Evening star., 1940-05-27
Giants Danniinq
Fu|fi||s Hopes
Of kcGraw
= Jewish Player Star
Of His Clubs Surge;
Keller Lifts Yunks
BY SID FEDER,

Associated Press Sports Writer.
Up there in the place all good
baseball souls go, the old man must
be dancing Jig these spring after
moons as he looks down on his New
York Giants.
For Harry the Hoss Danning,
last OF the "McGraw men" to arrive,
Is a rip-snorting bronco now.
Not only is Harry head man in the
Giants sudden surge toward the
National League roof-they were
only ~ games Cut after 1913 de-
cision over the Boston Bees yester-
day-but he's the complete answer
to the dream the old man (of course
its John McGraw} always had Of
presenting to Pa Knickerbockers
folks classy Jewish ball player.
Harry hasn't yet picked all the
splinters out Of the seat of his pants
from riding the bench for four years
waiting for Sweet William Terry,
who took over the reins from Nc
Graw back in 80, to give him the
break" At that, Sweet William
was just about forced into calling on
the 6-foot, 185-pounder in 81, what
with Gus Mancuso showing signs OF
wear and tear then and no other
able-bodied catcher around.
Danning Sets Pace at Bat.
Since Sweet William invited him
to play, the Hoss has been coming
along steadily. He's leading the
league in batting now with a neat
1894 and is out in front with 81 runs
batted IN. His total of seven homers
two of them in yesterdays affair
accounting for four runs-is second
only to Johnny Mizes mauling.
Hubbell is fading. OFT no longer
Is Mr.. Slugger" and Jojo Moore is
step or two slower in his sunfield
patrolling, but the last player the
old man hired before he called it a
day is a "McGraw man" right down
to his size lis.
The only reason Danning didn't
knock the Giants any nearer the
National League drivers seat yes
terday was because both Brooklyn
and the Reds won, too. The chief
development in the American
League, meantime, saw the New
York Yankees bounce out Of the
cellar up to a tie for sixth place.
The Dodgers, blanked for eight
innings, handed heartbreaker to
Kirby Higbe and the Philues, 81.
In 10 innings. Higbe tossed q
four-hitter. but gave up the tying
run IN the ninth and Peewe Reese
broke up the ball game with his
first big league homer in the 10th,
Derringer Blanks Cards.
The Reds blanked the st. Louis
Cardinals, 4-0-and they did it be-
hind the one-hit elbowing Of Dom
Paul Derringer. who had lost three
OF his last four outings. Stu Mar
tins flrst-inning single was the only
thing the Cards collected except
for an assortment of loud fouls.
Bob Klinger turned in q six-hitter
to nip the Chicago Cubs, 80, on
behalf of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
thus giving the Bucs a two-game
winning "streak" for the first time
in more than month.
Charley Keller clouted a homer
and double, sending in three runs,
and the Yanks had a To celebra-
tion at the expense Of the league
leading Red Sox. Since the AS
dropped 4-3 affair to washington
on Johnny Welaj,s inning
homer-moving the Mats into fourth
place-the Yanks moved up and
Connie Mackis lads sank to the bot
tom of the loop.
Boston's setback sliced the Red
Sox lead to a mere half a game
over the Cleveland Indians, who
split with the Browns. Left-hander
Emil Bildill and a five-run rally
IN one inning gave the Brownies
first blood, 5-3. Then Left-hander
AL Milnar and a five-run rally in
one inning brought the Tribe into
an even split with a 1871 win In
the nightcap. The Tigers and White
Sox were rained out.