Evening star., 1938-05-24
REDS MCCORMICK
ACE MAJOR ROOKIE
Bats Team Into Third Place
as Cubs Halt Bees, Get
Close to Giants.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON. Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

While there may be quite q race
for the National Leagues rookie"
honors this season, you could look q
long way and still do worse than to
pick Cincinnati's Frank (Buck) Nc
Cormick as the best young clouter OF
the year.
Strictly speaking. this 6-foot 4-inch
giant, who took over the Reds first
basing duties this spring, isn't quite
a rookie. He played most Of the 1887
season with Syracuse after hopping
from the Piedmont League to q
Double A company. He came up just
long enough to get the feel OF major
league opposition and hit 1926 In "A
games with the Reds.
That was about all Mccormick
needed to become a real big Lacquer.
He started out in training camp to
look like the years most promising
youngster, and he's kept right on to
outshine such prominent rivals in hit
producing as Max West of the Boston
Bees, Johnny Rizzo of Pittsburgh's
Pirates and Enos Slaughter of the st.
Louis Cardinals.
Bats 1888, Third in Loop.
Bucks 1853 batting average, third
best in the league. is one important
reason why the Reds are up in third
place. He has made 48 hits. IA of
them doubles, to lead the circuit In
those two departments of swatting,
and, all-in-all. he's a very handy fell
low to have around.
His fourteenth double came at an
important moment in yesterdays five
run, third-inning rally. that enabled
the Reds to beat Brooklyn, ga. Com
ing with two on base and two runs
already in, 1t brought in another and
ended Bill Posedel's pitching efforts
Mccormick scored the fifth tally on
Lew Riggs hit. and he added another
in the seventh after getting on base
by forcing Ival Goodman, who made
four Of Cincinnati's IL blows.
The victory put the Reds in third
place, a half game ahead of the Bees.
whose seven-game winning streak was
ended by Bill Lee of the Chicago
Cubs. Lee bested Lou Fette. Al, in q
smart mound duel and put Chicago
only two and half games behind the
league leading New York Giants. who.
for the first time this season, lost to
Pittsburgh, to 3.
Phils Defeat Cards.
In the days only other game Losing
Pitcher" Hugh Mulcahy Of the Phil
lies belied his nickname by beating the
Cardinals, 7-6. He not only pitched ef-
fectively, after allowing five runs in
the first two innings, but scored the
winning counter himself in the eighth.
All four American League games were
rained out in the West.
Pittsburgh's triumph over the Giants
was achieved largely through the relief
flinging of Mace Brown. who got credit
for his sixth victory in the rescue role
when he checked the Giants only rally
after Cy Blanton had been belted out
in the fourth. Brown had to retire in
the sixth after he was hit in the stom-
ach by Mickey Haslin's liner and Russ
Bauers finished.
The Bucs made their runs of Harry
Gumbert in the first on four hits. in
cluding Lee Handley's triple and AL
Todd's double, while Mel Otis eighth
homer accounted for two Giant tai
lies.
Although outhit. 6-5. the Cubs won
from the Bees on Gabby Hartnett's
homer with one on in the second and a
walk, an error and Augie Galan's sin
gle, which combined to produce two
runs in the fifth. Besides the ball
game and third place, the Bees lost
their star catcher. Al Lopez, whose
right thumb was broken by q foul tip
in the first inning