The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-13
To-day's Sport.
 Parade
yAsANNaaNAANaANeAaeaNAAsNNaANa,
BY HENRY McLEMORE

LAAL1N 4NAS14ASXNAOAhD
 United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York. August 13 - (UP) Dan Howley, every bit as dap per. as he was in May when his Cincinnati Reds were burning up the league, stood just inside the press gate at the Polo Grounds yesterday and talked about the Ma tional League, and the probable pennant winner.
 Why not ask me when the moons going to get over the I said it was going to be back in the spring = the goofiest thing the National League had ever seen as we'll as the easiest thing for a good club to win. Trouble is, there aren't any good clubs. Right now, it's a toss-up between five clubs and I'm not crazy enough to say which one will win. But boy, wouldn't it have been a set-up fo "a strong team, the Cards of last year, say. They'd have walked in."
 Dan was asked what happened to his Reds.
 What happened to 'em? Don't you know? Hafey, gentlemen, Hafey. When Chick went out of there with the flu, our chances crawled right under his bed and went to sleep. While he was out we must have lost 15 or 16 games by one run games that his bat would have taken care of.
 Had Hafey been in there all the time we'd be right in the mid dle of it now. He's the best ball player in the business, National or American. And if you don't agree with me, please name me man who can throw him, outfield him, outbat him or out-anything him?
 "Yep, he's a marvel, and the fact that if he took off his glasses he couldn't tell President Hoover from Daniel Boone at ten paces, only makes him all the more re- markable.
 "All I'm hoping now is that Chick'll be ready next year. That flu like to have laid him low. He pounds underweight. Yet, the first time he got back in the lineup he smacked one over the fence for a home run. There's no getting around it, gentlemen, he's ball. player. Look what happened to St Louis when they let him go.
 But don't take this talk about Haffey's sickness as an alibi. I've got no use for people who weep about bad breaks. The fans don't give a good, you know what, for excuses. All they wants win- ner, and if you can't come up with one, you might as we'll keep your mouth shut. Besides. I've been in baseball 27 years and I've had my share of good breaks. A lot more good ones, in fact. than bad"
 Did he think he got gyped in the trade with Brooklyn?
 Do you think did? Have you seen Lombardi this year? wouldn't swap him for any catcher in baseball. Just ,23, swell hit ter and the best throwing arm I ever saw. Another year of exper- fence and he'll be holy terror. And Herman's not a bad ball player either. This talk tabout Babe being a tough one to handle is all haywire. He's played his head off for me this year. and that's about all you can ask of any player. I'll admit Gilbert hasn't been so hot this year, but he's been in slump. He'll get out of it."
 Howley asked if Terry had been signed for another year. and was told nobody knew just what the Giants had done but that Bill had signed a new lease on his house here in New York.
 Well, that probably means he's in. You don't go around signing leases unless you know where you stand. I hope they give him another shot"