The Washington times., 1937-09-08


another doubeheade thereby frightened their hold
on first place in the National League
As an "old" fisherman tell you why the Giants
going to repeat their victory of 1896 in the National
League We disciples of Izaak Walton always say that
game fish swms upstream The is true Of ball clubs
The Giants the only in the National League
and they are therefore, going to the Actually
there is way for them ose The Cubs quit weeks
the Cardinals quit the middle of the summer the
Pirates never started to try Thus the Giants who just
another ball team, they themselves know so WELL are
going to wind up in another World Series.
Except that they beat themselves and easily the
best managed outfit in the Ford Prick Loop Polo Ground
aren't overly hot and nobody knows better than they
For weeks the players have been going about conessng
nmates that if they win it's SOME league And it looks
to be thing that they going to win So write your
own ticket on the Yankees in the world series.
Danning Does 1t:
isn't quite all luck The Giants picked up bit of
pected pepper the of the campaign and after
carefully surveying the situation, feel that
position to name the guilty party.
It's not Dick Barte sometimes known Rowdy Richard"
although Bartes value to Colonel Terrys team difficult to
overesmate Rowdy Richard played nfreuuen intervals
during the past six weeks whereas had regular
in the every day prior to that So wasn't Barte
NOE has 1t been Burgess rquart Whitehead in spite OF his
stone sack It is to be expected in view Of that "Phi Beta
key that Burgess will give everything the old college try and
he does but he has been playing that second base for quite
spell without his having been accused Of setting the league
afre, and this is no time to start libel
The truth that the Giants going win the National
League pennant for three to wit and follows N
they've got the most capable manager in the circuit ) they
suffer from big town complex and 90 Harry banning
The Name Gives En-, the Jitters.
It's hard to explain what happens ball clubs that come to
New York to play Particularly clubs managed fellows like
frankie Frisch who born and brought up in and is
part Of town. You'd think Onkel Frank would be the
last the world suffer from buckague playing
in the Polo Grounds. But he does suffer from it.
One visit to the Cardinal dressing during series
the Polo Grounds would you Or to the dressing
Of the Cubs for that matter. The name New
York" has em half licked before they start.
The Cubs have earthly right to lose this pennan but
told you days ago that if the Giants pulled
terms with em that they'd fold Look the records and
you'll find that idle prophecy
They going to make difficult for the Giants to lose
from OUT because the Giants are so terrific but
because they the Cubs and Cards, think
Which, along with other angle, explains how
mediocre ball club is winning the National League champion
ship for the second The other angle the
angular Harry banning who has been doing the catching for
the Trryers since the Sgnor Augustus ancuso suffered
injury weeks back The Sgnor Mancuso completely
recovered but can't figure out how get that banning from
back Of the plate
Harry the Horse Riding High:
banning strange character in the history of the modern
Giants, as we have come to know them.
He "barbers which talks baseball parlance fire.
quenty stays at late 10 (unheardof behavior for
the Giants OF today) and keeps punching at all times
That his punching is better than bad attesed by his
batting which grows apace he is corking right
hand hitter And that his barberng doesn't proved
by the of the Giants since he became the regular catcher
Yes sir If the Giants get home front again. it certainly
looks though they WILL sincerely believe that they will
have ridden in the broad back of Harry the Horse"
banning
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