Evening star., 1932-07-31
THWARTS CONNIE
BY GETTING JUMP
Figured Season Ahead, Using
Gomez as Chief Weapon
to Turn Tables.
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

"a YEW YORK, July 30.-"If the
N New York Yankees win the
v American League pennant
in 1882, it will be because
Joe Mccarthy got the jump on
Connie Mack" an old-timer in
major league base ball remarked
to the writer today.
"HoW'S that?" I asked.
zone day last Autumn this Nc
Carthy was musing after dinner, and
suddenly he said We'll, they won't 90
it next year When I asked him what
he meant he replied, I was just thinkn'
that if the Athletics hadn't got the
Jump on us earlier in the year we might
be licking them for first place. I'm bet
ter acquainted with the Athletics than
was, and next year they won't get any
jump on me.
ONE evening when the Gulf Of Mex
" leo was pouring its waters on the
sands at st. Petersburg. Fla,
where the Yankees trained this Spring,
Mccarthy. conversing with this OBJ
server, happened to see Lefty Gomez
coming along between an aisle OF easy
chairs
Hell be a better pitcher" said the
New York manager, as ne looked al
Gomez. Hes stronger. better set up
mentally because he isn't worrying. Its
his disposition to worry. There wasn't
a lot of him when he got into major
league base ball, and he had just enough
Spanish in him to fret himself to death
when he thought he had failed to do
what he thought was in him. The KID
knows he has winning qualities, and
when they don't get him anywhere he
is sentimental enough to think all OF
the world thinks as badly OF 1t as he
does. 1t makes him moroSe. He is bet
ter case hardened this Spring. He is
the take-od for my jump"
LtVITELL. what's the outlook"
w "Those Athletics don't like
Ieft-hancers very well. They
got a mighty good one themselves, but
II Grove were pitching against his own
team he'd lick them s out of 10.
Before I got to be member in good
standing in the American League l had
heard about the AS way of getting
peevish when a good left-hander pitched
against them. I didn't have a good
enough one when was with the CLos.
I've got one now I'm going to Con leZ
II get you"
"Yes, but he isn't all of it. I've got
some more jump. We play Washing
ton, Philadelphia and Boston before
the Fourth of July until we've shared
nearly all the home cake between us.
That schedule is no good. The team that
gets lead in the race by the Fourth of
sJuly-of course, I'm figuring now on an
Eastern team-can come mighty near
winning the pennant. If it's Western
team, that will be something else But
I don't see much to fear in the West
unless st. Louis or Cleveland comes
through and upSetS all the dope"
u Its plain enough. If any
Eastern team gets big lead by
the Fourth of July. it can live off the
Western teams until the race IS over"
That's the jump. is it?''
yep. The Athletics did it last year.
They jumped me before I knew it. Ill
jump them this year"
The Yankees have won half of the
seasons New Philadelphia games
H. and the Athletics have won 7. Last
season each team won IL games from
the other, but the Athletics took the
lead at the start. and New York was
always on the defensive.
This year it is the other way around
and the odd thing is that the Yankees
are going at almost exactly the same
pace that the Athletics travelled In
1881, while the Athletics are in the
Yankee lane of 1881.
That's what Mccarthy meant by
getting the jump.