The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-09
BOTH GOTHAM
Mines Lead IN
Home STRETCH
N. Y. Emissions "Nickle
World Series" as Cubs,
Cards Collapse
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
nited Press Staff Correspondent

NEW UNI, OSpL. ~ =
The "nickle world series"-so-
called because it takes only five
cents to ride an elevated or sub
way train to the Polo Grounds
and Yankee Stadium-yesterday
seemed to be nearing reality as
the two New York clubs hit the
home stretch leading in the pen
nant races.
The Yankees, IS games in front,
went into the West last night
needing only one victory to clinch
, the American league pennant.
They hope to achieve that victory
today against the Cleveland In
| dams.
With 162 home runs to their
credit, the Yankees are cunning
for a major league clouting rec
ord. The home run record is lI3
set by the Philadelphia Athletics
in 1882. The Yanks also have a
/ chanceto set a record for the high
est margin of victory any Amer,
can league club has ever achieved
over the second place club. The
| Yankees of 1927 - the original
"murderers row" - finished 10
games ahead of the Athletics,
which record is likely to be wiped
out by Joe McCarthy's maulers of
1885.
The Giants, suffering a relapse
after their stunning swing through
| the West, are not functioning with
| their August zip but the collapse
of the Chicago Cubs and st. Louis
! Cardinals has just about assured
an All-New York series.
The nightmare which seized the
! Giants two years ago yesterday
should help Bill Terry get his
charges home in front. 1t was just
two years ago yesterday that the
Giants were rolling along with a
7 l-2 game lead over the st. Louis
! Cardinals, and making prepare
tions to meet the Detroit Tigers
in the world series. History re-
calls that the Giants staged one of
! the most artistic nose dives in
baseball annals, and the Cardinals
charged on to win the pennant
and the world championship. Last
year the Cubs came with rush
to run off 21 straight victories and
win the pennant.
But neither the Cards, tlve
games behind the Giants, nor the
Cubs, six games back of the lead
ers, have shown the faintest re-
semblance to a team bent on stag
ing a whirlwind finish this year
The Cards have one-man pitch
ling staff of weary Dizzy Dean,
who has dropped his last two
starts. The Cubs erstwhile stel'
lar pitching has gone sour and the
Chicago attack has slowed dowr
to a shuttle. The Cubs may ever
have trouble protecting third place
from the Pittsburgh Pirates, onl!
four games back of the last year.
champions.
The Giants open their last home
game against the western club
| today, playing a pair with thu
| Cincinnati Reds, who recent!
have taken twin falls out of thu
Cubs and Cards. The Giants have
81 games left, meeting the Cub
and Cards in five straight Frida!
through Monday. which are likel!
to remove the last vestige of hope
the two western clubs have of win
ming the pennant.
The games remaining for eacl
of the contenderS follow:
Giants (2D-Cincinnati 3, Chi
cago 2, st. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 2
Boston 8, Brooklyn 5, Philadel
phia 8.
Cardinals (2D-Philadelphia
Boston 2, New York 3, Brooklyl
A, Chicago 6, Cincinnati 4.
Cubs (19)-Philadelphia 8, ST
Louis 6, Brooklyn 3, New York 2
Boston 2, Pittsburgh 3.
The schedule highly favors tn
Giants. who have 13 of their re
naming q games at home Will
the Cubs and Cards have a ma
jority of their games on the roac
In addition, the Cubs and Card
have six games left with eac
other, and they figure to cut eac
others threats.
If the Cards win Is out of thei
remaining 81 games and the Cub
take Is out of their 10, the Giant
will need to win II out of 21 t
take the flag. The. Giants. task G
winning the pennant is even easie
than it seems on paper. : b.
New York fans already are con
pairing the Giants and Yankee
for the world series. The thre
straight the Giants dropped to tn
Bees Saturday and Sunday hay