Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-09
GIANTS NEED
First SaCker- But
TERRY WON'T DO
By HENRY NfsNENIORE


that talk about Bill Terry return
ing to first base for the Giants
next wear is so absurd that only
a Terry could have started it in
circulation The truth is, the
Giants are in such desperate need
of a first baseman that other clubs
are taking advantage of the situ-
alton and raising the price on their
first-sackers and Terry figures
that if he spreads the rmnor that
he is going to do the jot for the
Giants the other clubs will lower
their demands
The wise boys gathered here Tor
the World Series slaughter insist
that Billy Herman. Cubs second
sacker. will be player manager OF
the Cardinals next year . speak
ing of Herman have you ever seen
a player go down hill as quickly
as William? Three years ago he was
one of baseball's greats today
well. he's just another man in
! flannel pants e..
The Cubs don't care much for
the song that Art Fletcher, Yankee
coach. chants through each World
Series game D.. it goes something
like this: Come on up and take
your cut, that's more than Grimm
got" This is to remind the
Cubs that they set new high IN
stinginess when they failed to vote
Charley Grimm a share of the
series money Fletchers song
doesn't have much rhythm, but 1t
has a lot of truth =.
Chet Smith, sports editor OF the
Pittsburgh Press, brought tears to
the eyes of the baseball writer's
when he presented them with but
tons emitting them to free drinks
and food at the series games be-
tween the Yanks and the Pirates
the Pittsburgh club had the
buttons all made up and then came
the collapse the laSt-minuGe
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 Naional league club
:. If you don't think Paul Waner
is a great hitter, please let me tell
you that he hit .295 this year de-
spite the fact that not once during
the season did he make safe hit
off curve ball @. 8.
Phil Wrigley is a great collector
of baSeballs autographed by the
winners of the National league pen
nantS =. When the Pirates moved
into. Chicago for that crucial series
! Wrigley sent down a dozen balls
for the Pirates to autograph
he figured they were in . Know
what happened to those signed
balls? They were used by the
Cubs in batting practice before the
first series game last Wednesday >.
What American league player slid
into third base during the past
season and suffered bad cut when
the slide broke a pint of whiskey
in his hip pocket? give vol
two guesses
Football note: Stanford is no
after Jock Sutherland of Pitt, anc
has been for three years q. Judge
Landis, one of the most loyabl'
characters since Scrogge, Shylock
and Iago, further enhanced himsel
to one and all by refusing to allow
Rogers Hornsby to sit in the pres
box at the series Judge, take
bow! =.
To show you how tough the
Yankees are, they only employ
Johnny Murphy as relief pitcher
Try and name me any Ma
tional league club with the possible
exception of Cincinnati or Boston
where Murphy wouldn't be 1-2-3
on the pitching staff
Four members of the Cub pitch
ing staff visited the Empire State
building tower yesterday 8. Maybe
they were accustoming themselves
to high attitudes in case they blow
up against the Yankees
Ray Schalk will be the next man.
ager Of the Browns
Bill Dickey thinks Buck New
som of the Browns is faster than
Feller
The Yanks will win by a score
of to today.