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ULY 4 ~10 Mmi [FATEN] July 4 Far From Glorious to Griffs : Terry Dissatisfied With 8%s-Game Lead TEAN'S POSITION SHOCK TO HARRIS May Be Passed Tomorrow by Seventh-Place A’s. Prophets Busy. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. OSTON, July 3.—In addition to a gosh-awful racket from the kid next door, the usual quota of sunburned backs, ants on picnic spreads and Fourth of July traffic, tomorrow, for some vague | reason, also will herald prophesies | that 1935's world series will be a subway series. | It is an old American custom, this | habit of looking upon July 4's leaders | as the world series foes. The custom | doesn’t always hold true. But what of the Griffs? | The legendary base ball day to. morrow will find the Nationals deep- ly mired in sixth place—or worse. ‘The next-to-last Athletics have a| chance to pass the Washingtons to- day and tomorrow. It isn't a sooth- ing prospect. To Manager Bucky Harris, who tonight will herd his tossers to Phil- adelphia for the Nationals’ holiday double-header, July 4 comes as a shock. Bucky sincerely had looked upon his club as a potential winner of the pennant. Whether he does | now or not—deep in his heart, that | is—Harris doesn't say. But not even | the pleasant prospect of returning home for a long stay after this ill- fated jaunt can cause a very great boost in spirits. Pitching Staff Is Shot. TH‘E so-called glorious fourth finds 1 Bucky painfully aware of several facts. Chief .among them, of course, is the realization that his pitching staff, as is, is not of big-league caliber. That was proven only too conclusively during the terminating tale of the Griffs’ adventures in seven cities. | For instance, in Washington's last 24 games Harris has seen his pitchers last the route only seven times. And | only two or these hardy souls tri-| umphed. Leon Pettit was victorious | when his mates gave him 11 runs and | Bump Hadley staggered in behind 12! runs. The other five were left in the box chiefly because no one else was available—or better. So if one is to judge by this record, there is not a reliable starting pitcher on the squad at present. The relief pitchers have been worse, | if possible. Jack Russell hasn't faintly | resembled the rescuer he was in 1933. | Belve Bean was a complete flop and | has been deported. Ed Linke so far has not shown that he belongs in the big show. Bob Burke must do an about-face to stick. Henry Coppola and Red Kress, the ex-infielder and outfielder, are pros- pects, but that is about all. Worries Over Cripples. JPITCHING is a weighty subject on | Harris' mind, but not all of his | troubles. He is submerged in doubt | as to when Jake Powell and Buck Newsom will be able to play again in their old form. In Harris’ estimation, Powell was his best all-around outfielder. But before Jake can play it must be proved that his injured leg is in no danger | of a relapse. Harris is going to take | no chances with his fleet gardener. | A severe recurrence of that strangu- lation of the sciatic nerve in Powell's leg might have a permanent effect. | Sc it is going to be a caution signal | that Powell will get when he rejoins the club, probably tomorrow in Phila- delphia. Newsom's injury is more of an| open-and-shut case. A fractured kneecap will heal and he will be as good as new. But around the talka- tive mound ace hangs the question: How soon will he be able to get his erm in shape? ! Glorious Fourth? Not much for Bucky Harris, Griffs’ Records BATTING. G.AB, R. H 8§ 1 4 ). 50 9 2b.3b. Hr.Rbi Pet. 070 0_1.500 3 5 Pettit__ Coppola_ Newsom_ Waitehill o oo st R The Foening Shae Spo WASHINGTON, ® to Kill Pigeons at Fenway Park. BY FRANCIS E. STA OSTON, July 3—Remember “Huckleberry Finn?”...Well, Tom Sawyer had nothing on Tom Yawkey, multimillionaire owner of the Red Sox...whose Fenway Park working hours. The Red Sox ball park is overrun with pigeons...during the week day games there are more pigeons than to Mr. Yawkey that the birds must be eliminated...sometimes the fowls even hold up the games. So, realizing how much the average invited his hirelings to try their hands at pigeon hunting...and do the Bosox eat it up? Every afternoon after the Cooke and several others go ahunting. ‘They keep their own shotguns and shells in their lockers...maybe that stone. HE answer to what's in a boxing rating should be nothing...did sou see the National Boxing Associa- ...Jimmy Braddock is first and Joe Louis is second...which is bad enough. ..but how about Max Schmel- ing outranking Max Baer, who ground And how does Jack Doyle, the Irish tenor, rate ninth on the list? From what the boxing boys in New Doyle can’t fight his way through an old-fashioned glass-beaded portiere ...well, it's their racket to