1936-03-26 [P C-1]

— 0 --—--- _ *- _to WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936. ♦ C-T" Nats9 Is Far Below Par : Lack Hurlers A 9s Pitching of Handicaps_ V Athletics Have Not Spoiled Their Grace or Beauty Slugging Keeps Miles in Race For Outfield Berth With Nats; Club Is Hurt by Weak Defense By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ness of the few errors they have made. ARASOTA, Fla., March 26.— It is almost uncanny and is getting New Team Has Spirit, but Lanahan Is in “Dog House,” That three-cronered battle for under the skin of everybody in camp. Wash- In Lakeland Cecil Travis Weaver Fail the right-field Job on the yesterday Woeful Leader Finds It De Shong, ington ball club was a wide- made a two-base wild throw to open open affair once again today because the fourth inning, and when it finally Short on in Loss to Tigers. the opportunism in Dee Miles is com- ended the Tigers had scored five runs. Knowledge. ing out. Against Montreal two days ago Buddy (This is another series out- BY FRANCIS E. STAN, of Dee apparently had dropped behind Lewis made a wild throw good for lining major league prospects.) Staff Correspondent of The Star. in the running until this week. Carl three bases, and the inspired Royals 26.—It BY ARASOTA, Fla., March Reynolds, a great Spring hitter, and scored four runs In the inning opened PALL MICKELSOV, with becomes a duty, mingled Johnny Stone, a veteran, seemingly so inauspiciously. Associated Press Sports Writer. sadness and joy, to report today had narrowed the scrap to themselves. The game before. Dee Miles dropped MYERS. Fla., March 26.— that Washington's 1936 dia- Then Jesse Hill sprained his ankle a fly ball against Chattanooga, and the Old Connie didn’t know. mond edition is resembling the Na- last Sunday and Harris decided to Nationals’ farm hands, trailing 18-0, He didn't know there existed scored six runs before tionals of a year ago in a couple of give Miles a chance to play left field. the inning end- FORTsuch a big shortage of good, significant rways. In the three games in which Miles ed. And just the day previous Lewis young ball players today; he didn't field the rookie has made a wild throw Cincinnati The sad observation concerns pitch- has played In left against know that pitchers with even a fair times and blasted to the fifth and the Reds ing, which almost overnight has taken gone to bat eight open inning, knowledge of how to throw weren’t two home runs and two to scored four runs to beat the a turn for the worse. In fact, even triples Griffs, waiting at every cross-roads town for score four times himself and drive 7 to 5. the more optimistic attaches of the a big league chance; he didn’t know four runs. National squadron were wont to shed across that the Philadelphia fans, who never Against Montreal, last Monday, a figurative tear. seem to give a hoot, would take the Miles, in his only time up, rapped a sale of his last cluster of stars to resemblance con- The more pleasing homer inside of the Orlando ball heart. Harris’ current cems the way Bucky park. On Tuesday, against Minneap- crew is the ball. Bucky Connie Mack knows now. He’s wor- walloping olis, he hit the first pitch of the manUpak never worried much on this score in ried and sad, as grand a fighter and game out of the Deland park. Against the Griffs were runners- as shrew as he is. A long lease on the 1935 because Detroit yesterday, he capped his sen- a American League cellar faces him up to the Tigers as hitting club and, sational showing by tripling off Elden once more. He schemes and naturally, their batting resemblance Auker. ponders P1NEHURST GIF the but the odds Is making nobody mad. But without through long hours, of a club the pitching even a good hitting team “'T'HE right-field job is a toss-up producing good last-place so 1 this year appear dead against even a can’t win, and this comparison right now,” declared Manager a minor chord. Has Two-Stroke Lead Over man of his base ball genius. The strikes Bucky Harris today, as he prepared are and prospect of facing angry fans at Shibe The pitching troubles many to send the Nationals against the Red from illness and mis- Picard in North-South Park bothers him. varied, ranging Sox here in a game that will find behavior to downright mediocrity. In Miles opening in right field. “Miles Some 50 ball players, recruited from New- the first place, blushing Buck has been too impressive this week to Open Tourney. everywhere, are