good. Rick. ceasing arguments Yanks were away in front. But Mouse wasn't last but this year he is Says Lefty him throw a few days before the Ferrell had his control Well, Mickey good spring, great.: Zilch or Luke Gltitz over these Wesley yes- Wes. too angry at the newspaper Joe Gomez and Johnny Murphy couldn't deadline,” said Grimm yesterday. Griffs’ Records And have the word of Mr. that he gets better as the season goes terday and when Was can place his you Ogden nen to stalked oil the slab two terrors. hold the Brownies. So Di came speak, Mag Dean sits quietly in one corner of where he wants he is Batting. on. There is no telling to what lengths Mr. Melton may go. Both of them away to slow starts pitches them, Kith nothing to say. But Brother got tip th-r? rgain in the eighth, helped once would com- Pc. the Cub dugout. He to beat. He ran Rudy G. AB R. H 2b. 3b. H RBI this season. Ducky Wueky had a pain tough nearly Giuliani 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 500 What bewilders me as much as the comparative records of the Giants tick, the catcher, had a few words tnmself to another one of Buck's high ment on anything from the batboy to Joe York right out of the ball yard, Travis. 20 111 18 40 5 0 3 13 360 0 make in his tack. That was lumbago. hard ones, with two mates on base, and Yankees are instances of fellows like Melton, not only making good but public. the league president. Now Dizzy says, out Myer 23 65 14 22 3 1 1 1* 338 in That striking him four straight times.. DeShnng 5 12 240100 .333 Wes still is a pretty good pitcher.” had a pain his pocketbook. and parked it among the paying cus- Grimm is with promising to accomplish such things as .mining Dean. Matty, Ed Walsh. “Anything says okay The third whiff didn't take long. Rudy Appleton 912 0401 02 .333 < xplair.ed Ricky. He showed some- tomers in the bleachers—and there me. arm feels and I'm Blueze. 12 34 4 11 2 o o 4 .32 4 Joe Wood. Iron Man McGinnrty. Jim Bagbv. sr.; My pretty good went down on three Chesbro, Grove, Smokey ball swinging pitches, Lewis 29 127 26 41 3 3 4 IS 323 htng today and when the weather was your game. Result: Yankees, to go in there and the • as who have won 30 games in a season. ready pitch all W.Ferrell 8 20 4 6 1 0 1 3 .300 Johnson, and Cy Young pitchers single 11 7. high. 0 O ;ets warmer he'll show still more ; Brownies. Newsom, however, minute Grimm says the word.” Wright 14 41 4 12 1 4 .292 other haven't. Str£i*’?"s R.Fer'll 29 105 12 30 6 2 0 16 .2*6 Who is Melton? What's he got that pitchers Ves needs his ront.ol and he needs had a lot of fun while it lasted, fan- j Major Sim’ons 15 41 5 11 1 2 2 10 .268 THURSDAY. MAY IP. IPOS. Bonura Still Lags at Bat. -- ! airly warm weather. He only had ning six members of murderers' row MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 (4>).—Dizzy Stone 29 117 14 3o 6 4 1 13 .256 Zeke Bonura still is in that Case 13 51 10 3 3 0 0 4 .258 knows in to an American Dean, in the of Branch batting lis control yesterday. Gosh AMERICAN order, equal League opinion Rickey, Alrnada 28 123 15 .31 5 3 0 6 .252 slump. Going without a safe blow 3 3 o o 2 .250 t wasn't warm." record. his late boss, “is capable of winning Weaver. 7 12 l With Cliff. Hogsett. 7 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 .260 Griff Wasn't Impressed Results Yesterday. than most yesterday in three official times at Ferrell's victory yesterday may mean Medwick in Mood. more ball games pitchers Bonura 29 123 15 3n 4 0 5 19 .244 Detroit. 