run. Base ball's grapevine route buzzes refused to supervise the selection of the American League’s all-star team ...that Manager Mike merely submit- ted the lists of the other pilots and Red Sox Turn Hunters the whitewashing. episode in has become a hunting ground after customers. ..and it became apparent tall player likes to hunt, foxy Tommy games Lefty Grove, Dusty isn't killing a lot of birds with one ton’s latest heavyweight rankings? him into fine hamburger a year ago? York were saying a few days ago, with the report that Mickey Cochrane the concensus determined the team. More fancy than fact. Thumbnail description of Alan Strange, new Griff shortstop . . . blond and built like nobody’s business... might be taken for a high school full- back...younger looking than Cecil Travis...although three years older ...informal as a sneeze...and popu- lar with the crowd...from Bucky Harris down. - But how about Al Simmons being picked for the all-star team and being benched the next day for not hitting? One of the Nationals claims that club owners did the picking of the American League team...and chose {the men around whom they want to | build gate attractions instead of se- lecting the more deserving...citing the choice of Grove, Cronin, Gehrig end Simmons as examples of the club owners’ idea. FROM THE Experts See Tigers as Main Bar to All-New York World Series. BY ANDY CLARKE, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. ORLD series battle lines are forming and the experts predict a civil strife. July 4 has a deep sig- nificance to the dopesters who chart the trends of big league clubs and tell you whither they are going. By Independence day the base ball season is about half over and the teams have settled down to their nat- urel strides. fensive strength become definitely ap- parent and their weaknesses either have become ingrained or erased. The best teams usually have started their surge to the fore. With this axiom in mind, the ex- perts--predict that the world series will be an all-New York affair. Giants Have Class. THE Giants, with a healthy lead over the rest of the National League teams, have shown both the offensive and defensive strength to puli out an easy winner., They have Hubbell, Parmelee, Fitz- simmons, Schumacher and others to throw up very small balls to the oppo- sition while their own batting list has become something of a murderers’ row. When the pitchers fail, the batters come through. In the American League, the ex- perts hand the gonfalon to the Yan- kees, although they are not so positive about it as they are with the Giants. Gomez has not shown the box effec- tiveness of other years, and Lou Gehrig is finding it hard to meet the ball with his old regularity. Then there is that little matter of the Detroit Tigers dogging along, paced by the belting Hank Greenberg and a good pitching staff. Serves Ninth Vietory. ROY PARMELEE, a faltering mem- ber of the Giants’ pitching staff, went the route yesterday as the lead- ers defeated the Phillies, 8 to 4. It was the ninth victory for Parmelee, who had failed in his three previous starts. The Brooklyn Dodgers got in the victory column at the expense of the | lagging Boston Braves, 5 to 0. The Cardinals climbed back into third place in the National League by blank- ing the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-0, with Wild Bill Hallahan pitching his first complete victory of the season. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cin- cinnati Reds, 9-3. In the American League the Yan- kees conquered the Philadelphia Ath- letics, coming from behind to win, 8-5. The Boston Red Sox put on a five-run rally in the seventh to beat | Washington, 6-5, and the Detroit | Tigers stepped over Cleveland into | second place by defeating the In- dians, 8-3. Voice in Wilderness Calls Kingfish Forth as Final Hope of White Race. BY JOHN ROM somewhere in the wilder- ness a voice came to King Levinsky, saying, “King, you I are the last white hope. Go out there and stop this Louis with your good right arm.” That, at least, is the way Mr. Levin- | sky explains his challenge to the! brown bomber, a challenge which was | | accepted so fast that you'd think the, bomber was anxious, even eager, to meet the deadly Kingfish. The boys will come together in Chicago this August. There seems to be no doubt of the issue, for the King admits that he will batter the dark destroyer into a state of complete and abject sub- mission in one round or less. “My stren’th is as the stren’th of 10, because my heart is pure,” shouted the idol of the fish business on learn- ing that Louis, for reasons best known to himself, had agreed to fight him. Lena Lacks Sentiment. EVINSKY doesn’t know where the call came from. He was sitting around, just munching the fat, when