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on him for any quotes he might
feel inclined to offer.
Gosh, In glad it's over" said
Joe before reporters had a chance
to prod it out Of him. Yeah, it's
been an awful strain for the past
week or so. don't pay much atten-
ton to the streak until it reached
"a, but then I really wanted TO go
after it. Well, I made it and I'm
glad"
A reporter suggested. somewhat
bravely, that Di Maggie still had to
srpass Willie Keeler's mark of
hitting safely in A games. Joe had
beaten George Sisters generally
accepted modern record of swatting
safely III Al games by obtaining hits
in both games of double header
against the Mats.
The h--l with it snarled Di Mag
I'm just going up there and take
my cut from now on and what will
happen will happen. I'm not think
ing about it any more. What's all
the fuss about, anyway? 1 got two
hits today. but Charley Keller was
the big guy. He was hitting the ball
all over the lot.
Yeah, somebody SWiped my good
bat between games. 1t was damned
dirty trick. I borrowed Tommy
Henrich's bat in the second game
/ he uses a light model OF my style
bat-and that's the bat that broke
the record
Browns Nearly Stopped Joe.
i've hit better than during this
streak" confessed Joe. Il haven't
hit as we'll as I can lately, but the
preSsure's off now and maybe III
do better. Hey, you shouldn't have
done that" growled Di Maggie at
newspaper photographer who had
snapped a flash bulb in his face.
You shouldn't have taken that
while I had the beer bottle in my
hand.
The traffic jam in the Yankees
quarters eased as neWsreel men and
sports writer's, limp and weary of
dodging wet naked bodies, deserted
the room. Two or three reporters
turned to Mccarthy as Di Maggie
excused himself and headed for a
shower.
Hes been very determined about
breaking that record said Nc
Carthy. He told me after he really
started going for the mark that he
wouldn't bunt to get a hit. He
could have beat out plenty of bunts,
but he told me, No, I'm not going
to do it that way-Ill break that
record just the way started after
it-by hitting
Il guess the closest he came to
missing is last week when we were
| playing the Browns. Elden Auker
was pitching and We put q man on
first base with one out in the eighth.
| Tommy Heinrich asked me if it was
| okay to sacrifice, to make sure he
wouldn't hit into double play and
thus prevent Di Maggie from hitting
| again. I told him to sacrifice and
Joe came up and got a double"
Hits Late to Break Mark.
| 1t was lusty double to center on
Di Maggio's third trip to the plate
in the first game against Dutch
Leonard that brought a sweltering
crowd of $1,000 to its feet. The
screaming, applauding mass of hu-
manity gave Joe one of Griffith
Stadium's unforgettable ovations,
surpassed only when Di Maggie
belted Arnold Anderson for a sharp
single to left in the second game.
There was some doubt if Di Maggie
would succeed in fracturing Sisters
record in that nightcap, for his first
time at bat he flied to Outfielder
Buddy Lewis. His second attempt
was a liner shared by Shortstop
Cecil Travis. His third effort was
fly to Doc Cramer, but the fourth
time up he ducked Anderson's first
offering--a high, inside pitch--and
then laced the pay-of poke into
left.
Less exciting, but more damaging
to the Mats, were home runs in both
games that prolonged the Yankees
string to Is straight games in which
they have belted homers. Tommy
Heinrich swatted a homer over the
right-feld fence with one out in the
ninth to preserve the string in the
first game and in the second tiff
both Joe Gordon and Charley Keller
delivered homers.