The daily independent., 1937-08-05
Jays Top Manteo 4 To /
DiMaggio and Gehrig Rated As
Outstanding Players By Dykes
White Soc Leader Declares
They Are Among Best
In Games History
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Aug. 4.-tU.P)-With
Lou Gehrig to the right OF him,
Joe DiMaggio TO the left of nim
and all the other little Yankees in
front Of him, Jimmy Dykes, pilot
of the Chicago White SoX, raised
a dissenting voice today to chal-
lengc the claim Of Joe McCarthyS
home-run ball club to greatness.
Pooh! POoh!" doomed Dykes on
the White SoX bench before the
third game Of the New York-Chi-
cago series, This Yankee team
doesn't compare with other great
American league clubs. 1t isn't in
class with the YankS of 1922
1924. the Yanks of 1929, the
Athletics of l929-30. It's just a
good ball club, made to look great
by two of the outstanding play
erS in baseball history-DiMaggio
and Gehrig.
Can anybody beat them? Say,
this race is far from over. The
YankS have only a seven game
lead. Anything can happen with
60 games left to play. The Yanks
looked good betting us around
twice with their home run at
tack, but we aren't through yet.
Good pitching can stop the Yanks.
If we get any help from the rest
of the league we'll get back up
there close yet. Even though we
lost two yesterday, we're all even.
with the YankS, eight apiece"
Dykes went over the Yankee
lineup, player by player.
Look at EN-" he said. "Rolfe is
good player. probably the best
third baSeman in the league but
that isn't saying so much. He's
no Joe Dugan by long shot. Gro
sesti at short is pretty good but
no better than Everett Scott was.
Lazzeri was a great player but
he's been in there long time and
can't cover the ground he used to.
Gehrig-well, he's a marvel.
"DiMaggio is the whole Yanks'
ouSfield. Powell is dime doz-
en- player. Selkirk is only an aver
age player, and Hoag couldn't
play on several clubs in the league
Dickey is good catcher and a
tough hitter. The Yanks' pitching
staff consists of Ruffing and Co.
mez-that's all. The other fellows
are in and cutters. Their pitchers
can't compare to the White SoX
staff. Why could pitch and win
for the Yanks if they got me 10
or II runs game"
We'll, how do they keep win
ning?"
"Gehrig and DiMaggio, that's
the reason. Take them off the club
and the Yanks are just another
outfit. If we had Gehrig and Di-
Maggie on the White SoX, we'd
be farther out in front than the
Yanks are. Any club in the first
division could win the pennant
with those two. DiMaggio is the
gr2a est ball player to come up
since I've been in the league.
DO the pitchers worry about
having to face Gehrig and DiMag-
gio?"
I'll say they do. The greatest
news any pitcher could get would
be to come to the Yankee stadium
and hear, 'DiMaggio and Gehrig
are incapacitated and won't be
able to play today That would be
demoralizing to the Yanks and
invigorating to the opposition"
You still think the White SoX
have chance?"
absolutely. We have chance
and aren't going to quit batting
EN- until they cinch it. If those
other clubs can give up any help
we'll make it interesting. And if
anything should happen to either
DiMaggio or Gehrig, the YankS
will have plenty of trouble before
they gec home with the flag"