The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-08
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BY HENRY McLEMoRE
United Press Stan Correspondent

New York. oct. Q - CUP -
Don't you dare tell @ soul, but
that talk about Bill Terry return
Ing 10 first bGso for the Giants
next year n 10 absurd that only q
Terry could have started II In cir.
culation. The truth Is, the
Giants are In such desperate need
OF O first baSeman that other clubs
are taking advantage OF the situa.
ton and raising the price on their
flFst-sackers. And Terry figures
that II no spreads the rlnor that
he Ii going 10 do the Job for the
Giants the other clubs will lower
their demands
The wise boys gathered here for
the world series slaughter insist
that Billy Herman, Cubs second.
saekeF, Will be playoF.manager OF
the Cardinals next year. {.
Speaking Of Herman, have you ever
seen q player 90 down hill as
quickly as Wiiliain7 Three years ago
he was one OF basebail's greats I.
Today-woll, he's Just another man
In flannel pants
Take Your Cut!
The Cubs don't care much for the
song that Art Fletcher, Yankee
coach, chants through each world
series game i, II goes something
like this: Come Oh UP and take
your cut. that's more than Grimm
got" This 10 70 remind the
Cubs that they set O new high In
stingineSs when they failed 70 vote
Charley Grimm q share OF the ser.
les money Fletcher'G song
doesn't have much rhythm, but L
has q lot OF truth.
Chet Smith. sports editor OF the
Pittsburgh Press, brought tears 10
the eyes OF the baseball writers
when he presented them with but.
tons emitting them 10 free drinks
and food at the series games be.
tween the Yanks and the Pirates.
The Pittsburgh club had the
buttons oil made up and then came
the collapse The last.ninute
failure OF the Pirates didn't cost Pie
Traynor his Job. He was signed
for next year the same day that the
Cubs won their third straight game
from the Pirates and took the Ma
tional League lead. II you
don't think Paul Waner Is q great
hitter. please let me tell you that
he hit .2o6 this year despite the
fact that not once during the sea-
son did he make O safe hit off 0
curve bail.
Phil wrigley Is q great collector
Of baseballs autographed by the
winners Of National League PEN
nants. When the Pirates NOV.
ed into Chicago for that crucial
series Wrigley sent down a dozen
balls for the Pirates 10 autograph
He figured they were In i.
Know what happened to those sign
ed balls? They were used by
the Cubs In batting practice before
the first series game last Wednes-
day
What American League player slid
into third base during the past sea-
son and suffered q bad cut when
the slide broke pint Of whiskey
in his hip pocket? ] give you
two gueSSeS
Nice Going Judge
Football note: Stanford Is hot
after Jock Sutherland Of Pitt. and
has been for three years :.
Judge Lands. one Of the most Iowa
BILE characters since Scrooge, Shy
lock, and Iago, further endeared
himself to one and all by refusing
to allow Rogers Hornsby to sit IN
the press box at the series !.
Judge, take.a bowl.
To show you how tough the
Yankees are, they only employ
Johnny Murphy as q relief pitcher
-. Try and name me any Ma
tional League club with the posi-
BILE exception Of Cincinnati or Bos-
ton, where Murphy wouldn't be
1-2-3 on the pitching staff
Four members Of the Cub Pitch
ing staff visited the Empire State
buildsng tower yesterday
Maybe they were accustoming
themselves 10 high attitudes IN case
they blow up against the Yankees