something made him rise to his feet. This is an unusual position for the Kingfish. He stood lost in thought, with his chin in the air. He did the same thing against Max Baer last Winter, with the same result. Some- thing struck him flush on the button. This time it was the voice of inspira- tion. “Lena,” he said to his loyal little sister, who has collected her cut of the King through thick and thin, “I've been called.” “Yeah?” sald Madame Levinsky. “Did they leave a number?” “I've been called to fight the dark destroyer,” explained the Kingfish, Btewart won 1 - Lovelock’s Prized Hat Found Young Souvenir Hunter Has Old Straw, Runner Values Above “Mile of Century” Win, | By the Assoclated Press. LIZABETH, N. J., July 3.— Jack Lovelock’s old straw, lost at Princeton June 15 during the excitement shat ! followed Lovelock’s triumph over Bill Bonthron and Glenn Cunning- ham in the invitation mile run, has been located in the possession of a young admirer, Fred Wiebe- sick, jr., of Elizabeth. Wiebestic, a former runner at St. Benedict's Prep School in New- ark, said he would mail it direct to its owner in hopes of getting a personal answer. Lovelock told Asa S. Bushnell, graduate manager of athletics at Princeton, he would rather have lost the “mile of the century” than the floppy straw. He bought it in Los Angeles in 1932 prior to the Olympic games and it has since become a regular part of his train- ing garb He was wearing it when he came out on the fleld of Palmer Stadfum before the race and put it aside with his sweater and baggy flan- nels. After the race the hat was missing. Wiebestick said he was in the stands and that when Lovelock won some one yelled something to the effect Lovelock’s hat was on the ground. There was a scramble for it, with Wiebestick emerging the victor. He took it home and put it on the mantelpiece as a souvenir. When he saw a news- paper story telling of Lovelock’s disappointment. over losing it, he decided to return it. . LARDNE! “and bring glory back to the white race.” “Fine,” said Lena. “It ought to do $200,000.” Lena’s lovable gift for figures and percentage makes her the ideal part- ner for the dreamy, poetic Kingfish. She settled down to business right away. While the King was reading a page or two of Milton'’s “Paradise Regained,” his little sister was arrang- ing the details. Consider them ar- ranged. ‘There is one thing that puzzles the Levinsky family (nee Krakow). Why is Mr. Louis so willing to sacrifice him- self to the white avenger? Doesn't he know that the King has heard the call? Apparently not, for ne clam- ored for the fight as loudly as any one. Did Joe hear a call, too? Is this a party wire? Counts on Delayed Punch. ANYWAY, the King is not going to ‘worry about what Louis heard or what he didn’t hear. He is going to train very hard for the fight. Train- ing will begin immediately, if not later. The King was saying to Hans Birkie only a short while ago, as he leaned his head on Birkie's shoulder in the middle of the ring, that this Louis is a set-up for a fella with a roundhouse right. “The trouble with these other guys that fought Louis,” reasoned the Kingfish, “is that they tried to hit him too soon. His defense was ‘up. When I throw my delayed punch, his defense will be up and then down again before I land.” The Levinsky family makes no ef- fort 'to explain King's fight with Baer, but its an open secret in the better fish stalls that King was be- trayed by Baer’s dumbness. Maxie can't tell a playful punch from a real one. The King threw a playful blow at Baer’s chin and was just going on to suggest a game of stoop tag when Baer lost his temper. Misunderstanding the King- fish’s merry mood, he hit him with a cement-mixer. The game of tag ended right there. Levinsky is not going to play with Louis. He will be faithful to his trust. The odds mean nothing. Re- member David and Goliath? Well, they were talking of matching Gol- jath with Baer or Schmeling in Sep- tember too, and the big fellow took on David just as a tune-up. And look what happened. The same thing will happen to Louis if the King really has got the call and not a wrong number. Maybe you think that Mr. Levinsky will be lucky to last one ruund with the Detroit cyclone. Th#'s what the form says. But the call has come to the Kingfish loud and clear, straight from the wilderness, rising high over the herring and smelt, strong as & trumpet. It looks to be curtains for the dark destroyer. (Copyriehe, 1035, by the North American Their offensive and de- [* | Here are shown, seated on the bench, where they spend most of their time now, a quintet of former Philadelphia Athletics, who cost the Boston THE SPORTLIGHT Giants Possess Power All Along Line and Outclass Their Foes in Slabmen. BY GRANTLAND RI ASKING YOU