drilling hard and talk- who or was, a 50 per cent bet- it under keen som, is, overlook. All I’ve got to say right By the Associated Press. ing up the blue eyes of is hurt ter hurler this year, again. now is that whoever will turn the old master down here at Fort plays INEHURST, N. C, March 26 — The Washington board of strategy is Myers. in a good job. We’ve got three dog- Sixty survivors, in the $4,000 Inclined to doubt the seriousness of gone capable outfielders.” North and South but never- open golf blushing Buck's complaint, and It for Speed versatility. Figure championship began a 36-hole Fighting Bunch, Anyway. theless Newsom complains plenty. the Nationals' forte this season. But wind-up today with $1,000 prize money OPIRIT? There isn’t a club in base it is that Bucky becoming apparent awaiting the. winner. ball with more of it. Philadel- Newsom Nicked Again. Harris’ ball club considerable packs At the half-way mark of the 72- phia fans, who are sour because Con- in batting practice yes- power. , hole tournament, Henry Picard of nie held his big December clearance "PITCHING Have a look at the last four ball terday Mr. Newsom hurled a fast Hershey. Pa., was two strokes behind sale, are bound to be impressed with a for base ball at Buddy Lewis and saw it come games, example. Fifty-three Ray Mangrum, who shot a sizzling bunch of youngsters who will never hits have rattled off bats hurtling back at him at a pace so Washington 68 yesterday to go' into first place stop trying and fighting to win. that he had no time to do any- and 18 have been for extra bases. Six with a total of 141. The rapid Hershey Class? With Jimmy Foxx, Eric about it. Ouch, it struck Buck were doubles, 6 were triples and 6 were winner of the thing professional, Charleston Cramer and John Mar- a total of 89 bases McNair, Roger on the knee cap, which Earl Averill home runs for grand open last week, was favored for the cum gone from a team that surren- so with a ball last on the 53 safeties. however. massaged vigorously title, dered and finished in the cellar last June that Newsom was to bed in Picard matched his first 71 put day’s year, there couldn't be much left. A a with his knee in a cast. COCHRANE and his en- with a 72 for a total of 143. Gene hospital VfICKEY1 nucleus is present with the leftovers A few minutes later Newsorr tire Detroit are Sarazen, the Connecticut fanner, was training camp from the December sale, but the one across a ball to Red Kress over Lemuel in third $ith a 74-71—145 and whipped all hopped up Clarence place big ingredient, pitching, is missing. and struck twice. Ouct a Paul of White N. lightning | (Red) Phillips, big right-handed Runyan Plains, Y„ Pitching is Connie's biggest prob- it hit Mr. Newsom in the groir who came from the Texas was a stroke behind with a again, pitcher, up 75-71—146v lem, with no answer in sight. There and Blushing Buck, game as is, de- who wasn’t Still in the for League. Phillips, judged running top prizes are 20 hurlers in camp, but injuries cided it wasn't his day. fast when he had a previous was a group at 147 of | enough consisting and lack of pitching knowledge among Buck, “thif trial, has pitched 15 innings this Harry Cooper and Horton Smith, the "S’help me,” complained Marguerite (Mike) Coswell, Dorothy Poynton Hill, high the rookies have made the task hard knee Is broken agaih. I'm not fooling in the 1932 Spring and given up 2 unearned runs Chicagoans; Jimmy Thompson, Bev- the only co-ed member of the diving champion and difficult. Trimmed down to a It hurts all the time.” at Los and only 7 scattered hits. He’s a erly Hills, Calif; Clarence Doser, Los Junior College Olympics, is preparing basis of past performance, Connia Trainer Mike Martin, who examined Angeles cinch to and a good bet Rochester, N. Y.; E. J. Harrison, Little track team, who is training Angeles for the 1936 Berlin stay pretty probably will depend on Bill Dietrich, the bruise inflicted by Lewis, was in* to see lots of action. Rock, Ark., and Tony Manero, Greens- for the Olympic tryouts. She games. She won the national Whitey Wilshire, Dusty Rhodes, dined to believe Brother Buck was title in 1934 One sour chord in the Nationals' boro, N. C. is 19 years old and runs the high diving 1933, Charles Lieber and Henry Johnson. a trifle and that a couple defensive work to date Is the costli- Mangrum's spectacular 68 was the spoofing dash in 12 seconds.

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