The Washington times., 1930-09-12
NO DE- NAL
BY CLUB
HEADS
BY DAVIS ]. WALSH

Mccarthy, who managed the Chi
cago Cubs to one championship
last year and has them teetering
back and forth in front Of an
other this time, may not have a
chance to make his play for. a
third in 1881. ,
Failure OF the Chicago owner
ship to come forward and def
nitely sanction McCarthy's Stafus
in the face Of repeated innuendoS
from sources outside the club
leaves possible incompatibility as
. natural surmise.
+ II the ownership was com.
mitted to Mccarthy for 1881,
IL would sign him Immediately
! In self-defense and to quiet
the TRADE, IL is argued;
whereas, il has assumed no
! attitude, beyond the negative
one of refusing TO discuss the
situation at any enlightening
length. .....
If Mccarthy doesn't return.
Rogers Hornsby may become heir
to another managerial tidbiC al
tf.o1gf1 those with the Cub cara
van are markedly evasive on that,
point. There has been no ur1.
dermining, no "chiseling," they
say. Mccarthy and HornSby are
all1icable, it is added. and as for
Root and Blake, who are sup
posed >to have hired a taxicab
in order to do their fighting in
peace, they are referred to as
being very good personal friends.
They had just blown II out
Of the last Is, they had scored
only one run in 20 innings and
their pitchehs, barrin & Bush,
couldn't get the side out. But
they went down trying and that
kind is liable to bounce indefi-
nitely before 1t is absolutely pros
trate.
As q matter Of fact, the
Cubs are just an ordinary
ball club, constructed with an
eye to the peculiar needs of
the North Side grounds at
Chicago and they have gone
far with what they have.
However, camp opinion is to
the effect that success or failure
this year will have no great
bearing on the Mccarthy situa-
ton; that the trouble. if there is
trouble, is organic, so to speak.
The intimation is that the Cun
ownership thinks it has q better
club than it has shown itself to
be whereas general opinion seems
ito indicate that, If the Cubs
never go any further, they have
done all the sightseeing to which
their ability entities them, And
they have done all of it. under
McCarthy-from last to fourth
place in 1926, fourth again In
1927 and 1928, first last year
and at the pace in 1890. going
into the final two weeks of sea-
son. rs
,Climaxing their great Septem-
Der Spurt- with the third straight
win over the Chicago Cubs the
Brooklyn Robins today brought
the fierceSt pennant fight in the
history of the National League
into q virtual deadlock. Chicago
still leads with half game and
the st. Louis Cardinals are sweep
ing in second place by virture of
O. single point over the drama
making Robins.
eileen Wright belted5 homer.
with one on in the first inning
that doomed the Bruins at the
outset, but it was only of the most
brilliant hurling performances of
the season by DaZzy Vance that
finally snagged it for Brooklyn 2
to /.
The Cubs lone score was q
whacking homer by Hack VIII
son, his fOrty-eighth of the
year. Vance allowed only five
hits ands set q season record
in striking out Is men. ,
In achieving his record the DAG
zler horse -collared the great Will
son, Hartnett, Blair and Bush
twice, Cuyler and Bell once each,
and Taylor three times. It was
the Robins seventh straight tri-
uInph.
Chick Hafey's home run in the
first round gave the Cardinals a
tlree-run lead, and Hafey scored
the winning run in the eighth on a
high bounder by Andy High to
down the Giants, to 4. Me
Graw's team left IA runners on
base, outhit st. Louis 10 to 8, and
furice failed with 4 r1incln when