1. Slugging ran his to : Washington, ft: with bat, Zeke hitless string Goslin 11 20 240013 .200 It that Mr. Melton of North Carolina is, romantically enough, a 1 great deal to the Griffs. Ever since Si. Louis 7. in the National League—even develops New York. 11. Meantime, Medwick was going to to the Leonard 6 17 2 3 0 1 0 3 .177 Cleveland. 7: Philadelphia. 2. not nine consecutive trips plate. east-off from the Yankees. It seems he was sold to the canny he season opened the Washington1 work in He wasn't his arm right.” Kohlman 6 3 000000 oon conditionally Boston-Chicago. wet grounds. Brooklyn. the big one In his last 23 times Zeke has made __ 0 O 0 0 0 0 .ono lrm fearful of its Because he's smart,” the St. Chase 6 1 The asked the Baltimore club was $15,000. had been pitching, show in that game with the “Why? Phebus. 5 1000000 .000 Yanks three years ago. price by j1 STANDING OF THE Dodgers, a home run in Boston. the Senators looked toward CLUBS._ Louis Cardinal’s general manager hit, Kelley., b 0000000 .OO0 If he remained with the Yanks after May 5 the New York club would be Jaturajly but he certainly wasn’t anybody's 1 said. “Diz knows what it's all about ''errell to be the spearhead, but after stooge as he contributed a homer and Pitching. to Baltimore the sum which was asked. " A1 Simmons still is going strong obliged pay the ~SlalsWsWSfSlis s 3 and he a H. SO. IP GS CO. W L. le hurled his fine game against 5 15 k !5 ;= V S Is scored four of the runs that gave the great competitor.” and G BB. But Mouse did not show the Yankees much. In fact, after the 2 a s’ .» 2. £ b 3 Es at the bat. A1 doubled singled Appleton 9 27 6 13 26>, 112 0 Mickey Yankees in his second start. Wes did Gas a 12-4 P :0 :B O E Housers decision for their at bat Weaver 7 38 17 13 36*, 5 2 2 1 the who is Clark f "'I | in four time yesterday, bring- Yankees returns him to Baltimore Old Fox, grandpappy lot look so and the Griff- fourth win. Don W. Ferrell 7 70 26 17 56*, 7 5 5 2 impressive ** straight Gutteridge AUTO CLASSIC ON AIR. his for the last four games 8 4 2 1 to over to Baltimore !*j 5 r ing average DeShong 6 27 17 31 0 Griffith, was sufficiently hard pressed for pitchers sneak nen to wonder about him. tl i 6 3 2 began played the part of the No. 1 cannon, cloee to the .500 mark. He has made Leonard 6 40 12 18 49*a 3 I* The 500-mile Indianapolis Speedway 6 27 28 4 1 2 2 and look over Mr. Melton. A newspaper man recalls asking Griff It was natural. Dutch Leonard i : a Hoasett 10 10 himself only | n I i however, belting homer and a single at n II in the last 17 times 6 5 13 , 0 n C |J_ Memorial Day race will be broadcast eight hits Kohlman. 11 in what he of the lad. lad been a surprise and Boal—I 21 41 41 to drive in five runs. Phebus __5 9 2 61, 0 O 0 6 thought pleasant 1|_11_2l_2110l_Sj.6671_ will be bat. Those eight hits, incidentally,! in detail over WOL. Experts .. 6 8 17 7 P>, 1 0 1 2 conceded the old ‘ete Appleton's relief pitching had del 01—I 11 11 _1 i 61 SI 41171 P .654__ This boosted the Cardinals into the Chase ‘‘He's a good minor league pitcher,” gentleman, gen- behind the were good for a total of 17 bases. Kelley 6 12 4 1 9*, 1 0 0 1 4! 1 _ microphones. een close to for the course. But NYl 21 II—I 11_1 _21_4 ft!_P1.025ML .500 class for the'first sea- "but he'll never be a winner in the big show.” par time this erously, Wh! 2l 2! 21— 2 2 4 17 12.5811 112 t Ferrell couldn’t deliver, the Griffs _.'l son. deadlocking them with the idle So Griffith didn’t buy him and along came Terry to pay 17,000 potatoes Chi ~