Evening star., 1938-09-30
LEADERS EXPECT
CARD SET SWEEP
Not Worried by Hartnett's s
Injury-Faint Hope Held
by Pittsburgh.
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY,
AksocdatAd PxeSa Anoxts Writar

Associated Press Sports Writer,
CHICAGO, Sept. 3o.-Charles Leo
Hartnett, making baseball history with
the Chicago Cubs, today had his ram
paging players fred with the spirit Of
stretching their winning streak to Is
games in . row by taking the remain
Ing three games Of the season from
the st. Louis Cardinals. starting down
yonder this afternoon.
The Cubs are convinced that the
National League championship is
theirs.
Beating Pittsburgh 10 to 1 yesterday
to achieve their tenth straight victory
and their twentieth In the last %
games put the Cubs a game and one
half ahead Of the Pirates, who came to
Chicago In FIRST place just four days
ago.
Manager Hartnett, his Irish face
tomato red with excitement, was as
happy a. . school kid, as he entered
the Cubs clubhouse after yesterday,
victory. the third straight over the
Pirates.
Nice going everybody" he beloved
Well tear into the Cardinals with
the same spirit and NOW them down
too."
Injury Apt TO Check Gabby.
Hartnett was grinning from ear tc
ear, even though the towel he hac
wrapped around the torn third finger
on his right hand WAS streaked with
blood.
Because Of Gabby's injury suffered
on foul TIP in the ninth inning, the
players, at first, were a bit downcast,
but Hartnett laughed 1t OH. The in
jury may keep Gabby out Of two games
1t was the third time this year that
Hartnett had been sidelined by in
juries. Early this season a ball hit the
left wrist. and on August Is he frac-
tured his right thumb to be laid up for
= month.
Bill Lee. who turned in an iron
man" performance by pitching for the
fourth consecutive day, made no ef-
fort to hide the fact he was . weary
pitcher. Because of tight and tired
arm, he said. he couldn't pitch his
natural way and had to force himself,
which cost him control. Lee chalked
up his twenty-second victory against
nine defeats in 40 games.
Bucs Wrapped In Gloom.
Gloom thick As pea soup engulfed
the Pirates dressing room after Hart
Nets steam roller had finished its Job
Three Of the four Pirate pitchers, Russ
Baures. Cy Blanton and Ed Brandt,
didn't even wait for the finish of the
game. They dressed and departed in
the seventh inning. each shaking his
head in = manner that plainly bespoke
their doubts that the once proud Pi-
rates would get back to first place.
Mace Brown, the erstwhile demon
rescuer Of the Pirates hurting corps
was sad.
Il haven't a lot q money, but ]
would have bet every cent of it in
advance Of this series that the Cubs
wouldn't have taken three games in
. row from U.s." he moaned.
Manager Pie Traynor of the Pirates
ordered visitors out of the dressing
quarters while he addressed his players
in private. After that he invited the
visitors back.
Still in Race, Pie Insists.
Some folks may think" he began,
that We are now definitely out of
the picture, but they are all wet.
I never dreamed that the Cubs
would score . clean sweep over us, but
we are still in this fight, and If we can
take four straight over the Reds, we
will be sitting pretty again.
Those Cardinals are sure to take
one Of their three games with the Cubs.
If we win all four and the Cubs lose
one, we will finish In front by one
percentage point"