ANOTHER ONE. A cormorant can catch a fish and turn the trick with zeal. A rifle shot can catch a plane—a Astronomers can snare a star, deep in the distant sky, And I can always catch a cold, and never even try. I've seen a spider catch a fiy and A dub can catch an 8 or 9 on almost any hole. o A hustling lawyer, here and there, can catch his share of clients, A turtle one day caught @ hare—but who can catch the Giants? Shadows on the National. ILE a warm scramble was taking place in the heavyweight di- vision, at Poughkeepsie, at Muirfield and at Wimbledon, the dark shadow of the Giants continued to extend its length in the National League pen- nant race. Two weeks ago one of the veteran managers of the league made this remar “By the middle of July or by the first of August the race in our league will be over. “We haven't a ball club that can compete with Bill Terry's Giants. They not only have too much pitch- | ing, but too much of everything else. Terry has one of the best ball clubs I ever saw, one of the strong outfits of all time. I can’t remember any club that ever had as much good pitching.” “How about Plank, Bender and Coombs of the old Athletics?” I asked. “That adds up only three,” the some- what somber manager said. “Terry has six or seven, and they are all good starting pitchers. None of us can afford to lose a good pitcher and be anywhere at all. Terry can lose two and not have to bother. He also has a fine infield and a star outfield. “It wouldn’t surprise me to see the | Giant a dozen games in front by the middle of July.” The Giants opened July with a lead almost as long as a cannon can shoot. The one thing that might bring them back to the fading fold is overconfi- dence. This is not likely to develop after what happened last September, when a seven-game lead blew up in a few weeks. b “That,” Bill Terry says, “hap- pened once, but it isn’t going to happen again. You can write that down.” The Cardinals were rated the one team with a chance, and when the two Deans slipped a number of notches below 1934, small hope was left for any hot pursuit. Diterent in the A. L. THE American League has been full of runaway races in the last few years—anywhere from 7 to 10 or 12 games' margin for the winner—but it may be different this year. Both the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers still are hanging on to the Yankees, who have the edge. But the edge isn’t any too thick, with the rougher part of the road ahead. Joe McCarthy has the jump in pitching, but Cochrane’s staff finally | B is taking shape. And Cleveland has her chance, if Averill's absence doesn’t leave too wide a gap. Lawson Little’s Place. wm Lawson Little steps upon the first tee at the Cleveland Coun- | & try Club in September he will be one | & of the hottest favorites who ever faced | Dahlgren, 1b. an amateur title. Little’s record to date has been one of the most remarkable in golf. As a starter he now has won three consecu- tive _amateur Great Britain and the United States— Prestwick, Brookline and St. Anne’s. On the side he has proved to be a medal play star on a par with the best of the pros. He turned in 288 for the 72 holes at the testing Augusta na- tional course, well ahead of any rival amateur, and also well ahead of most of the better-known pros. This was an average of even 4s—exactly par for the long At Muirfield his count was 280— onshij champin ps in Wasn plane can catch a teal. take his deadly toll. only one over 4s and one over par. In these two medal rounds, lasting | through 144 holes, he has finished just one stroke over par, which is about all the proof any one needs along the lines of scoring consistency. The Californian is better equipped | for match play than for the medal test. He would rather make it man against man than man against a pencil. But he is able enough to shine at both games. His Next Start. WHEN the next amateur breaks loose | at Cleveland the Stanford slug- ger has his chance to set one of the greatest of all records—the matter of winning four title tournaments in two years. ‘This would be the top run at match play in the amateur field. It would mean the win- ning of some 30 matches with- out defeat. When you figure most of these | matches are over the killing, jittery 18-hole span, where almost anything can happen at any given moment, the size of the performance can be appreciated. Some one might offer the sugges- tion that Little still has to win at Cleveland, where the opposition will be exceptionally strong over the sprint distance. But he has so many quaities on the winning side that only an off day will turn him back. Off days in golf are not uncommon, no matter who the entry is. But Little’s length from the tee, his fine short game and his unbroken, un- wavering determination to win make him a hard man to beat, no matter | what the distance. And this deter- mination should be listed as one of | his main ingredients. Chuck him into a pinch or a crises and he is at his best. (Copyright. 