The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-20
GIANT COMEBACK
 WAS MIRACLE SAYS N. Y. BOSS
Road Games Will Be Real Task for StOneham Club;
 Cubs Are Nemesis
By GEORGE KIRKsEY


 United Press Stan COPreSpOndent)
 New York, Aug, 20-(uP)-Long after . ball game, Bill Terry fingers around the Polo Grounds. somo. times he's tho last man out of the park. Ho sits around and talks to his ball players, and when they've oil gone he opens the door between his private ofilce and the adjoining press room and chinB with reporters. Sometimes Terry has Q Scotch and soda with the boys. Other times he just drinks beer.
 After the New York 0iants' ninth straight victory yesterday, Terry pulled of his sweat-stained uniform and set there talking about his bail club = not the accordion. .pleated Giants who often have folded Up In tough going, but . gang of huBtling, hard.fi fighting ball players who have battied their way back Into the No. tional league race the hard way.
 "They're like c crapBhooter who's hot" said Terry. "I'Ve never seen c ball club change overnight like this one did. 1t wasn't 50 long ago that I was scared Boston was going to catch uS."
 ."What transformed the Giants from blundering, losing club Into . ripsToaring pennant contender in the twinkling of an eye7" Terry was asked.
 "ThO change came on July IS in Pittsburgh" Baid Terry. We blew c four run lead in the first gaTne of Q doubleheader to lose, 6.4. It was our ninth defeat in ton games. We were desperate. Every move l made seemed to turn out wrong. Our pitchers were terrible. Our hlt- terg were in Q slump. Nothing broke right for IS. Then oil of 6 sudden everything changed. We went out in the second game and ifiagsacr0d the Pirates, i4 to {. And from that game on we've been clicking. I don't know what 1t was any more than you do. It was c miracle"
 Terry neglected to mention that he fguratiVely pulled himself of Q hospital cot, disobeyed doctors orders not to play because Of q torn Semi.lunar caFtilego in his left knee and . broken little finger on his right hand, and led the Giants to victory in the battle which turned the seasons tide. Tine Giants Trlans ager ripped out . single, double and triple, drove in three runs and touched off tho spark which Is still ignited. After that strain on his pain-wTacked body, Terry wasn't able to play again for 20 days. But from that game until today the Giants have won 90 outof 34 games, and climbed from fifth to second place in one of the most remarkable comebacks in baseball annals. Tn that span the Giants have gained l8 games on the Chicago Cubs, who were the pacen1ak0rB of July IS. Can the Giants keep 1t up? Terry says he doesn't know.
 I'm not bothered about what happens tomorrow" ho said.
 Torry 1OoB tHht tne Ihte or tnc Giants will hinge on the next IS games on the road, four ct Boston, three ct Cincinnati, two at Pitts burgh, four ct Chicago and two Gt St. Louis. The Giants haven't done 50 well on the road, winning only g of 62.
 T expect it will Do . very close race between tho three of Us, the Giants, Cards and Cubg," said Terry. "The Cards fight back more against us than the Cubs but, funny thing, we beat St. Louis easier than Chi. cago. We have four games i1 three days with Chicago August 30-3i and September 1. Those four games may decide the ponnant."