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BASEBAIL'S big showdown gets
under way Monday when four series
open between the Tigers and Yanks
mt New York and the Giants and
Cardinals at st. Louis. These eight
games no doubt will be the turning
points An the two major league races.
and viii be watched with avid inter-
est by baseball fans throughout the
country.
The Cardinals, now 81 games be-
hind the league-leading Giants, are
out TO make the same Garrison fin
ish with which they 0verhauled the
Terrymen last year and went on 90
n world championship.
Frisch's Red Girds wen four this
week while losing one and the Giants
sunk nearer the rising Cards ms they
lost four while winning two. The
Cards with Dizzy hurting. beat the
Braves Monday 1876 and on Tues
day and wednesday took the Braves
by 2-l scores with Haines and Halla-
han hurting. Paul Dean added an
other victory over the Braves Thurs
day &C. the tune ny 1873. The Red
Birds dropped their only game on the
week Friday when they bowed 70
BROOKLYN 1873 with p. Collins hurl-
Ing. The Cards were idle Saturday
and viii take on the Dodgers IN "a
twin-bill Sunday. Their hurting
staff should De- IN fair shape FOR the
crucial four-day series with the
Giants.
The Giants seem 10 have lost
their winning combination. They
bowed 10 the lowly Cincl Reds twice
this week and then were polished
OFF IN N pair by the Cubs. The COM
btned efforts OF Schumacher. Hub
bell and Weintraub could not stem
me tide Monday and the Terrymen
went down 1876 Co the Reds. PARMA
lee and Stout adorned the hiIlock
Tuesday, but the Reds won again.
this time rs. HubbelI finally came
through Wednesday and the Giants
took the Cincis 9-3. The Giants won
another from them Thursday On
with Smith. Gabler and Stout on
the mound. Friday the Cubs waIIrn-
ed the Terrymen 90 m spite OF the
mound efforts OF Schumacher ana
Gabler. Parmalee took A 40 druh-
Ping rom the Chicagomen Satur-
day- Sunday the Giants take on Chi
cago again. and so ~ can be seen
mat the Giant twirIing corps Il IN
reiatfvelv poor shape for the "cru-
cial series" with the Cardinals.
ALTHOUGH the learJie-IeadVrv
Yankees are eight percentage nnInta
above the Tigers. they Are IN A VIZ
tual tie due 70 fact the Detroiterx
nave played six more games than
McCarthy's cohorts.
The Tigers gained steadily ON TIM
fanks this week hy winning thrre
while losing one: the Yanks won nra
and lost two.
Neither team was scheduled Nom
DAY. Tuesday the Tigers bowed 10
The Athletics ga with Crowder ara
HogSett toiling on the hIll0ck. They
were rAined out Wednesday and
Thursday Schoolboy Rowe pitched
the Felines 70 an 80 victory over
Boston. Friday Bridges. Hopsett.
Auker n Rowe combined forces To-
beat Boston ct. and SATURDAY.
Crowder and Auker turned the trick
again 6-5. Sunday the Tigers take
on Boston once more before driving
INT the crucial Yankee series. The
Tiger hurting staff should be In fair
shape for the Yankees.
The Yankees. like the Giants. are
slipping. Idle Monday. they took the
White Sox 20 Tuesday with Allen
on the hillock. Rained out We'd
neSday, the lOwly Browns beat them
II IN spite on mound work by Ruff
ting. Malone and Deshong. The
Browns o again Friday rs with
Gomez. Brown. Deshong and Muir
ply toiling in vain. Ths Yanks
were rained out Saturday and will
finish their series against the
Browns Sunday at New York. The
rank mound corps is being prlmed
for the Tiger series for this viii
probably be the be all and end
all OF the American league race.
THE GIANTS and Yankees are Inn
the lead. but they are Off-stride and
II wiz be double tough getting back
n their winning ways OF prior 10 the
July 4th turning point" Those
Cardinals and Tigers are surging up
with "a powerful rush which viii be
hard 20 turn aside.
And all the fans-at least n biR
part OF them5are roofing for the
underdogs. Nothing like an inspired
finish 20 draw out the plaudits.
Nik-NmK
Bill Lehman. the old maestro or
the w. u. simplexes, says that
Superintendent Poteet OF Mercedes
Is the best high school coach he
ever knew. Bill played football
basketball and baseball at Mission
high when Poteet was coach there
Coach Maurice Pipkin viii have
plenty OF help here this year II he
needs IL. .thereu be Bob Jackson,
Ben Brite. Patterson. Robert Celaya
and last but not least, Reynald0
Cara. all have had plenty Of ex-
perience. Brownsville high Il get
ting back 20 junior high football at
last, and that Is the foundation for
football success I'm any mans high
school. suits have been ordered for
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