The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-04
Sports Parade

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Rule No. So II the charter
If ths Amalgsmsted Association
a Baseball Experts and Second
Gusssers states thai ~ one shall
hs permitted 70 select = World
series goat Or hero until the
final game has been PLAYED. the
ultimate averages have bern
compiled and the rival managers
have uttered VAledietofies.
Leaving the goat 10 he chosen
later. and thereby breaking enis
half . r.Iie. I hereby rise In
meetin' and nominate Mr.. ter
don as the hero. To-day he can
spend all afternoon striking out.
can mes. mp fhree double PLAYS
and mntf what hall players call
"a can Of can"-an eass pop
n.-and he .till viii he the here.
The brutal truth Of the mat
ter IS that the Beloved Buns
haven't been able to get the guy
out yet.
Eight times he has zone to
bat and eight times he has
reached first base. At ii.5s
o'clock last night he passed
Manager Bill Terry of the New
York Giants in a poll to deter
mine the most unpopular man
in Brooklyn.
This incredible batting record
Is too good 10 last, of course.
~ now would be the best time
To look into what the miraculous
second basemsn of the Yankees
has been up to in this series:
In the first game he went 20
bat four times. walked twice,
hit a home run and a single.
In the second game yesterday
he went Ia hat four times. got
three walks and hit y single.
ONE NJ his walks WAS An inien-
tionaI pass. The Bums learn
quickly. and slread, they have
decided they want no part Of
Gordon up there swinging when
runs are on base.
That leaves him with q series
batting average of 1000 and II
that isn't par FOR the course |
wl commit suicide at lis
o'clock this afternoon by walk
ing down Atlantic avenue in
Brooklyn. yelling, "Hooray for
the Yankees
He has bstted In two runs In
two games and scored one run
himself on a homer that has
been the hardest hit ball IN the
series.
He has stolen the spotlight at
the plate from such renowned
power hitters as DiMacgio,
Keller. Diokey. Heinrich, Med
wick, Camilli and Reiser. Not
bad going for lad whose sea-
son batting average IL only at
and who hits way down IN
seventh place in the Yankee bat
ting order.
Even the post rabid rooters
In other major league cities are
willing To admit Gordon L. the
best fielding second bssesnan In
the business. lie knocks dawn
balls that no other second bas~-
man could come within shouting
distance of. lie makes hard
plays look ridiculonsly easy aud
has caught line drives In every
conceivable position except
standing on his head.
Joe Was charged with an error
yesterday on ball that came
screaming at him and took
nasty hop just before it arrived.
He WAS lucky To knock it down,
and II any other second baseman
had been on the job the ball
probably would have shot on
through to right field.
But in the fourth inning Cor
don brought off the fielding
gem of the day. Pete Relser
laid onto one that WA labeled
base hit" Gordon .treaked to
his right thrust out HI. glove
while on the dead run and made
baek-hand stop. Then he
whirled like an acrobat. shot the
ball over 10 first base and nip
ped the runner by step.
In the upper stands a Brook
Ign rooter could be seen eiying
Gordon ging applause
That's the ultimate tribute these
days TO any member Of the