Evening star., 1938-09-01
A|L|NC CLUB BIDS
FORF0URTHPLACE
Boston Battles as Jitters
Checks Top Bracket Lot.
Yanks Stumble,
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

The tanning bee was in full blast.
The subject under discussion was the
years hard-luck champion-the man.
ager who's been taking 1t on the chin
the most from Old Man Jinx, and still
sticking.
xJimmy Dykes. the big cigar man
ahd hero of Chicago's riddled White
Sox, was mentioned. So was Will the
Terrible Terry, whose Hubbell- less
Giants, after yesterdays double header
split with the Pirates, now seem
definitely out of the National League
pennant race.
But nearly all hands were willing
to admit that neither was the champ.
that none was in the same league with
cagey Casey Stengel in this respect,
that no one pilot had a weaker lot to
start with, ran into more hospital
trouble, and still was in there punch
ing.
Dykes and his Sox, of course, were
counted out last spring when Luke
Appling broke leg. Their best to
date is the American Leagues sixth
place. despite occasional flashes. like
the four-hitter Johnny Whitehead
pitched to top Washington, TO, yes
terday.
Jittery Cubs Bow to Bees.
Every one knows Terry's troubles
Hubbells left arm on the shelf: Jojo
Moore out for some time with an in
jured leg: Catcher Harry Danning
sidelined with kidney ailment, and
Prince Hal Schumacher with sore
shoulder. Still the Giants are in
second place, although 6l2 games back
Of the Pirates. The New Workers took
the opener yesterday. 6-5, on a run in
the ninth. but then the Bucks banged
out l6 hits for 1873 nightcap win.
One of the larger reasons the Giants
hang on, however, is because the
Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds
get as jittery as gal on her first date
whenever they come within shouting
distance. Yesterday the Cubs had
another chance to climb into the
the runner-up spot, but instead they
fell apart in the ninth inning, lost to
Stengels Bees, Ga, and dropped to
fourth place.
This left the Bees two games over
the 500 mark, in fifth place and only
Az games out of the first division. The
Reds trounced the Brooklyn Dodgers,
9-3, in night tilt behind the eight
hit fiinging of Red Barrett to take
third place from Chicago by half a
game. 1t was Barrett's first major
league start.
Boston Badly Battered.
Thus, it is CONCEIVABLE that Stengels
aging and alling athletes may yet wind
up in the money And Casey, TO begin
with, had minus quantity SO far as
power is concerned. Then Gene Moore,
one of the abler hitters, went out for
the year with an ailing leg; Debs
Garns. promising recruit, has been on
the sidelines of and on. Stengel has
had to shift three men around on first
and third bases all year, Al Lopez,
No. ! catcher. was laid up for weeks
with hand INJURY.
Casey's chief heritage from Will
McKechnie was pitchers. But Deacon
Danny MacFayden. the major be-
quest. broke finger and was out fol
nearly six weeks, and Milt Shoffner
one of the cooler and more capable
hands. had a surgeon working on his
insides.
Yesterdays American League head
liner saw the Tigers trounce the
Yankees. 1876, with Hank Greenbera
hitting homer No. as to remain in
front of Babe Ruths 1927 record pace
Ken Keltners two homers led the In.
dians to an 8-6 win over the Ath-
letics. and the Boston Red Soa
knocked off the ST Louis Browns, 6-3
The st. Louis Cardinals came
through in the late innings twice u
fail the Phillies, 2-1 and rs.