The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-30
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Terry Reported Having "Given Up" on Giants;
 Pirates Slug Dodgers
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondentl

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Aug. 30. CUP)-Bill Terry and his weary Giants clutch at the last straw in Pittsburgh to- day. It's do or die from now on for the two-t time National league cham pions and the way the wind is blow ing they may do their dying during the four game series with the league-leading Pirates, opening to- day at Forbes field.
 New York correspondents travel ing with the Giants have reported already that Terry has given up all hope of winning the pennant. One of them quotes him as saying, If we can win the pennant, the other clubs in the league should fold up"
 Terry knows he has 8 bad ball club, but it's still capable of win- ming the pennant with spirited drive. The Giants are 5 1-2 games off the pace and are playing in spasms but the Pirates have fopped around like lot of dead fish lately and can still blow the pennant if any of the other contenders show a real will to win.
 In the past few days the Chicago Cubs have moved up into contend ing position and they may be the club which will come down the stretch to challenge Pittsburgh. AS result of yesterdays Giant loss the Cubs today were virtually tied for second place, only .00l percentage point behind the Giants.
 Unless either the Pirates or Giants can make clean sweep-an entirely unlikely possibility on the past per- formances of both clubs-the Cubs have chance to gain valuable ground. But they have tough op- ponent on hand in the Boston Bees, who have been playing some of the best baseball in the league the past month.
 So desperate is Terry for pitchers for the Pittsburgh series that he has nominated Dick Coffman, relief hurler, to start today against the Pirates Jim Tobin. Yesterday Terry started Harry Gumbert for the third time in six days and he got by until the seventh when he collapsed and Cincinnati pounded out five runs and went on to win, 6-3. Bucky Wal ters scattered seven hits and won his 11th game. The Reds, collected Il hits, with Dusty Cookes single with the bases loaded the big blow
 Pittsburgh came out of its panic by humping Brooklyn 10-1, with the aid of some comic Dodger pitch ing and fielding. The Pirates made two runs in the first inning without hit and then proceeded to slug out 15 hits the rest of the game of Posedel and Lamaster. Johnny Rizzo hit single and double.
 Those merciless Yankees con- tinued to spread destruction by wal loping the St. Louis Browns, 8-4, and increasing their American league lead to IA games, a new high. Lefty Gomez scored his 18th victory. For the second straight day the aYnks were outhit but not out scored. The Browns made 13 hits but wasted most of them until their three-run rally in the ninth. Tommy Heinrich hit homer No. 19-his fifth in his last three games-to lead the Tanks 12-hit attack.
 Detroit slaughtered the Boston Red Sox, 15-1. Rudy York hit hom- CTS No. 30 and 3l. and drove in six runs. Eldon Auker held the Red Sox to five hits, missing shutout be- cause of Joe Cronin's homer.
 Washington beat out Cleveland, GA, on two less hits, the Indians making ten to the Senators eight. Ken Chase was aided by four double plays. Al Simmons hit homer No. 18.