1935. by the North Newspapér Alliance. Tn.) o o0 ASHBURN A. C. IS HOST. ‘White Oak Stars at Fredericksburg, Va., will be guests of Ashburn A. C. in a double bill tomorrow. Play will start at 1:30 p.m. Official Score ‘WASHINGTON. Bluege, ss. St . - ) comHosoSImeR T ] cocccocceci @ ES - -33 *Batted for Russell in ninth. Walbers, 1Bishop’ _ Hockette, Bl ormestcsmmess ogouRRROcoHT PrTTme—— | EEEICEERRee.Y ooncooomonol © - 003 020 000—5 Z 000 010 50x—6 Werber Miller, Three- iller, Werber. te. Double plays—Bluege to Kuhel, Travis to Myer to Kul to Gronin to Dahlgren. Left ol on, e, Hock b n Walberg. 2; off P fitetor W Hockette T [ sell, 2 in Hockette. pires—Mi —1:45. 'Ep base on | pounded for nine hits and the same - D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1935. -3 LAST YEAR'S SKID ONPILOT'S NIND Hitting and Strong Relief Pitching Is Keeping Club Well on Top. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. NEW YORK, July 3.—“If we only had the pitching—" began Manager Bill Terry of the front-running New York Giants. Paying no attention to the loud and somewhat raucous interruption, Terry continued: Red Sox approximately $200,000. They are (left to right) Rube Walberg, Lefty Grove, Bing Miller,’ Max Bishop and Dib Williams. —Wide World Photo. ECKHARDT CLIMBS T0TOPASHITTER Coast Leaguer Supplants Skoffic of 3-Eye Loop as Minor Leader. new leader took charge of Oscar Eckhardt of the Missions in By the Associated Press. URHAM, N. C, July 3.—A! the heavy batting in the minor leagues this week when the Pacific Coast League slipped up | on Lou Skoffic of Bloomington to WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1933. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Boston. #: Washington. 5. New York. &: Priladeiphia. 5. Detreit. i Cleveland. 3. St. Louis at’ Chicago. rain. CLUBS. *e3vuaINd nose out the Three-I slugger by a s‘ slim percentage point. Latest available averages, compiled by the National Association of Pro- | fessional Base Ball Clubs, show Eck- hardt clubbing .422, while Skoffic, a s 466 hitter a week ago, nose-dived | to 421 . Six .400 hitters still remain in the drive for the annual trophy which goes to the ace batsman of the minors. Below is the table showing how all the leaders are faring at the season's midway mark: Name Club_and League. Eckhardt. Mission. Pacific Coast. Skofic, Bloomington, Three-1 Ferrell. Richmond, Piedmont Naron.' Albany. Georgia-Florid Hodgin. "Fleldaie. Bi-State Puccinelli,_ Baltimore. International Repioskl. Scranton. New_York-Penn. Peckman, McKeesport. Penn State._ Goldfine, Winnipeg, Northern__ Dunn. Alexandria. Evangeline_ Gill. Minneapolis, American A: E. Browne. Little Rock. Southern Willingnam. Sioux City. Wester: White_ Favetteville, Arkansas Pyle. Tyler, West Dixie__ Brandon._ Sioux Falls. Nebr. State_. Prerost. Galveston, Texas_ Harper, El Dorado. East Di: - 12:30 p.m Boston at N. Y. (2) Chicago at St. L. (%) et. at Cleve. (2). t Cleve. at Detroit. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. ladelphia, 4. ) STANDING O F THE 13 unnasitg ury0018 Sownn *puyuaq BATTLE AT COLESVILLE. Mount Rainier Grays and Coles- ville Cardinals are booked for two games tomorrow on the Colesville dia- mond. _ ARLINGTONS NEED FOES. Arlington nine is looking for a dou- ble-header tomorrow. Call Claren- don 1490. L GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. at N. Y. N. Y. at Boston (2), Boston at Bkiyn. Phila. at Bkin. (2) Chicago at Cincin. Pitts. at Cincin. (2). Others not scheduled. St. Louis at Chi. (2), BATTLES TWO TEAMS. Virginia White Sox nine will meet Fairfax A. C. at 1 and Del Ray A. C. at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon on the Baileys Crossroads diamond. Strange to Make First Start Tomorrow as Griff Shortstop; Linke Brilliant, Then a Flop By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. OSTON, July 3.—Alan Strange, young shortstop obtained from the Browns in a trade last week involving Lyn Lary, will be put to his first test tomorrow in a Washington uniform. In keeping with his policy of resting the veteran Ossie Bluege as much as possible, Manager Bucky Harris will send Strange to shortstop in one of the games scheduled with the Athletics in Philadelphia’s July 4 double-header. Regardless of what he may accom- plish, Strange has immediate chance of winning the shortstop job. Not for sentimental reasons was Bluege picked on the American League all-star team. The veteran is playing one of the best games of his 12-year major league career. But the 24-year-old Strange might well look to the future. Bluege ob- viously cannot last forever. His chance is waiting for him. The rest is up to the blond youngster from St. Louey. Ed Linke a Puzzle. LINKE right now is the biggest puzzle on the Nationals. The fat boy whose arm went dead on him a year ago flashes plenty of stuff at times. Then, suddenly and without warning, he loses it. Sometimes he is good at the start. Other times he opens miserably and finishes brilliantly. In St. Louis, for example, Ed was number of runs in the first two in- nings of & game. From there on limited the Browns to three scattered bingles. It was quite the reverse yesterday as the Griffs went down to defeat for the second successive day before the Red Sox. For six innings Linke was great. Only two hits—one a homer by Babe Dahlgren—had been gained off his offerings and the Nationals held a 5-to-1 lead going into the seventh. Then came the blow-up, which is becoming a characteristic with all the ‘Washington hurlers. Three straight hits, two of them homers by Bing Miller and Bill Werber, made it 5 to 4 and finished Linke. Jack Russell was rushed into the fray. And two more runs were rushed over by the Bosox before the side was retired. There was the old ball game. So the Griffs today find themselves four and one-half games back of the Red Sox as they go into their series finale. DA‘I by day, in every fielding way, Cecil Travis looks better and bet- ter . . . the kid third baseman stole the show yesterday by accepting nine difficult chances . . . the major league record is 13 . . . Joe Cascarella, the former Athletic baritone and pitcher, now is with the Red Sox . .. Joe was uncrated today . . . he came from Syracuse, where he had been sent by Connfe Mack . . . his price was the services of Henry Johnson. Linke’s broad beam came in handy | in the scoring of two of the Griffs’| runs . . . Ed was running to third on | a double by Ossie Bluege when Al- mada’s throw to catch him bounced off his back . . . enabling Linke to score and Bluege to reach third . . . Bump Hadley was to start today . . . and Earl Whitehill and either Henry Coppola or Bob Burke will do the “I repeat, if we only had the pitch- |ing lately to back up our hitters, we | would be at least a dozen games in |front. I know that you are going to gasp and say that eight and a half games are plenty, that it's a runaway | and all that sort of thing, but it will be all right with me if we can run up a lead of 28'2 games. “Suppose we go into a slump? Sup- pose we skid the way we did last Sep- tember, losinz a seven-game lead? A lot of things can happen before we |are finished. We are winning all we | can now, every da As Stengel Sees It. CASEY STENGEL, sitting with Terry, wore a Wry grin on his face while the pilot of the Giants had the floor at a gathering of base | ball clans. Casey had the last laugh on Bill at the close of the 1934 sea- son. Things haven't gone so well for | Stengel and his Dodgers, however, since he convinced everybody that | Brooklyn was “still in the National | League.” “The question before the house,” suggested Stengel, “is whether the ;:ever. clubs trailing the Giants are | going to stay in the league. When | the Giants’ pitchers falter, the hitters come through and sew up the game. Sometimes Terry's staff doesn't need much help. How are you going to stop an outfit like that?” Although it arouses no sympathy among the other National League clubs, it is a fact that the Giants have not had as consistently good pitching for the last few weeks as they did earlier in the season. Hal Schu- macher, right-handed sinker-ball ace, is the only member of the “big five” consistently to go the route. Hal has registered nine consécutive victories and gone the distance in his last eight games. Relief Pitchers Big Help. TERRY has had to juggle his staff in half of the last 18 games. Carl | Hubbell, Fred Fitzsimmons and Clydell Castleman all have been bumped. Roy Parmelee went the full distance yes- terday against the Phillies, for the first time since June 13. Good relief | hurling, plus the emergency power in the batting order, has kept the team going at a victorious pace. With seven regulars hitting .300 or better and the club leading the league in stickwork the Giants no longer can be regarded as a defensive outfit rely- | ing on its pitching staff and the “breaks.” ‘The additional power furnished by Dick Bartell, Big Hank Leiber, the “blond bomber,” and Mark Koenig, the jack-of-all-infield-trades, has made New York the most formidable outfit in either major league. Not in at least 20 years has any National League club had a lead the size of the Giants’ margin at the ap- proach of the halfway mark. New York led by five games at this stage in 1933, by two games last year. 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